SmartTravelling vs Wellkept Secrets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SmartTravelling
Discover curated travel guides for cities and regions worldwide, focusing on gastronomy, accommodation, and culture. Plan your trips with authentic recommendations and easily book hotels through integrated services.
- Premium travel guides
- Gastronomy, accommodation, cultural recommendations
- Over 50 cities and regions
- Personal trip planning
- Hotel booking integration
- New rating system
- My Day feature
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Smart Travelling Mobile App brings you in-depth premium travel guides for our favorite cities and regions in Europe and around the world. Created by the editors of the well-known travel book series "A perfect weekend in …" and "A perfect week in …". Smart Travelling selects on two criteria: excellence and soul. The authentic and unique can be found in our guides: Special places, welcoming us as if they were old friends. Specialising in gastronomy, accommodation and cultural recommendations for travellers in over 50 cities and regions worldwide. Offers tightly curated tips on restaurants, cafes, hotels and more. Use the app to plan your trip ahead of time, or to decide what to do in the moment, by looking at our recommendations near you. Create your personal guides to plan your trip. Book hotels easily thanks to our cooperation with booking.com! - New and revamped interface - Improved Google maps functionality - New rating system - New "My Day" feature: add some locations to a "to visit" list and mark them as visited once you've been there
Wellkept Secrets
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Es gibt Orte, die man nie vergisst. Wir helfen dir dabei sie zu finden und mit Gleichgesinnten zu teilen. Ein exklusiver Kreis, der ihre wohl behüteteten Geheimnisse miteinander teilt. Wir haben hunderte Restaurants, Hotels, Bars und Weingüter, aber auch Natur, Architektur und Kulturstätten quer durch Europa kuratiert. Jeder Eintrag wurde handverlesen: präzise beschrieben, bewertet, verortet. Keine Massentouristik. Keine generischen Listen. Nur Orte, die wirklich einen Besuch wert sind! Was dich erwartet: Entdecke — Durchstöbere kuratierte Orte nach Stadt, Kategorie oder Stimmung. Von Drei-Sterne-Gastronomie bis zum besten Naturwein der Stadt. Radar — Dein persönlicher Geheimtipp-Radar. Du bekommst eine Benachrichtigung, sobald du in der Nähe eines kuratierten Orts bist — damit du keinen Moment verpasst. Karte — Alle Orte auf einen Blick. Sieh sofort, was dich in deiner Umgebung erwartet. Trips — Plane Reisen mit Substanz. Erstelle Trips, füge Orte hinzu, teile sie mit Freunden, deren Urteil du vertraust. Social — Sieh, was Menschen mit ähnlichem Geschmack entdecken und speichern. Keine Influencer, keine Werbung. For those who know. And those about to.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Wellkept Secrets at none against SmartTravelling's 25. On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. SmartTravelling sells 24 one-off in-app purchases. Wellkept Secrets asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SmartTravelling | Wellkept Secrets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 60.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | smart-travelling | Simon Krieger |
In-app purchases
SmartTravelling
- Naples$4.90
- Florence$4.90
- Nice$4.90
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- Deutsch$4.90
- Berlin$5.90
- Paris$5.90
- London$5.90
- Venice$5.90
- Copenhagen$5.90
- Munich$5.90
- New York$5.90
- San Francisco$5.90
- Stockholm$5.90
- Vienna$5.90
- Côte d'Azur$5.90
- Istanbul$5.90
- Ibiza - Formentera$5.90
- Rome$5.90
- Piemont$5.90
- Madrid$5.90
- Sizilien$5.90
- Deutsch2 variants$5.90
- Gardasee$5.90
- Portugal$5.90
Wellkept Secrets
No in-app purchases
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