Comparison

Budapest Travel Guide . vs Budapest GUIDE@HAND

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

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About

Budapest Travel Guide .

Explore a city with an offline travel guide and interactive map. Discover points of interest, plan daily itineraries, and utilize augmented reality to find attractions. Navigate easily with GPS and detailed regional maps.

Highlights
  • Augmented Reality discovery
  • 100% offline travel guide
  • Offline metro and regional maps
  • GPS-enabled navigation
  • Interactive points of interest
  • Daily and budget-based itineraries
  • Nightlife and shopping tips
Features
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SPECIAL FEATURES - AUGMENTED REALITY - AR - STOP CARRYING BOOK GUIDES!!! - 100% OFFLINE TRAVEL GUIDE - OFFLINE METRO MAP - ZOOMABLE 100% REGIONAL OFFLINE MAPS: Budapest and Gödöllő - PICS GALLERY - GPS CAPABLE - INTERACTIVE POINTS OF INTEREST on the maps showing public bus stops, restaurants, pubs, hotels, hospitals, museums, theatres, and many others. - DAILY BASED ITINERARIES - BUDGET BASED HOTELS & RESTAURANTS - WHERE, WHAT & HOW TO SHOP - NIGHTLIFE ACTIVITIES - CITY TIPS, MOVING AROUND, COMMUTING - SAFETY TIPS - IPHONE, IPOD TOUCH & IPAD COMPATIBILITY ------------------------------------------ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Stop carrying heavy city tours guide in your pocket. TRAVEL LIGHT!!! With eTips Travel Guides you have a full city guide in your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. This tourist guide is built to be used offline. No connection to Internet required, meaning no extra charges in your phone bill!! AUGMENTED REALITY, unlike other tourist guides you will be able to discover the city with the best iPhone and iPad tool - AR - Just click on the AR button, turn yourself 360° and view on the screen where the best spots are and how to find them. You can also scroll up and down to view the closest and furthest attraction. Slide through the tutorial for more tips. After many requests, we bring to you your own steps with a GPS feature. Do not get lost, just take a look where you are standing. It is a very practical city guide since it is designed to be used by itineraries. There are 4 different itineraries for the city depending on the duration of your journey. We also provide tips and advices to travellers, how to get into the city, how to move around, where to shop, where to go at night, most popular places, safety tips, etc... Unlike other guides, eTips Travel Guide provides you with interactive zoomable OFFLINE MAPS (x6 zoom + GPS capable) of the region showing the attractions, public bus stops, restaurants, pubs, hotels, hospitals and many other useful points of interest. You cannot get lost!. With this guide, you will not only visit the city but also move around its region. Tourist info for must see attractions such as Széchenyi Chain Bridge, Budapest Castle Hill Funicular, Buda Castle, Palatinal Crypt, Hungarian National Gallery, Matthias Church, Fisherman's Bastion, Gellért Hill, Citadella, National Széchényi Library among others. The travel guide is made based on travellers advices. Unlike other city guides, we can guarantee we have already visited these places and would like to give you a fancy and practical tool to make your visit a more enjoyable one. This app has IAPs for you to enjoy the best of your trip.

About

Budapest GUIDE@HAND

This app provides audio tours and offline maps for exploring cities. It guides you to points of interest with audio narration and navigation, offering tourist services like restaurants and shops.

