Listen vs wherethis
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Listen
Discover location-based audio stories and information as you travel. This app learns your interests to curate content and allows user contributions, including creating audio-novels and games. Enjoy a personalized, pocket-friendly entertainment experience in 22 languages.
- Location-based audio stories
- Personalized content curation
- User-generated content creation
- Audio-novels and games
- Real-time feedback system
- 22 language support
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ListenUp - the app that tells you about where you are... Wherever you are! Made with pride in Arizona USA for tourism, information or just roaming entertainment. Over time, the app will learn your interests and curate the stories to your needs. Don't like what you hear? Give real-time feedback and be part of the story. You can even contribute stories of your own, or use your imagination to create location-based audio-novels, games, or share information with your audience. Best of all it works safely from your pocket into your airpods or earbuds, and is available in 22 languages.
wherethis
Create and share custom audio walking tours that dynamically adjust to your location. Record your own audio for landmarks and discover content from others.
- Dynamic audio tours
- Add custom audio to landmarks
- Listen to audio based on location
- Create and share walking tours
- User-generated content
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A dynamic audio tour that follows you where you go! - Add your own audio recordings to landmarks - Listen to audio associated with landmarks near where you are - Create dynamic walking tours and share them with friends Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: wherethis at Free against Listen's $9.99. wherethis also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). Listen's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On device support and iOS requirement 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
wherethis is free to download; Listen costs $9.99 up front. wherethis sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. Listen asks for nothing beyond the download.
Listen ships an update every 5 weeks, wherethis fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Listen | wherethis |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.4 (19 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FirmWise | BorkBork.com |
Customer experience
Listen
wherethis
In-app purchases
Listen
No in-app purchases
wherethis
- Monthly Basic$0.491 Month
- Monthly Enhanced$3.991 Month
Questions
Is Listen free?
Is wherethis free?
Do Listen or wherethis have ads?
Which is updated more often, Listen or wherethis?
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