Lets Ride Off Road vs DirtSync
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lets Ride Off Road
Discover off-road riding areas with detailed trail maps and closures. Plan group rides, see friends on the map, and receive spoken navigation cues. Connect with events and clubs, and manage your vehicle information.
- Trail maps with closures
- Offline map saving
- Group ride planning
- Real-time rider tracking
- Spoken turn cues
- Event and club discovery
- Vehicle profile management
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Let's Ride is made for off-road riders — UTV, side-by-side, ATV, dirt bike and 4x4. FIND WHERE TO RIDE — Riding areas with their trail lines, rules and closures on one map. Save maps for places with no signal. RIDE TOGETHER — Plan a ride, invite your crew, see each other on the map during the ride, and get spoken turn cues. EVENTS AND CLUBS — Find events and rides near you, check in, and join riding clubs. YOUR RIG — Add your vehicle and its build. YOUR CHOICE — Share where you are only when you choose, with the riders you choose. Report or block anyone, anywhere in the app. Let's Ride is for riders 16 and older.
DirtSync
This app keeps your group connected and on the map, even without cell service. It uses satellite and mesh radio technology for live rider tracking, SOS alerts, and group chat, ideal for off-road adventures.
- Offline mesh radio communication
- Live rider tracking with speed and heading
- One-tap SOS with GPS coordinates
- Import KML, KMZ, and GPX trail maps
- Group chat over cloud or mesh radio
- Waypoint dropping
- Web dashboard for Mission Control
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DirtSync keeps your whole group on the map — even when cell service is gone. Built for off-road crews, trail parks, guided rides, and anyone who has ever turned around to go find somebody. Create a session, share a 7-character code, and every rider appears on a live satellite map in under 60 seconds. No account required. WORKS WHERE OTHER APPS STOP DirtSync uses your internet connection when it's available and automatically switches to mesh radio when the trail goes dark. Connect a Meshtastic LoRa node over Bluetooth and your position, chat messages, and SOS alerts keep moving over radio — canyon, timber, deep park, no signal — it doesn't matter. LIVE RIDER TRACKING Every rider on the map with name, speed, heading, and live status. See who's ahead, who's behind, and who hasn't moved in a while. ONE-TAP SOS Send an SOS with your exact GPS coordinates to every rider and Mission Control instantly. Works over mesh radio when there's no cell signal — so help knows where to go even in a dead zone. TRAIL MAPS Import KML, KMZ, and GPX files from Google Earth, Gaia GPS, or CalTopo. Trail names and colors are preserved and shared to every rider in the session the moment you upload. RIDE CHAT Group chat that routes through the cloud when you have signal and through mesh radio when you don't. Messages find a path either way. WAYPOINTS Drop hazards, water crossings, fuel stops, and photo spots on the map. Visible to every rider instantly. MISSION CONTROL Park operators, ride leaders, and guides get a full web dashboard — live riders, SOS alerts, chat, trail maps, waypoints, and draw tools from any browser. No app install required for the operator. GPX EXPORT Export your recorded ride track as a GPX file for mapping, analysis, or sharing after the ride. SESSION CODES 7-character codes like DUST421 or RIDE873 — short enough to fit a Baofeng channel name. Share it at the trailhead and everyone is on the map before the first rider rolls out. Free for riders. No account required. For park licensing, relay station installs, and Node Kit fleet pricing — contact us at jdmatkowski@gmail.com.
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Verdict
Lets Ride Off Road and DirtSync are too close to call on the numbers: across 9 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Lets Ride Off Road against 5.0 for DirtSync. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.
Lets Ride Off Road ships an update every 5 days, DirtSync every 6 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Lets Ride Off Road | DirtSync |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 6 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lets Ride LLC | JOE MATKOWSKI |
Customer experience
Lets Ride Off Road
DirtSync
In-app purchases
Lets Ride Off Road
No in-app purchases
DirtSync
No in-app purchases








