Comparison

Guide.me™ vs City Sightseeing Berlin

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

Head to head
About

Guide.me™

Explore cities with an interactive map, detailed place profiles, and photos. Access the latest news and top lists focused on Budapest, delivered through an online magazine within the app.

Highlights
  • Interactive city maps
  • Detailed place profiles with photos
  • Navigation to points of interest
  • City news and toplists
  • Budapest-focused content
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MAP & PLACES Say goodbye to paper maps! With the interactive map of Guide.me™ you can go sightseeing 21th-century-style: by opening the built-in profiles you can find introduction and photos about them and every way you can reach the places and events. NEWS & TOPLISTS The Guide.me™ online magazine delivers you the latest news keeping the main focus on the beautiful city of Budapest. Our team is working on bringing you only high quality articles in the application and on the website as well.

About

City Sightseeing Berlin

Explore Berlin's top attractions with this companion app. Track bus locations in real-time, plan your route, and discover information about city highlights. Hop on and off at your leisure to experience the city at your own pace.

Highlights
  • Real-time bus tracking
  • Interactive city map
  • Route planning
  • Information on city highlights
  • Ticket purchasing redirection
  • Multilingual support
Features
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Discover the highlights in the heart of Berlin with Berlin City Tour/City Sightseeing Berlin on our open top double-decker buses. Our City Sightseeing Berlin app is the perfect travel companion designed to make your experience even better. Visit the Brandenburg Gate, KaDeWe, Checkpoint Charlie and TV Tower at your own pace by hopping on and off at your own leisure. The City Sightseeing Berlin app offers handy features that enables you to locate and track the real-time locations of our Berlin City Tour and City Sightseeing Berlin buses on the city map, locate all of our stops, plan your ideal route, buy tickets and get more info on city highlights. Using the City Sightseeing Berlin app is easy. This is how it works: No unnecessary waiting – you can find all our 25 stops and the locations of our buses in the app on the map and in a handy list. Simply open the app to see if there’s a bus near you to hop on. Hop-on and off as often as you like. Navigate - see your location on the map and navigate yourself to where ever you like to go in the city. Simply click on you destination on the map and we will calculate the walking distance in kilometers and time. Important updates – we will let you know if any special events in the city influence the route or stops of our buses and boats. Open the app to receive our updates. Highlights – find Berlin’s top attractions like the Brandenburg Gate, KaDeWe, Checkpoint Charlie and many more in the app. Interested in specific highlights? Click on the highlight of your choice in the map and we will show you more info on that attraction. We also offer a list of interesting attractions for you to browse through. Get inspired and determine which route suits your personal itinerary the best. Buy tickets – find all our available products under the tickets button in the menu. By clicking the tickets button, we will redirect to our website www.berlin-city-tour.de where you can purchase 24-hour or 48-hour tickets for our buses and also buy tickets for multiple top attractions. Available in multiple languages – the app is available in German, English, Spanish and French. Questions about our buses? The app includes an elaborate frequently asked questions (FAQ) page with relevant information on our facilities, tours and tickets. Do you want to get in contact with us? Please visit www.berlin-city-tour.de/en/contact. Follow us on Instagram or Facebook for more inspiration: www.facebook.com/BerlinCityTour www.instagram.com/citysightseeingberlin

Screenshots

Guide.me™4 screens
City Sightseeing Berlin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Guide.me™ at 2.3 against City Sightseeing Berlin's 2.0. Guide.me™ also leads on ratings volume (10 vs 2). City Sightseeing Berlin's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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

Guide.me™ holds the better App Store score, 2.3 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Guide.me™ has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of Guide.me™'s written reviews are positive against 17% of City Sightseeing Berlin's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Guide.me™ ships an update every 2 months, City Sightseeing Berlin monthly. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Guide.me™ versus City Sightseeing Berlin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGuide.me™City Sightseeing Berlin
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (10 ratings) — better2.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews18.2% of reviews — better16.7% of reviews
Number of ratings10 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.113.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size109 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGuide.me Korlatolt Felelossegu TarsasagAllSensing BV

Customer experience

Guide.me™

All ratings10 ratings
Positive30.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive18.2%
Neutral18.2%
Negative63.6%

City Sightseeing Berlin

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

None

Guide.me™

No in-app purchases

None

City Sightseeing Berlin

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Guide.me™ free?
Guide.me™ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is City Sightseeing Berlin free?
City Sightseeing Berlin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Guide.me™ or City Sightseeing Berlin?
Guide.me™ is rated higher. Guide.me™ averages 2.3 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while City Sightseeing Berlin averages 2.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Guide.me™ or City Sightseeing Berlin have ads?
Neither Guide.me™ nor City Sightseeing Berlin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Guide.me™ or City Sightseeing Berlin?
Guide.me™ ships an update every 2 months, and City Sightseeing Berlin monthly. Most recently, Guide.me™ was updated on November 2, 2026 and City Sightseeing Berlin on November 2, 2026.

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