ExploreHere vs HearHere History
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
HearHere History
Discover the history of any location with an AI-powered guide. Hear unique stories, ask questions, and explore the past through interactive features. Perfect for travelers and curious locals alike.
- AI-powered historical narration
- Choose from multiple narrator personas
- On This Day historical facts
- Time Machine historical exploration
- Ask follow-up history questions
- History trivia quizzes
- Save and share favorite stories
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HearHere History tells you what happened right where you are. Open the app, hear a story about your street, neighborhood, or city — narrated in your favorite voice, grounded in real sources. Free to use with 5 narrations per day. Upgrade to HearHere Premium for unlimited access. CORE FEATURES - Auto-Narrate Where You Stand - Just open the app. GPS detects your location and you'll hear a vivid history of where you are. PREMIUM FEATURES (requires HearHere Premium) - Unlimited daily narrations - Narrations in Spanish and French - Walking Tours — guided routes through nearby historical sites with 3, 5, or 7 stops - Step Into History — themed walking tours sized to your daily step goal, with HealthKit - Go Deeper — drill into key figures, timelines, and AI-suggested topics for any story Hidden Stories -The dark, secret, and lesser-known history most tour guides won't tell you. Explore the Map -Tap anywhere on Earth — the Colosseum, the Great Wall, that strange building you saw on TV — and hear its full story. Ask Anything -Curious about a detail? Ask follow-up questions by voice or text and get an instant answer about local history. PERFECT FOR - City walkers who want to know what they're walking past - Travelers who'd rather skip the guidebook - History fans tired of generic AI summaries - Anyone who's ever wondered "what happened here?"
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: ExploreHere at 809 against HearHere History's 6. ExploreHere also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and chart position (#59 vs unranked). HearHere History's advantage is review sentiment (75% vs 67%). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 and HearHere History sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ExploreHere holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ExploreHere has 809 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of ExploreHere's written reviews are positive against 75% of HearHere History's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
ExploreHere ships an update every 10 days, HearHere History fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ExploreHere | HearHere History |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (809 ratings) — better | 4.3 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 809 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Best chart rank | #59 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 160 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wesley Vance | Sina Sima |
Customer experience
ExploreHere
HearHere History
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
HearHere History
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
HearHere History
- Monthly Premium$3.991 Month
- Annual$19.991 Year
