Guidesly Trips vs DS Guide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Guidesly Trips
Discover and instantly book guided outdoor adventures with experienced professionals. Connect with a community of enthusiasts, track your trips, and capture your memorable experiences.
- Instant booking for guided trips
- Connect with experienced guides
- Community feed for outdoor enthusiasts
- Digital payment and tipping
- Trip journaling and tracking
- Save favorite spots and catches
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Guidesly Trips: Guidesly is the first app to offer instant booking for thousands of guided trips with world-record-holding, experienced guides across the country. Whether you’re looking for family fly fishing fun, an all-day deep-sea excursion, or are on the hunt for the next big game, we’ve got you covered. Connect on the feed with guides and great minds alike to share the one thing you all have in common: the great outdoors. BOOK TRIPS INSTANTLY Lock down your trip on demand, and digitally pay and tip in-app. From first-time angler to pro hunter, customize your experience to cater to all your needs. LEARN FROM THE GREATEST We offer the best guides in the best destinations, ensuring that you will learn something new every time you go on a trip. Book with tournament champions, industry experts, and more. GET INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY Like, comment, and connect with guides and anglers across the country while sharing your recent catches. Join the conversation! CAPTURE YOUR ADVENTURES Track your on-the-go trips in your journal, where you can save the best spots, biggest catches, and top POIs. Check off your bucket list and add your favorite waterbodies! With live trip tracking, you’ll never miss a beat while out on the water. TRIPS BOOKED WITH GUIDESLY HAVE AN AVERAGE RATING OF 5-STARS “We had an absolute blast on our fishing trip! I booked through Guidesly, which was very easy. Overall a great time with 3 generations together. Thanks for a wonderful experience!” -Paul N. “I would recommend this fishing experience to anyone, especially those fisherman like me who don’t normally come back with any fish.” -David C. “We had a great day! They took care of making sure we were on the fish, helping our 3 children fish, and were generally really nice guys! I would 100% recommend!” -Emily B. Download Guidesly Trips today to join our community and discover top-rated guides. Connect with us: Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/guidesly Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/guidesly Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/guidesly Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/guidesly/ Book trips on our website: https://www.guidesly.com Interested in being a guide? Join Guidesly Pro on our website or through the Guidesly Pro app.
DS Guide
An all-in-one platform designed for water sports rental companies and tour operators. It helps streamline bookings, manage resources efficiently, and ultimately increase revenue.
- Streamline bookings
- Manage resources
- Boost revenue
- All-in-one platform
- Built for guides and tour operators
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Streamline bookings, manage resources, and boost revenue with an all-in-one platform built for guides, tour operators, and water sports rental companies.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DS Guide at 5.0 against Guidesly Trips's 4.4. DS Guide also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 80%). Guidesly Trips's advantage is ratings volume (20 vs 3) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
DS Guide holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Guidesly Trips has 20 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Guidesly Trips's written reviews are positive against 100% of DS Guide's.
Guidesly Trips ships an update every 3 weeks, DS Guide every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Guidesly Trips | DS Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (20 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 97 MB | 197 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Guidesly | Digital Sportsman, LLC |
Customer experience
Guidesly Trips
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In-app purchases
Guidesly Trips
No in-app purchases
DS Guide
No in-app purchases
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