This Exit
For road trip enthusiasts and families seeking unique, culturally niche, or obscure historical landmarks in the US and Canada.
Roadside America
Snapshot
Who is This Exit?
Helping road trippers discover offbeat and kitschy tourist attractions across North America through curated, expert-researched guides.
Target audience
Portfolio
Last updated
Roadside America
v2.8
1.6y ago
Publisher DNA
What defines This Exit?
Publisher DNA
Primary focus
Specialized travel guides for offbeat North American attractions
Scale
indie
Target audience
Road trip enthusiasts and families seeking unique, culturally niche, or obscure historical landmarks in the US and Canada.
Origin
Developed as the mobile extension of RoadsideAmerica.com, a long-standing online guide to offbeat tourist attractions.
Portfolio momentum
Released 1 update in the last 6 months with 1 active app, focusing on maintaining the flagship title rather than rapid expansion.
Portfolio
What does This Exit ship?
Apps
3 apps analysed
Route Zealot filter creates a tiered content experience that rewards power users.
- Expert-curated editorial voice provides a specialized experience that generic map apps cannot replicate.
Crowdsourced tips reduce editorial overhead
- Discovery of obscure roadside attractions makes road trips significantly more memorable for travelers
- Technical instability and application crashes prevent consistent access to purchased travel content
Single-market publisher, every app ships only to United States.
Based on 2 of 3 apps with localized market data, more coverage rolling in as scans complete · last scanned .
Americas (1)
- United States2 / 2
Core markets (2/2 apps)
User Sentiment
How do users feel about their apps?
0
Positive apps
1
Neutral / mixed
0
Negative apps
45/100
Avg sentiment score
Rivals
Who does This Exit compete with?
The rivals identified
Nemeses(1)
This is the direct market leader for offbeat, location-specific travel content, mirroring the exact niche of Roadside 66.
Contenders(2)
A powerful trip-planning tool that dominates the road-trip segment with robust routing and stop-discovery features.
Directly competes for the 'what's at the next exit' use case, which is a core utility for Route 66 travelers.
Same space(5)
Provides location-based historical and cultural context, serving as a broader alternative to curated travel guides.
A major player in the experience-booking space that competes for the user's time and travel budget.
Adjacent travel utility that captures the same 'discovery of landmarks' audience but focuses on federal lands.
Acts as a massive aggregator for travel attractions, though it lacks the specialized 'oddity' focus of the target.
Focuses on the commercial side of travel discovery, providing a transactional alternative to the target's informational focus.
New entrants(2)
An emerging, highly active travel planner that is rapidly gaining traction through frequent feature updates.
A recent entrant that signals a shift toward integrating transportation logistics with local discovery.
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What fed this analysis
- Apps analyzed:
- 3
- With full intel:
- 1
- With overview:
- 3
- Website scraped:
- yes
- Social presence:
- yes