Experience AlUla vs Visit NEOM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Experience AlUla
Plan your trip to AlUla with this official guide. Discover landmarks, dining, events, and book experiences directly within the app. Manage bookings, view tickets, and stay informed about what's happening.
- Explore points of interest
- Book experiences and events
- Manage bookings and tickets
- View live availability
- Discover dining and accommodation
- Filter by location and event type
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The official destination app for AlUla with the latest information to help plan your visit. Explore points of interest, including landmarks and must-visit locations, dining & cafes, festivals, events, concerts, experiences, and more. My AlUla: • Register an account and sign in to view your bookings and save your preferences • Browse the app and make bookings as a user or as a guest • Stay connected with our newsletter subscription Booking and Payments: • Try our new and enhanced native in-app booking and payment journeys for your favourite experiences and events • Live availability, shopping cart, and secure Credit Card or Apple Pay • View your bookings and open your tickets in-app • Cancel a booking Explore: • Discover places to visit, restaurants, accommodation, festivals and what’s on in AlUla • Use our new map to filter by Experiences, Accommodation, Concerts and more Experience Improvements: • Brand new look and feel to enhance your experience on the app
Visit NEOM
Discover tourism attractions and hiking trails within NEOM. This app provides information for residents and will be regularly updated with new features to enhance exploration of the region's nature, history, and culture.
- Tourism attraction information
- Hiking trail details
- Information for NEOM residents
- Regular feature updates
- Explore nature, history, and culture
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Visit NEOM is initially for NEOM residents. It offers information about tourism attractions and hiking trails. The app will be continuously updated with new features to help you explore NEOM’s stunning nature, deep history and captivating culture.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Experience AlUla at 4.7 against Visit NEOM's 4.0. Experience AlUla also leads on ratings volume (259 vs 5). Visit NEOM's advantage is review sentiment (67% vs 35%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Experience AlUla holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Experience AlUla has 259 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 35% of Experience AlUla's written reviews are positive against 67% of Visit NEOM's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Experience AlUla | Visit NEOM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (259 ratings) — better | 4.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 35.3% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 259 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 303 MB | 213 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Royal Commission for AlUla | NEOM Company |
Customer experience
Experience AlUla
Visit NEOM
In-app purchases
Experience AlUla
No in-app purchases
Visit NEOM
No in-app purchases
