Sightseeing Munich vs Open World
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sightseeing Munich
Explore Munich with professional audio guides that bring the city's history and sights to life. Discover famous landmarks and hidden gems at your own pace, with offline access to downloaded tours.
- Professional audio narration
- Offline tour downloads
- Self-paced exploration
- Discover hidden locations
- Easy navigation
- Multiple themed tours
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Your phone is your guide With Sightseeing Munich you will discover the most interesting places in town. Professional narrators will lead you to Munich's most famous sights and tell you stories as vivid and entertaining as possible. • vivid tours: professional voice actors guide you through exciting stories as if you are right in the middle of it • original settings: with the help of simple navigations, you will experience the stories right where they actually happened • easy to use: with just a few clicks, you can download the audio files right to your phone and you are ready to go • not a moment of boredom: you will experience the stories on the go, without standing around and waiting for the guide to finish • be your own explorer: you decide when you will start the next chapter of your tour, without any time pressure • unknown locations: discover the hidden secrets of a town like a local, far away from the typical tourist spots Start your tour with just a few clicks 1.) Download the app. 2.) Select a tour and buy it in the app. The tour will be downloaded to your phone, so that you can walk the tour without a Internet connection. 3.) Grab your headphones, head to the starting point and begin your tour. 4.) The narrators will give you directions to the next stop. Here you select the next audio file until you have reached the end of the tour. In the meantime, you will experience exciting stories and find out more about your environment. Fascinating tours with a bunch of stories • English Garden: experience this wonderful park in the center of Munich with its fascinating locations (Surfer Wave, Eisbach, Monopteros, Japanese Tea House, P1) and listen to entertaining anecdotes about Munich's green soul • Sophie Scholl and the White Rose: discover Munich University and its surroundings (English Garden, Schwabing, Leopoldstraße) and learn more about the White Rose, the best-known resistance group against the Nazi regime • Home of the Rulers: find out more about the impressive buildings (Angel of Peace, Maximilianeum, Maximilianstraße, Munich Residence, Hofgarten), where the destiny of Munich has been decided for centuries and which remember the history of Bavaria • additional locations: get free short information to famous Munich sights, e.g. Staatskanzlei, Haus der Kunst, Monopteros Have fun! www.sightseeing-munich.tours
Open World
Explore cities virtually or in real-time to uncover hidden stories and local secrets. Collect discoveries in your journal and complete quests as you navigate 3D maps and discover new neighborhoods.
- 3D city maps
- Real-time secret discovery
- Virtual exploration mode
- Journal for collected stories
- Quest completion
- Supported cities list
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You receive a letter asking you to uncover secrets in cities around the world. Can you find them all? ► Find neighbourhoods to explore on the 3D map. ► Open the app IRL to reveal secret stories that happened around you. ► Or explore faraway cities virtually in Look Around mode! ► Track where you've been and complete themed quests. ► Supported are: Amsterdam, London, Berlin, Vienna, Budapest, Dresden, Rotterdam, Utrecht, The Hague, Maastricht, Haarlem, Leiden. More coming soon!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Open World at every 5 days against Sightseeing Munich's every 2 months. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Sightseeing Munich sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Open World sells 19 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Sightseeing Munich against 5.0 for Open World. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Sightseeing Munich ships an update every 2 months, Open World every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sightseeing Munich | Open World |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 18.4 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Sebastian Jelsch | Peter Hagen |
Customer experience
Sightseeing Munich
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In-app purchases
Sightseeing Munich
- English Garden$1.99
- Home of the Rulers$3.99
- Bundle 1$5.99
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- Sophie Scholl (Paid Tour)$5.99
- FC Bayern München$6.99
Open World
- Unlock all Cities$8.991 Month
- Unlock All Cities$24.996 Months
- 1 Ticket$3.99
- Haarlem$4.99
- 2 Tickets$5.99
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- Utrecht$7.99
- 5 Tickets$8.99
- The Hague$8.99
- Rotterdam$8.99
- Maastricht$8.99
- Leiden$8.99
- Groningen$8.99
- Eindhoven$8.99
- Nijmegen$8.99
- San Francisco$8.99
- Amsterdam$11.99
- Berlin$12.99
- 10 Tickets$14.99
- 20 Tickets$17.99
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