Virgin Australia vs Explore Exmouth
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Virgin Australia
Your essential travel companion for managing flights. Book trips, select seats, check in, and track your luggage. Access your boarding pass and flight updates directly from your lock screen.
- Search and book trips
- Manage trip details
- Select seats
- Check in for flights
- Track luggage
- View boarding pass
- Flight updates
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The Virgin Australia app is your perfect travel companion. Check into your flight, view your boarding pass, watch movies, and track your bags all from your phone. Use the Virgin Australia app to: • Search and book trips, Search and book your next holiday or business trip with a few taps. • Manage trips with ease, You can select a seat, amend your trip details and check in for domestic flights. • Track whatever you pack, Get updates on the whereabouts of your bags when travelling. • Use Journey Tracker, View flight updates and grab your boarding pass from your lock screen. We're working on so much more to make your next trip with Virgin Australia even more wonderful. Love our app? Leave us a rating on the app store. Any questions or feedback? Reach out using the App feedback form on the More screen.
Explore Exmouth
Discover local landmarks, attractions, hidden gems, and events in Exmouth and the Ningaloo Reef area. Plan your adventures with trip planning tools, self-guided tours, and an interactive map. Access exclusive information for the Ningaloo Eclipse.
- Ningaloo Eclipse Information
- Trip Planner
- Visitor Centre Services & Tour Bookings
- Self-Guided Tours
- Interactive Map
- My Journal
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Connect with everything Exmouth and the Ningaloo Reef has to offer. Explore the local landmarks and attractions, discover hidden gems and events, and experience the area like never before with our easy-to-use mobile app. Step into a wonderland of adventures and connect with everything the Ningaloo Reef and Cape Range National Park have to offer. Features include: - Ningaloo Eclipse & Total Solar Eclipse Information - Trip Planner - Visitor Centre Services & Tour Bookings - Self-Guided Tours - Interactive map - My Journal to plan your trip of a lifetime Download Explore Exmouth now and get the best of Ningaloo (Nyinggulu) right at your fingertips.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Virgin Australia at 41% against Explore Exmouth's 0%. Virgin Australia also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (1.5K vs 1). Explore Exmouth's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Explore Exmouth holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Virgin Australia has 1.5K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 41% of Virgin Australia's written reviews are positive against 0% of Explore Exmouth's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Virgin Australia ships an update fortnightly, Explore Exmouth every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Virgin Australia | Explore Exmouth |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.5K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 461 MB | 127 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | VIRGIN AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS PTY LIMITED | Specialist Apps Ltd |
Customer experience
Virgin Australia
Explore Exmouth
Bugs and requests
Virgin Australia
Reported bugs
6 issues- Screen freezes when trying to upgrade or amend booking
- Flight notifications show wrong timezone
- Inability to check in through app
- Seat selection issues
- Booking issues
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- Login failures
Requested features
4 requests- Liquid Glass support for modern design
- Integrate hotel and car bookings
- Show state credit points in app
- Dark mode option
Explore Exmouth
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Virgin Australia
No in-app purchases
Explore Exmouth
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Virgin Australia free?
Is Explore Exmouth free?
Which has better reviews, Virgin Australia or Explore Exmouth?
Do Virgin Australia or Explore Exmouth have ads?
Which is updated more often, Virgin Australia or Explore Exmouth?
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