Archaeotrail vs Archaeological Crypt
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.
Archaeological Crypt
Explore the history and route of the archaeological crypt on Île de la Cité with this free guided tour app. It combines historical paths with temporary exhibition details to help you understand Parisian history through its vestiges. Available in three languages.
- Guided historical route
- Temporary exhibition integration
- Decipher historical vestiges
- Understand Paris history
- Available in 3 languages
- Digital guestbook for feedback
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Discover the route of the archaeological crypt of the Île de la Cité and its history thanks to this free visit application. Combining the historical route and the route linked to the temporary exhibition, this guide invites you to decipher and understand the vestiges of the history of Paris. This free application is available in 3 languages. After your visit, don't forget to leave your opinion on your experience in our digital guestbook!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Archaeological Crypt at 13.0 against Archaeotrail's 15.6. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Archaeotrail against 5.0 for Archaeological Crypt. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Archaeotrail ships an update every 11 months, Archaeological Crypt every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Archaeotrail | Archaeological Crypt |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Apparent Media | Paris Musées |
Customer experience
Archaeotrail
Archaeological Crypt
In-app purchases
Archaeotrail
No in-app purchases
Archaeological Crypt
No in-app purchases
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