Comparison

MHNSW Pathways vs Waypoint

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

Head to head
About

MHNSW Pathways

Features
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The audio tour will take you down to the harbour, back through the gardens and all the way to the rear of the property, where you’ll discover a beautiful waterfall. You can listen to the audio and/or read the transcripts.

About

Waypoint

Features
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See the journey. Enjoy the travel. Waypoint brings every destination, day and booking detail into one clear travel plan—so you can spend less time piecing things together and more time looking forward to the trip. See your route and itinerary together on a full-screen map. Switch between a trip summary, a day at a glance and a detailed schedule, with each destination shown in its local time. Keep accommodation, activities, multi-stop travel, notes, costs and booking documents beside the events they belong to. Save flexible trip ideas by city or area, then schedule them when the time is right. Plan together with invited travellers, track shared expenses and settlements, and keep authorised changes synchronised across Waypoint. Your trips remain available offline, with explicit controls for cloud sync and downloading shared files. Import booking files for reviewable event suggestions, export calendar files and trip packs, and create protected trip archives for manual backup and transfer. Waypoint never adds an inferred event without your review. Destination and address search uses Apple Maps on iOS. Waypoint does not request your device location and contains no advertising. Learn more and read the privacy policy at https://waypoint-trips.web.app/privacy/

Screenshots

MHNSW Pathways4 screens
Waypoint4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Waypoint at every 5 days against MHNSW Pathways's every 6 months. MHNSW Pathways's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MHNSW Pathways ships an update every 6 months, Waypoint every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
MHNSW Pathways versus Waypoint: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMHNSW PathwaysWaypoint
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size132 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHistoric Houses Trust Of New South WalesJames Rutledge

In-app purchases

None

MHNSW Pathways

No in-app purchases

None

Waypoint

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MHNSW Pathways free?
MHNSW Pathways is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Waypoint free?
Waypoint is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MHNSW Pathways or Waypoint have ads?
Neither MHNSW Pathways nor Waypoint shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MHNSW Pathways or Waypoint?
MHNSW Pathways ships an update every 6 months, and Waypoint every 5 days. Most recently, MHNSW Pathways was updated on November 5, 2026 and Waypoint on October 31, 2026.

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