Détour vs Archaeological Crypt
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Détour
Explore Paris through curated urban walks featuring audio, quizzes, panoramas, and augmented reality. Discover the city's architecture and culture, even from home. Designed to be engaging for all ages, it discreetly notifies you of points of interest.
- Curated urban walks
- Audio guides
- Quizzes and panoramas
- Augmented reality experiences
- Discover architecture and culture
- On-site or remote exploration
- Discreet point-of-interest notifications
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Welcome to Détour: take the time to explore the city of Paris! The Détour application offers you a set of urban walks, allowing you to learn more about your environment, the architecture and culture of the city of Paris. Through rich and fun content - audios, quizzes, panoramas, videos, augmented reality - each route guides you through the streets of Paris to help you discover its treasures, its unusual or unsuspected details. You can enjoy Détour wherever you are: directly on site, or even from home. Détour can also help you raise awareness among young audiences about their environment and pass on new knowledge to them in a light and fun way. To fully enjoy the walk, the Détour app is discreet: keep your phone in your pocket, and you will receive a notification when a remarkable point of interest is not to be missed ! The rest of the time, look up and take the time to admire your surroundings! Let Détour guide you and enjoy!
Archaeological Crypt
Explore the history and route of the archaeological crypt on Île de la Cité with this free guided tour app. It combines historical paths with temporary exhibition details to help you understand Parisian history through its vestiges. Available in three languages.
- Guided historical route
- Temporary exhibition integration
- Decipher historical vestiges
- Understand Paris history
- Available in 3 languages
- Digital guestbook for feedback
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Discover the route of the archaeological crypt of the Île de la Cité and its history thanks to this free visit application. Combining the historical route and the route linked to the temporary exhibition, this guide invites you to decipher and understand the vestiges of the history of Paris. This free application is available in 3 languages. After your visit, don't forget to leave your opinion on your experience in our digital guestbook!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Détour at every 4 weeks against Archaeological Crypt's every 6 months. Archaeological Crypt's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Détour ships an update every 4 weeks, Archaeological Crypt every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Détour | Archaeological Crypt |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 131 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | CONST ARCHITECT URBAIN ENVIRONNEMENT | Paris Musées |
Customer experience
Détour
Archaeological Crypt
In-app purchases
Détour
No in-app purchases
Archaeological Crypt
No in-app purchases
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