NHTM vs Rooted In Richmond
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Self-guided museum tour
- Telecommunications history
- Artifact collection
- Key historical moments
- Educational resource
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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.
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.
- 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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
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.
| Parameter | NHTM | Rooted In Richmond |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 3.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months — better | Every 25 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The New Hampshire Telephone Museum | The City of Richmond |
Customer experience
NHTM
Rooted In Richmond
In-app purchases
NHTM
No in-app purchases
Rooted In Richmond
No in-app purchases
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