Comparison

ParksConnect vs Death Valley NP Audio Guide

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

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About

ParksConnect

Explore the U.S. National Park System with this interactive travel guide. Access park maps, detailed descriptions, and photos to plan your next adventure. Discover both remote wilderness and historical sites.

Highlights
  • Interactive U.S. National Park System map
  • Park descriptions and photos
  • Offline access to official park maps
  • Points of interest on maps
  • Explore wilderness and historical sites
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ParksConnect presents this interactive travel guide to the U.S National Park System. With locations ranging from remote wilderness areas to historical sites, this app provides access to park maps, photos, descriptions, and more. Use the app to explore the National Park System and plan your next park visit. App features include: • Interactive map to the U.S National Park System • Park descriptions, photos, and image gallery • Offline access to official park maps with points of interest

About

Death Valley NP Audio Guide

Explore Death Valley's unique landscapes and rich mining history with this self-guided driving tour. Audio stories play automatically based on your location, offering freedom and flexibility to discover landmarks at your own pace. Works offline for seamless exploration.

Highlights
  • Self-guided driving tour
  • Automatic location-based audio
  • Offline functionality
  • Freedom to explore at your own pace
  • In-depth historical stories
  • Covers major landmarks and points of interest
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Venture into the hottest place on Earth with this self-guided driving tour. Explore Death Valley’s wildly diverse geographic beauty, its complex mining history, and live to tell the tale. Death Valley National Park Death Valley is truly a place like no other. Sure, it holds the record for the hottest place on the planet, but it’s also full of wildly varied geography, from mountains to salt flats to rolling, colorful badlands, and everything in between. This raw, inhospitable landscape is an absolute wonder to behold, and now you can brave its extremes from the comfort of your own vehicle! Look across the valley from 5,000 feet up at Dante’s View, then drive down to the lowest point in North America—Badwater Basin. Stroll across blinding salt flats and marvel at the intricate crystal formations of Devils Golf Course. Cruise or hike through the bizarre rocky badlands which George Lucas used in the original Star Wars trilogy. There’s never a dull moment in Death Valley. Along the way, you’ll dig deep into the harrowing history of Death Valley’s miners. Hear stories of their backbreaking labor, ingenuity, and the mining bust that paved the way for Death Valley to become a national park. Featuring riveting stories, an engaging narrator, and easy automatic audio, this app puts exploration in the palm of your hand! Experience this and more in Death Valley: ■ Death Valley Junction ■ The Timbisha Shoshone ■ Gold! ■ The Death Valley 49ers ■ Lost in Death Valley ■ Why So Dry? ■ Why So Hot? ■ Borax Mining ■ Dante’s View ■ Superblooms ■ Twenty Mule Team Canyon ■ White Gold ■ Zabriskie Point ■ A Thirsty Oasis ■ Furnace Creek Visitor Center ■ Collision and Separation ■ Golden Canyon Trail ■ Booms and Busts ■ Ghost Towns ■ Mars Hill ■ Artist’s Drive ■ Building Death Valley ■ Devils Golf Course ■ Natural Bridge Trail ■ Badwater Basin HOW IT WORKS: As you travel, audio stories play automatically based on your location. Simply go to the starting point of the tour and begin following the given route. Each story begins playing on its own, usually just before you reach a point of interest. TOUR FEATURES: ▶ Freedom of travel No scheduled tour times, no crowded buses, and no rush to keep moving past stops that interest you. You have total freedom to skip ahead, linger, and take as many photos as you’d like. ▶ Automatic play No muss, no fuss. Just follow the app’s built-in route to all the must-visit spots — the audio stories about everything you see will play automatically! ▶ Works offline Download the tour in advance and then use it seamlessly, even in areas with no service! ▶ Lifetime purchase No monthly subscription. No time limits. No usage limits. Enjoy this tour as many times as you like. ▶ Incredible stories Immerse yourself in the history, culture, and secrets of this famous site with the help of a top-tier narrator and fascinating stories written by experts. ▶ Award-winning app Featured on Thrillist and WBZ, this easy-to-use app won the Laurel Award for Technology from the Newport Mansions, who use the app for over a million tours per year. FREE DEMO: Check out the totally free demo to get an idea of what this tour is all about. If you like it, purchase the tour to access all the stories. IMPORTANT NOTES: Download the tour ahead of time over data or WiFi for full offline use. Be sure your phone battery is fully charged or take an external battery pack. Continued use of the GPS can drain your battery. Allow the tour to access location services and GPS tracking features to play stories automatically during the tour. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ NEARBY TOURS: Hollywood Homes: Ever wanted to see where your favorite celeb lives? Cruise down sun-soaked streets in glamorous LA and stop by the sprawling mansions owned by millionaires, movie stars, and musicians like Jay-Z and Beyonce!

Screenshots

ParksConnect4 screens
Death Valley NP Audio Guide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Death Valley NP Audio Guide at 100% against ParksConnect's 50%. Death Valley NP Audio Guide also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.0). ParksConnect's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. ParksConnect sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Death Valley NP Audio Guide sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $99.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Death Valley NP Audio Guide holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of ParksConnect's written reviews are positive against 100% of Death Valley NP Audio Guide's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ParksConnect ships an update every 10 months, Death Valley NP Audio Guide every 19 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ParksConnect versus Death Valley NP Audio Guide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterParksConnectDeath Valley NP Audio Guide
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)4.9 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings49 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 months — betterEvery 19 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size478 MB200 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperParksConnectExperience History LLC

Customer experience

ParksConnect

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Death Valley NP Audio Guide

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ParksConnect

One-time1
  • ParksConnect Upgrade$4.99
9 purchases

Death Valley NP Audio Guide

Subscriptions1
  • Action Plus$99.991 Year
One-time8
  • Joshua Tree National Park$9.99
  • Sequoia NP$16.99
  • Death Valley National Park$16.99
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  • Hoover Dam$16.99
  • Utah National Park Bundle$24.99
  • Southern California Bundle$44.99
  • Nevada Bundle Audio Tour Guide$44.99
  • US West National Park Bundle$199.99

Questions

Is ParksConnect free?
ParksConnect is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Death Valley NP Audio Guide free?
Death Valley NP Audio Guide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ParksConnect or Death Valley NP Audio Guide?
Death Valley NP Audio Guide is rated higher. ParksConnect averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Death Valley NP Audio Guide averages 4.9 from 9 ratings.
Do ParksConnect or Death Valley NP Audio Guide have ads?
Neither ParksConnect nor Death Valley NP Audio Guide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ParksConnect or Death Valley NP Audio Guide?
ParksConnect ships an update every 10 months, and Death Valley NP Audio Guide every 19 months. Most recently, ParksConnect was updated on September 21, 2026 and Death Valley NP Audio Guide on September 23, 2026.

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