FirstTracks vs ParkAtlas
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FirstTracks
This on-demand public transit service offers free and fast rides for your adventures in Crested Butte. Download the app to easily request a ride and explore the area.
- On-demand ride requests
- Free public transportation
- Fast and convenient
- Explore Crested Butte
- Easy to use app
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Our on-demand service provides convenient public transportation for your next Crested Butte adventure! Download the app and request a ride today.
ParkAtlas
Easily track your adventures in all 63 US National Parks. Log hikes, camping trips, and scenic drives in a single, organized location.
- Log US National Park visits
- Track hikes
- Record camping trips
- Log scenic drives
- Centralized visit history
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ParkAtlas is the simplest way to track your journey through America's national parks — and to see how far you've come. See your progress at a glance One ring, 63 parks. Every park you log fills it a little more and moves you up the Explorer ranks: Trailhead, Day Hiker, Ranger, Pathfinder, Trailblazer, and finally Summit — all 63. Log the way you actually remember Just been to Zion? Tap the trail you hiked from a curated list — Angels Landing, The Narrows, Observation Point — and the mileage is logged for you. Visited Acadia years ago and only remember it was 2019? Log just the year. Add a photo, a distance, or nothing at all. It all counts. Celebrate every first Your first time in a new park gets confetti. Hit a milestone or a new rank and it gets bigger. Because 15 national parks is worth a moment. Every park has a home Each of the 63 national parks has its own page: popular trails with distances, camping and entry-fee details, peak season, one-tap directions, and a link straight to NPS.gov. Your visits and Strava hikes at that park show up right there. Know what's near you Open ParkAtlas near the Sierra and it will tell you Kings Canyon and Sequoia are within reach — national and state parks you haven't visited yet, with an easy add to your wishlist. Your "To Visit" list drives the map and picks your next adventure. Bring your friends along Follow friends, see their adventures in your feed, and send a High-Five when they log a park. Find people already on ParkAtlas from your contacts or by username. Friends who've been to a park you're viewing show up on that park's page. Share the moment Turn any visit into a clean, branded park card — your photo, the park name, your count out of 63, and your rank — ready for Instagram or iMessage. Strava, if you want it Link Strava and your hikes, walks, and trail runs inside national parks are matched and logged automatically. Works without an account Start as a guest and your visits save on your device. Sign in with Apple or email when you're ready to sync across devices and connect with friends. Biometric unlock keeps it private. 63 parks. One ring. Where will you go next?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ParkAtlas at weekly against FirstTracks's every 2 months. ParkAtlas also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). FirstTracks's advantage is ratings volume (28 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ParkAtlas holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FirstTracks has 28 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
FirstTracks ships an update every 2 months, ParkAtlas weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FirstTracks | ParkAtlas |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (28 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 129 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Via Transportation, Inc. | Karen Mogridge |
Customer experience
FirstTracks
ParkAtlas
In-app purchases
FirstTracks
No in-app purchases
ParkAtlas
No in-app purchases
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