Open Audio Tours vs wherethis
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Open Audio Tours
Discover local points of interest with an audible tour guide. Navigate using an interactive map and collect your favorite sites. Share your discoveries with friends.
- Audible tour guide
- Map-based navigation
- Site collection
- Favorite site saving
- Friend sharing
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Stories that find you. Open Audio Tours plays the story of a place the moment you reach it. Drive the interstate, walk a historic downtown, or ride a mountain trail — your phone stays in your pocket or on the dash, and the narration starts on its own as you pass each site. Made for the road and the trail • Plays automatically as you travel — no tapping, no reading, eyes on the road • Keeps playing with your phone locked or another app open • Works with your car audio, CarPlay, earbuds or headphones • Go at your own pace, any day, any time — no schedules, no reservations Collections worth the trip Choose a collection — a highway corridor, a walking tour, a trail ride — and the app focuses on its sites. Hear a short spoken introduction before you start, track your progress, and earn a badge when you reach the goal. Some collections are free; others are premium tours from local historians and organizations. No signal? No problem Download a collection before you go and it works fully offline — ideal for back roads, mountain passes and long stretches between towns. Free Range Just go. With no collection active, the app plays nearby sites wherever you are. Your location stays yours Your location is used only to play the right story at the right place. It's never stored on our servers or shared with anyone.
wherethis
Create and share custom audio walking tours that dynamically adjust to your location. Record your own audio for landmarks and discover content from others.
- Dynamic audio tours
- Add custom audio to landmarks
- Listen to audio based on location
- Create and share walking tours
- User-generated content
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A dynamic audio tour that follows you where you go! - Add your own audio recordings to landmarks - Listen to audio associated with landmarks near where you are - Create dynamic walking tours and share them with friends Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Open Audio Tours at none against wherethis's 2. wherethis's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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. wherethis sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. Open Audio Tours asks for nothing beyond the download.
Open Audio Tours ships an update monthly, wherethis fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Open Audio Tours | wherethis |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 52 Sierra LLC | BorkBork.com |
Customer experience
Open Audio Tours
wherethis
In-app purchases
Open Audio Tours
No in-app purchases
wherethis
- Monthly Basic$0.491 Month
- Monthly Enhanced$3.991 Month
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