Comparison

Drive Stories vs Miles Along

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

Head to head
About

Drive Stories

Experience your travels with location-based audio stories that bring places to life. Discover history, landmarks, and fascinating facts as you drive, with seamless in-car integration. Transform every journey into an immersive narrative.

Highlights
  • Location-based audio stories
  • Seamless in-car use
  • Apple CarPlay integration
  • Over 40 languages
  • 15 story categories
  • Choice of 10 voices
  • Global location selection
Features
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Drive Stories : Location-Based Audio Stories *** 2025 Fast Company Innovation Award *** 2025 Online Design Award
*** 2026 Webby Award Nominee Discover a new way to experience your drives with Drive Stories, an innovative audio travel app that brings locations to life. As you travel, Drive Stories delivers captivating, location-based factual stories about the places you pass through—whether it’s the history of a small town, the lore of a landmark, or fascinating facts about your surroundings. Perfect for road trips, commutes, or spontaneous adventures, the app transforms every journey into an immersive narrative experience. Designed for seamless in-car use, Drive Stories is fully compatible on Apple iOS devices and Apple CarPlay, ensuring safe and easy access to stories while keeping your focus on the road. Simply launch the app, choose a location and category, and enjoy audio stories tailored to your route. Your first 5 stories are free - no strings attached - then choose a monthly or annual plan. Drive Stories is an invitation to discover — a hands-free experience that delights, informs, & entertains by fostering a deeper connection with the people, places, & histories of the places you are traveling through. Awarded by some of the top industry experts, including a 2025 Fast Company Innovation Award. Download the app today and experience one of the smartest and most robust travel apps on the market. FEATURES: - Integrated into Apple CarPlay for seamless use while driving - Available in over 40 languages - Choose from 15 categories from any location you select - Choose from 10 different voices to find the one you like to listen to the most - Choose ANY location in the world, wherever you are - Focus on what matters - audio stories keep your eyes off your phone and on your surroundings ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, DRIVE STORIES WORKS The app will automatically find your GPS coordinates and based on your geolocation, will identify 10 of the nearest cities, towns and villages near you. Simply tap a location and category and hit play. SELECT FROM 15 CATEGORIES * Introduction (of Location) * Important People * Wildlife & Nature * Economy & Industry * Food * Architecture * Sport * Political & Social * For Kids * Points of Interest * Art, Literature & Music * Science & Innovation * Entertainment * Local Language * Weird & Wonderful ABOUT DRIVE STORIES Drive Stories is a passionate return to the open road and the driving experience, helping unlock location stories from all around the world - allowing us to create enjoyable moments of open-road freedom and a leading example of how technology can help unlock knowledge and information in an exciting new way. Drive Stories wants to make every drive a memorable one, no matter where the road takes you.

About

Miles Along

This app enhances road trips by automatically narrating stories about passing landmarks, history, and oddities. It also offers family-friendly games and conversation starters to keep everyone engaged. A trip journal is automatically created to document your journey.

Highlights
  • Automatic narration of passing points of interest
  • Identification of food, coffee, and gas stops
  • Family road trip games
  • Conversation starter prompts
  • Automated trip journal creation
Features
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Miles rides along and brings the road to life. As you drive, he senses what's ahead and narrates short stories about the places you're passing through — history, oddities, landmarks, famous birthplaces. The kinds of things you'd never know were there if you just drove past. What Miles does: - Tells you about places ahead of you as you approach — automatically, no tapping required - Spots food, coffee, gas, and lodging along your actual route - Keeps the whole family entertained with road trip games — license plates, bingo, alphabet game, and more - Hosts games like 20 Questions and I Spy, and sparks conversation with This or That, Would You Rather and other conversation starters - Builds a trip journal of the stories you heard and places you passed Miles isn't a navigation app. He doesn't tell you where to turn. He tells you what's out there — and keeps the whole family talking about it. Perfect for road trips, long commutes, or anyone who's ever driven past a roadside historical marker and wondered what the story was.

Screenshots

Drive Stories4 screens
Miles Along4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Miles Along at 5.0 against Drive Stories's 3.3. Miles Along also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). Drive Stories's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Drive Stories sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Miles Along sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Miles Along holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drive Stories ships an update every 3 weeks, Miles Along every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Drive Stories versus Miles Along: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrive StoriesMiles Along
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThomas MoellerJohn Haack

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Drive Stories

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Annual$34.991 Year
3 purchases

Miles Along

One-time3
  • Per Trip$2.99
  • Per Season$5.99
  • Per Year$12.99

Questions

Is Drive Stories free?
Drive Stories is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Miles Along free?
Miles Along is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Drive Stories or Miles Along?
Miles Along is rated higher. Drive Stories averages 3.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Miles Along averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Drive Stories or Miles Along have ads?
Miles Along shows ads; Drive Stories does not.
Which is updated more often, Drive Stories or Miles Along?
Drive Stories ships an update every 3 weeks, and Miles Along every 10 days. Most recently, Drive Stories was updated on October 30, 2026 and Miles Along on October 31, 2026.

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