Comparison

Motorways vs AutoTrek

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

Head to head
About

Motorways

View live, searchable, and filterable traffic incidents and motorway speeds across England. Optimized for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, this app helps you avoid delays and save time on your journeys. It provides detailed speed graphs and maps of road conditions.

Highlights
  • Live traffic incidents
  • Motorway speed data
  • Searchable and filterable information
  • Speed graphs
  • Traffic maps
  • Apple Watch integration
Features
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BEAT THE TRAFFIC! Motorways gives you live, junction-by-junction speeds and incidents for every M road in England, fed by multiple aggregated sources including near realtime National Highways traffic data that updates continuously throughout the day. LIVE JUNCTION SPEEDS • A/B direction speeds for 600+ junctions, colour-coded: green for free-flowing, amber for slowing, red for congested • At-a-glance average speed and live alert counts for every road on the dashboard • Tap any junction for a map, both directions, and a typical speed-by-hour profile so you know whether today is normal or a problem LIVE INCIDENTS • Accidents, roadworks, congestion, closures and other hazards as they happen • Filter by category or search, and see every event on a live national map • Distances in miles and yards, sorted nearest-first to your position APPLE WATCH • A standalone watch app brings road averages, per-junction speeds and the most serious active incidents to your wrist — no iPhone needed FREE & PRO • Free with a daily allowance of junction lookups • Motorways Pro removes the limit: unlimited speed lookups. • No account to create, no email address required — your device signs in automatically Built for daily drivers, HGV and van operators, and anyone who hates sitting in a queue. End user license agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

AutoTrek

Track your driving trips, recording route, distance, duration, and speed. Add photos and notes to document your travels, and easily share session data or generate reports for business or personal use.

Highlights
  • Records travel route, distance, and duration
  • Tracks varying driving speeds with color-coded map segments
  • Allows adding photos and notes to trips
  • Generates monthly and annual reports of total distance and duration
  • Exports session data and reports in PNG or PDF format
  • Useful for business mileage tracking and vacation documentation
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This app tracks your driving trip and records your travel route, travel distance, total duration and varying driving speeds throughout the trip. The app can be used to keep track of your business trips mileage and time, or to keep a detailed record, accompanied by photos and a note, of your vacation trip to a destination. Furthermore, you may send any session data, along with all the photos (in PNG or PDF) to your friends and/or yourself; or in case of a car accident, you may send your latest session data to your insurance company for filing a claim. Specifically the app records the following data of your trip and stores them into a session: a) A session title (optional) b) Total distance traveled c) Total duration of the trip d) Average driving speed e) The fastest and the slowest driving speed f) The last driving speed when you stop the session g) A map that shows your travel route h) A set of photos you take for the session i) A user entered note (optional) In addition to the above, the map depicts your travel route with colored segments that represent the varying driving speeds throughout the trip. The colored segments are: a) Green segments - speed 50 Mi/hr and above b) Yellow segments - speed 30 Mi/hr - 49 Mi/hr c) Red segment - speed 0 - 29 Mi/hr You may email any session data, via PNG or PDF file, to friends or your employer for expense reimbursement. Furthermore, the app can generate a report that tallies the total distance and duration taken, per month and annually, for all saved sessions. You may email the report, via plain text or PDF, to friends or your employer for expense reimbursement. Note: continue use of GPS running in background can dramatically decrease battery life.

Screenshots

Motorways4 screens
AutoTrek4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: AutoTrek at 100% against Motorways's 15%. AutoTrek also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 6). Motorways's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99). On ratings volume, update cadence 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

Motorways is free to download; AutoTrek costs $0.99 up front. Motorways sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. AutoTrek asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AutoTrek holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 15% of Motorways's written reviews are positive against 100% of AutoTrek's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Motorways ships an update every 4 months, AutoTrek every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Motorways versus AutoTrek: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMotorwaysAutoTrek
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating3.3 (3 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews14.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.415.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNuovoDevDynetix Design Solutions Inc

Customer experience

Motorways

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews81 reviews
Positive14.8%
Neutral3.7%
Negative81.5%

AutoTrek

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Motorways

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly$0.997 Days
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Annual$9.991 Year
One-time3
  • Weekly Subscription$0.99
  • Monthly Subscription$2.99
  • Annual Subscription$3.99
None

AutoTrek

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Motorways free?
Motorways is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AutoTrek free?
AutoTrek costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Motorways or AutoTrek?
AutoTrek is rated higher. Motorways averages 3.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while AutoTrek averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Motorways or AutoTrek have ads?
Motorways shows ads; AutoTrek does not.
Which is updated more often, Motorways or AutoTrek?
Motorways ships an update every 4 months, and AutoTrek every 3 months. Most recently, Motorways was updated on November 1, 2026 and AutoTrek on October 24, 2026.

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