Highlights
  • Audio sightseeing tours
  • Offline city maps
  • GPS navigation to points of interest
  • Tourist service search (restaurants, shops)
  • Multi-language support
  • View images and read descriptions
  • Resume tours later
Features
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GUIDE@HAND - City Audio Guide ENGLISH: GUIDE@HAND‘s full audio sightseeing content, tourist information, map and software is available in English, German and Hungarian. You can choose the default language when installing GUIDE@HAND to your mobile. MAGYAR: A GUIDE@HAND teljes turisztikai és a városnéző tartalma, térképe és szoftvere elérhető magyar, angol és német nyelven. Az alapértelmezett nyelvet az installálásnál kiválaszthatja, és az alább írtakat magyarul olvashatja és hallgathatja. DEUTSCH: Die ganzen touristische Informationen, Inhalt der Stadtbesichtigung, Plan und Software von GUIDE@HAND sind erreichbar in der Ungarischen, Englischen und Deutschen Sprache. Sie können die Default-Sprache während der Installierung wählen und Sie können den unten geschriebene Text Deutsch lesen und hören. The GUIDE@HAND Walks are created to help you see new places, objects and patterns and discover the past and present of cities with a fresh perspective. All Walks take 2, 3 or 4 hours, so you get to know everything in an easy, fun and adventurous way. Our Guided City Walks are designed in a way that you can simply use your mobile device as an Audio Guide. Just put it in your pocket, and it will help your discovery by navigating you from one point of interest to the next and you will be presented all information and stories at the right time. With GUIDE@HAND you can always determine your location, see where you are on the map. You can also view pictures/images of the sights or read what you have heard previously. You can take a break from your walk any time and resume sightseeing later. EXPLORE WITH OFFLINE MAP You can also discover the city’s points of interest on your own, using the “Explore” function and our offline city map. Whenever you approach a point of interest your device will automatically provide you with basic relevant information. You can then choose to listen to additional, related stories. TOURIST SERVICES YOU CAN SEARCH AND DISPLAY ON YOUR MAP GUIDE@HAND also helps you choose from a range of handy tourist services near you such as restaurants, bars, shops etc. which you can display on your map. What to gain by getting GUIDE@HAND? INSTALL: By installing GUIDE@HAND, you already have access to our offline city map. Your current location will be indicated on the map and you can easily browse various services (POIs) available in the city. You can set the default language here. DOWNLOAD A WALK: By downloading one or more of our city walks from the "Walks" tab, you will enrich your map with many new sightseeing information, points of interest, pictures and descriptions. All this new information will be available in your „Explore“ tab so that you can visit, read or browse them any time. PURCHASE A WALK: If you decide to buy a Walk, your device turns into an Audio Guide: not only can you read all the information available on each point of interest but you will also be able to listen to it all and follow guided walks with audio navigation that take you from one sight the next. TASTER WALK - The Inner City Walk (2 hours/3 km): This Walk guides you through the most visited, intriguing part of downtown Budapest. It is designed to take you through the places that offer just that: a lively atmosphere, where cafes and terraces meet architectural grandeur, romantic details and interesting stories. Starting from central Deák square, this walk takes you along Andrássy út, one of Europe’s most beautiful avenues. You will see the Opera House, walk by the imposing St. Stephen’s Basilica and then on to Chain Bridge, where, beneath the stone lions, a magnificent view opens up revealing the majestic river Danube. The Walk delivers you back to the heart of the city: Vörösmarty square and Váci utca. ATTENTION: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. This only applies to pressing the HOME button on the map view. Have fun and enjoy discovering!

Screenshots

Budapest Travel Guide .4 screens
Budapest GUIDE@HAND2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Budapest GUIDE@HAND at 88% against Budapest Travel Guide .'s 4%. Budapest GUIDE@HAND also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). Budapest Travel Guide .'s advantage is rating (4.7 vs 2.3) and ratings volume (139 vs 3). On price, update cadence, 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. Budapest Travel Guide . sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Budapest GUIDE@HAND sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Budapest Travel Guide . holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Budapest Travel Guide . has 139 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 4% of Budapest Travel Guide .'s written reviews are positive against 88% of Budapest GUIDE@HAND's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Budapest Travel Guide . ships an update every 5 months, Budapest GUIDE@HAND every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Budapest Travel Guide . versus Budapest GUIDE@HAND: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBudapest Travel Guide .Budapest GUIDE@HAND
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (139 ratings) — better2.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews4.0% of reviews87.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings139 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel JuarezMTA SZTAKI

Customer experience

Budapest Travel Guide .

All ratings139 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral2.9%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive4.0%
Neutral6.0%
Negative90.0%

Budapest GUIDE@HAND

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Budapest Travel Guide .

One-time10
  • Bratislava Full GuideFree
  • BratislavaFree
  • Vienna Full Guide$1.99
Show 7 more
  • Paris Travel Guide$1.99
  • Prague Travel Guide$1.99
  • Prague$1.99
  • Paris$1.99
  • Vienna$2.99
  • Budapest Full Access$3.99
  • Budapest Tourism, Hungary$4.99
9 purchases

Budapest GUIDE@HAND

One-time9
  • Inner City Walk$1.99
  • Old Jewish Quarter$1.99
  • Buda Castle Walk Part 1. - The Essentials$1.99
Show 6 more
  • Buda Castle Walk Part 2. - Hidden Details$1.99
  • Gellert Panorama Walk$1.99
  • Grand Castle Walk$2.99
  • Parliament Walk$2.99
  • Avenue Walk$2.99
  • Budapest a diktatúrák árnyékában – Belvárosi túra$2.99

Questions

Is Budapest Travel Guide . free?
Budapest Travel Guide . is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Budapest GUIDE@HAND free?
Budapest GUIDE@HAND is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Budapest Travel Guide . or Budapest GUIDE@HAND?
Budapest Travel Guide . is rated higher. Budapest Travel Guide . averages 4.7 out of 5 from 139 ratings, while Budapest GUIDE@HAND averages 2.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Budapest Travel Guide . or Budapest GUIDE@HAND have ads?
Neither Budapest Travel Guide . nor Budapest GUIDE@HAND shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Budapest Travel Guide . or Budapest GUIDE@HAND?
Budapest Travel Guide . ships an update every 5 months, and Budapest GUIDE@HAND every 2 months. Most recently, Budapest Travel Guide . was updated on October 26, 2026 and Budapest GUIDE@HAND on October 23, 2026.

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