Archaeotrail vs Irschen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Archaeotrail
Explore archaeological sites independently using your smartphone. The app guides you to points of interest with GPS, offering visual and textual information. Download trails for offline use in multiple languages.
- GPS-guided discovery of archaeological sites
- Visual and textual information at points of interest
- Offline trail access
- Multi-language support
- User-created trails
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With the ArchaeoTrail App, you can discover archaeological sites on your own using your smartphone. With the help of GPS, you are guided along a suggested route to the various points of interest of an archaeological site and provided with visual and textual information. Once downloaded, trails can be used in offline mode as well. The app is available in many different languages and for a growing number of trails around the world. At www.archaeotrail.org, after registering for free, those responsible for an archaeological site can create own trails. The ArchaeoTrail App was created by the Near Eastern Archaeology Department of the Institute for Archaeological Sciences and the MATIS 1 working group of the Institute for Didactics of Mathematics and Computer Science at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany. Its development has been funded by the Volkswagen Foundation. Follow us on Twitter: @ArchaeoTrail.
Irschen
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Discover the history of the ancient village of Burgbichl with this app!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Irschen at every 3 months against Archaeotrail's every 6 months. 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.
Archaeotrail ships an update every 6 months, Irschen every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Archaeotrail | Irschen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Apparent Media | Mobile3D |
In-app purchases
Archaeotrail
No in-app purchases
Irschen
No in-app purchases
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