# arch guide — Explore SoCal Architecture

> Explore SoCal Architecture (iPhone/iPad app by ARCH GUIDE LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/arch-guide/id6782629837 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [ARCH GUIDE LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/1868281435)
- Category: Travel, Education
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 26.4 · 39 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-08-20
- Data updated: 2026-09-30
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/arch-guide/id6782629837/reviews.md

## What is arch guide?

Actually see the city.

Arch Guide is your personal architecture guide to California. It turns any trip through the city into a tour through design history, explaining the buildings you pass every day without a second look.

California is full of architecture hiding in plain sight. Arch Guide stops you, and tells you why it matters.

WHAT'S INSIDE

Audio-narrated tours across neighborhoods
Real architectural history, from Case Study Houses to Craftsman landmarks
A style identifier: snap any building, anywhere, and find out what you're looking at
Turn-by-turn navigation to every stop
Ask Ellie anything about a building while you're standing in front of it
A photo journal that keeps every building you've seen

EXPLORE YOUR WAY
Go at your own pace. Pull up any building on the map to read up on it, follow a guided tour, or build a route of your own anywhere in the city.

FOR ARCHITECTURE LOVERS AND THE CURIOUS
Whether you already know the big names or you've just always wondered about a building near you, this is architecture without the homework.

Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego are our first cities. More are on the way.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 3-Tour Pack | $17.99 | one-time |
| Bunker Hill on - DTLA | $5.99 | one-time |
| Broadway's Mile - DTLA | $5.99 | one-time |
| Arroyo Seco Pkwy - Pasadena | $8.99 | one-time |
| Dena's Quiet Empires - Pasadena | $5.99 | one-time |
| N. University Park - DTLA | $5.99 | one-time |
| Wilshire Corridor - Mid Wilshire | $8.99 | one-time |
| Desert Modernism - Palm Springs | $8.99 | one-time |
| Balboa Park - San Diego | $5.99 | one-time |
| Gaslamp Gilded Bricks - San Diego | $5.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.23 — 2026-09-14

What's new:
• Bug fixes and performance improvements.

### 1.22 — 2026-09-08

What's new:
• Bug fixes and performance improvements.

### 1.21 — 2026-08-30

What's new:
• Bug fixes and performance improvements.

### 1.2 — 2026-08-30

What's new in 1.2
• Sessions — read our new editorial issues right inside the app.
• Moodboard — a photo scavenger game to play as you explore a tour.
• Look Around — drop into an immersive street-level view straight from the map.
• Bug fixes and performance improvements.

### 1.1 — 2026-08-21

No release notes.

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