Visit JAX! vs Explore Emerald Coast
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Visit JAX!
Discover attractions, dining, shopping, and accommodations in Jacksonville, FL. Plan your visit with curated tours, augmented reality historical views, and an event calendar. Customize your itinerary and share it with friends.
- Personalized trip planning
- Curated audio/video tours
- Augmented reality historical views
- Event and festival calendar
- Customizable itinerary builder
- Social sharing of plans
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The Visit JAX! app will help you discover all the places you can explore, dine, shop, stay and meet in Jacksonville FL! • Plan the perfect stay based on your interests, timeframe, and location • Access curated tours with streaming audio & video content • Look into the past with Augmented Reality of Historic Buildings • View upcoming events and festivals • Add events and places to your own customized plan • Share events, places, and your custom plan with friends so they can join you in Jacksonville!
Explore Emerald Coast
Your official travel companion for Florida's Emerald Coast. Discover the best places to stay, play, eat, and explore for your perfect beach getaway. Find everything from sugar-white sand beaches to family-friendly attractions in one easy-to-use app.
- Discover places to stay
- Find things to do
- Explore local restaurants
- Identify family attractions
- Beach getaway planning
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Plan the perfect beach getaway with the Emerald Coast Visitors Guide, your official travel companion for Florida’s Emerald Coast. Whether you’re planning a vacation, weekend escape, or looking for things to do nearby, this app helps you discover the best places to stay, play, eat, and explore. From sugar-white sand beaches and emerald-green waters to local restaurants, outdoor adventures, and family-friendly attractions, everything you need is in one easy-to-use travel app.
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Verdict
Visit JAX! and Explore Emerald Coast both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Explore Emerald Coast's written reviews are positive against 70% of Visit JAX!'s. Explore Emerald Coast also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Visit JAX!'s advantage is ratings volume (1.7K vs 12). 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 — 4.8 for Visit JAX! against 4.9 for Explore Emerald Coast. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Visit JAX! has 1.7K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of Visit JAX!'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Explore Emerald Coast's.
Visit JAX! ships an update every 3 weeks, Explore Emerald Coast weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Visit JAX! | Explore Emerald Coast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.7K ratings) | 4.9 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.7K — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 116 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jacksonville And The Beaches Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc | SANDPAPER MARKETING, INC. |
Customer experience
Visit JAX!
Explore Emerald Coast
In-app purchases
Visit JAX!
No in-app purchases
Explore Emerald Coast
No in-app purchases
Questions
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