JMB App vs Poblet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
JMB App
Explore Jewish history and contemporary life through diverse perspectives. This app offers guided tours, interactive maps, multimedia content, and games, with accessibility features for all visitors.
- Multimedia content (audio, video, images, text)
- Curated and self-guided tours
- Interactive museum map
- Games and interactive applications
- Accessibility features (screen reader, audio descriptions, sign language)
- Multiple languages
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Discover Jewish history and Jewish life today at the Jewish Museum Berlin About the JMB app Let a multitude of voices guide you around the exhibitions and gain diverse perspectives on Jewish history and the present day in Germany. Discover the highlights and insider tips of the JMB in personal stories and interviews, e.g., with star architect Daniel Libeskind, pictures, videos, and games. Choose one of the curated tours that introduce you to the highlights of the museum. The unique architecture of the ensemble is also highlighted in a separate tour. Would you rather explore on your own? You can enter numbers to determine your own selection and order; an interactive map helps you find your way around. For young visitors, we offer “Young Perspectives – Your Tour Through the Museum,” an exciting and entertaining tour of the permanent exhibition (German/English only). The tour takes you to ten stations, which are varied in terms of theme and form and are consistently narrated from the perspective of young people. Accessibility is important to us. If you are blind or visually impaired, you can use the app with a screen reader, and audio descriptions and tactile instructions support your accessible visit to the museum. For people with hearing impairments, we offer a tour with 20 videos in German sign language and all audio content as subtitles. The JMB app also offers 50 audio clips in easy language (German) and can be operated in a simplified mode. Features of the JMB App • Multimedia provision (audio, video, image & text) with more than 100 points of interest • Number entry • Games and other interactive applications • Interactive map for your guidance • Guidance • Simplified operating mode • Entirely Screenreader-compatible • Languages: German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Hebrew and Russian • Easy language (German) • German sign language • “Young Perspectives – Your Tour Through the Museum” for 13- to 16-year-olds: German, English Note If you wish to use the JMB app, we recommend you opt for headphones and stream the data in the exhibition to avoid waiting for content to download. With location services enabled, you can use the full range of features in the museum. To ensure a smooth performance, iOS version 13.x or higher is recommended. In case of technical problems, to make a suggestion or a critical comment, please get in touch with visit@berlin.de and include information about your device and operating system. We look forward to receiving your feedback!
Poblet
Explore the history and life of a twelfth-century Cistercian monastery with this multimedia guide. Features multilingual audio tours, customizable tour lengths, and detailed maps to enhance your visit.
- Multilingual audio tours (English, Catalan, Spanish, French, German)
- Selectable tour lengths
- In-app maps
- Historical insights
- Monastic community information
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This multimedia guide will give you insights into the life and history of the monastic community that has lived in this Cistercian monastery since the twelfth century. Features: - Tour available in English, Catalan, Spanish, French and German. Only the audio commentary in the language you choose will be downloaded to your device. - Choose between two tour lengths depending on how much time you have. - App includes maps of every area. Useful Tips: - Bring your headphones and make sure your phone battery is fully charged. - Plan your visit ahead, bearing in mind that you will not be able to access the cloister and surrounding areas during the middle hours of the day. Privacy: This app does not collect or process personal data. Intellectual Property: The entirety of the app (audios, texts, images, music, brands, logos and design elements, as well as the structure, selection, order and presentation of the content) is the property of Trama Media or of third parties that have authorised their use. Any type of exploitation is forbidden, including but not limited to reproduction, distribution, public communication and transformation without express authorisation. The user is obliged to use the content in a diligent, correct and legal manner and, in particular, not to eliminate or alter the copyright and other identifying information concerning the rights of Trama Media and of third parties incorporated into the content, as well as into the technical protective measures or other information mechanism that may form part of the content. In addition, the user is forbidden from using the content and, in particular, information of any kind obtained during their navigation in order to send advertising, communications of a commercial nature or unsolicited bulk messages regardless of their purpose, and will also refrain from commercialising or disseminating this information in any way. © All rights reserved.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: JMB App at every 3 weeks against Poblet's every 4 months. JMB App also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 60%). Poblet's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
JMB App ships an update every 3 weeks, Poblet every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | JMB App | Poblet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NOUS Knowledge Management | Trama Media |
Customer experience
JMB App
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In-app purchases
JMB App
No in-app purchases
Poblet
No in-app purchases
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