Rods is your personal co-driver. It analyzes any road and calls out every corner before you arrive — the direction, how sharp it is, whether it tightens or opens, and the distance to the next one. It also warns you about speed bumps, chicanes, and surface changes and other road hazards along the way.
Pick a road. Drive. And hear what's coming:
Simple mode: "Medium left tightens, into easy right, 100"
Advanced mode: "Left 3 tightens, into Right 5, 100."
No more guessing what's around the next bend.
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HOW IT WORKS
1. Set a start and end point on any road
2. Rods analyzes every corner along the route
3. Tap Drive and hear callouts through your speakers
4. Each corner is announced before you arrive
It's the same kind of corner callouts used in professional rally — but generated automatically for any road, anywhere.
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WHAT YOU HEAR
Every corner is described by:
• Direction — left or right
• Severity — Easy, Medium, or Hard in simple mode or 1 (tightest hairpin) to 6 (gentle curve) in Advanced
• Shape — tightens, opens, long, very long
• Sequence — "into" links consecutive corners
• Distance — yards/meters to the next corner
Road hazards and features are called out too:
• Speed bumps and dips
• Chicanes and narrowings
• Bridges and tunnels
• Speed cameras
• Surface changes — gravel, cobblestone, unpaved sections
Example on a mountain pass:
"Right 4 long, 80. Left 2 tightens, into Right 3, 50. Caution, speed bump. Left 5."
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WORKS COMPLETELY OFFLINE
Download your region's road data once and drive anywhere — mountain passes, backroads, canyon roads, scenic routes. No cell signal needed while driving on a pre-generated route.
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BUILT FOR DRIVING ENTHUSIASTS
Rods isn't about getting from A to B. It's for the roads you choose to drive — the twisty ones, the scenic ones, the ones you drive twice.
Whether you're carving canyon switchbacks, exploring unfamiliar mountain roads, riding your motorcycle through the hills, or running your favorite backroad on a Sunday morning — Rods tells you what's ahead so you can drive with confidence.
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PLAN BEFORE YOU DRIVE
Preview any route and see what the road looks like before you commit — how many corners, how severe, what kind of sequences. Find the most interesting roads without driving them blind.
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SUBSCRIPTION
Rods is a subscription-based app. A 14-day free trial is included — no charge until it ends, cancel anytime.
All features require an active subscription after the free trial:
• Real-time voice callouts for every corner
• 6-level severity scale (hairpin to gentle curve) in Advanced and Simple modes
• Tightening, opening, and long corner detection
• Speed bump, dip, chicane, and narrowing alerts
• Bridge, tunnel, and speed camera callouts
• Surface change detection
• Corner-to-corner distance announcements
• Cars and motorcycles
• Route planning with full corner preview
• Offline use — download your region's road data once and drive anywhere
Subscription options: Monthly and Yearly, with localized pricing shown in-app before you subscribe.
Payment will be charged to your Apple ID at the confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period at the cost of the chosen package. You can manage and cancel subscriptions in your Apple ID account settings after purchase.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://driverods.com/privacy-policy
Small team very responsive, does really great work building this app to something that’s easier to use to make rally style callouts for driving. Some hiccups and bugs as it’s early on in the development but it’s worth a download to try if you go out driving often.
Developer Response
Thanks a lot!🚗❤️
Excellent potential!
Gordon Remling
This could easily be the only driving app I use! Its great for navigating the city but really shines when you make a route and rip it around gravel roads! The creator is also always taking feedback and is super nice! Give the app a shot, you've got nothing to lose and plenty to gain!
Race tracks
Lg4799
Would it be possible to add free hand points? I was trying to map Sonoma Raceway but the routing did not work maybe because it’s a private road? Also if it would be possible to map out auto cross layouts that are shareable it would be awesome.
Amazing work
Mayhem 774
I’ve been using this for about 5 hours so far and I’ve had a great time the call outs are at a good pace for most part and it’s pretty immersive can’t wait to see what’s next.
Version 1.7.7
Improvements
- Free Roam now recalculates the road ahead about 3x faster when you leave the planned route.
- Your Free Roam driven trail now stays on the map for the whole session, colored by corner difficulty.
- Morning and evening Rods messages on the Home screen now appear at the right time of day.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed Free Roam gradually slowing down and overheating the phone on longer sessions, which could make the car icon and route line vanish.
- Fixed drives going silent for the rest of the session after a route recalculation hiccup.
- Fixed the Free Roam car icon jittering back and forth along the road.
- Restored the settings button on the Free Roam drive screen.
- Callouts are no longer dropped when the audio system is briefly busy — Rods now retries.
- Callouts now recover and play when Siri or another app briefly holds audio while Rods is in the background.
Version 1.7.7
The developer, Buildrhaus, MB, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
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Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
Contact Info
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Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
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Accessibility
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Information
Seller
Buildrhaus, MB
Size
120.3 MB
Category
Navigation
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.5 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.5 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.5 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.5 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
Apple Vision Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Location
This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.
