Comparison

Storytrails vs Bookingsmaker

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

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About

Storytrails

Explore cities with award-winning audio tours that bring history, mythology, and local culture to life. Location-aware technology triggers stories automatically as you reach points of interest, and tours can be downloaded for offline use. Enhance your sightseeing with fascinating narratives and archival images.

Highlights
  • Location-aware audio playback
  • Downloadable tours for offline use
  • Theme-based historical stories
  • Archival images and illustrations
  • Navigation tips and suggestions
  • Play content manually
Features
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There’s a story behind everything you see. The sights you see are but a small part of the charm. Join us on a quest for these stories, as we guide you through the bylanes of the city. AWARD-WINNING CONTENT – NOW AS AUDIO TOURS Storytrails has hosted unique story-based walking tours in multiple cities since 2006. These popular tours have consistently won critical acclaim from travellers and awards from the travel community worldwide. Now, enjoy this unique content in the form of audio tours that you can experience in your own time, at your own pace, and with many added features that are made possible by a mobile application. While our friendly storytellers make way for a mobile application, what hasn’t changed is the careful thought that goes into research, curation and presentation of content. LOCATION-AWARE These tours are ‘location-aware’ meaning that the app senses when you have reached a certain point and automatically prompts you with the relevant content. You can choose to play, pause or replay the content at your own convenience. You can also manually select any location on the map and play the associated stories, without even visiting the location. THEME-BASED These tours will take you through many places of tourist interest and also some that are not on any checklist. But these are not mere sight-seeing tours. At each location, you will hear fascinating stories straddling history, mythology and local culture - all connecting back to the theme of the tour. These stories are researched in-depth, and carefully curated to provide a context to the sights around you. WORKS OFFLINE The App allows you to download the tours to your device and you can play the purchased tours even if you are not connected to a data service while on the tour. This makes it particularly user friendly in locations with patchy mobile data networks or with no mobile networks. Click on any location from the map on the App and you can play stories associated with that location, even when you are offline. Having a data connection additionally allows your device to identify your location and trigger those stories automatically IMAGES Most of the stories are supplemented with archival images sourced from the best repositories worldwide. These are clubbed with illustrations and contemporary views of places covered on the tours to add another dimension to the tour experience. NAVIGATION INFORMATION, TIPS & SUGGESTIONS The app tells you not just where to go, but what to spot or look for, the best times to go, and even what to/ not to wear. Because sometimes, maps just aren’t enough.

About

Bookingsmaker

Features
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This is a travel booking app where a customer can book hotels, Flights other travel requirements.

Screenshots

Storytrails4 screens
Bookingsmaker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bookingsmaker at none against Storytrails's 6. Bookingsmaker also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Storytrails sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Bookingsmaker asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Storytrails versus Bookingsmaker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStorytrailsBookingsmaker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.112.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTimeless Tales LLPArun Kumar

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Storytrails

One-time6
  • Shore Temple and Five Rathas$0.99
  • Shore Temple and Five Rathas$1.99
  • Veeramakaliamman Temple Trail$1.99
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  • Kapaleeshwara Temple Trail$1.99
  • Stone Sculpture Galleries$1.99
  • Arjuna's Penance, Varaha Cave$1.99
None

Bookingsmaker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Storytrails free?
Storytrails is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bookingsmaker free?
Bookingsmaker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Storytrails or Bookingsmaker have ads?
Neither Storytrails nor Bookingsmaker shows ads.

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