SmartStops vs RestMap

Long drives with kids don't have to end in tears. SmartStops automatically finds parks, playgrounds, gas, and kid-friendly food along your route — timed so everyone stays happy. Unlike Google Maps, SmartStops doesn't optimize for speed. It optimizes for your family's sanity. Stops are spaced around how kids actually travel — so you pull over before the meltdown, not after. SMART STOP PLANNING Enter your start and destination. SmartStops builds a complete stop plan with parks, playgrounds, restaurants, gas, and coffee — spaced at kid-friendly intervals. No more guessing where to pull over. No more juggling apps. MELTDOWN MODE Kid losing it right now? Tap once. SmartStops instantly finds the nearest parks and playgrounds within minutes of your location. Emergency stops, solved. 194,000+ PARKS & PLAYGROUNDS The largest database of family-friendly parks in the US. See amenities like restrooms, picnic areas, trails, and playground equipment before you stop. COMPARE NEARBY CITIES At each stop, see what's available across nearby cities. Pick the town with the best combo of parks, food, and fuel — so every stop counts. WORKS WITH YOUR MAPS Plan in SmartStops, then navigate with Apple Maps or Google Maps. No switching apps mid-drive. PARK REVIEWS Rate and review parks you've visited. See what other families thought before you stop. Build your traveler profile as you explore. FREE TO USE 2 trips every month at no cost. Upgrade to Weekender ($4.99/14 days) or Adventurer ($39.99/year) for unlimited trips, Meltdown Mode, and route comparison. Rated 5.0 on the App Store. Built for families, not algorithms.

Your Intelligent Road Trip Companion RestMap helps you find and compare restrooms, plan better stops, and stay with your trip from the first search to the drive home. RESTMAP ON CARPLAY - FREE Follow turn-by-turn guidance on a compatible CarPlay display. Find nearby restrooms with Find Best, compare upcoming stops with Scout Ahead, and review planned breaks before you go. LIVE ETA SHARING Share destination and arrival updates when you choose. Stop sharing any time; links expire automatically. RESTROOM IQ - FREE RestRoom IQ turns six data sources into explainable quality grades from A+ to F for 2M+ locations. See why a stop was recommended instead of relying on an unexplained score. Sources include: - OpenStreetMap facility data - Refuge Restrooms safety and inclusion data - Apple place information - RestMap ratings and reviews - 600+ brand reliability profiles - Open Charge Map charging data FIND WHAT YOU NEED - FREE - Quick Find for the nearest practical option - Find Best for AI-ranked nearby choices - Accessible, family, changing-table, and inclusive-restroom filters - Hours, amenities, reviews, and source labels when available - In-app driving and walking guidance - Rate places and report the details you observed PLAN ROAD TRIPS - FREE - Build multi-stop trips with suggested restroom, food, fuel, charging, and overnight stops - See detour cost, quality grade, and “Why This Stop” reasoning - Get warnings for long gaps and rural stretches - Follow the route in RestMap and see the next stop on the Lock Screen RESTMAP PREMIUM - OPTIONAL Premium adds preparation and on-trip tools for travelers who want more certainty: Trip Reports Ask RestMap to review a saved plan and write a day-by-day report with timing, stops, weather context, decision points, and a clear plan check. Review what will be sent before creation, then keep the report in the app or share its PDF. Your first Trip Report is included without a Premium purchase. Offline Trip Packs Save route guidance, planned stops, IQ scores, forecast and daylight snapshots, sourced place facts, and a one-page glovebox card for one trip. Saved guidance and content remain available when coverage drops. Live traffic, live rerouting, changed hours, and forecast updates need a connection and resume when coverage returns. Each Trip Pack saves selected content for one trip. Trip Library Search saved and completed trips, revisit saved Trip Reports, and export supported trips to GPX or Calendar. Freshness-aware place details Where sourced place details are available, RestMap shows when they were checked, marks aging information, and withholds conflicted facts rather than presenting them as certainty. Deep Inspect runs a deeper pass on a place you are considering, with more sources and more fresh checks. WORLDWIDE, WITH HONEST COVERAGE RestMap works worldwide using best-available data. Its scoring and trip-planning defaults are most extensively tuned for the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, and France. Previously loaded free-map data may remain available offline; coverage varies by area and source. PRIVACY WITH A CLEAR CHOICE No account required. Precise location is used on your device for nearby results and navigation; RestMap does not store it as a travel history on its servers. Trip Reports are created only when you ask. Before sending reviewed trip information - including opaque report stop/place IDs and approximate public-place stop locations - for AI processing, RestMap shows the AI report data and the separate same-place Inspector matching envelope, including which stop/place/name/type fields appear in both and which additional exact fields stay with RestMap. No ads. No cross-app tracking. Everything that was free before RestMap Premium stays free. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Built by a dad and his 11-year-old son.