Pride Guide® USA vs Visit Phoenix
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pride Guide® USA
This app serves as a national LGBTQ resource guide, highlighting LGBTQ-friendly businesses across various sectors including travel, weddings, and community services. It aims to connect individuals with supportive businesses and give back to local communities.
- LGBTQ-friendly business listings
- Travel recommendations
- Wedding vendor directory
- Community event listings
- Support for local communities
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Pride Guide® USA is corporately based in Arizona where we first launched, and we publish online as a resource for the LGBTQ community and those wishing to connect with our community. We are a gay owned company, providing an LGBTQ national resource guide showcasing LGBTQ friendly businesses from Travel, Wedding, Community and Business Listings. We are also very proud to support and give back to the local communities we serve.
Visit Phoenix
Plan your ideal vacation to Greater Phoenix with this app. Discover activities, attractions, and events tailored to your interests. Create a custom itinerary and share it with friends and family for a seamless travel experience.
- Discover activities and attractions
- View upcoming events
- Create custom trip itineraries
- Share plans with friends and family
- Explore Sonoran Desert landscapes
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It's time to go beyond. Follow trails that reveal mighty mountaintops. Wander among iconic landscapes beneath picture-perfect skies. Let the Sonoran Desert be your guide to limitless adventure. The Visit Phoenix app is designed to help you plan the perfect vacation, trip or weekend getaway in Greater Phoenix! • Discover activities and attractions that match your interests • View upcoming events near you • Add events and places to your custom trip • Share events, places and your itinerary with friends and family
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Visit Phoenix at 100% against Pride Guide® USA's 50%. Visit Phoenix also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 15 months) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). Pride Guide® USA's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Visit Phoenix holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Visit Phoenix has 199 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Pride Guide® USA's written reviews are positive against 100% of Visit Phoenix's.
Pride Guide® USA ships an update every 15 months, Visit Phoenix every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pride Guide® USA | Visit Phoenix |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (4 ratings) | 4.8 (199 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 199 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MC Publishing Inc | Greater Phoenix Convention & Visitors Bureau |
Customer experience
Pride Guide® USA
Visit Phoenix
In-app purchases
Pride Guide® USA
No in-app purchases
Visit Phoenix
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Pride Guide® USA free?
Is Visit Phoenix free?
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Do Pride Guide® USA or Visit Phoenix have ads?
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