Comparison

GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours vs HEAR about HERE

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 travels with location-based audio tours that provide hands-free guidance. Explore over 100 destinations, including national parks and scenic drives, with engaging stories about history, wildlife, and culture. All tours work offline with pre-downloaded maps, allowing you to explore at your own pace.

Highlights
  • Location-based auto-play audio
  • Offline functionality with GPS
  • Hands-free guidance
  • Pre-downloaded maps
  • Background music support
  • Map previews and sample audio
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 Palm Springs 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 Parks Highway Skagway ‣ 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” 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

HEAR about HERE

Discover historical stories and points of interest around you using geolocation. Explore audio tours or create your own narratives about local places and events.

Highlights
  • Geolocation-based discovery
  • Historical audio tales
  • Interactive map
  • GEOAudio near you
  • QR code scanning
  • Audio tour collections
  • Custom tour creation
Features
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HEAR about HERE lets you find about interesting people, places and events that happened nearby using geolocation. Historians, authors and others in the know Tell Historical Tales in the HEAR and THEN. Use the map, Hear GEOAudio near You button or scan a HaH QR code to find GEOAudio about places nearby. Our Tale Collections let you follow an audio Tour or create your own.

Screenshots

GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours4 screens
HEAR about HERE1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HEAR about HERE at none against GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours's 10. HEAR about HERE also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours's advantage is ratings volume (16K vs 3) and chart position (#94 vs unranked). On price, rating 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. GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. HEAR about HERE asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours against 5.0 for HEAR about HERE. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours has 16K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours versus HEAR about HERE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGuideAlong | GPS Audio ToursHEAR about HERE
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (16K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews96.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings16K — better3
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#94 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size195 MB16 MB
Age rating+417+
DeveloperGyPSy Guide LLCVictor Cardona

Customer experience

GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours

All ratings16,318 ratings
Positive98.1%
Neutral0.6%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews1,416 reviews
Positive96.4%
Neutral1.2%
Negative2.4%

HEAR about HERE

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
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

HEAR about HERE

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours

One-time10
  • 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
  • Going-to-the-Sun Road$19.99
  • Yellowstone and Grand Teton$24.99
  • Black Hills Rushmore Badlands$29.99
None

HEAR about HERE

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 HEAR about HERE free?
HEAR about HERE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours or HEAR about HERE?
HEAR about HERE is rated higher. GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours averages 4.9 out of 5 from 16K ratings, while HEAR about HERE averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours or HEAR about HERE have ads?
GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours shows ads; HEAR about HERE does not.

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