Florence Map and Walks vs Hidden Florence
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Florence Map and Walks
Explore Florence with self-guided walks, from famous landmarks to hidden gems. This app provides detailed maps and information without needing an internet connection, offering a cost-effective alternative to guided tours.
- Self-guided walking tours
- Detailed city map
- Offline functionality
- Sightseeing and discovery walks
- Location bookmarking
- Photo sharing
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Lose Yourself Without Getting Lost. This handy application presents you several self-guided walks featuring the best of the city, from world famous attractions to hidden gems. There simply is no better way to see a city on foot, at your own pace and at a cost that is only a fraction of what you would normally pay for a guided tour. This app comes with a detailed and fully functional city map to help you explore the city and locate the sights of interest. City map functions included in this app are: street name and business (restaurants, cafes, etc.), search, location bookmarking, `Findme` (iPhone and iPad 3/4G model), movement tracking (iPhone and iPad 3/4G model), and more. You can track your steps, take photos along the way, and then share your tracks and photos with friends. Sightseeing walks included in this application are: * Michelangelo Art Tour (5 sights) * City Orientation Walk (12 sights) * Arno South Bank Walk (13 sights) * Novella & Indipendenza Walk (8 sights) * Novella Walk (7 sights) * Dante's Florence Walk (7 sights) * Florence Museums (7 sights) * Duomo Souvenir Shopping (12 sights) * Duomo Walk (15 sights) * Historic Centre Nightlife (9 sights) Discovery walks included in this application are: * Duomo Walking Tour * Santa Croce Walking Tour * Indipendenza Walking Tour * Santa Maria Novella Walking Tour * Maggio and Fossi Antiques Hunting * Shopping Walk in the Historic Center No Data Plan or Internet is Needed, and No Roaming either. All the data used in this app is built into the software, so there is no need for internet access or cellular data plan. No need to pay costly roaming charges when traveling to foreign cities. The app works with your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. All the navigation features related to the city walks are disabled in this Lite version, which means that you can view the walk details (sight descriptions and photos), but NO navigation assistance is provided to guide you from one sight to the next. Download the Lite version if you want to use the city map or learn about the city walks. However, if you want to join the walks, it is highly recommended that you download a Full Version of this app. The Full Version includes detailed walk route maps to guide you from one sight to the next. Please visit our website at www.GPSmyCity.com to find city walks for over 470 cities worldwide. Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. This app gives you the option to turn off the GPS tracking in the background to prolong the battery life.
Hidden Florence
Explore Renaissance Florence with this pocket guide. Discover hidden stories and lesser-known attractions through audio-guided tours from historical characters. Dive deeper into the city's past with insights from history experts and interactive maps.
- Audio-guided tours from historic characters
- Discover hidden parts of the city
- Trigger stories with GPS
- Interactive historical maps
- Insights from history experts
- Visit points in any order
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This is your pocket guide to the history and people of Renaissance Florence. Hear the lesser known stories about the major historic attractions of the city, as well as finding adventures off the beaten path. - Audio-guided tours from historic characters Take a stroll alongside your guides from the past - wool workers, policemen, bankers and matriarchs are waiting to take you by the hand through this historic city. - Discover more of Florence You can use this app as you move through the streets of Florence and trigger stories with GPS - or - sit back and let your fingers do the walking by tapping on story points. - Insights from history experts Based on authentic historical documents, this app will take you places that other guides don’t reach. Stories have been created by researchers and leading experts on Florentine history, Including extra insights at every point. - Features - Audio-guide tours to hidden parts of the city; - Switch between interactive historical maps and modern day; - Visit points in any order or follow recommended routes; - Get deeper information from the scholars behind the app at every point; - Two stories available in Italian ----- Hidden Florence is the result of a collaborative research project led by Fabrizio Nevola (University of Exeter), with Donal Cooper (University of Cambridge) and Nicholas Terpstra (University of Toronto), and project team members Daniel Jamison and David Rosenthal. The project has been funded by Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK (award: AH/R008086/1), the University of Exeter and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Canada (grant: 435-2015-097). This app contains content produced for Hidden Florence, a project originally created in 2013-4 by Fabrizio Nevola with David Rosenthal and funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK (award: AH/K005138/1), the University of Exeter and the HEFCE Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF) for Open Innovation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hidden Florence at 100% against Florence Map and Walks's 0%. Hidden Florence also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.0). Florence Map and Walks's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 15.5). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hidden Florence holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Florence Map and Walks's written reviews are positive against 100% of Hidden Florence's.
Florence Map and Walks ships an update every 6 weeks, Hidden Florence every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Florence Map and Walks | Hidden Florence |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GPSmyCity.com, Inc. | University of Exeter |
Customer experience
Florence Map and Walks
Hidden Florence
In-app purchases
Florence Map and Walks
No in-app purchases
Hidden Florence
No in-app purchases
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