AIA Guide to Boston vs Flower Tours
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AIA Guide to Boston
Explore Boston's architecture and urban landscape with this comprehensive digital guide. Discover over 1,200 landmarks, historical buildings, and parks, with GPS-enabled features and integrated directions. Perfect for residents and visitors interested in design and history.
- 1,200+ landmarks, buildings, and parks
- Neighborhood and architect guides
- GPS-enabled site discovery
- Integrated directions
- Walking and site tours
- Color images and descriptions
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Published in three prior paper editions, the AIA Guide to Boston been called "the best [field guide] of its kind on the continent." This new digital version adds more than 500 new sites along with color images from leading photographers. This is the first AIA Guide anywhere to be published as a mobile app. It's: Effortless to carry. If you have your phone, you have the Guide (now the equivalent of a 500+ page book!) Smart. Using GPS, the app can find the guides closest to you Connected. Directions are available with a tap, and live links to online resources provide more depth instantly Up-to-date. New sites and guides are added to the app as the city grows and evolves. The Guide features: Descriptions, stories, and photos of more than 1,200 contemporary landmarks, historical buildings, urban features, and parks across the metro area In-depth guides to neighborhoods, architects, styles, and award winners Walking and site tours around prime destinations including Downtown, Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Harvard, MIT, and emerging districts. Follow the Freedom Trail and Walk to the Sea with new eyes, focusing on the old and new architecture along the way. For residents and visitors, architects and design lovers, builders and students, the AIA Guide to Boston offers a unique, fun new way to explore the nation's oldest major city.
Flower Tours
Explore New York's historic floral district, secret gardens, and botanical gardens with a self-guided tour. Discover vibrant events, food, drinks, and entertainment. Tours are also available internationally.
- Self-guided tours
- Floral district exploration
- Secret garden discovery
- Botanical garden visits
- Event listings
- International tours
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Join our self-guided tour of the the historic floral district, secret gardens, green atriums and botanical gardens in New York. Experience a vibrant array of events, delicious food, refreshing drinks and exciting entertainment. We also offer tours abroad.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: AIA Guide to Boston at Free against Flower Tours's $2.99. AIA Guide to Boston also leads on ratings volume (16 vs 1). Flower Tours's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (100% vs 82%). On ads, 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
AIA Guide to Boston is free to download; Flower Tours costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Flower Tours holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AIA Guide to Boston has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of AIA Guide to Boston's written reviews are positive against 100% of Flower Tours's.
AIA Guide to Boston ships an update every 8 months, Flower Tours every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AIA Guide to Boston | Flower Tours |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 150 MB | 137 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thomas Pounds | FLOWER TOURS |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
AIA Guide to Boston
No in-app purchases
Flower Tours
No in-app purchases
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