Rocky Mountain NP Field Guide vs COtrip Planner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rocky Mountain NP Field Guide
Explore Rocky Mountain National Park with this interactive field guide. Identify over 100 plants and animals using detailed profiles, images, and audio recordings. Enhance your park visit with offline maps and species distribution charts.
- 100+ plants and animals
- Species profiles
- Audio recordings
- Image gallery
- Detailed park map
- Offline connectivity
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ParksConnect presents this interactive field guide for Rocky Mountain National Park. Designed for park visitors and enthusiasts, this app highlights over 100 plants and animals found in the park including amphibians, birds, fish, insects, mammals, reptiles, wildflowers, trees, shrubs, and more. Use the app to enhance your Rocky Mountain trip and see how many species you can identify. App features include: • 100+ plants and animals • Species profiles • Distribution charts • Audio recordings • Image gallery • Detailed park map • Offline connectivity Species List: Abert’s Squirrel, Alpine Forget Me Not, American Badger, American Beaver, American Dipper, American Pika, American Robin, Big Brown Bat, Bighorn Sheep, Black Bear, Black-Billed Magpie, Blue Spruce, Bobcat, Boreal Chorus Frog, Boreal Toad, Bracken Fern, Brittle Fern, Broad-Tailed Hummingbird, Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Bumble Bee, Canada Goose, Cheatgrass, Clark’s Nutcracker, Colorado Columbine, Common Raven, Cooper’s Hawk, Coyote, Darkling Beetle, Dusky Grouse, Engelmann Spruce, Fairy Slipper, Fireweed, Glacier Lily, Golden Eagle, Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel, Gray Jay, Great Horned Owl, Greenback Cutthroat Trout, Gunnison’s Mariposa Lily, Hairy Woodpecker, Heart-Leaved Arnica, Horsetail, Ladybug, Least Chipmunk, Limber Pine, Little Brown Bat, Lodgepole Pine, Long-Tailed Weasel, Mallard, Moose, Moss Campion, Mountain Bluebird, Mountain Chickadee, Mountain Lion, Mountain Pine Beetle, Mule Deer, Mullein, Muskrat, Narrowleaf Cottonwood, Parry’s Primrose, Pasque Flower, Peregrine Falcon, Pine Marten, Pocket Gopher, Ponderosa Pine, Porcupine, Quaking Aspen, Rainbow Trout, Red Crossbill, Red Squirrel, Red-Tailed Hawk, Red-Winged Blackbird, River Otter, Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir, Rocky Mountain Elk, Rocky Mountain Iris, Rocky Mountain Juniper, Rocky Mountain Parnassian, Rocky Mountain Wood Tick, Ruby-Crowned Kinglet, Rufous Hummingbird, Shooting Star, Short-Tailed Weasel, Snowshoe Hare, Steller’s Jay, Striped Skunk, Subalpine Fir, Tent Caterpillar, Tiger Salamander, Turkey Vulture, Violet-Green Swallow, Wandering Garter Snake, Water Strider, Wax Currant, Western Tanager, Western Tiger Swallowtail, White-Tailed Ptarmigan, Yarrow, Yellow Lady's Slipper, Yellow-Bellied Marmot, Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout
COtrip Planner
Access real-time traffic and traveler information for Colorado's highways. Get updates on road conditions, construction, closures, and weather. Features include a map, camera feeds, and hands-free alerts.
- Real-time traffic speeds and road conditions
- Road maintenance, construction, and closure alerts
- Camera images and live streaming video
- Winter weather conditions and plow tracker
- Hands-free route condition announcements
- Trucker-specific resources
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The COtrip app is the Colorado Department of Transportation's (CDOT) official real-time traffic and traveler information app. The COtrip app provides statewide travel information for Colorado’s interstates, U.S. routes and state highways. It does not include information for county roads or city streets. Features: - Zoomable and mobile-friendly map display - Traffic speeds and road conditions - Real-time updates on road maintenance, construction, restrictions and road closures - Camera images and live streaming video - Trucker mode with resources specific to commercial motor vehicle operators - Winter weather conditions (seasonal) - Plow tracker - Hands-free, eyes-free feature to announce upcoming road conditions that will impact your route Please Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can decrease device battery life. Drop the Distraction The primary responsibility of every driver is the safe operation of their vehicle. While traveling, mobile communication devices should be used only when the motor vehicle is at a complete stop off the traveled portion of the roadway. Do not text and drive (it's against the law) or use this app while driving. For more information about distracted driving in Colorado and safety tips, visit https://distracted.codot.gov. Feedback We welcome your feedback on this app. Please send your suggestions, questions or concerns in an email to cdot_cotrip@state.co.us. For tutorials and more information, visit COtrip.org. CDOT Privacy Policy: https://codot.gov/topcontent/privacypolicy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Rocky Mountain NP Field Guide at 4.9 against COtrip Planner's 2.8. Rocky Mountain NP Field Guide also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 14%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). COtrip Planner's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (781 vs 12). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Rocky Mountain NP Field Guide holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: COtrip Planner has 781 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Rocky Mountain NP Field Guide's written reviews are positive against 14% of COtrip Planner's.
Rocky Mountain NP Field Guide ships an update every 10 months, COtrip Planner every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rocky Mountain NP Field Guide | COtrip Planner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (12 ratings) — better | 2.8 (781 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 14.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 781 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #97 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 108 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ParksConnect | Colorado Department of Transportation |
Customer experience
Rocky Mountain NP Field Guide
COtrip Planner
Bugs and requests
Rocky Mountain NP Field Guide
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
COtrip Planner
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes and freezes
- Login and account issues
- Inconsistent and missing data
Requested features
5 requests- Bring back the old, simpler version
- Improve map interface and readability
- Add more real-time data and alerts
- Restore trip planning and route optimization features
- Improve camera coverage and reliability
In-app purchases
Rocky Mountain NP Field Guide
No in-app purchases
COtrip Planner
No in-app purchases
Questions
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