Comparison

Salento smart vs PastPuglia

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

Head to head
About

Salento smart

Discover the Salento region with this app. It offers geolocated information, audioguides, and curated itineraries to explore monuments, architecture, and landscapes. Find nearby services, events, and learn about local traditions for an enriched travel experience.

Highlights
  • Geolocated discovery of monuments and landscapes
  • Audioguides and descriptive texts
  • Thematic itinerary suggestions
  • Nearby service finder (dining, shopping, accommodation)
  • Event listings (art, music, sports)
  • Local traditions and culture information
Features
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L'applicazione Salento smart si propone di fornire al visitatore del Salento un ausilio importante per vivere al meglio la sua permanenza sul territorio. Attraverso la geolocalizzazione e la fornitura di materiale fotografico, testi descrittivi e audioguide su monumenti, bellezze architettoniche e paesaggistiche del territorio, consente al visitatore di scoprire, conoscere, godere e apprezzare in piena libertà e autonomia questo magnifico scorcio d'Italia. - Suggerisce itinerari tematici per vivere un'esperienza di viaggio immersi nell'identità culturale del luogo. - Permette di trovare i servizi più vicini e utili per organizzare al meglio la propria vacanza: come spostarsi, dove fare una pausa, dove mangiare, dove fare shopping, dove divertirsi e rilassarsi, dove dormire, salute e benessere. - Mette a disposizione un elenco di eventi (arte, cinema, musica dal vivo, party, sport, teatro) selezionabili per data, per apprezzare la mondanità del posto. - Offre all'utente, inoltre, una panoramica delle tradizioni locali del Salento, della cultura, dell'artigianato e informazioni relative a programmi e attività svolte in quest'ambito.

About

PastPuglia

Discover Puglia's rich historical, artistic, and cultural heritage with curated places, routes, and events. Explore interactive maps, access detailed information, and book guided tours digitally. Enhance your visits with audio guides and QR code content, all available in five languages.

Highlights
  • Interactive maps for exploring locations
  • Detailed information on places and events
  • Digital booking for guided tours
  • Audio guides for historical sites
  • QR code scanning for extra content
  • Multilingual content (5 languages)
Features
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PastPuglia helps you discover places, routes, and events from the historical, artistic, and cultural heritage of Puglia, curated by PAST. Whether you are passionate about art, history, archaeology, or local culture, PastPuglia offers a curated selection of places, experiences, and events to explore the region in an intuitive and engaging way. With interactive maps, you can explore nearby locations or browse by city, category, and accessibility options. Each place or experience includes detailed and up-to-date information such as photo galleries, descriptions, maps, visiting routes, opening hours, ticket prices, and contact details. You can save your favorite places and events to quickly access them later and organize your visit more easily. Booking guided tours is simple and fully digital: book directly from the app and keep your tickets on your smartphone—no printing required. For experiences with audio guides, PastPuglia becomes your personal guide: just plug in your headphones and start listening. Audio and text content help you better understand historical sites, cultural landmarks, and points of interest while you explore. During your visits, you can scan QR codes on site to instantly access extra content such as audio guides, videos, images, and in-depth texts related to specific locations or artifacts. All audio and textual content is available in five languages: Italian, English, Spanish, French, and German. PastPuglia is designed to be intuitive, accessible, and always with you—your digital companion to discover Puglia’s cultural heritage, wherever you are. Download PastPuglia and explore Puglia at your own pace.

Screenshots

Salento smart4 screens
PastPuglia4 screens

Verdict

The call

Salento smart and PastPuglia are too close to call on the numbers: across 9 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Salento smart against 5.0 for PastPuglia. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Salento smart ships an update fortnightly, PastPuglia every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Salento smart versus PastPuglia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSalento smartPastPuglia
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size131 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRes Media s.r.lRichard Martinez

Customer experience

Salento smart

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

PastPuglia

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Salento smart

No in-app purchases

None

PastPuglia

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Salento smart free?
Salento smart is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PastPuglia free?
PastPuglia is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Salento smart or PastPuglia?
Salento smart and PastPuglia are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Salento smart or PastPuglia have ads?
Neither Salento smart nor PastPuglia shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Salento smart or PastPuglia?
Salento smart ships an update fortnightly, and PastPuglia every 3 weeks. Most recently, Salento smart was updated on November 3, 2026 and PastPuglia on November 4, 2026.

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