Comparison

StopAhead vs RestStop Finder

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

Head to head
About

StopAhead

This app automatically displays gas, food, and lodging options at upcoming freeway exits. It requires no searching or typing, providing essential information for drivers and passengers. Your location data is kept private and is cleared when the app is closed.

Highlights
  • Automatic exit service display
  • Gas, food, and lodging information
  • Integration with mapping apps
  • Privacy-focused, no tracking
  • Large, readable text
  • Works on all US freeways
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What's at the next exit? Running low on gas? Hungry? Need to stop? StopAhead shows you gas, food, and lodging at your next freeway exit — before you get there. No searching. No typing. No distraction. Just open it and drive. How It Works StopAhead detects which freeway you're on and which direction you're heading. Your next exit appears automatically with the services available there. As you pass each exit, the next one takes its place. Tap any service to see nearby restaurants, gas stations, or hotels — with distances from the exit. Send locations to Apple Maps, Google Maps, Waze, or your car's navigation system. Your Privacy, Protected - No account required - No tracking or analytics - Your location never leaves your device - Data clears when you close the app - No ads, ever Designed for the Road - Large, clear text readable at arm's length - Updates automatically as you drive - Works on every freeway in all 50 US states - Covers 55,000+ exits with gas, food, and lodging data Designed for passenger use. Keep your eyes on the road.

About

RestStop Finder

Features
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RestStop Finder puts the rest areas along US highways on one clear map, and helps you plan the drive around them. THE MAP • Rest areas across the United States are built into the app, so they appear right away and still show without a connection • Choose what to see on one bar: rest areas, travel centers, fuel, food, restrooms and lodging, each in its own color • Your saved places stay on the map, marked with a heart • Rest areas show their truck parking spaces where the US DOT lists them • Tap a pin to open its place card without leaving the app: Apple's photos and ratings where Apple Maps knows the place, Look Around where Apple has street imagery, and one tap to see more in Apple Maps • Current weather, the hourly forecast and severe-weather alerts at each rest stop, from Apple Weather • Directions in Apple Maps, Google Maps or Waze ROAD TRIPS • Set a start and a destination, add up to eight stops, and reorder them by dragging • Find rest stops, gas and food along the way, and see how far each one is off your route • Results stay in a panel you can pull up or tuck away while the map shows the whole route • On divided highways, rest areas on the other side are marked and listed after the ones you can reach • See each stop's arrival time in that stop's own time zone, with sunrise and sunset when they matter • Import a GPX or KML file from Files and keep planning here. The file stays on your device • Add your own photos and notes, share the plan, or open the whole route in Apple Maps CITY TRIPS • Browse a city's top sights, food, museums, parks and more, and add places as you go • Optimize the walking order in one tap. It never makes the walk longer, and you can undo it CARPLAY • Rest areas, truck and RV parking, and parking lots near you, on your car's screen, with directions RESTSTOP PRO Planning is free, and your first trip is too. Pro adds: • Keep as many road and city trips as you like • A parking layer with US DOT truck parking and parking lots, with live truck-parking space counts in Illinois • An EV charging layer with connector types, power levels and networks • RV and Truck modes: turn on travel centers and truck parking in one tap, then enter your vehicle's size and weight for clearance and weight warnings • Gas, EV charging, food and lodging along your route on the Route tab • Your ETA and next stop on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island while you drive • A Home Screen widget with your nearest rest stops • Download the latest rest-stop data to your device Pro is available as a monthly or yearly subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically until you cancel them in your Apple Account settings. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no ads, no tracking • Your favorites, trips, photos and notes stay on your device • To show what's around, the app asks public map and data services about the area you're looking at. Settings › Data & Privacy lists every one of them. Nothing is stored about you Rest stop and parking data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), with US DOT and state feeds for truck parking and NREL for EV charging. Weather from Apple Weather. Terms of Use: https://elly2504.github.io/reststopfinder-web/terms Privacy Policy: https://elly2504.github.io/reststopfinder-web/privacy

Screenshots

RestStop Finder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: StopAhead at none against RestStop Finder's 3. RestStop Finder's advantage is device support. On price and iOS requirement 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. RestStop Finder sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. StopAhead asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
StopAhead versus RestStop Finder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStopAheadRestStop Finder
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Every 2 months
Ads—No
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
Devices—iPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrian CarlsonYusuf Can Samiloglu

In-app purchases

None

StopAhead

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

RestStop Finder

Subscriptions2
  • RestStop Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • RestStop Pro Yearly$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • RestStop Pro Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is StopAhead free?
StopAhead is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RestStop Finder free?
RestStop Finder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

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