Explore Costa Rica vs Gotuuri
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.
Gotuuri
Discover authentic local experiences and activities in Panama. Connect with certified guides and small businesses to explore the country's culture, nature, and cuisine like a local.
- Authentic local experiences
- Connect with certified guides
- Discover Panamanian culture
- Taste local cuisine
- Explore nature with locals
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Gotuuri is an online marketplace where foreigners and locals alike can connect with certified guides, small businesses or individuals in the tourism sector, who are eager to facilitate and provide authentic activities and local experiences that showcase the best of Panama. We offer activities and experiences tailored for visitors who are curious to live and breathe the true essence of our country - talking to residents, tasting typical dishes, dancing to the local beats, and enjoying nature as the locals do.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Gotuuri at 16 against Explore Costa Rica's 1. Gotuuri also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.1 vs 16.6). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Explore Costa Rica against 5.0 for Gotuuri. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gotuuri has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Explore Costa Rica ships an update every 2 months, Gotuuri monthly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Explore Costa Rica | Gotuuri |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (16 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 14.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 110 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel Sanchez Brenes | Gotuuri |
Customer experience
Explore Costa Rica
Gotuuri
In-app purchases
Explore Costa Rica
No in-app purchases
Gotuuri
No in-app purchases









