Comparison

Gerber Tours vs Known Ground

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

Head to head
About

Gerber Tours

Access all your tour details, including itineraries with photos, videos, and GPS directions. Stay connected with trip leaders via chat and receive real-time notifications for itinerary changes. Book future adventures directly within the app.

Highlights
  • Detailed itineraries with photos and videos
  • GPS directions
  • In-app chat with trip leaders
  • Real-time itinerary notifications
  • Activity overview
  • Trip booking
Features
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The Gerber Tours application highlights and details everything your tour has to offer - And More! • Whether your tour is one day or multiple days, everything you need is at your fingertips, and our attentive team is always just a tap away! » Easy to follow itinerary with photos, videos, and GPS directions. » Tap to chat with your trip leaders. » Receive up-to-the-minute itinerary notifications. » See all of your activities. » Book your next trip!

About

Known Ground

This app helps you privately document your travels by connecting photos, notes, and routes to specific locations. Create a personal map of places you've visited and want to return to, and easily recall memories.

Highlights
  • Private travel journal
  • Photo map of trips
  • Connect photos to places
  • Record routes and notes
  • Save places for future visits
  • Search memories by location
  • Private sharing options
Features
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Remember the places that made the trip. Known Ground is a private travel journal and photo map for your trips, walks and memories. Keep the street you stumbled on, the view you came for, and the details you want to remember, together with the places they belong. KEEP THE TRIP TOGETHER Bring your photos, visits, routes and notes into one trip. Return to a day through the places you explored and the memories you kept. REMEMBER MORE THAN THE VIEW Keep trip photos connected to their places. Add a few words about what you noticed, why you stopped, or what you would do next time. SAVE THE PLACES YOU WOULD GO BACK TO Save places for later, record visits when you go, and keep notes and photos with a particular visit. Build a map of the places you know. KEEP THE WAY YOU WENT Record your explorations with Trip Coverage or a focused Apple Watch walk. Import walking, running, hiking and cycling routes from Apple Health. Health imports and their trip assignments stay on the device where you import them. FIND YOUR WAY BACK TO A MEMORY Search by place, trip, note or photo context. Find Known Ground memories in Spotlight, too. PRIVATE, WITH ROOM FOR YOUR PEOPLE Your library is private unless you choose to share. Invite people to a trip through iCloud, choose which memories to share, and use owner, editor or view-only access. No public profile, social feed, ads or cross-app tracking. For iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. No app-specific account is required. iCloud sync and private trip invitations use your Apple Account.

Screenshots

Gerber Tours4 screens
Known Ground4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Gerber Tours at Free against Known Ground's $9.99. Gerber Tours also leads on ratings volume (17 vs 2). Known Ground's advantage is update cadence (daily vs monthly). On rating, 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

Gerber Tours is free to download; Known Ground costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Gerber Tours against 5.0 for Known Ground. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gerber Tours has 17 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gerber Tours ships an update monthly, Known Ground daily. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Gerber Tours versus Known Ground: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGerber ToursKnown Ground
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating4.9 (17 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings17 — better2
Update frequencyMonthlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB144 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGerber Tours, Inc.Oliver Kawwass

Customer experience

Gerber Tours

All ratings16 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

Known Ground

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Gerber Tours

No in-app purchases

None

Known Ground

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gerber Tours free?
Gerber Tours is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Known Ground free?
Known Ground costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Gerber Tours or Known Ground?
Known Ground is rated higher. Gerber Tours averages 4.9 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Known Ground averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Gerber Tours or Known Ground have ads?
Neither Gerber Tours nor Known Ground shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gerber Tours or Known Ground?
Gerber Tours ships an update monthly, and Known Ground daily. Most recently, Gerber Tours was updated on October 29, 2026 and Known Ground on October 28, 2026.

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