Comparison

Dérive app vs Tourli

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

Head to head
About

Dérive app

Explore urban spaces in a spontaneous and engaging way. This app merges Situationist ideals with digital tools to encourage unplanned discovery and break daily routines. It aims to open up new urban experiences by introducing external suggestions into your city explorations.

Highlights
  • Spontaneous urban exploration
  • Unplanned discovery
  • Digital tool for city exploration
  • Breaks daily routines
  • Introduces external suggestions
Features
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Dérive app is created as a simple but engaging platform that allows users to explore their urban spaces in a care-free and casual way. It takes the ideals of the Situationists and merges it with digital means in order to create a tool that allows for the exploration of urban space in a random unplanned way, as a game. Too often in urban centers we are controlled by our day to day activities thus closing off urban experiences that exist around us. Dérive app was created to try to nudge those people who are in this repetitive cycle to allow the suggestions and subjectivities of others to enter into their urban existences.

About

Tourli

Features
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Plan like someone who's already been there. Okay so picture your last trip. You saved 200 reels, screenshotted half of Instagram, and your notes app looked like a crime scene. Then you landed, opened it all, and had no clue where to actually go. Yeah. Same. So I built Tourli. It's where you get real travel guides from people who actually went, then turn one into your own day by day plan. Your guides, your maps, and the friends you're going with, all in one place. GET GUIDES FROM PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN THERE Skip the 40-tab research spiral. Browse guides by destination and see who made each one, with their ratings and reviews. Pick a guide from a creator or a local who actually knows the place. The best cafes, the views worth the walk, the neighborhoods to wander, and the smart order to do it all in. Buy a guide once and it's yours. No subscription. No recurring fee. BUILD YOUR TRIP, DAY BY DAY Grab any guide and make it your own, or start from a blank page. Drop places into days. Slot them into morning, afternoon and evening. Drag to reorder in seconds. See the whole trip on a map, get directions from one stop to the next, and watch how it all connects. SAVE SPOTS FROM ANYWHERE Found somewhere good on Instagram, TikTok or Google Maps? Paste the link. Tourli pulls the place straight into your trip. All those saved reels finally add up to a plan you can actually use. KEEP EVERY DETAIL IN ONE SPOT Add your flights, hotels and transport so the whole trip sits in one timeline. Save booking codes and reservation details right on the place, so you're not digging through your inbox at check in. Keep a packing list and tick things off as you go. Mark the spots you've been, give them a rating, and jot a quick note on what to budget. When you land, it's all right there, even with no signal. PLAN IT WITH YOUR FRIENDS Going as a group? Share your trip with a join code and plan it together. Everyone adds places, drops notes and piles on ideas in the same spot. No more digging through twelve group chat threads for that one restaurant someone sent. EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE • Browse guides by destination, with creator ratings and reviews • Day by day plans with morning, afternoon and evening slots • Maps and directions from one stop to the next • Full place details: photos, hours, reviews and creator tips • Booking codes and reservation details saved with each place • Add your flights, hotels and transport to one timeline • Packing lists and to-dos you can tick off • Mark places you've visited, rate them and add budget notes • Personal and shared lists for the spots you love • Import places from Instagram, TikTok, Google Maps and the web • Offline access to your guides and trips while you travel • Export your plan to a clean PDF to share or print • AI help to fill and balance your days when you want a hand FREE TO PLAN Planning your trip costs nothing. There's no paywall between you and your own plans. When you want a local's full playbook for a place they know inside out, you buy their guide. That's it. No subscription hanging over your head. WHY WE MADE THIS For years I asked the same people the same questions. Where do I eat, where do I stay, what's actually worth it. They always knew, because they'd been there. So that's the whole idea behind Tourli. The people who really know a place can share their honest recommendations in one spot and get something back for it. You get their actual playbook. They get paid for knowing their stuff. Everyone wins. Tourli Pro is an auto-renewing subscription. • Tourli Pro Monthly — $7.99month • Tourli Pro Yearly — $49.99/year Payment is charged to your Apple ID at purchase confirmation. The subscription auto-renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to renewal. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://tourli.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://tourli.com/privacy

Screenshots

Dérive app4 screens
Tourli4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dérive app at none against Tourli's 10. Dérive app also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). Tourli's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Tourli sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Dérive app asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dérive app ships an update every 6 weeks, Tourli every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Dérive app versus Tourli: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDérive appTourli
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews94.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBabak FakhamzadehTourli LTD

In-app purchases

None

Dérive app

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Tourli

Subscriptions2
  • Tourli Pro$7.991 Month
  • Tourli Pro7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time8
  • Tourli Guide$4.99
  • Tourli Guide$9.99
  • Tourli Guide$14.99
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  • Tourli Guide$19.99
  • Tourli Guide$24.99
  • Tourli Guide$29.99
  • Tourli Guide$39.99
  • Tourli Guide$49.99

Questions

Is Dérive app free?
Dérive app is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tourli free?
Tourli is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Dérive app or Tourli have ads?
Neither Dérive app nor Tourli shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dérive app or Tourli?
Dérive app ships an update every 6 weeks, and Tourli every 9 days. Most recently, Dérive app was updated on November 9, 2026 and Tourli on November 5, 2026.

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