Comparison

Adventure Guide Navigator vs Backcountry Run Coding

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

Head to head
About

Adventure Guide Navigator

Explore over 1,000 adventure routes and 4x4 tracks with detailed offline maps. Discover vehicle-accessible campsites, remote huts, fuel stations, and points of interest. Designed for vehicle navigation with simple one-touch controls.

Highlights
  • Offline topographic maps
  • 1,000+ adventure routes & 4x4 tracks
  • Vehicle accessible campsites & huts
  • Fuel stations & points of interest
  • True offline navigation
  • One-touch navigation
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The Adventure Guide Navigator app contains the largest collection of over 1,000 adventure routes and 4X4 tracks in the South Island – from scenic tarmac roads through to challenging grade 5 tracks. And that’s not all, it also has all the best vehicle accessible campsites, remote huts, fuel stations, and points of interest. TRUE OFFLINE NAVIGATION The Adventure Guide Navigator App comes preloaded with everything, ready to go. This includes an offline topographic map, plus all the routes, campsites, remote huts, fuel stations, and points of interest. This is a true offline navigation app, allowing you to navigate anywhere in the South Island without an internet connection. DESIGNED FOR VEHICLE NAVIGATION The app has been specifically designed for vehicle navigation. It features large zoom-in and zoom-out buttons, plus the simplicity of one touch navigation. GENUINE, TRUSTED RESOURCE Adventure Guide Founder Josh Martin, has ridden over 350,000 km on various adventure bikes while exploring the South Island, and personally logging, photographing, grading, and documenting every route, campsite, hut and point of interest. You’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who has travelled the South Island as extensively as Josh. All of this firsthand-gathered information is loaded to Adventure Guide, and is the reason why it has gained the reputation as the most trusted adventure resource over the past 15 years. The Adventure Guide Navigator App bundles all this information together in the convenience of an offline device, that you can use for navigating to the South Island’s most magical and remote routes, and destinations. MILD TO WILD Josh is a skilled rider, which allows him to log ALL the best tracks from scenic tarmac roads, to wildly challenging grade 5+ tracks. This means Adventure Guide has everything an adventurer could ask for, whether you are looking for a scenic style adventure, or looking to challenge yourself on a grade 4 or 5 track that leads to a destination that very few people ever reach. SOMETHING FOR EVERY ADVENTURER While the Adventure Guide Navigator App is perfectly suited to Adventure Riders, 4X4 Drivers and Overlanders, it is also an invaluable exploration tool for Anglers, Hunters, Trampers, Families, Tourists, Campers – basically anyone who enjoys outdoor adventures in the South Island. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Backcountry Run Coding

Features
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Premium outdoor mapping application with multiple map styles, record mode, 3D maps and offline map downloads. Add photos to runs, see live run coding and evalate your ski operation.

Screenshots

Adventure Guide Navigator4 screens
Backcountry Run Coding3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Backcountry Run Coding at none against Adventure Guide Navigator's 3. Backcountry Run Coding also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Adventure Guide Navigator sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.00 per month. Backcountry Run Coding asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Adventure Guide Navigator ships an update every 4 weeks, Backcountry Run Coding every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 6 level
Adventure Guide Navigator versus Backcountry Run Coding: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAdventure Guide NavigatorBackcountry Run Coding
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews25.0% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 2 weeks β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesβ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size32 MB97 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdventure Guide NZ LimitedPatrick Gray

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Adventure Guide Navigator

Subscriptions3
  • Supporter $8NZD$4.001 Month
  • Supporter $12NZD$7.001 Month
  • Supporter $16NZD$9.001 Month
None

Backcountry Run Coding

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Adventure Guide Navigator free?
Adventure Guide Navigator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Backcountry Run Coding free?
Backcountry Run Coding is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Adventure Guide Navigator or Backcountry Run Coding have ads?
Neither Adventure Guide Navigator nor Backcountry Run Coding shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Adventure Guide Navigator or Backcountry Run Coding?
Adventure Guide Navigator ships an update every 4 weeks, and Backcountry Run Coding every 2 weeks. Most recently, Adventure Guide Navigator was updated on October 6, 2026 and Backcountry Run Coding on September 18, 2026.

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