Comparison

thl Roadtrip vs Trip Loop

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

Head to head
About

thl Roadtrip

Your ultimate travel companion for exploring New Zealand and Australia. Discover nearby amenities like campsites, petrol stations, and public toilets. Get real-time road alerts and access helpful vehicle operation videos.

Highlights
  • GPS location tracking
  • Nearest amenity finder (campsites, petrol, WiFi, toilets)
  • Real-time road alerts
  • Vehicle operation videos
  • Traveler tips and recommendations
Features
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The essential roadtrippers travel companion and tool to help you explore New Zealand and Australia without the stress and hassle that can come with travelling in a new place, or with running out of petrol. You'll find all that you need to know - the app displays your current GPS location then shows the nearest campsites and holiday parks, (free and paid), petrol stations, free wifi, supermarkets, dump stations, public toilets, LPG filing stations, laundromats - pretty much everything you need for your road trip. You'll also be able to watch helpful ‘how to’ operate your vehicle videos and join in the conversations as travellers leave tips and recommendations about where to stay and what to do. And if roads are closed the helpful real-time road alerts will let you know.

About

Trip Loop

This app helps groups stay connected and organized during trips, even without internet. Share locations, chat, and access trip information offline. Administrators can coordinate activities and monitor group safety.

Highlights
  • Offline group communication
  • Location sharing (optional)
  • Group chat and photo sharing
  • Itinerary updates
  • Offline maps
  • Administrator coordination tools
  • Safety mode GPS tracking
Features
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Trip Loop is the platform that helps you communicate and find your group with and without internet. You will find all the information you ‘need’ about your trip in one place. You choose with who you want to share your location with (or not share it all with incognito mode). All users / travelers can chat with their group and share pictures with them. You will always know where you need to go and how to get there, so you can stop being lost whenever you want. With Trip Loop, group administrators are able to coordinate and service their travelers within minutes. They can also automatically collect user feedback and know whenever a user checks-in into activities. In case the group faces a situation where the administration needs to know where the users are, the safety mode allows you to locate the GPS locations of users in order to better manage the situation. Each Trip Loop user has an offline range of 328 feet (100 mts), so 16 users can cover an area of 1 sq. mile and still be able to communicate texts via the Trip Loop feed, receive any itinerary updates and access offline maps to find your group and activities.

Screenshots

thl Roadtrip4 screens
Trip Loop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: thl Roadtrip at 74% against Trip Loop's 27%. thl Roadtrip also leads on ratings volume (26 vs 3). Trip Loop's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Trip Loop holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: thl Roadtrip has 26 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 74% of thl Roadtrip's written reviews are positive against 27% of Trip Loop's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

thl Roadtrip ships an update every 3 months, Trip Loop every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
thl Roadtrip versus Trip Loop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterthl RoadtripTrip Loop
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (26 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.0% of reviews — better26.9% of reviews
Number of ratings26 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13
Further details — not scored
Size164 MB95 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTourism Holdings LimitedTrip Loop, Inc

Customer experience

thl Roadtrip

All ratings26 ratings
Positive69.2%
Neutral3.8%
Negative26.9%
Written reviews73 reviews
Positive74.0%
Neutral5.5%
Negative20.5%

Trip Loop

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive26.9%
Neutral3.8%
Negative69.2%

Bugs and requests

thl Roadtrip

Reported bugs

22 issues
  • Navigation on Mac laptop is wonky
  • Videos don't load
  • App doesn't work
  • Pickup process is very long
  • Can't center a start location
Show 17 more
  • Hard to navigate
  • Hard to filter
  • App is useless
  • Customer service is nonexistent
  • Vehicle issues reported
  • App glitches with full internet
  • Help videos not working
  • Screen goes blank for videos
  • Videos page doesn't work
  • Map is cluttered
  • App doesn't locate current position
  • Manual map movement required
  • Cannot open locations on the map
  • Video links appear and disappear
  • App displays information screen and does nothing else
  • Stuck on first page with notice
  • Unable to open app, cannot get past start

Requested features

12 requests
  • Improve search function
  • Improve navigation on Mac laptops
  • Fix video loading issues
  • Improve location services to show current position
  • Make app more user-friendly
Show 7 more
  • Provide prices and features of sites
  • Fix glitches with internet connection
  • Ensure help videos are consistently available
  • Reduce map clutter
  • Allow centering of start location
  • Improve filtering functionality
  • Add more input from users to make it better

Trip Loop

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

thl Roadtrip

No in-app purchases

None

Trip Loop

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is thl Roadtrip free?
thl Roadtrip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Trip Loop free?
Trip Loop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, thl Roadtrip or Trip Loop?
Trip Loop is rated higher. thl Roadtrip averages 3.8 out of 5 from 26 ratings, while Trip Loop averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do thl Roadtrip or Trip Loop have ads?
Neither thl Roadtrip nor Trip Loop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, thl Roadtrip or Trip Loop?
thl Roadtrip ships an update every 3 months, and Trip Loop every 5 weeks. Most recently, thl Roadtrip was updated on October 17, 2026 and Trip Loop on October 20, 2026.

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