Explore Costa Rica vs GREF User
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Explore Costa Rica
Discover tours, accommodations, food, and transportation for your Costa Rican adventure. Find national parks, beaches, waterfalls, and unique activities like camping and surfing. Filter by category and province to plan your perfect trip.
- Find tours and experiences
- Discover lodging and food options
- Search for transportation
- Explore national parks and natural attractions
- Filter by activity type
- Filter by province and services
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In Explore App, the PURA VIDA app, you will find excellent tours, experiences, lodging, food, transportation and souvenirs in Costa Rica. In our app will find everything from national parks, volcanoes, beaches, surprising waterfalls, to beautiful tourist destinations to enjoy a picnic, camping under the stars, and many more activities. Through our search filters you can easily and quickly find the destination you want to visit according to its category (Tours, Accommodation, Food, Transportation, Souvenirs) and that adapts to your needs in the 7 provinces of our country: Cartago, Alajuela, San José, Limón, Guanacaste, Heredia and Puntarenas. Search for places according to the activities you want to do, we put at your disposal more than 50 different types: picnic, viewpoints, camping, waterfalls, glamping, horseback riding tours, cycling, quad bike tours, canopy, surfing, paddle board, beaches, scuba diving, fishing, rivers, skydiving, rappelling, rafting, 4x4 tours, tubing, kayaking, snorkeling, hanging bridges, canyoning, bird watching, caves, historical tours, coffee tours, safaris and more. In addition, you can find destinations that have the services you need: places appropriate for people with disabilities, places appropriate for seniors, places that allow pets, and more. Let's enjoy the wonders of Costa Rica's nature and support the tourism sector of our country.
GREF User
Manage your transportation reservations with this official app. Receive reminders for upcoming bookings and easily connect with the support team for assistance.
- Make transportation reservations
- Manage existing bookings
- Receive booking reminders
- Interact with support team
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GREF Transportation is the official app of SJO users will be able to make and manage transportation reservations. Get reminders of upcoming bookings and interact with the support team
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Explore Costa Rica at 5.0 against GREF User's 1.0. GREF User's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
Explore Costa Rica holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Explore Costa Rica ships an update every 2 months, GREF User every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Explore Costa Rica | GREF User |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 110 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel Sanchez Brenes | Fabricio Martinez Peralta |
Customer experience
Explore Costa Rica
GREF User
In-app purchases
Explore Costa Rica
No in-app purchases
GREF User
No in-app purchases
