Comparison

Visit Ely vs ChurchExplorer

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

Head to head
About

Visit Ely

Features
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The Visit Ely Mobile application is the ever evolving digital directory revealing what this fabulous Pocket City has to offer. Including Business directory, engaging Trails and challenging Treasure Hunts highlighting the wonders within this remarkable place where modern meets the medieval. With Events and promotional offers from businesses and organisations, the Visit Ely app opens the door to an incredible range of activities and opportunities.

About

ChurchExplorer

Features
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Enjoy free days out visiting the UK’s best church heritage. The ChurchExplorer app is THE companion guide for discovering the rich stories of churches across the UK. With ChurchExplorer you can discover the stories of churches and follow self-guided: * Church interior building tours * Churchyard trails * Single page overviews * Multi-church journeys and pilgrimages At the centre of every experience are the church buildings that have been at the heart of our community for centuries. USING CHURCHEXPLORER Use the ChurchExplorer’s Map or Search feature to find churches and self-guided tours. Save your favourites and discover their stories both in the app and through seamless links to other digital content. GPS & INTERACTIVE CONTENT Churchyard and multi-church tours and pilgrimages use GPS to identify your location and notify you when you are at a place of interest. Navigate indoor church building tours using an interactive floor plan with numbered hotspots. Multimedia tours include text, images, audio, video, quizzes and other interactive features. PUBLISH YOUR CHURCH TOUR Do you care for a church? Offer fascinating self-led tours of your church with ChurchExplorer, without the clutter of leaflets, banners or exhibition boards! Get in touch via the app's More tab to learn how you can publish your own self-guided church tour(s). You can add donation buttons too. (This app makes use of GPS to show you places of interest close to your current location. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.)

Screenshots

Visit Ely4 screens
ChurchExplorer4 screens

Verdict

The call

Visit Ely and ChurchExplorer are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Visit Ely ships an update every 2 months, ChurchExplorer every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Visit Ely versus ChurchExplorer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisit ElyChurchExplorer
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB114 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperCalvium LtdAT Creative Limited

In-app purchases

None

Visit Ely

No in-app purchases

None

ChurchExplorer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Visit Ely free?
Visit Ely is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ChurchExplorer free?
ChurchExplorer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Visit Ely or ChurchExplorer have ads?
Neither Visit Ely nor ChurchExplorer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Visit Ely or ChurchExplorer?
Visit Ely ships an update every 2 months, and ChurchExplorer every 5 months. Most recently, Visit Ely was updated on October 24, 2026 and ChurchExplorer on October 30, 2026.

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