GuruWalk vs IENA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GuruWalk
Discover the world's best free walking tours led by passionate local guides. Book tours for free and pay what you feel the experience was worth at the end. Explore cities and learn about culture and history in over 1000 destinations worldwide.
- Free walking tours
- Local guides
- Pay-what-you-want model
- Global destinations
- Cultural exploration
- History tours
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GuruWalk is the platform where you can find the best free tour guides in the world. The free tours or guruwalks are fun and entertaining guided tours where you learn a lot of things. You book for free and pay at the end the amount you consider according to your experience. FREE TOURS OR GURUWALKS, ARE COMPOSED OF: Gurus: Passionate local guides, with great knowledge about the city and local customs. Walkers: Travelers who prefer this kind of tours and want to discover every corner of the world with GuruWalk. We are currently present in 117 countries and in more than 1000 destinations. Our goal is to bring culture closer to everyone and give them the opportunity to discover new places through passionate local guides. Our mission is to create a more empathetic society by facilitating access to culture and history through unique experiences. and history through unique experiences anywhere in the world.
IENA
This app facilitates international cultural exchange programs, allowing users to apply for and manage their applications seamlessly. It offers a simple onboarding process, document uploading, and direct access to support, making global adventures more accessible.
- Simple onboarding process
- Seamless application management
- Upload documents with ease
- Direct access to support
- Complete control over application sections
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International Exchange of North America (IENA), is world leader in cultural exchange in over 90 countries. Based in the USA, our mission is to deliver high quality and affordable International programs throughout the world. Want to start the journey of a lifetime? Apply NOW! Our onboarding process is even simpler. Apply online or app, both sync seamlessly giving you the freedom to complete your application wherever you are. Developed to make viewing each section quick and easy giving you the control to manage your application faster and more efficient. Key functionality: Simple on boarding process Manage your complete application from desktop to mobile seamlessly Complete control of which sections you complete first Direct access to IENA support Upload documents with ease
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: IENA at 5.0 against GuruWalk's 3.0. IENA also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). GuruWalk's advantage is review sentiment (36% vs 0%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
IENA holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GuruWalk has 38 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 36% of GuruWalk's written reviews are positive against 0% of IENA's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
GuruWalk ships an update fortnightly, IENA every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GuruWalk | IENA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (38 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 38 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GuruWalk | Made Ideas ltd |
Customer experience
GuruWalk
IENA
In-app purchases
GuruWalk
No in-app purchases
IENA
No in-app purchases
