Towed vs Avoid Traffic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Towed
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Towed lets you find your car if it has been towed in Chicago, Illinois, by the local government. It lets you search by license plate, and provides directions to the facility to which your car was towed. It also gives you the phone number to call the facility directly or you can call them directly from your iPhone. If you car is not found via the app, it directs you to various web sites for assistance and integrates with Maps for directions By the time you need this app because your car has been towed, you'll wish you had already purchased it!
Avoid Traffic
This app helps you find the best time to commute by alerting you when traffic conditions are favorable. You can set your preferred travel time and choose whether to include or exclude toll roads. It calculates current travel times and notifies you when your commute meets your criteria.
- Commute time alerts
- Toll road inclusion/exclusion
- Search nearby locations
- Calculate current travel time
- Set acceptable travel limits
- Simple user interface
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We made this app to make it easier for you to choose the least commute time for you. Now, you can choose to include or exclude toll roads from your commute as well. Tell our app what is your acceptable travel commute time and this app will alert you when the traffic dies down, and your commute time from A to B is less than or equal to your acceptable time limit. Search locations nearby. Calculate current travel time. Select if you want to Avoid toll roads. Setup alert to notify when current time is less than or equal to what you set. Avoid Traffic. Simple! Your feedback helps a lot so please click on 'Give Feedback' button on the main screen and let us know how we can serve you better!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Avoid Traffic at Free against Towed's $1.99. Avoid Traffic also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 6 months) and iOS requirement (10.3 vs 17.6). Towed's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6). On ads 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
Avoid Traffic is free to download; Towed costs $1.99 up front. Avoid Traffic sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Towed asks for nothing beyond the download.
Towed ships an update every 6 months, Avoid Traffic every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Towed | Avoid Traffic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 2.6 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 10.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 168 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Paul T Cottey | Rohit . |
In-app purchases
Towed
No in-app purchases
Avoid Traffic
- Enable All Commute Ranges$0.99
- Nice Tip - Spare Change$0.99
- Kind Tip - 2 Buck Chuck$1.99
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- The Hamiltonian Tip$9.99
- The Moolah-LAH Tip$19.99









