Comparison

Scotland Starts Here vs Monastery

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

Head to head
About

Scotland Starts Here

Discover the South of Scotland with interactive routes, maps, and narrated tours. Immerse yourself in local culture through songs, myths, and legends. Explore walking, driving, cycling, and equestrian paths, or follow the Borders Railway.

Highlights
  • Interactive routes and itineraries
  • Narrated guided tours
  • Maps for navigation
  • Cultural stories, myths, and legends
  • Routes for walking, driving, cycling, and equestrian
  • Borders Railway exploration
Features
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The Scotland Starts Here app connects visitors to the South of Scotland. Connecting people to places makes for a more memorable experience and helps people experience, not just observe – it is our culture! We want you to be part of who we are and what we do, we want you to feel local and immerse yourself in our destination. Let us bring it alive. The South of Scotland has a distinctive and Scottish personality. Whatever Scottish experience visitors are looking for, they can find it here. Best of all, they can enjoy it within easy reach of the major cities of Scotland’s central belt - and it’s also easy to reach from the cities of the North of England. We have created interactive routes, maps and itineraries to navigate you through this hidden gem of destination and we bring it alive through songs, myths, legends and narrated guided tours. Our routes and itineraries cover routes including walking, driving, cycling, equestrian and Borders Railway. You are able to select routes that are of individual / group interest or create your own. There is no better way to explore this destination – showcasing all the best places to stay, eat, visit and enjoy.

About

Monastery

Features
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Interactive app with suggested routes to spiritual, environmental, and historical landmarks of Western Macedonia. Explore monasteries, churches, monuments, and sites of natural beauty from your mobile device, calculating distances and organizing trips and getaways through selected routes that cover dozens of points of religious and cultural interest.

Screenshots

Scotland Starts Here4 screens
Monastery4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Monastery at fortnightly against Scotland Starts Here's every 2 months. 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scotland Starts Here ships an update every 2 months, Monastery fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Scotland Starts Here versus Monastery: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScotland Starts HereMonastery
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size71 MB287 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperWHEREVERLY LIMITEDEXEO E.E.

In-app purchases

None

Scotland Starts Here

No in-app purchases

None

Monastery

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scotland Starts Here free?
Scotland Starts Here is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Monastery free?
Monastery is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Scotland Starts Here or Monastery have ads?
Neither Scotland Starts Here nor Monastery shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scotland Starts Here or Monastery?
Scotland Starts Here ships an update every 2 months, and Monastery fortnightly. Most recently, Scotland Starts Here was updated on September 24, 2026 and Monastery on October 5, 2026.

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