Comparison

Glopas vs Explore Chania AR

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

Head to head
About

Glopas

Features
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Glopas is an easy to use and safe audio guide application for cities, tourist sights and parks to offer audio guidance serviced. Download this application if you are visiting a place with Glopas audio guide service.  Stories are best heard with ear phones / a headset. Guiding goes on automatically when proceeding the sight, based on your GPS location. Stories can also be played by browsing the sights on map, unless the sights are set as secret (you can hear the guiding on a secret sight only by visiting the sight). Glopas is working together with music players. It pauses music while a story is being played, and resumes music after the story finishes. Audio files are downloaded and later removed automatically based on your GPS location or map view, within selected quota for media files. You can also download audio files by browsing to the target destination when accessed to a wifi. Do this if your target region doesn't have mobile network coverage or mobile network access is expensive. An orange marker colour indicates when media files is cached.

About

Explore Chania AR

Features
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Using Explore Chania AR you will be able to experience in Augmented Reality nearby landmarks and point of interests.

Screenshots

Glopas4 screens
Explore Chania AR3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Explore Chania AR at fortnightly against Glopas's every 19 months. Explore Chania AR also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Glopas ships an update every 19 months, Explore Chania AR fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Glopas versus Explore Chania AR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGlopasExplore Chania AR
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 19 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB160 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTero NivalaDotsoft

In-app purchases

None

Glopas

No in-app purchases

None

Explore Chania AR

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Glopas free?
Glopas is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Explore Chania AR free?
Explore Chania AR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Glopas or Explore Chania AR have ads?
Neither Glopas nor Explore Chania AR shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Glopas or Explore Chania AR?
Glopas ships an update every 19 months, and Explore Chania AR fortnightly. Most recently, Glopas was updated on September 21, 2026 and Explore Chania AR on October 5, 2026.

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