Hidden Trento vs ChurchExplorer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hidden Trento
Explore Trento's history with audio-guided tours led by historical characters and a geolocated historical map. Discover hidden gems and gain expert insights into the city's past, usable on-site or remotely.
- Audio-guided tours by historical characters
- Geolocated historical map
- On-site and remote usage
- Expert historical insights
- Multiple language support
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Get a unique perspective on Trento’s major sites, and discover places off the beaten path. Available in English, Italian and German. - Audio-guided tours led by historical characters Explore Trento through the eyes of a Renaissance guide, who links the places you visit to stories from their own life and times - Walk through Trento using a geolocated historical map Navigate the streets of Trento toggling between a modern map and a superb map from 1562-63. - Use on location, or off site On site, you trigger stories with GPS as you move through the city - or sit back and let your fingers do the walking by tapping on story points. - Expert insights Our stories have been created by leading historians, who provide extra insights at every point. “Hidden Cities” is the result of a three year (2019-22) collaborative research project “Public Renaissance: Urban Cultures of Public Space between Early Modern Europe and the Present” funded by the Humanities in the European Research Area (HERA). ****** Entdecken Sie Trento auf eine neue Art und Weise. Verfügbar auf Deutsch, Italienisch und Englisch. - Geführte Audio-Touren durch historische Personen Erleben Sie Trento durch die Augen eines Stadtbewohners der Epoche Frühe Neuzeit: er führt Sie zu bedeutenden Orten seiner Zeit und erzählt dazugehörige Geschichten. - Spaziergang durch Trento mit einer geolokalisierten historischen Karte Finden Sie Ihre Wege in der Stadt mithilfe einer aktuellen Stadtkarte und einer Stadtkarte des Jahres 1562-63. - Nutzung vor Ort und aus der Ferne In Trento werden die Geschichten mittels GPS-Ortung aktiviert, wenn Sie sich im Stadtraum bewegen. Zugleich ist die Tour auch virtuell erlebbar: online. - Experten-Einblicke Die ausgewählten Geschichten stammen von renommierten Historikern. „Hidden Cities“ ist ein Ergebnis eines dreijährigen Verbund-Forschungsprojektes (2019-2022) mit dem Titel „Public Renaissance: Urban Cultures of Public Space between Early Modern Europe and the Present“. Gefördert wurde das Projekt von „Humanities in the European Research Area“ (HERA). ****** Scopri i principali siti della storia di Trento da una prospettiva inedita e visita luoghi poco conosciuti della città. Disponibile in italiano, inglese e tedesco. - Visita la città con un’audioguida narrata da personaggi storici Esplora Trento attraverso gli occhi di una guida della prima età moderna, che collegherà i luoghi di visita a storie relative alla sua vita privata e ai suoi tempi. - Passeggia a Trento con l’uso di una mappa storica georeferenziata Percorri le strade di Trento alternando una mappa satellitare moderna a una splendida mappa del 1562-63. - Usala sul posto o da remoto Puoi attivare sul posto le storie con il GPS mentre ti muovi per la città oppure puoi sederti e scorrere il percorso con le dita selezionando i vari punti della storia. - Approfondisci i contenuti scritti dagli esperti Le storie sono state create da storici professionisti, che forniscono contenuti extra per ogni punto del percorso. “Hidden Cities” è il risultato del progetto triennale di ricerca (2019-2022) “Public Renaissance: Urban Cultures of Public Space between Early Modern Europe and the Present”, finanziato da Humanities in the European Research Area (HERA).
ChurchExplorer
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Enjoy free days out visiting the UK’s best church heritage. The ChurchExplorer app is THE companion guide for discovering the rich stories of churches across the UK. With ChurchExplorer you can discover the stories of churches and follow self-guided: * Church interior building tours * Churchyard trails * Single page overviews * Multi-church journeys and pilgrimages At the centre of every experience are the church buildings that have been at the heart of our community for centuries. USING CHURCHEXPLORER Use the ChurchExplorer’s Map or Search feature to find churches and self-guided tours. Save your favourites and discover their stories both in the app and through seamless links to other digital content. GPS & INTERACTIVE CONTENT Churchyard and multi-church tours and pilgrimages use GPS to identify your location and notify you when you are at a place of interest. Navigate indoor church building tours using an interactive floor plan with numbered hotspots. Multimedia tours include text, images, audio, video, quizzes and other interactive features. PUBLISH YOUR CHURCH TOUR Do you care for a church? Offer fascinating self-led tours of your church with ChurchExplorer, without the clutter of leaflets, banners or exhibition boards! Get in touch via the app's More tab to learn how you can publish your own self-guided church tour(s). You can add donation buttons too. (This app makes use of GPS to show you places of interest close to your current location. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.)
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Verdict
Hidden Trento and ChurchExplorer are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hidden Trento | ChurchExplorer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 114 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | University of Exeter | AT Creative Limited |
In-app purchases
Hidden Trento
No in-app purchases
ChurchExplorer
No in-app purchases
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