Comparison

Hidden Beaches vs Hello Kigali

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Hidden Beaches

Discover Britain's most beautiful secret beaches for swimming, walking, and exploring. This practical guide features inspirational photos, engaging writing, and detailed mapping for over 400 hidden coastal gems.

Highlights
  • Explore 400 secret beaches
  • Inspirational photos and writing
  • Detailed 1:25,000 mapping
  • Directions and travel information
  • Find nearby pubs and campsites
  • Interactive map search
  • Save favorite locations
Features
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Wild Swimming Hidden Beaches: Explore Britain's Secret Coast In this spectacular and practical guide Daniel Start, author of Wild Swimming, charts Britain’s 400 most beautiful secret beaches, describing the best places to swim, walk and explore, containing all the content from the best-selling book ‘Hidden Beaches’ (Wild Things Publishing, 2014, £16.99). Britain has some of the most amazing coastline in the world, and it is more accessible than ever before, yet many of its beaches remain hidden. These little slices of peace and paradise welcome the intrepid adventurer and those in the know. So why not set out to discover our shell-white sands and blue lagoons, hidden smugglers’ coves and sea grottoes sparkling with coralline. Find a campsite on the beach and cook up supper on the sands, or seek out the best local seafood at welcoming inns. This app combines inspirational photos, engaging writing and practical information to make a truly original travel guide. NOTE: due to the large number of images and places the app is slow to load first time and may not work well (or crash) if many other apps are open in parallel. Please close other apps. You will find preloaded maps, photos, directions and travel writing to inspire and inform. Most locations comes with stunning photography and include detailed 1:25,000 mapping. There is contact information for nearby pubs, campsites and attractions. If you need inspiration you can browse the app by slideshow, list, photo gallery and on an interactive map. Ask the app to find places close to you, or search using postcode, address, star rating, walk-in time, keywords or other features. You can share places on email and Facebook and save favourites too.

About

Hello Kigali

Discover Kigali's best cafes, shops, and cultural sites with this comprehensive city guide. Find locations, get directions, estimate taxi fares, and contribute to rankings. Explore the city like a local or a new visitor.

Highlights
  • City map with locations
  • Location details (incl. WiFi)
  • Site check-ins and ratings
  • Road route directions
  • Taxi/moto fare estimates
  • Best Of Kigali voting
Features
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The ‘Hello Kigali’ App is a free city guide discovery app for Kigali, Rwanda. It helps new visitors to Kigali (and locals) explore useful locations quickly and easily. Since 2015 it has been a popular way to find out where the best cafes with WiFi, shopping, and Rwanda cultural sites are located. The latest version takes that simple idea and adds site check-ins, ratings, social features, road directions, taxi estimates. and a ‘Best Of Kigali’ voting and ranking features. We now have well over 1000 locations and are part of the MurugoCloud ecosystem. I hope you find ‘Hello Kigali’ useful and fun! v1.0 Features: - Simple User Interface - Map of Kigali with locations displayed & custom images - Click on map location for more information (including if they have free WiFi) - Site Types: Food (Restaurant, Fast Food), Shopping, Medical, Gas, Culture (Culture, Embassy), Hotel v1.1 Features - List View that will display a single selected location - Updated graphics - Local storage of data to save on mobile data download limits - Updated Site Types v1.2 Features - Search Site Locations - updated graphics v2.0 Release: - Murugo User Support - Updated App Graphics and Animations - Site Ratings and vote on ‘Best of Kigali’ - Site Check-ins - Earn Badges (check-in badges) - Location Clustering (our proprietary clustering showing what shops, restaurants, and other organizations are in a building) v2.1 Release: - Pandemic Features & Reporting (closed places) - Other Murugo Support Updates v2.2 Release: - Guhemba Merchant Restaurant Menu Support v2.3 Release: - Mapbox Integration - Road Route Directions - Taxi/Moto Estimates

Screenshots

Hidden Beaches4 screens
Hello Kigali4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hello Kigali at 100% against Hidden Beaches's 0%. Hello Kigali also leads on price (Free vs $3.99). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Hello Kigali is free to download; Hidden Beaches costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hidden Beaches ships an update every 7 months, Hello Kigali every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Hidden Beaches versus Hello Kigali: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHidden BeachesHello Kigali
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating—4.9 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—8 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 6 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB77 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWild Things Publishing LtdCommon World Inc.

Customer experience

Hidden Beaches

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Hello Kigali

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Hidden Beaches

No in-app purchases

None

Hello Kigali

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hidden Beaches free?
Hidden Beaches costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hello Kigali free?
Hello Kigali is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hidden Beaches or Hello Kigali have ads?
Neither Hidden Beaches nor Hello Kigali shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hidden Beaches or Hello Kigali?
Hidden Beaches ships an update every 7 months, and Hello Kigali every 6 months. Most recently, Hidden Beaches was updated on November 1, 2026 and Hello Kigali on October 24, 2026.

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