# Archibald: Paris facades — Walking tours & hidden Paris > Walking tours & hidden Paris (iPhone/iPad app by Angele Raveleau.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/archibald-paris-facades/id6805506840 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Angele Raveleau](https://appshunter.io/developer/6805506843) - Category: Travel, Education - Price: Free - Age rating: 12+ - Requires: iOS 18.0 · 47 MB - Languages: American English, French (France), Japanese, Chinese (Simplified, China), European Spanish - Released: 2026-09-17 - Data updated: 2026-10-11 ## What is Archibald? You walk past them every day. A wrought-iron balcony, a door older than the Revolution, a shopfront whose sign outlived every trade behind it. Archibald tells you what they are. Open the app in the street: it shows the facades around you, with their history, written and checked. The stories are carried on board: they read without a network, in the metro or halfway up a hill. The guided walks take you across a neighbourhood: medieval Paris, the covered passages, the Art Nouveau of Auteuil, Molière from one bank to the other. Or wander: Archibald points out the handsome facades as you pass, and keeps the trace of your walk. What you keep fits in a notebook: the facades you want to see again, in your own words. A notebook travels by link or QR code, from one phone to another. Under each story, a label gathers what the sources say: the historic monument listing, the architect, the digs beneath the facade, where the street's name comes from, its plaques, and sometimes what is protected inside. The stories also read in English, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese. At night the app turns a warm brown, and the cat keeps his coat. Everything is free. No account, no sign-up, no advertising. To search around you, the app queries Wikipedia with your coordinates, for the length of the request and with nothing attached that identifies you: it accepts no cookies and keeps no history. It counts which features get used, anonymously, and that can be switched off in the settings. Your walks, your notebooks and your notes stay on your phone. Archibald is a cat, and he minds the lodge of the keeper of Paris. ## Is Archibald safe? Not enough ratings yet to assess Archibald. ## Is Archibald legit? Archibald: Paris facades has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Archibald is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Version history (last 4 releases) ### 2.0 — 2026-10-08 An Apple or Google account opens the challenges to you. Your walks stay private there. Each month, a leaderboard by nickname, which you can leave. I show my hunger and my mood, and dress for the weather. Lighter pages, 294 new places, 103 stories rewritten, all translated. Enjoy your walk. ### 1.2 — 2026-10-03 I now know 4,901 stories, gardens and squares included. 357 new places have entered my memory. All of them read in English, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese. I rechecked some facts, notably about Rochegude and about a judge. Plaques, archaeology and street name origins now appear on more labels. Enjoy your walk. ### 1.1 — 2026-10-02 I have rewritten all my stories. The sentences are shorter and truer. My stories now read in English, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese. I also know new facades, all over Paris. I also know the gardens and squares of Paris. Their stories read in French for now. Under each story, a label shows what the sources say. You will find the listing, the architect, what was dug up below. It also tells where the street's name comes from, and its plaques. Sometimes it says what is protected inside. At night, the app turns a warm brown. My fur stays the same. The first screen is new: a walk draws itself before your eyes. I also show you around the house, screen by screen. Stroke me: I purr under your finger, without a word. Enjoy your walk. ### 1.0.1 — 2026-09-17 No release notes. ## Apps similar to Archibald | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Cathédrale de Nantes](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cathedrale-de-nantes/id6749160686) | — | Free | Travel | | [Visite Habitation Clément](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/visite-habitation-clement/id6755483014) | — | Free | Travel | | [M-Ticket - Via Corsica](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/m-ticket-via-corsica/id6444070444) | — | Free | Travel | | [El Prado Museum Visit & Guide](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/el-prado-museum-visit-and-guide/id1438681133) | 4.1 (33) | Free | Travel | | [Motto - eBikes](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/motto-ebikes/id1601684750) | — | Free | Travel | | [GlobeRider - Solo Travel](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/globerider-solo-travel/id6624295099) | — | Free | Travel | ## Related topics [boussole bibracte](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/boussole-bibracte) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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