Comparison

BrainTrip vs RoadTrips!

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

Head to head
About

BrainTrip

Engage with cities through AI-powered trivia and landmark scanning. Challenge friends, earn travel levels, and build a unique digital passport. Discover hidden stories and get smart itinerary suggestions.

Highlights
  • AI-powered city trivia
  • Landmark scanning with AI
  • Multiplayer trivia challenges
  • Hands-free voice mode
  • Traveler leveling system
  • Digital passport collection
  • Smart itinerary builder
Features
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BrainTrip turns your travel curiosity into a daily ritual. Play city-specific trivia, scan landmarks for the stories most tourists miss, challenge friends to showdowns, and build a passport that levels up with every place you explore. WHY TRAVELERS LOVE IT City Trivia, Powered by AI Pick any city in the world. We generate fresh trivia about its history, food, hidden corners, and quirky local legends. Eight questions per round, ten seconds to think. Challenge Friends (NEW) Send a showdown link to any friend. Same city, same questions, different scores. The only travel app with multiplayer trivia. Voice Mode (NEW) Hands-free trivia for travel days. Questions read aloud, tap to answer, fun facts narrated — perfect for walks, transit, or scenic moments. Scan AI Point your camera at a landmark, restaurant, monument, or hidden gem. Get the deep story most travelers walk past — owner histories, design quirks, hidden features, local legends. Share what you find with friends. Traveler Levels Earn XP from every quiz. Climb 8 tiers from Daydreamer to Legend. Each tier unlocks a new avatar ring, color, and celebration. Living Passport Every city you complete becomes a collectible postage stamp on your passport. Watch your collection grow. Smart Itineraries AI-built day-by-day plans tailored to the trivia spots you've earned and the city you're in. PRIVACY-FIRST We don't sell your data. We don't run ads. Profile is yours, locally cached and synced via Supabase only when you want it. See full policy at braintrip.dev/privacy. Built for the curious traveler who reads the plaque, asks the second question, and wants to remember why a place matters — not just that they were there.

About

RoadTrips!

Features
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Road Trips — Plan Your Route, Know Your Cost Plan road trips with precision. Drop waypoints on an interactive map, get real route calculations, and know exactly what your trip will cost in fuel — or energy, if you drive electric. PLAN VISUALLY Build multi-stop routes directly on the map. Tap to add waypoints, search for places, drag to reorder. Each route segment is color-coded so you can see your journey at a glance. Switch between normal, satellite, terrain, and hybrid map views. KNOW YOUR COSTS Enter your vehicle's fuel consumption and local fuel price — Road Trips calculates the cost for every trip automatically. Driving an EV? Switch to energy mode and track kWh/100km and €/kWh instead. ROUND TRIPS & MULTI-STOP Plan complex routes with as many stops as you need. Toggle round trip mode to include the drive home. Each segment shows distance and travel time individually. SYNCED ACROSS DEVICES Your trips are saved to the cloud automatically. Sign in with email or Google and pick up where you left off on any device. Features: - Interactive Google Maps with place search - Multi-waypoint route planning - Fuel & energy cost calculator (gas + EV) - Round trip support - Color-coded route segments - Cloud sync via your account - Current location detection - Light & dark themes License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://coding-turtle.org/roadtrip/en/privacy/

Screenshots

BrainTrip4 screens
RoadTrips!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BrainTrip at none against RoadTrips!'s 2. BrainTrip also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 6 weeks). RoadTrips!'s advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support 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. RoadTrips! sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. BrainTrip asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BrainTrip ships an update every 6 days, RoadTrips! every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
BrainTrip versus RoadTrips!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrainTripRoadTrips!
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB95 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSelina FuchsLARS CHRISTIAN GROF

In-app purchases

None

BrainTrip

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

RoadTrips!

Subscriptions2
  • Unlock Route Planning3 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Unlock Route Planning7 Days trial$8.991 Year

Questions

Is BrainTrip free?
BrainTrip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RoadTrips! free?
RoadTrips! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BrainTrip or RoadTrips! have ads?
BrainTrip shows ads; RoadTrips! does not.
Which is updated more often, BrainTrip or RoadTrips!?
BrainTrip ships an update every 6 days, and RoadTrips! every 6 weeks. Most recently, BrainTrip was updated on October 23, 2026 and RoadTrips! on October 11, 2026.

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