Comparison

Buchenwald vs Monument BW

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

Head to head
About

Buchenwald

Explore the history of the Buchenwald concentration camp with this official app. It offers guided tours of the former camp grounds and the permanent exhibition, featuring historical sites, photographs, and personal accounts from former inmates. Use it as an interactive guide on-site or as a comprehensive source of information.

Highlights
  • Camp grounds tour
  • Permanent exhibition tour
  • 27 historically significant sites
  • Photographs from archive
  • Former inmate testimonies
  • Interactive tour guide
  • GPS function
Features
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The official Buchenwald Memorial app In 1937, the Nazis had the Buchenwald concentration camp built on Ettersberg Mountain, just outside the city of Weimar. By the end of the war, the SS had held more than a quarter of a million persons from nearly all countries of Europe in custody here and in the many Buchenwald subcamps. Beginning in August 1945, the Soviet occupying power used parts of the former concentration camp as one of its special camps. After the dissolution of the special camp in early 1950, the German Democratic Republic established a national monument on the Ettersberg. Today the name "Buchenwald" stands like almost no other for the complexities of twentieth-century German and European history. The app offers a tour of the former camp grounds and a tour of the permanent exhibition on the history of the Buchenwald concentration camp. In both cases, you can design the tour according to your individual preferences. On the camp grounds, the app provides basic information on 27 historically significant sites, supplemented with photographs from the memorial's extensive photo archive. In addition, former inmates talk about their experiences. The tour of the permanent exhibition "Buchenwald: Ostracism and Violence 1937 to 1945" features the main exhibition texts and provides explanations of selected objects. Biographies shed light on the fates of the inmates. The app can be used both as an interactive tour guide at the memorial and as a general source of information on the history of the place. The app was developed by the Buchenwald Memorial in cooperation with itour city guide GmbH. For further information, see www.buchenwald.de and www.itour.de. Contents: • Tour of the camp grounds with stops at altogether 27 sites • Tour of the permanent exhibition • High-quality production with professional narrators • Convenient navigation map • Scrollable menu list offering direct selection of all sites • GPS function in outdoor area

About

Monument BW

Explore historical monuments with a digital guide. Access information on opening hours, tickets, and directions. Enjoy multimedia tours, interactive maps, and offline content for an enriched visit.

Highlights
  • Monument overview
  • Visit information (hours, tickets, travel)
  • Interactive maps
  • Offline multimedia tours
  • Visit reviews
  • Favorite stops and notebook
  • Multilingual content
Features
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Experience the monuments of the State Palaces and Gardens of Baden-Württemberg with our digital guide: Should it be a uniquely preserved monastery town, the UNESCO World Heritage Maulbronn Monastery? Or the famous palace garden in Schwetzingen and the important Celtic town on the Heuneburg? This app is the ideal companion for your visit. Impressive pictures, videos and audios bring the monuments to life and allow a look behind the scenes. We warmly welcome you! What does the app offer? • Overview of the monuments of the State Palaces and Gardens of Baden-Württemberg • All the information you need for your visit: opening hours, tickets & prices, how to get there, gastronomy and contacts • Interactive maps for better orientation • Free multimedia tours of various monuments to download and experience offline • Individual review of your visit to the monuments • Save your favourite stops and use the integrated notebook • App content available in German and English, tours in different languages • Barrier-free use of the app The State Palaces and Gardens of Baden-Württemberg open, share, develop and preserve 62 of the state's historical monuments in southwestern Germany..

Screenshots

Buchenwald4 screens
Monument BW4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Buchenwald at 5.0 against Monument BW's 1.2. Buchenwald also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 17%) and device support (3 vs 1). Monument BW's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Buchenwald holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Monument BW has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Buchenwald's written reviews are positive against 17% of Monument BW's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Buchenwald ships an update every 3 months, Monument BW every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Buchenwald versus Monument BW: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBuchenwaldMonument BW
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better1.2 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better16.7% of reviews
Number of ratings16 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStiftung Gedenkstätten Buchenwald und Mittelbau-DoraSTAATLICHE SCHLÖSSER UND GÄRTEN

Customer experience

Buchenwald

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative33.3%

Monument BW

All ratings4 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

None

Buchenwald

No in-app purchases

None

Monument BW

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Buchenwald free?
Buchenwald is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Monument BW free?
Monument BW is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Buchenwald or Monument BW?
Buchenwald is rated higher. Buchenwald averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Monument BW averages 1.2 from 6 ratings.
Do Buchenwald or Monument BW have ads?
Neither Buchenwald nor Monument BW shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Buchenwald or Monument BW?
Buchenwald ships an update every 3 months, and Monument BW every 6 weeks. Most recently, Buchenwald was updated on October 24, 2026 and Monument BW on October 21, 2026.

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