POPGuide vs Crown Tours
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
POPGuide
Explore over 150 cities with interactive maps and audio guides. Discover points of interest and curated itineraries offline, featuring engaging commentary from historical figures. Navigate seamlessly via walking, bus, tram, or river routes with estimated travel times.
- Offline city mapping
- Interactive audio commentary
- Curated itineraries
- Geolocalization and navigation
- Multiple transport route options
- Multilingual support
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POPGuide is an interactive destination, mapping and audio app that allows self-guided sightseeing experiences in over 150 cities worldwide. You can enjoy hundreds of points of interest and an array of fascinating itineraries in each city, all in offline mode. · Geolocalization and navigation offline along the best walking, bus, tram and river routes. · Distance and estimated travel time available, by foot or by car. · Point of Interest audio commentary given by native actors portraying famous local historical figures. · The audio commentary is a mix of fascinating storytelling, nit-bits of trivia you're unlikely to find anywhere else and historical information, and each piece lasts a maximum of 3 minutes. · POPGuide is available in 6 languages (English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Chinese) Battery Usage Disclaimer: The continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. While enjoying POPGuide outdoors, it will first track your current location then navigate you to the POIs of your choice. To avoid unnecessary GPS tracking draining your battery, make sure that you disable the location function of your device whenever appropriate.
Crown Tours
Access detailed information about your tour stops, including descriptions and photos. Stay updated with real-time itinerary notifications and easily connect with customer support. You can also book future tours directly through the app.
- Tour stop details and photos
- Real-time itinerary notifications
- Direct customer support chat
- Book future tours
- Attentive team support
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The Crown Tours application highlights and details everything your tour has to offer - And More! • Everything you need is at your fingertips, and our attentive team is always just a tap or call away! » Chat with our customer support team. » Receive up-to-the-minute itinerary notifications. » See descriptions and photos of all stops on your route. » Book your next Crown tour!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Crown Tours at 91% against POPGuide's 14%. Crown Tours also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.3). POPGuide's advantage is ratings volume (3.6K vs 322). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Crown Tours holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: POPGuide has 3.6K ratings behind it against 322, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of POPGuide's written reviews are positive against 91% of Crown Tours's.
POPGuide ships an update fortnightly, Crown Tours every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | POPGuide | Crown Tours |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (3.6K ratings) | 4.9 (322 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews | 91.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.6K — better | 322 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 190 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vox S.p.A. | Crown Tours srl |
Customer experience
POPGuide
Crown Tours
Bugs and requests
POPGuide
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login/authentication issues
- Inability to download audio guides
- Incompatibility with certain devices
- Incorrect or outdated information
Requested features
4 requests- Offline mode for audio guides
- More language support
- Improved navigation and directions
- Better integration with museum maps
Crown Tours
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
POPGuide
No in-app purchases
Crown Tours
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is POPGuide free?
Is Crown Tours free?
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Do POPGuide or Crown Tours have ads?
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