Comparison

Riders4Life vs Koast

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

Head to head
About

Riders4Life

Features
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Discover the freedom on two wheels with Riders4Life! The app that brings motorcyclists together and turns every ride into an adventure. Track your rides with GPS (speed, distance, elevation), connect with riders nearby, share stories and photos from your journeys, discover and publish popular routes, create or join motorcycle clubs, organize group rides and events, share your location in real time for safety, view detailed statistics for every ride. Keep your bike documents (inspection, insurance…) with expiry reminders and encrypted offline copies, plan routes, import GPX tracks and invite your friends with a link.

About

Koast

This app helps car and motorcycle enthusiasts ride together in real time. It features a shared live map, push-to-talk communication, and route planning. Users can also create crews, share rides, and report community hazards.

Highlights
  • Real-time convoy map
  • Push-to-talk communication
  • GPS navigation with voice guidance
  • Ride planner
  • CarPlay compatible
  • Crew creation and management
  • Community hazard reports
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Ride in convoy, your whole crew live on the same map. Koast is the convoy app for car and motorcycle groups: watch your crew move in real time, talk to them with one button, and let navigation guide everyone on the same route. For rides with friends, clubs and car meets. RIDE TOGETHER, LIVE - Real-time convoy map, with each member's name under their vehicle. - Push-to-talk: talk to your group with one button, like a walkie-talkie. Your music lowers instead of stopping. - Destination shared by the leader, and everyone's arrival time. - Cohesion radar: is the group together or strung out? Optional alerts when someone drops off, with an arrow to get back. - Quick messages, translated into each rider's language. NAVIGATION AND MAP - Turn-by-turn voice guidance, lane guidance, color-coded traffic and multiple stops. - Speed limit shown, with an alert if you go over it. - Twisty or scenic loops, a ride planner and Koast, the hands-free voice assistant. - Fuel prices and the cheapest station on your route. - Community hazard reports, with votes to keep the map up to date. - Offline maps and nearly 20 map styles. - CarPlay: Koast opens on its own on your vehicle's screen, even when the app is closed, with map buttons and the speed limit. YOUR CREW - Private or public crews, chat with photos, a pinned announcement and albums. - Meets with RSVP and automatic reminders. - A room for each country to find people who ride. - Social feed, profiles, build sheets and ride photos. YOUR VEHICLE - AI skin: Koast turns 1 to 4 photos of YOUR vehicle into your marker on the convoy map (with credits earned by riding, or included with Koast+). - Garage: maintenance and reminders, documents in your glovebox, manufacturer safety recalls. - Your odometer moves forward on its own with your rides. - Printable show card for car meets. SAFETY FIRST Set your destination before you go, use a mount and voice guidance, or let your passenger handle the app. Koast does not encourage speeding or racing: points reward distance covered, never speed. YOUR DATA Our database is hosted in Canada (ca-central-1 region). To run the app, some providers, mostly in the United States, also process information outside Quebec and Canada; the privacy policy names each of them. In the background, your location is only tracked during a ride, or while Koast is shown on your vehicle's CarPlay screen. Outside a ride, it is never shared with your crew. No advertising data, nothing is sold, and you can delete your account in the app. KOAST+ (OPTIONAL SUBSCRIPTION) Koast is free at its core: the convoy, push-to-talk, navigation and crews. Koast+ adds: - Unlimited vehicles in the garage - Maintenance log as a PDF, for resale - Cost of ownership: maintenance, fuel and running cost - Compatible parts, with their sources - Exclusive rings and the Koast+ badge - Unlimited Koast assistant and ride planner - Premium assistant voice - One AI skin per month Monthly or yearly auto-renewable subscription. Prices are shown in the app before any purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple account settings after purchase. Terms of Use: https://koast.grouperzk.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://koast.grouperzk.com/privacy Ride well, ride together.

Screenshots

Riders4Life4 screens
Koast4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Riders4Life at none against Koast's 2. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Koast sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Riders4Life asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Riders4Life ships an update every 2 weeks, Koast every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Riders4Life versus Koast: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRiders4LifeKoast
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB82 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperFidensArchive Vivante Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Riders4Life

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Koast

Subscriptions2
  • Koast+ mensuel1 Month trial$6.991 Month
  • Koast+ annuel1 Month trial$69.991 Year

Questions

Is Riders4Life free?
Riders4Life is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Koast free?
Koast is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Riders4Life or Koast have ads?
Neither Riders4Life nor Koast shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Riders4Life or Koast?
Riders4Life ships an update every 2 weeks, and Koast every 10 days. Most recently, Riders4Life was updated on October 30, 2026 and Koast on October 31, 2026.

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