"Yusan" Guide vs Sugoroku.com
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
"Yusan" Guide
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“Yusan” Guide is Tokushima Prefectural Museum’s official guide app. Enjoy the museum’s exhibitions through app-only experiences. Available in English, Chinese (simplified/traditional), and Korean VOICE GUIDE Featuring VOICE GUIDE with overviews of the museum’s displays. Launch the app on your devices and go around the museum. You’ll be informed when you are near exhibitions that include voice guidance. You can also listen to the voice guidance by reading QR codes with your smartphone’s camera. AR SCOPE Read AR markers with your smartphone’s camera and investigate the secrets of the museum’s exhibitions. To find places to use AR SCOPE look on the museum app’s map or read AR markers. ・ Let's look inside puppets’ heads! At the museum, you can look into the insides of the heads of Japanese puppets using AR SCOPE. ・ Try the Fish quiz! Due to the effect of the warm Kuroshio Current, many types of fish and coral live in the ocean to the south of Tokushima Prefecture. Use AR SCOPE to try the Fish quiz. ・ The Shikoku Pilgrimage The Shikoku Pilgrimage goes around to eighty-eight sites connected to the famous Buddhist master Kobo Daishi (also known as Kukai). Use AR SCOPE to check information and see movies of places on the map. ・ See dinosaurs move! Many dinosaur fossils have been excavated in Tokushima. See what living dinosaurs were like using AR SCOPE. Door for VR The Door for VR takes you to special places that normally can’t be seen. Go through the Door to experience Tokushima’s history and culture. To find places to use the Door for VR, look on the museum app’s map or read display QR codes. ・ Burial Mounds Through the Door for VR, go inside the corridor-style stone chambers of two kofun, or “burial mounds.” Try to identify their differences. ・ Awa Indigo Sukumo is indigo dye. Using the Door for VR, witness up close how it is made. Precautions Please use earphones or headphones to listen to the VOICE GUIDE in the museum. Also, please be sure not to bother other visitors. To use this app’s functions, Bluetooth and location information must be turned on. The data for this app and its attractions is large. We recommend downloading in advance while connected to a wireless network. Or, you can use the museum’s free Wi-Fi. Walking around while looking at your smartphone can lead to accidents involving yourself and others. Please refrain from doing so.
Sugoroku.com
Discover over 886,000 museums, art galleries, zoos, and historical sites worldwide. This free app helps you find nearby attractions or plan trips, making cultural exploration a part of your daily life. Check in to visited locations to receive personalized recommendations for new places to explore.
- Explore 886,000+ global attractions
- Personalized recommendations
- Check-in functionality
- Trip planning tool
- Discover museums, zoos, historical sites
- Free to use
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Museums are treasure trove of knowledge and experiences. “Sugoroku.com” is a free application that guide you to explore more than 886,103 museums, art museums, science museums, aquariums, zoos, historical sites, and archaeological sites over the world as if you were playing “SUGOROKU”. Museums are space filled with stimulation, where you can experience the wisdom of the ancients, the latest science, or be moved by a work of art. When you check in at a facility you have visited, the recommended facilities will be displayed for you to explore. With this app, it's easy to stop by a nearby museum in your spare time or plan a visit to one on your trip. Museums that used to be extraordinary places become a part of your daily life. Museums all over the world are waiting for you! Sugoroku.com was selected as an excellent case study in the creative category in the 4th Media Arts Database Utilization Contest sponsored by the Agency for Cultural Affairs(Japan). “Sugoroku.com” is free of charge and improve performance and experience continually as CSR activity of Cyberz Inc., so your positive feedback boosts our motivation! Copyright The copyright of this application belongs to Cyberz Inc., except for the recorded data based on open data. https://www.cyberz.co.jp/ About the data Facility and geographic data is updated periodically based on open data. Museums and open data have a wonderful commonality in the accumulation and sharing of knowledge. If you find any missing or incorrect information, please register and update the data yourself. (1) The facility and image data are from Wikidata and Wikimedia operated by Wikimedia Foundation under the Creative Commons License (CC0). https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use/ (2) Maps are ©OpenStreetMap by OpenStreetMap Contributors, used under the Open Data Commons Open Database License. https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright/ (3)Information on media arts exhibits is based on the “Media Arts Database” published by the National Center for Art Research (Japan) under CC BY 4.0. https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: "Yusan" Guide at every 4 days against Sugoroku.com's every 2 weeks. "Yusan" Guide also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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.
"Yusan" Guide ships an update every 4 days, Sugoroku.com every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and August 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | "Yusan" Guide | Sugoroku.com |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 981 MB | 223 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NOMURA Co.,Ltd. | Cyberz Inc. (Japan) |
In-app purchases
"Yusan" Guide
No in-app purchases
Sugoroku.com
No in-app purchases
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