# Finding Lights vs Aimless Drives

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Aimless Drives at none against Finding Lights's 1. Finding Lights's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence there is nothing between them.

Both are free to download. Finding Lights sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Aimless Drives asks for nothing beyond the download.

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Finding Lights against 5.0 for Aimless Drives. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

## The numbers

| Metric | Finding Lights | Aimless Drives |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | [5.0 (2 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/finding-lights/id6756984878/reviews) | [5.0 (3 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/aimless-drives/id6799342576/reviews) |
| Number of ratings | 2 | **3** |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| In-app purchases | Yes | **No** |
| Ads | No | No |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 3 days |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | **Free** |
| Size | 101 MB | 1 MB |
| Requires iOS | **15.6** | 17.0 |
| Devices | **iPhone, iPad, iPod** | iPhone |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | [Ryan Mitchell](https://appshunter.io/developer/1864063305) | [Bryce Percoco](https://appshunter.io/developer/1891230611) |

## What reviewers say

### Finding Lights

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/finding-lights/id6756984878)

Discover holiday and Christmas light displays with an interactive map. Find community-submitted locations, plan routes, and engage in fun seasonal activities like collecting virtual items and completing scavenger hunts.

**Highlights:** Interactive holiday lights map, Community-submitted displays, Route planning, Collectible Lumelings, Earnable Lumanites, Seasonal scavenger hunts

**Features:** macOS Compatibility, Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases (1)**

| Purchase | Price | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finding Lights Premium | $2.99 | per month |


### Aimless Drives

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/aimless-drives/id6799342576)

Generates three unique driving routes that start and end at your current location, avoiding highways. Select your desired drive time and open the route in Google Maps for turn-by-turn navigation.

**Highlights:** Generates three unique driving loops, Customizable drive times (60, 90, 120 minutes), Avoids highways, favors back roads, Shows route distance and drive time, Integrates with Google Maps for navigation, No account, sign-up, ads, or tracking

**Features:** macOS Compatibility, Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases:** none


## Frequently asked questions

### Is Finding Lights free?

Finding Lights is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

### Is Aimless Drives free?

Aimless Drives is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

### Which has better reviews, Finding Lights or Aimless Drives?

Finding Lights and Aimless Drives are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 3 ratings respectively.

### Do Finding Lights or Aimless Drives have ads?

Neither Finding Lights nor Aimless Drives shows ads.

### Which is updated more often, Finding Lights or Aimless Drives?

Finding Lights ships an update every 3 days, and Aimless Drives every 3 days. Most recently, Finding Lights was updated on October 30, 2026 and Aimless Drives on October 31, 2026.

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