ExploreHere vs HEAR about HERE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ExploreHere
This app transforms your drives into engaging audio journeys. It automatically plays stories about historic landmarks and hidden places as you travel, allowing for a hands-free and immersive discovery experience.
- Hands-free audio stories
- Automatic landmark discovery
- Walking and driving tours
- Offline access (Pro)
- Nearby history alerts
- Save favorite stops (Pro)
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Turn every drive into a story. ExploreHere is a hands-free road trip guide that plays stories automatically as you travel. Discover historic landmarks, hidden places, and unforgettable moments, without ever touching your phone. Whether you're cruising cross-country, exploring a small town, or wandering a new city, ExploreHere reveals the stories that shaped the places around you. Made for the Road - 240,000+ Historic Landmarks across the U.S. - Auto-Play Audio as you pass places worth knowing - Hands-Free Travel Mode for safe driving - Walking & Driving Tours through cities, parks, and scenic highways - Nearby History Alerts so you never miss a story Pro Features - Offline access for no-service road trips - High-Quality Immersive Audio - View public lands, national parks & forests and native lands - Smart proximity alerts - Save and organize favorite stops Perfect For Road trippers • RV travelers • National park explorers • History lovers • Families on vacation • Curious travelers ExploreHere transforms highways into story-filled journeys and ordinary stops into unforgettable discoveries. See the history around you. Start exploring today. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: http://explorehere.app/privacy
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.
- Geolocation-based discovery
- Historical audio tales
- Interactive map
- GEOAudio near you
- QR code scanning
- Audio tour collections
- Custom tour creation
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HEAR about HERE at none against ExploreHere's 18. HEAR about HERE also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.4). ExploreHere's advantage is ratings volume (797 vs 3) and chart position (#71 vs unranked). 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
Both are free to download. ExploreHere sells 18 in-app purchases, starting at $2.00 per month. HEAR about HERE asks for nothing beyond the download.
HEAR about HERE holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ExploreHere has 797 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | ExploreHere | HEAR about HERE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (797 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 797 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #71 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 160 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Wesley Vance | Victor Cardona |
Customer experience
ExploreHere
HEAR about HERE
Bugs and requests
ExploreHere
Reported bugs
8 issues- App crashes when viewing multiple items
- Crashes on app launch/opening
- Continuous tracking feature not working on iPhone
- CarPlay compatibility issues
- Audio descriptions cut off mid-sentence
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- Double charging incidents
- App freezing and becoming unresponsive
- Incomplete marker database coverage
Requested features
8 requests- Automatic audio reading when passing markers for drivers
- City-based browsing instead of marker name search
- Improved voice quality and complete audio descriptions
- Better map visibility with lighter road colors
- Automatic location detection on app launch
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- Free filtering options without upgrade requirement
- Continuous tracking feature improvement
- Offline marker access capability
HEAR about HERE
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ExploreHere
- Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$2.001 Month
- Pro - Monthly$3.001 Month
- Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$4.001 Month
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- Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$5.001 Month
- Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$6.001 Month
- Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$10.001 Month
- Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$10.001 Year
- Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$16.001 Year
- Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$20.001 Year
- Pro - Yearly$25.001 Year
- Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$35.991 Year
- Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$50.001 Year
- Pro - Lifetime$24.99
- Pro - Lifetime$60.00
- Pro - Lifetime$90.00
HEAR about HERE
No in-app purchases
