Comparison

GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours vs MarkIt Now

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

Head to head
About

GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours

Enhance your road trips with location-based audio tours that act as your personal guide. Discover historical facts, geological insights, and local tips as you travel, with commentary that plays automatically based on your location. Enjoy offline access with GPS, allowing you to explore without needing cell service or Wi-Fi.

Highlights
  • Location-based audio commentary
  • Automatic playback as you drive
  • Offline GPS functionality
  • Play your own music in background
  • Trip planning and travel tips
  • Bundles of tours available
Currently charting
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Upgrade your road trip adventures with our location-based audio tours. It’s just like having a tour guide in your car™. Still Your Favorite Audio Tour Guides! HOW IT WORKS Explore over 100+ destinations, including national parks, scenic drives, Hawaii, and hidden gems, with a self-guided GPS audio tour. The app automatically plays engaging stories about history, wildlife, culture, hikes, and more as you move along, providing hands-free guidance. Whether you're on a road trip or exploring a city on foot, all tours work offline with pre-downloaded maps - no cell service or Wi-Fi required. Enjoy the freedom to explore at your own pace, with walking tours and scenic drives at your fingertips. KEY FEATURES - Auto-play audio based on your location and direction during road trips, walking tours, & national park visits - Works offline with GPS, no cellular service, Wi-Fi signal or data required while touring - Play your own music in background - Easy map previews and sample audio before you start your journey ‣ Trip Planning - Suggested Itineraries - Highlights - Essentials TOURS ‣ USA 17-Mile Drive Acadia National Park & Bar Harbor Arizona's Route 66 Arches and Canyonlands Beartooth Highway Big Bend National Park Big Sky Drive Big Sur Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park Black Hills, Custer, Mount Rushmore and Badlands National Park Blue Ridge Parkway Creole Nature Trail Cuyahoga Valley Capitol Reef Catskills Scenic Byway Colorado National Monument Crater Lake National Park Death Valley Delicate Arch Everglades National Park Freedom Trail Gettysburg Battlefield Glacier National Park Grand Canyon South Rim Grand Prismatic Great Smoky Mountains National Park Guadalupe Mountains National Park Joshua Tree National Park Kancamagus Scenic Byway Keweenaw - Copper Country Kings Canyon National Park Lake Tahoe Lake Superior North Shore Lassen Volcanic National Park Las Vegas - Grand Canyon West, Hoover Dam & Red Rock Canyon Mesa Verde Mount Lemmon Mount Hood Mount Rainier Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park Million Dollar Highway Miami, Key West & The Florida Keys Michigan Lakeshore M22 & Sleeping Bear Dunes Natchez Trace Parkway New River Gorge National Park North Cascades National Park Old Faithful Olympic National Park Oregon Coast Outer Banks Petrified Forest National Park Pikes Peak Highway Point Reyes National Seashore Redwood National and State Parks Rocky Mountain National Park Savannah to Charleston Saguaro National Park San Juan Salem Witch Trials Santa Fe Sedona Sequoia & Kings Canyon Shenandoah National Park Sonoma and Napa Valley St. Louis Theodore Roosevelt National Park Vermont Scenic Byway 100 West Thumb Geyser Washington D.C. White Sands National Park Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks Yosemite National Park Zion & Bryce Canyon National Parks ‣ HAWAII Road to Hana Maui including Road to Hana (8 Routes) Oahu Bundle Kauai Bundle Big Island Bundle Haleakalā National Park Waikiki Downtown Honolulu ‣ ALASKA Seward Highway Sterling Highway ‣ CANADA Canadian Rockies Banff, Lake Louise, Moraine Lake & Yoho National Park Icefields Parkway Jasper National Park Drumheller Waterton National Park and Alberta Southwest Vancouver Whistler Niagara Falls Canadian Side ‣ ICELAND Golden Circle Snæfellsnes Peninsula Reykjanes Peninsula (Blue Lagoon) Reykjavik ‣ MEXICO Chichen Itza Tulum Puerto Vallarta ‣ AUSTRALIA Great Ocean Road PRICING Each tour is a one time purchase. No time limits. Use as many times as you like. No monthly subscription. Enjoy lifetime access to your tours. REVIEWS “PERFECT! We would have missed or skipped SO much! DON’T HESITATE and make the purchase ASAP!!” “This app was amazing for us. We saw so much more than we would have without it” “Great Value I was leery about purchasing the app. Boy was I wrong.” NOTES Using location service GPS increases battery usage - we highly recommend taking DC car charger versus simply plugging into the vehicle’s USB port.

About

MarkIt Now

Save any location on Earth without needing an address. Easily open saved spots in your preferred map app or share them with friends and family. Perfect for remembering hiking trails, climbing routes, or any place you want to revisit.

Highlights
  • Bookmark any location
  • Open in favorite map app
  • Share locations with others
  • Save locations without addresses
  • Remember hiking trails
  • Save rock climbing spots
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Welcome to MarkIt Now, the application to bookmark any location on the planet. With MarkIt Now you can save any location you visit and then either open it in your favorite mapping program, or share it with others. With MarkIt Now you can share where you saw a owl's nest while you were on a hike in the woods, or a rock climbing spot you found that you want to be able to find again in the future. You can share any location anywhere on the planet. There is no need for an address or other label for a location you want to remember, you can just MarkIt and it will be saved in your phone. You can then open that location in a mapping program or share it with others via social media, email, text message, etc. I hope you find MarkIt Now useful! Thanks for giving it a try.

Screenshots

GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours4 screens
MarkIt Now4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours at 96% against MarkIt Now's 0%. GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours also leads on chart position (#90 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). MarkIt Now's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 15) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. MarkIt Now asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours ships an update monthly, MarkIt Now every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours versus MarkIt Now: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGuideAlong | GPS Audio ToursMarkIt Now
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (16K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews96.4% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings16K — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
Best chart rank#90 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size195 MB3 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperGyPSy Guide LLCSculptor Solutions LLC

Customer experience

GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours

All ratings16,095 ratings
Positive98.1%
Neutral0.6%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews1,406 reviews
Positive96.4%
Neutral1.1%
Negative2.4%

MarkIt Now

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App crashes during updates
  • Inconsistent GPS tracking and commentary triggers

Requested features

3 requests
  • More destination coverage, especially in Europe
  • Improved map functionality with labeled landmarks
  • Option to skip or repeat commentary

MarkIt Now

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

13 purchases

GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours

One-time13
  • Calgary to BanffFree
  • Big Island - Hawaii$14.99
  • Kauai - Hawaii$14.99
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  • Road to Hana - Maui$14.99
  • Zion & Bryce Canyon$17.99
  • Maui - including Road to Hana$19.99
  • Yellowstone National Park$19.99
  • Yosemite National Park$19.99
  • Going-to-the-Sun Road$19.99
  • Rocky Mountain National Park$19.99
  • Yellowstone and Grand Teton$24.99
  • Black Hills Rushmore Badlands$29.99
  • Canadian Rockies$39.99
None

MarkIt Now

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours free?
GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MarkIt Now free?
MarkIt Now is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours or MarkIt Now have ads?
Both GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours and MarkIt Now show ads.
Which is updated more often, GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours or MarkIt Now?
GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours ships an update monthly, and MarkIt Now every 2 weeks. Most recently, GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours was updated on October 30, 2026 and MarkIt Now on October 24, 2026.

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