Comparison

GettyGuide vs Naratour

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

GettyGuide

Discover unique perspectives on art with audio tours and immersive experiences of exhibitions and outdoor spaces. Navigate Getty's locations, explore art with diverse commentary, and plan your visit with essential information.

Highlights
  • Thematic audio tours
  • Explore art on-demand
  • Mood Journeys for unique experiences
  • Exhibition and event information
  • Location-aware navigation map
  • Dining and shopping details
  • Multilingual audio content
Features
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With Getty’s official app, you’ll discover unique perspectives on art and enjoy an immersive experience of exhibitions and outdoor spaces. Let GettyGuide® be your personal tour guide during your visit. Listen to original, thematic audio tours that offer intimate experiences of the Getty’s two locations, and of the can’t-miss art, with commentary from diverse voices. At the Getty Center, stroll the one-of-a-kind Central Garden while hearing from a museum curator, landscape architect, mindfulness expert, and gardeners about this ever-changing space. Or try Mood Journeys, a feature that allows visitors to navigate hand-picked destinations and activities, according to a feeling you’d like to explore. At the Getty Villa, be transported 2,000 years into the past to experience the sounds and stories of life in an ancient Roman country house. You’ll find all the information you need to plan your day at the Getty Center or Getty Villa, including events and exhibitions currently on view, and where to eat and shop. App features include: • Audio tours and playlists of exhibitions, art, architecture, and gardens • “Explore on your own” feature for on-demand audio about hundreds of works of art • “Mood Journeys” feature, to inspire visitors to experience Getty locations and works of art in a unique way, with short activities designed to explore moods or feelings • Exhibitions and events happening today • Location-aware map to navigate Getty sites • Dining and shopping information • List and map of where to eat and shop • 10 language options for key content in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Mandarin Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Russian, and Brazilian Portuguese

About

Naratour

Explore cultural sites like museums and galleries with interactive stories and audio guides. Solve puzzles and riddles by interacting with exhibits to unlock educational facts. Offers an immersive audio guide for casual exploration.

Highlights
  • Interactive stories
  • Audio guides
  • Exhibit-based puzzles
  • Educational facts
  • Independent exploration
  • Story-driven challenges
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Naratour is a visitor guide application that allows its users to independently explore cultural places like museums and galleries with interactive stories and audio guides. Visitors use smartphones to pick stories in which they play a lead role. During the interactive tour, visitors follow points of interest, find clues, and solve a range of challenges until the story is concluded. Challenges take the form of puzzles and riddles. They can only be solved by visual or physical interaction with exhibits, and they unlock interesting educational facts. Casual visitors can still use their smartphones to access an immersive audio guide.

Screenshots

GettyGuide4 screens
Naratour4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Naratour at 5.0 against GettyGuide's 4.2. GettyGuide's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (43 vs 5). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Naratour sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. GettyGuide asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Naratour holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GettyGuide has 43 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GettyGuide ships an update every 2 months, Naratour every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
GettyGuide versus Naratour: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGettyGuideNaratour
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (43 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings43 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.4 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB47 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperJ. Paul Getty TrustNaratour d.o.o.

Customer experience

GettyGuide

All ratings43 ratings
Positive76.7%
Neutral9.3%
Negative14.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative33.3%

Naratour

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

GettyGuide

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Naratour

One-time3
  • Detective story$0.99
  • Treasure of the Black Queen$8.99
  • Curse of the Black queen$8.99

Questions

Is GettyGuide free?
GettyGuide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Naratour free?
Naratour is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, GettyGuide or Naratour?
Naratour is rated higher. GettyGuide averages 4.2 out of 5 from 43 ratings, while Naratour averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do GettyGuide or Naratour have ads?
Neither GettyGuide nor Naratour shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GettyGuide or Naratour?
GettyGuide ships an update every 2 months, and Naratour every 5 weeks. Most recently, GettyGuide was updated on October 4, 2026 and Naratour on October 12, 2026.

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