Comparison

NHTM vs Rooted In Richmond

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

Head to head
About

NHTM

Explore the rich history of telecommunications with a self-guided museum tour. Discover artifacts like antique telephones, switchboards, and learn about key moments in telephone innovation.

Highlights
  • Self-guided museum tour
  • Telecommunications history
  • Artifact collection
  • Key historical moments
  • Educational resource
Features
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The New Hampshire Telephone Museum houses a tangible history of telecommunications. With well over a thousand artifacts, including wall-mount telephones, candlesticks, dials phones, switchboards and more. NHTM highlights important moments in telephone history, such as the race to the patent office and the undertaker who invented the dial system. The New Hampshire Telephone Museum is one of the must-see attractions in the state, as well as an important educational resource.

About

Rooted In Richmond

Explore Richmond, California's rich history with this interactive audio and visual guide. Discover stories of people and places through exclusive interviews, 3D artifact models, and historical images. The tour automatically guides you through significant historical sites.

Highlights
  • Audio interviews
  • 3D historical artifact models
  • Historical image gallery
  • Automatic location-based triggers
  • 16 unique tour stops
  • Walking/biking tour routes
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Hundreds of years of Richmond, California history, in the palm of your hands. Hear the stories of the people and places of Richmond through exclusive audio interviews, 3D models of Richmond's historical artifacts, and dozens of vivid historical images. This tour will automatically trigger as you pass by stops related to Richmond's historic places and people, including Pre-WWII Japanese rose nurseries; the Pullman Palace Car factory; Social Justice and Civil Rights in Richmond; a WPA-era mural rediscovered in a post office basement; Ohlone shellmounds; and much, much more. Rooted in Richmond is a historical walking/biking tour that takes you through 16 unique stops along the Richmond Greenway and between the Richmond Ferry Terminal and El Cerrito Del Norte BART Station. The tour is six miles in length and can be completed all at once, or in segments of two miles each.

Screenshots

NHTM4 screens
Rooted In Richmond4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: NHTM at 5.0 against Rooted In Richmond's 3.5. On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NHTM holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NHTM ships an update every 14 months, Rooted In Richmond every 25 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
NHTM versus Rooted In Richmond: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNHTMRooted In Richmond
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better3.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 14 months — betterEvery 25 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe New Hampshire Telephone MuseumThe City of Richmond

Customer experience

NHTM

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Rooted In Richmond

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

NHTM

No in-app purchases

None

Rooted In Richmond

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NHTM free?
NHTM is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rooted In Richmond free?
Rooted In Richmond is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, NHTM or Rooted In Richmond?
NHTM is rated higher. NHTM averages 5.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Rooted In Richmond averages 3.5 from 2 ratings.
Do NHTM or Rooted In Richmond have ads?
Neither NHTM nor Rooted In Richmond shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NHTM or Rooted In Richmond?
NHTM ships an update every 14 months, and Rooted In Richmond every 25 months. Most recently, NHTM was updated on November 2, 2026 and Rooted In Richmond on November 3, 2026.

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