GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours vs The Eclipse App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
The Eclipse App
Prepare for the 2024 solar eclipse with a comprehensive guide. Find optimal viewing locations, access real-time timers with safety prompts, and stay informed about weather forecasts and community events. Experience totality safely and fully with this essential eclipse companion.
- Path of totality exploration
- Totality timer with audio/vibration guides
- Solar filter safety prompts
- Hourly cloud cover forecasts
- Community event listings
- Offline functionality
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On August 12, 2026, a total solar eclipse will cross Greenland, Iceland, and Spain, and for a few quiet minutes the sky will go dark. The Eclipse App is your companion for the whole day: an interactive map of the path of totality, a rehearsal so you know what's coming, and a live countdown that guides you second by second, from first contact to the moment your eclipse glasses come off. ▶ YOUR ECLIPSE See exactly what the eclipse looks like from your location: whether you'll see totality, how long it lasts, how much of the Sun is covered, and when every phase begins and ends, down to the second. Outside the path? You'll see your partial eclipse times too. Preview your sky in advance, and turn on Day-of Alerts so nothing sneaks up on you. ▶ THE MAP Explore the path of totality from Greenland across Iceland to Spain. Tap any spot on the eclipse map to see its timing, how long totality lasts there, and how far it sits from the path. Comparing two towns? The map makes the tradeoffs easy to see. ▶ SUN POSITION In 2026, the eclipse hangs low in the sky in many places. See exactly how high the Sun will sit from your spot, and get a heads-up when hills, buildings, or trees might block the view. You can check historical cloud trends while you're at it. ▶ REHEARSAL Practice eclipse day before it arrives, at your own pace. Walk through every phase from first contact to last, learn when glasses go on and come off, and try the camera and recorder ahead of time, so the real day feels familiar instead of frantic. ▶ LIVE COUNTDOWN When the day comes, the eclipse countdown guides you in real time: what's happening, what to watch for, and exactly when it's safe to take your glasses off. An optional spoken audio guide keeps you hands-free. The totality countdown also lives on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, so a glance is all it takes. ▶ SNAP AND RECORD Take a photo without leaving the countdown. Scene mode captures the strange light around you, and Sun mode helps you aim and expose for the Sun itself. Or tap Record, put your phone down, and capture the sound of totality: the hush, the gasps, the cheers. ▶ RELIVE Afterward, press play. Your photos and recordings play back on the eclipse's own timeline, just as they happened. It's the closest thing to standing back under the Moon's shadow. ▶ GOOD TO KNOW - Completely free. No account, no subscriptions. - Available in nine languages: English, Spanish, Catalan, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Icelandic, and Japanese. - Useful anywhere in Europe and beyond: even far from totality, you can see how much of the Sun will be covered where you are. A note on safety: outside of totality, only look at the Sun through certified eclipse glasses or solar filters. The app tells you when, and proper glasses do the protecting. A total solar eclipse is brief, and it doesn't wait. We built this app so you can spend those minutes looking up. theeclipse.app/privacy theeclipse.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours at 4.9 against The Eclipse App's 4.0. GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours also leads on review sentiment (96% vs 59%) and ratings volume (15K vs 100). The Eclipse App's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours sells 12 one-off in-app purchases and The Eclipse App sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours has 15K ratings behind it against 100, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 96% of GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours's written reviews are positive against 59% of The Eclipse App's.
GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours ships an update monthly, The Eclipse App every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours | The Eclipse App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (15K ratings) — better | 4.0 (100 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 96.3% of reviews — better | 58.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15K — better | 100 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Best chart rank | #10 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 123 MB | 143 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GyPSy Guide LLC | The Eclipse Company |
Customer experience
GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours
The Eclipse App
User reviews
GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours
From 15K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Entertaining and informative commentary
- 🚀 Seamless GPS integration and offline functionality
- 💡 Personalized tour guide experience
- 👍 Helpful tips and recommendations
- 👍 Covers a wide range of destinations
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional technical issues with app updates
- 🕰️ Unrealistic time estimates for some tours
- 💬 Lack of coverage for indigenous history and culture
The Eclipse App
From 100 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Helpful for eclipse planning
- 🎯 Accurate timing and countdowns
- 🗺️ Useful location suggestions
- 💡 Provides valuable eclipse information
- ✨ Great user interface
Room to improve
- 💸 Pro version perceived as scam
- ❌ Pro features not working
- 📉 Cloud forecast inaccurate
- 🚫 No notifications received
- 🤷 Pro version only useful in totality path
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
The Eclipse App
Reported bugs
9 issues- Pro features not working
- Cloud forecast inaccurate
- No notifications received
- Audio and vibration alerts not working
- App crashes or doesn't open
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- Timer doesn't work when app is in background
- Cannot set a location
- Server connection failures
- Simulation mode not exiting properly
Requested features
7 requests- Allow use outside totality path for general info
- Improve cloud forecast accuracy
- Ensure audio/vibration alerts work when app is in background
- Add Google Maps integration on iPhone
- Provide more detailed information before purchase
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- Allow searching by address or lat/long coordinates
- Enable functionality for lunar eclipses
In-app purchases
GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours
- Calgary to BanffFree
- Big Island - Hawaii$14.99
- Kauai - Hawaii$14.99
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- Road to Hana - Maui$14.99
- 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
The Eclipse App
- Pro$3.00
- 2026 Chaser$4.99
Questions
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