Comparison

RoadRun vs Gostelo

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

Head to head
About

RoadRun

This app helps service providers manage client bookings, schedules, and job details. Providers can update order progress, communicate with clients, and manage their availability. It's designed for approved RoadRun providers and organization teams.

Highlights
  • Receive and manage assigned orders
  • View daily schedules and upcoming bookings
  • Route guidance and job details
  • Real-time order status updates
  • Client communication and job updates
  • Manage provider availability
  • Access organization payout status
Features
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RoadRun - Runner is the provider app for service teams, dispatchers, organization owners, and independent runners who use RoadRun to receive, manage, and complete client bookings. With RoadRun - Runner, providers can review incoming jobs, manage daily schedules, navigate to service locations, update order progress, communicate with clients, and keep instant booking availability up to date from one app. Key features: • Receive and manage assigned orders • View daily schedules and upcoming bookings • Get route guidance and travel-aware job details • Update order status in real time • Chat with clients and share job updates • Upload photos and service-related documentation • Manage provider availability and instant booking settings • Access organization payout and onboarding status • Stay connected with push notifications and important service alerts RoadRun - Runner is designed for approved RoadRun providers and organization teams. Some features may require organization approval, location permissions, or Stripe payout onboarding.

About

Gostelo

Streamline your service business with an easy-to-use booking and scheduling platform. Create a personalized booking page, manage your calendar in real-time, and reduce no-shows with automatic SMS reminders. Build your customer list and maintain full control over your schedule.

Highlights
  • Online booking page
  • Real-time dashboard
  • Automatic SMS reminders
  • Customer list management
  • Schedule control
  • Custom intake forms
Features
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Gostelo is booking and scheduling for solo operators and small service businesses — barbers, salons, beauty studios, mobile mechanics, tutors, cleaners, and anyone whose calendar is their business. WHAT YOU GET • Your own booking page in 60 seconds. Pick a subdomain (yourname.gostelo.com) — customers book online without downloading anything. • Real-time dashboard. Today's bookings at a glance, swipe through the week, push notifications the moment a new booking lands. • Automatic SMS reminders. Cut no-shows. Customers confirm or cancel by text 24 hours before their appointment. • Customer list that builds itself. Every booking creates a record. Add notes, mark VIPs, block problem clients. • Full schedule control. Weekly hours, vacation blocks, buffer time. Customers only book slots you've opened. • Custom intake forms. Ask the questions that matter — allergies, preferences, vehicle make — right at booking. NO COMMISSIONS No per-booking fees. No upsells. The free tier covers everything most one-person businesses need. PRIVACY FIRST We don't sell your data. SMS goes out from your business name, not ours. No Gostelo ads on your booking page. Sign up takes a minute. Share your booking link, fill your calendar.

Screenshots

RoadRun4 screens
Gostelo4 screens

Verdict

The call

RoadRun and Gostelo are too close to call on the numbers: across 9 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for RoadRun against 5.0 for Gostelo. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RoadRun ships an update every 6 days, Gostelo every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
RoadRun versus Gostelo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoadRunGostelo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size174 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRoadRun, Inc.NIBIYAA LLC

In-app purchases

None

RoadRun

No in-app purchases

None

Gostelo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RoadRun free?
RoadRun is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gostelo free?
Gostelo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, RoadRun or Gostelo?
RoadRun and Gostelo are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do RoadRun or Gostelo have ads?
Neither RoadRun nor Gostelo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RoadRun or Gostelo?
RoadRun ships an update every 6 days, and Gostelo every 10 days. Most recently, RoadRun was updated on October 2, 2026 and Gostelo on September 28, 2026.

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