Comparison

The Local Guide vs TripShare

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

Head to head
About

The Local Guide

Features
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Simple and easy to use Moscow city guide. My friends always ask me to suggest a new place to go in the city, so I decided to make this city guide available for everyone. I'm not affiliated with any company and don't get any payment to add places to the guide. Enjoy!

About

TripShare

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TripShare is the trip planner and travel guide app built on real journeys. Discover hidden gems shared by real travelers, build your itinerary day by day, and share your own adventures with the world. PLAN YOUR TRIP DAY BY DAY • Build a day-by-day itinerary with stops, notes and photos • See every stop pinned on the map — with walking routes drawn between them • Add packing checklists, notes, photo galleries and accommodation with booking links • Reorder days and stops as your plans change — everything saves automatically DISCOVER HIDDEN GEMS • Travel guides from real travelers — street food in Bangkok, hikes in Bergen, hotpot in Chongqing • A feed that learns what you love: pick your travel styles and dream countries, and For You does the rest • Filter guides by travel type, language and country • Search any destination, guide or traveler READ GUIDES IN YOUR LANGUAGE • One tap translates any guide into your language — powered by DeepL • The app itself speaks 10 languages: English, Norwegian, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Thai, Japanese, Chinese, Korean and German TAKE YOUR GUIDES ANYWHERE • Download any guide as a beautiful PDF and save it to Files — your offline travel companion • Share guides with a link, or keep them private with an access code for just your travel group SHARE YOUR JOURNEY • Publish your trips as a travel diary other travelers can follow • Follow travelers you trust, like the guides you love, join the conversation in comments • Your profile collects your guides, your liked guides and your followers in one place MADE FOR TRAVELERS • Works on iPhone, iPad and Apple Silicon Macs • No ads, no data selling — your trips are yours • Free to download and use Whether you're a vacation planner by nature or a last-minute wanderer, TripShare turns real experiences into your next holiday plan. Stop scrolling generic top-10 lists — travel on local tips from people who've actually been there. Start planning your next adventure today.

Screenshots

The Local Guide4 screens
TripShare4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: The Local Guide at 11.0 against TripShare's 15.1. 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.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
The Local Guide versus TripShare: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Local GuideTripShare
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIvan StarchenkovShane Janthakun

In-app purchases

None

The Local Guide

No in-app purchases

None

TripShare

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Local Guide free?
The Local Guide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TripShare free?
TripShare is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do The Local Guide or TripShare have ads?
Neither The Local Guide nor TripShare shows ads.

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