Comparison

RallyGrid vs Open Road

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

RallyGrid

Features
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RallyGrid is the only app built by ralliers, for ralliers. Get out and drive. Search a nationwide database of rally groups and their upcoming events. Download free routes created by others, or curate your own. With RallyGrid's in-app Route Maker, simply mark a starting location, add an end point, then add unlimited waypoints to craft the perfect route. You can share it with others, keep it private, or add it to an upcoming event. Follow your favorite rally groups to get notified any time new events are released and never miss an event! Organize your drives. RallyGrid offers a full-scale management platform for rally group organizers. You can schedule free or paid events, and craft custom registration packages with varying amenities and price points. Seamlessly onboard drivers with custom registration forms tailored to gather whatever information you deem necessary. You can create custom routes for your events and even generate custom branded QR codes to share maps outside the app. User-enabled GPS tracking facilitates live tracking of driver locations during drives so no one is ever off-grid.

About

Open Road

This app automatically logs your drives, recording routes, mileage, and top speeds to build a personal map of your travels. It offers features like live friend tracking, speed camera alerts, and navigation, with premium options for deeper stats and community features.

Highlights
  • Automatic drive logging
  • Personalized road map
  • Live friend tracking
  • Speed camera alerts
  • CarPlay integration
  • Navigation with recording
  • Convoy voice chat
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open road tracks every drive for you. it records your route, miles and top speed, then adds each road to your own map. see your full history, your records, and the drivers you follow. it works with carplay. pro unlocks the community map, live friends and deeper stats. 3 days free on the yearly plan. 50,000+ drivers you drive every day and almost none of it gets kept. the store run, the loop, the drive to a friend's, the long way home. open road keeps all of it, so the map of where you have driven fills in on its own and any drive you took is still there a year later. drive tracker, drive log, trip log, route tracker, car stats, mileage, odometer, driving history. people call it a lot of things. it is the same idea. every drive saved without you doing anything. what you get • your drive log: every drive with the route drawn, the time, the distance and the day you took it. • your map: every road you have driven, filling in as you go. • your garage: every car you own, tracked on its own. • your friends on one live map while they drive. • speed cameras and average-speed zones on the map, plus police and hazard reports from drivers. • navigation built in, and the drive keeps recording while you use it. • convoy voice chat with your group, and the recap after you park. • streaks and milestones for every drive you take. • weather on your past drives, so you remember the day how it was. • a 3D map and a share card for the drives worth showing. • long drives are easy on the battery, and every drive saves and syncs. the map is the part people keep coming back to. one road at a time it turns into a picture of everywhere you have taken your car, and it is yours. it does not reset, it does not expire, and it keeps filling in for as long as you drive. who it is for drivers who care about the road. the person who takes the long way. the weekend trip that ends up being the best part of the month. the group that drives together and wants one map for all of it. anyone who looks forward to getting in the car. how far it goes free to download. premium adds depth: more of your history, deeper stats, and more of what you already use. 30 languages. what drivers say "App is clean and far better than competition." Jan 21, 2026 "Works well super clean interface." Jan 25, 2026 drive responsibly. use where legal. open road terms: openroaddrive.com/terms privacy policy: openroaddrive.com/privacy community guidelines: openroaddrive.com/community-guidelines

Screenshots

RallyGrid4 screens
Open Road4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RallyGrid at none against Open Road's 4. RallyGrid also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Open Road sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. RallyGrid asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RallyGrid ships an update weekly, Open Road every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
RallyGrid versus Open Road: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRallyGridOpen Road
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.7 (826 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—61.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—826 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB274 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperJoshua HoppingOPENROAD LLC

In-app purchases

None

RallyGrid

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Open Road

Subscriptions4
  • Open Road Pro Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Monthly Paid$9.991 Month
  • Annual Paid3 Days trial$39.991 Year
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  • Premium Annual B3 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is RallyGrid free?
RallyGrid is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Open Road free?
Open Road is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do RallyGrid or Open Road have ads?
Open Road shows ads; RallyGrid does not.
Which is updated more often, RallyGrid or Open Road?
RallyGrid ships an update weekly, and Open Road every 6 days. Most recently, RallyGrid was updated on November 4, 2026 and Open Road on November 9, 2026.

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