Comparison

Pharo Guide vs XRTourGuide

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Pharo Guide

Features
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Locate, listen, explore and enjoy our guides. Forget traditional audio guides. All you need is in your pocket. Essential and immediate, the app that will guide you during your visit without diverting your attention. Easy and smart access to info Discover points of interests through the exploration page and find them grouped by common features or locations. Use textual research to find them typing the name. Add contents to your favorite collection to find them quickly and to share them with your friends. Image, Audio, Details Wear headphones or bring your phone to your ear and let yourself be guided by narrations. Look at the images or discover the details of the contents to better appreciate them. Interactive maps Check the position to better move around and locate yourself. Find areas and points of interests and explore each detail. Accessible Accessibility is one of the issues we most cherish. This app can be used the same way by sighted people and people with visual impairments: nobody shall be left behind!

About

XRTourGuide

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XRTourGuide guides you in discovering cultural, natural, and historical places through immersive and interactive digital tours. With the app, you can explore local routes, follow points of interest on the map, and access multimedia content such as text, images, audio, video, PDFs, and useful links. During your visit, when available, you can use your camera to automatically recognize monuments, artworks, buildings, or other points of interest and instantly view the related information. The experience is designed to make every visit more engaging and accessible by combining maps, digital content, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence. You can search for new tours, read reviews, and save itineraries. XRTourGuide also works offline: compatible tours can be downloaded in advance, along with maps and resources, allowing you to continue your exploration even in areas with limited or no internet connection. Whether you are visiting a historic village, a museum, a nature trail, or a historical landmark, XRTourGuide helps you discover local stories, content, and details in a simple, modern, and immersive way. This sub-project has received funding from the project FUTURAL (Grant Agreement number: 101083958) through its Open Call, funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme.

Screenshots

Pharo Guide4 screens
XRTourGuide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: XRTourGuide at every 3 weeks against Pharo Guide's every 11 months. Pharo Guide's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pharo Guide ships an update every 11 months, XRTourGuide every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Pharo Guide versus XRTourGuide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPharo GuideXRTourGuide
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB88 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperITCares s.r.l.Picaresque SRL

In-app purchases

None

Pharo Guide

No in-app purchases

None

XRTourGuide

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pharo Guide free?
Pharo Guide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is XRTourGuide free?
XRTourGuide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pharo Guide or XRTourGuide have ads?
Neither Pharo Guide nor XRTourGuide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pharo Guide or XRTourGuide?
Pharo Guide ships an update every 11 months, and XRTourGuide every 3 weeks. Most recently, Pharo Guide was updated on September 22, 2026 and XRTourGuide on September 18, 2026.

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