# Matzu: AI Travel Guide — Listen offline. Ask live.

> Listen offline. Ask live. (iPhone/iPad app by Gian Reto Schulthess.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/matzu-ai-travel-guide/id6777523260 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Gian Reto Schulthess](https://appshunter.io/developer/6777523262)
- Category: Travel
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 96 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, European Spanish
- Released: 2026-07-15
- Data updated: 2026-08-23
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/matzu-ai-travel-guide/id6777523260/reviews.md

## What is Matzu?

MATZU PLANS THE DAY. YOU START WALKING. THE STORIES COME WITH YOU.

Matzu is your personal AI guide for city walks and day trips. Tell it what interests you, how much time you have, and the kind of day you want. Matzu builds a route with sights, maps, and useful links.

STORIES EVEN WITHOUT A SIGNAL

Before you set off, download the story for each stop. You can then keep listening when coverage is weak or unavailable. Replay a downloaded narration without using more minutes for the same story.

Important: Matzu is not a fully offline app. Planning new tours, fetching current places and links, and talking live with Matzu require an internet connection.

ARRIVE AND LISTEN

Start your tour and walk. During an active tour, Matzu uses your location to play the prepared story at the relevant stop. Pause, resume, or open a narration again later from the stop card.

ASK MATZU LIVE

Want to know more? Start a conversation and ask about a building, a nearby restaurant, or a change to your route. Matzu can open useful place and booking links inside the app.

YOUR DAY AT A GLANCE

• Personal tours built around your interests
• Ordered stops with photos, maps, and waypoints
• Stories you can download ahead of time for weak or missing coverage
• Replay the same narration without using more minutes
• Live conversations in English, German, French, Italian, and Spanish
• Themed tours for history, architecture, food, art, and more

Matzu combines the calm of an audio guide with the freedom to ask follow-up questions.

Privacy: https://matzu.ai/privacy
Support: support@matzu.ai

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 20 Matzu Minutes | $1.99 | one-time |
| 60 Matzu Minutes | $4.99 | one-time |
| 150 Matzu Minutes | $9.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.0.0 — 2026-08-14

Matzu 2.0 brings tour stories built for walking:
• Download narrations before you set off and play them when coverage is weak or unavailable.
• Replay downloaded stories without using more minutes.
• More reliable transitions between tours, live conversations, speakers, and headphones.
• Improved maps, links, and saved trips.

Planning and live questions still require internet.

### 1.2.4 — 2026-08-02

1.2.4: Stability release for launch weekend — narrations always play live for best quality, the lock-screen tour widget stays visible for the whole tour, and narrations you missed while offline play automatically once you're back online.

### 1.2.1 — 2026-08-01

1.2.1: Fixes an issue where a tour could stop by itself after about 10 minutes (narrations and the lock-screen widget went silent), and an issue where two narrations could play at the same time when arriving at a sight with a dialect selected. New: send us feedback directly from Settings. Thanks for the reports!

### 1.2.0 — 2026-08-01

What's new in 1.2.0:
• New 'How Matzu works' intro tour — see everything Matzu can do in 30 seconds (replay it anytime from Settings)
• Matzu can now speak Swiss German — pick 'Schweizerdeutsch' under Settings → Dialect & accent (experimental)
• New English accents: Oxford, Scottish, Irish, Cockney, Australian and more
• Invite a friend and follow Matzu right from Settings
• Smoother tours: better reconnection after signal loss, correct lock-screen controls and many stability fixes

### 1.1.0 — 2026-07-24

Reliability improvements for tours and the lock-screen widget, plus general performance fixes.

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