Lucerne Tour vs Explorial
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lucerne Tour
Explore Lucerne and its surrounding regions with a personal audio guide. Discover sights, learn fascinating facts, and get insider tips from local tourism experts. Navigate independently with a helpful map and event listings.
- Audio tours of Lucerne and region
- Insider tips from tourism team
- Map with highlighted points of interest
- Event listings
- Live chat support
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Upgrade your stay in Lucerne now! With the OFFICIAL AUDIO TOUR LUCERNE app, you always have your personal city tour conveniently with you in your pocket. Discover various audio tours in the city of Lucerne and in the Weggis Vitznau Rigi region. Listen to explanations of the sights via headphones and learn exciting background information, funny anecdotes and discover hidden treasures. During the tour, the Lucerne Tourism team will be on hand with insider tips - even via live chat. This means you won't miss a single highlight and can experience Lucerne independently yet guided. OFFICIAL AUDIO TOUR LUCERNE App Features: - Varied selection of guided audio tours in the city of Lucerne and Weggis Vitznau Rigi - Insider tips from the Lucerne Tourism team - Map with highlights: Restaurants, sights, experiences, shopping tips, etc. - Events in the immediate vicinity
Explorial
Explore cities by solving interactive puzzles and challenges on foot. This game offers a fun and engaging way to discover new places, earning points as you go. It's designed for groups and can be played at your own pace, taking around 1-2 hours to complete a tour.
- Interactive puzzle solving
- City exploration
- Point collection system
- Self-paced gameplay
- Group activity
- Discover new cities
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Solve puzzles. Have fun. Get to know the city. Explorial is an interactive and challenging game in which the objective is to collect as many points as possible as a group. You explore the city on foot and get points for solving different types of tasks. Whether you know your way around the city or are just visiting, with Explorial you are guaranteed to get to know the city in a new way. To start a trail, you will need a smartphone with an active internet connection, the free Explorial app, and a valid ticket for each player. With the ticket you can start the game immediately. No reservation is necessary. You can explore the city at your own pace. The game is not limited in time. Typically, it takes about 1-2 hours.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lucerne Tour at none against Explorial's 17. Lucerne Tour also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Explorial's advantage is rating (3.3 vs 3.0) and review sentiment (69% vs 50%). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Explorial sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. Lucerne Tour asks for nothing beyond the download.
Explorial holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Lucerne Tour's written reviews are positive against 69% of Explorial's.
Lucerne Tour ships an update every 3 months, Explorial every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lucerne Tour | Explorial |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 3.3 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 68.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Audiotours GmbH | Explorial GmbH |
Customer experience
Lucerne Tour
Explorial
In-app purchases
Lucerne Tour
No in-app purchases
Explorial
- Ticket (1x)$8.99
- Ticket (1x)$11.99
- Ticket (2x)$13.99
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- Ticket (2x)$15.99
- Ticket (2x)2 variants$17.99
- Ticket (3x)$20.99
- Ticket (2x)$23.99
- Ticket (3x)$23.99
- Ticket (2x)$24.99
- Ticket (3x)$24.99
- Ticket (3x)$26.99
- Ticket (4x)$27.99
- Ticket (5x)$29.99
- Ticket (4x)$36.99
- Ticket (3x)$39.99
- Ticket (4x)$49.99
Questions
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