Marqueyssac vs Explor Essonne
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Marqueyssac
Explore the romantic Marqueyssac gardens with an interactive map. Discover shaded promenades, box trees, and stunning valley views. Features include augmented reality, mini-games, and fact sheets for a unique exploration experience.
- Interactive garden map
- Augmented reality features
- Mini-games
- Fact sheets
- Geolocation
- Image recognition
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The romantic and charming Marqueyssac gardens, a listed site surrounding an early 19th century castle covered with flat stone, features over 6 kilometres of shaded promenades lined with 150,000 hand-trimmed century-old box trees and decorated with belvederes, rock gardens, waterfalls and greenery theatres, etc. From the Dordogne Belvedere, 130 metres above the river, you will enjoy an exceptional view of the entire valley, its castles and the most beautiful villages of France: Beynac, Fayrac, Castelnaud, Roque-Gageac and Domme, etc. The gardens are open every day, all year round. This interactive map depicts the promenades so that you benefit from a fun and unique exploration of the gardens and landscapes: image recognition, augmented reality, geolocation, mini-games and fact sheets. Project sponsor and content source: SARL Kléber Rossillon - Marqueyssac gardens Technical and graphic solutions: Furet Company
Explor Essonne
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Profitant d’un environnement naturel d’exception, le Département de l’Essonne est fier de vous présenter sa nouvelle application : Explor Essonne. Cette application est à l’image de l’Essonne, innovante et parfaite pour vous faire découvrir et redécouvrir un territoire magnifique afin de vous faire sentir loin près de chez vous. Explor Essonne est une invitation à découvrir les trésors cachés de l’Essonne : ses forêts, ses marais, ses parcs et jardins, ses sites culturels et patrimoniaux. Pour petits et grands, cette application est une grande vitrine interactive et ludique de l’Essonne afin de vos guider vers le patrimoine culturel et historique remarquable de notre territoire, tout en s’amusant. L’Essonne dans votre poche, et à la portée de vos pas !
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Explor Essonne at every 3 weeks against Marqueyssac's every 15 months. Marqueyssac's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Marqueyssac ships an update every 15 months, Explor Essonne every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 15, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Marqueyssac | Explor Essonne |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 277 MB | 108 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Furet Company | Atelier Nature |
In-app purchases
Marqueyssac
No in-app purchases
Explor Essonne
No in-app purchases
Questions
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