ExploreHere vs Whatshalfway
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
Whatshalfway
Easily find convenient meeting spots or rest stops halfway between two locations worldwide. Split journeys by time or distance, search for specific venue types, and share meeting points with friends. Ideal for planning lunches, road trips, or breaks.
- Find halfway meeting points
- Split journeys by time or distance
- Search for specific venue types
- Share meeting points with friends
- Add multiple stops for long journeys
- Works worldwide
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Find great places to meet or stop halfway between two locations across the world. Looking for somewhere to meet friends halfway for lunch? Hitting the road and need to find a place to stop for the night? Perhaps a spot of golf on the way too? Split your journey by time or distance and find the perfect place to meet or stop halfway using the Whatshalfway app. Simply enter your two addresses and select the type of venue you're looking for and Whatshalfway will do the rest. View the results on the map or from the list of venues and easily let your friends know where to meet by quickly sharing the venue details & location. For long trips, break up the journey even more by adding more stops and splitting the journey up in to smaller sections - we'll find you places to stay, eat or things to do for each stop! STANDARD FEATURES ================= - Works in most countries around the world - Easily share your halfway meeting point with friends - Free-text venue searches or simply select from the dropdown - Choose miles or kilometres - Use your location - Custom search radius - Select venues from the map or the venue list PRO SUBSCRIPTION FEATURES: ======================== - Calculate halfway locations by time as well as distance - Add "via" locations to your route - Multiple stops to split long journeys - Cycling and walking modes - Advanced route options such as avoiding tolls or highways - No adverts End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: ExploreHere at none against Whatshalfway's shown. ExploreHere also leads on chart position (#74 vs unranked). Whatshalfway's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 10 days). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.00 per month and Whatshalfway sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 3 months. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for ExploreHere against 4.7 for Whatshalfway. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 810 and 704 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of ExploreHere's written reviews are positive against 60% of Whatshalfway's.
ExploreHere ships an update every 10 days, Whatshalfway every 2 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | ExploreHere | Whatshalfway |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (810 ratings) | 4.7 (704 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 59.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 810 — better | 704 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #74 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 160 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wesley Vance | Whatshalfway Ltd |
Customer experience
ExploreHere
Whatshalfway
User reviews
ExploreHere
From 810 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Innovative concept for discovering historical markers while traveling
- 📚 Comprehensive historical information and educational content
- 🗺️ Effective for road trips and exploring unfamiliar areas
- 🎧 CarPlay integration for hands-free listening
- 👥 Excellent customer support and developer responsiveness
Room to improve
- 💳 Automatic charging and paywall frustration
- 🔐 Mandatory email/login requirement for basic use
- 🐛 Frequent app crashes and stability issues
- 🗣️ Robotic voice quality for audio descriptions
- 🗺️ Dark map roads difficult to read
Whatshalfway
From 704 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Convenient
- 🚀 Very helpful
- 💡 Great concept
- 👍 Accurate
- 👍 Useful for road trips
Room to improve
- 🔒 Limited functionality without paying
- 🐛 Returned zero results
- 🐛 False information
- 🐛 Alternative route not available
- 🔒 Paid feature hidden behind paywall
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
Whatshalfway
Reported bugs
2 issues- Keeps prompting to upgrade to pro version
- Inaccurate distance and travel time information
Requested features
5 requests- Display a line of equidistance rather than a single point
- Allow more than 2 meeting points
- Include traffic information for future timeframes
- Add train and bus route options
- Provide option to choose preferred map app for directions
In-app purchases
ExploreHere
- Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$2.001 Month
- Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$4.001 Month
- Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
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- 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 - Yearly7 Days trial$35.991 Year
- Pro - Lifetime$60.00
Whatshalfway
- Pro Version - 3 months$1.993 Months
- Pro Version - 1 Year7 Days trial$4.991 Year









