Road Trip Planner Viewer vs mapMyTrips
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Road Trip Planner Viewer
View your road trip plans on your Apple device. This free app lets you open and explore Road Trip Planner files created on other platforms. It's ideal for sharing and reviewing trip itineraries without needing the full editing software.
- View Road Trip Planner files
- Free to use
- Privacy-focused, no data collection
- Access sample files
- Supports Route 66 sample
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RTP Viewer allows you to view Road Trip Planner files on your Apple device. Create and edit your files with Road Trip Planner for iOS or OS X, and then anyone can view the files with this app. Road Trip Planner Viewer is free, does not require any subscription and respects your privacy by not collecting any of your data. While you can edit the files with this app, you cannot save your edits. Our iOS app Road Trip Planner at the App Store is virtually identical to this app and allows you to save your edits. Contact us for more information or bug reports. Multiple sample files are available, including an informative Route 66 sample file. For more info on Road Trip Planner tap or click the Support URL.
mapMyTrips
Transforms your social media posts into a visual travel map. Automatically plots your tagged locations and allows you to customize, save, and share your journey with friends.
- Create travel maps from social media
- Plot tagged locations automatically
- Delete unwanted places
- Save and share travel maps
- Visualize your journeys
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With mapMyTrips you can turn your social media accounts into a beautiful map. mapMyTrips takes your tagged places from your social accounts and builds a beautiful travel map for you. You can delete unwanted places, save and share your map with your friends. Enjoy!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: mapMyTrips at 100% against Road Trip Planner Viewer's 31%. mapMyTrips also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.1). Road Trip Planner Viewer's advantage is ratings volume (2.6K vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
mapMyTrips holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Road Trip Planner Viewer has 2.6K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of Road Trip Planner Viewer's written reviews are positive against 100% of mapMyTrips's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Road Trip Planner Viewer | mapMyTrips |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (2.6K ratings) | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 30.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.6K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kyle Modesitt | Applitom |
Customer experience
Road Trip Planner Viewer
mapMyTrips
Bugs and requests
Road Trip Planner Viewer
Reported bugs
6 issues- Sharing with family doesn't work
- Paid version not recognized, can't save or route trip
- Demos keep crashing
- Can't import own road trip file, only works with sample files
- Login screen freezes
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- Incompatible with older devices
Requested features
6 requests- Directions on how to use the app
- Ability to delete a pin without deleting the entire file
- Search function in help
- Ability to plan a trip in advance
- Option to choose which navigation app to use
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- Current position centered map button
mapMyTrips
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Road Trip Planner Viewer
No in-app purchases
mapMyTrips
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Road Trip Planner Viewer free?
Is mapMyTrips free?
Which has better reviews, Road Trip Planner Viewer or mapMyTrips?
Do Road Trip Planner Viewer or mapMyTrips have ads?
Which is updated more often, Road Trip Planner Viewer or mapMyTrips?
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