myAmaCruise vs exploreCHQ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
myAmaCruise
Enhance your river cruise with live ship tracking, destination details, and personal photo albums. Access daily newsletters with excursion schedules and onboard activities.
- Live cruise tracking map
- Destination and excursion information
- Personal cruise photo album
- Photo geotagging on map
- Email and social media sharing
- Electronic Daily Cruiser newsletter
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The myAmaCruise mobile app is packed full of features specifically designed to enhance your river cruise experience. Access a live cruise tracking map showing your cruising route, the location of your ship as well as photos and information about each of the destinations and shore excursions you will experience along the way. Upload your river cruise photos to your personal cruise album. Photos will pin automatically to your live cruise tracking map so you can easily recall where each one was taken. You can also send your friends a beautiful email postcard of each of your photos or share on Facebook and Twitter. During your cruise you will be able to access an electronic version of your Daily Cruiser newsletter which provides up-to-date information about the day ahead including a detailed schedule of shore excursions, on-board activities and more.
exploreCHQ
Discover the natural beauty of the Chautauqua Institution campus with this self-guided touring app. Explore thousands of trees, hundreds of gardens, and the thriving lakeshore habitat alongside its renowned cultural activities.
- Self-guided campus tours
- Discover trees and gardens
- Explore lakeshore habitat
- Information on local flora and fauna
- Highlights cultural activities
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Chautauqua Institution is known for its lectures, theater, opera, symphony, ballet, sailing, golf, and tennis. But living amongst all that human activity is a rich natural world with thousands of trees and birds, hundreds of gardens, and a thriving lakeshore habitat. Use the Chautauqua Bird, Tree & Garden Club's self-guided touring app to discover the natural world on the 250-acre campus.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: myAmaCruise at 33K against exploreCHQ's 2. myAmaCruise also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for myAmaCruise against 5.0 for exploreCHQ. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: myAmaCruise has 33K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
myAmaCruise ships an update every 3 weeks, exploreCHQ every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | myAmaCruise | exploreCHQ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (33K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 33K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 98 MB | 135 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AmaWaterways, LLC | THE CHAUTAUQUA BIRD TREE AND GARDEN CLUB INC |
Customer experience
myAmaCruise
exploreCHQ
Bugs and requests
myAmaCruise
Reported bugs
1 issue- App login and cruise selection issues for some users
Requested features
2 requests- More access inside castles and churches during tours
- Improved room storage options
exploreCHQ
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
myAmaCruise
No in-app purchases
exploreCHQ
No in-app purchases
