Comparison

Athens. vs Clio Muse Tours

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

Head to head
About

Athens.

Explore cities with an audio guide that uses GPS to identify your location and provide insights from local guides. Discover hidden gems, themed tours, and offline maps for over 100 destinations.

Highlights
  • GPS-enabled audio tours
  • Local guide insights
  • Offline maps
  • Themed tours
  • Critical reviews for dining and shopping
  • Works offline to save on roaming
Features
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Having been continuously inhabited for at least 3,000 years, Athens busts with energy and waits to be explored. Wander through the picturesque courtyards and lanes of Plaka, visit the oriental bazaars and food markets of Monastiraki, or enjoy a frappe and a spoon sweet in the wonderful patisseries and kafeneia. PocketGuide, the world’s leading audio city guide application, reveals the best stories, insider hangouts and must-see sights in more than 100 major cities and tourist destinations. PocketGuide turns your mobile device into a personal tour guide: The GPS figures out where you are, and a voice recording, made by a local guide, describes the sights around you. You don’t need to read text from your phone, just listen and enjoy a city’s attractions while your virtual tour guide explains it all and shares personal insights. PocketGuide works offline, so you save on roaming charges, and it includes an offline map and loads of critical reviews that help you decide where to eat, drink and shop. We also have fascinating themed tours, for those who want to go off the beaten path. Find the top tapas in Barcelona, get chic in NYC’s East Village or follow the trail of a 19th century serial killer in London. Whether you're interested in the main sights or "the road less traveled", PocketGuide is ready to take you there. Please note that continuous use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

About

Clio Muse Tours

Explore the world with over 500 audio tours and skip-the-line ticket packages for museums, archaeological sites, and hidden gems. Discover destinations with content from local experts, available offline and accessible forever.

Highlights
  • 500+ audio tours worldwide
  • Skip-the-line ticket packages
  • Content by local experts
  • Offline tour access
  • Lifetime tour access
  • Last-minute booking
Features
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Clio Muse Tours guides you to every corner of the world, with more than 500 tours in 23 countries. Skip-the-line and audio tour packages, city tours, museums, archaeological sites, and the world’s lesser-known gems on your phone. Award-winning methodology | Content by local experts | Easy last-minute booking | Accessible tour offline. *You can hit pause and re-start play whenever you want **You have access to the tour forever COUNTRIES: Greece, Italy, Turkey, Portugal, Egypt, Spain, The Netherlands, China, Austria, France, Germany, USA, United Kingdom, Morocco, Singapore, Bosnia, Poland, Cyprus, Ireland, Kosovo, Azerbaijan. THEMES: Architecture, Art, Family, History, Museums, Mythology, Nature, Archaeological sites, Quirky, Urban, Dark Tourism, 1821 Greek Revolution, Moonwalk, Alternative Transportation LANGUAGES: English, Italian, Spanish, French, German, Greek ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES: Acropolis Hill, Colosseum, Roman Forum, Royal Alcazar of Seville, Troy, Ephesus, The Akrotiri in Santorini, Alhambra Palace and more. COMBO PACKAGES: Acropolis, Ancient Agora & Zeus Temple: Skip-the-Line Tickets & Audio Tours (for all sites), Acropolis Hill & Museum Skip-the-Line Tickets & Audio Tours (for both sites), Colosseum & Roman Forum Entrance Skip-the-Line Tickets & Audio Tours (for all sites), Knossos Palace and Heraklion Archaeological Museum Skip-the-Line Tickets & Audio Tours (for both sites), Castel Sant’ Angelo: Skip Τhe Line Ticket & Audio Tour, Ephesus: the Ancient Pearl of the Mediterranean Skip-the-line Ticket, The Alhambra Palace: Skip-The-Line e-ticket with Audio Tour, Ancient Troy: Skip-the-Line Ticket & Audio Guide. CUSTOMER SUPPORT: Οur Customer Care agents are available to assist you and provide any necessary information from Monday to Sunday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm (GMT+3). With your confirmation email, you receive detailed guidelines as well as our contact information. FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/cliomusetours INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/cliomusetours/

Screenshots

Athens.4 screens
Clio Muse Tours4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Athens. at 50% against Clio Muse Tours's 20%. Athens. also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). Clio Muse Tours's advantage is rating (2.3 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (61 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Athens. sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Clio Muse Tours sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Clio Muse Tours holds the better App Store score, 2.3 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Clio Muse Tours has 61 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Athens.'s written reviews are positive against 20% of Clio Muse Tours's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Athens. ships an update every 2 months, Clio Muse Tours every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Athens. versus Clio Muse Tours: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAthens.Clio Muse Tours
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (1 ratings)2.3 (61 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better19.6% of reviews
Number of ratings161 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPocketGuide Inc.Clio Muse PC

Customer experience

Athens.

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Clio Muse Tours

All ratings42 ratings
Positive14.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative85.7%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive19.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.4%

Bugs and requests

Athens.

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Clio Muse Tours

Reported bugs

62 issues
  • Only one person can download audio tour
  • Soundtrack doesn't allow pause
  • Ticket purchase directed to 3rd party
  • Tickets did not work at museum
  • Complex ticket process with multiple steps
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  • Contradictory and incorrect info between apps
  • Cannot download ticket from app
  • Cannot fast forward/backward on lock screen
  • App doesn't keep pace with map
  • Audio and screen never match
  • App is clunky
  • Robot reads text poorly
  • App doesn't keep pace with map
  • Robot cannot pronounce names properly
  • Cannot get ticket/audio to load into app
  • App fails to have order on app
  • Audio tour confusing, imprecise directions
  • Directions led to wrong paths
  • Suspiciously instant download followed by error
  • Cannot download purchased tour
  • User manual did not help
  • Never got tickets
  • Never got audio downloads
  • App fails to have my order
  • Paid for tour and it does not work
  • Hard to use, doesn't download audio well
  • Difficult to download everything and get logged in
  • Cannot redeem tour
  • Cannot download tour
  • Customer service never responded
  • Nonfunctional time waster
  • Tickets could not be downloaded at site
  • Had to pay again
  • Cannot search for location
  • Scrolling through non-alphabetical list
  • Audio and screen never match
  • App is clunky
  • App doesn't keep pace with map
  • Freezing audio
  • Totally stopped playing
  • Screen gets locked and won't scroll
  • No way to speed up audio
  • Routes and directions rarely matched
  • Spent more time backtracking
  • Cannot adjust speed
  • GPS does not work
  • GPS keeps closing
  • App shuts down regularly
  • Audio tour failed to work without internet
  • Required internet connection to function
  • Response was unusably slow
  • Constant crashes
  • Audio player doesn't let you scrub
  • Next/back buttons only sometimes work
  • Doesn't move to next audio file
  • Have to manually go back and select next
  • Locations impossible to find
  • App impossible to navigate
  • Clunky app design
  • Subpar graphics
  • Had to exit and restart app multiple times
  • 4 audios started playing at once

Requested features

6 requests
  • Better search functionality
  • Organize tours by theme
  • Ability to speed up playback
  • Ability to scrub audio
  • Lock phone and listen to audio
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  • Dark mode option

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Athens.

One-time6
  • Acropolis and the Southern Slope Tour$4.99
  • Daily Life in Ancient Athens Tour$4.99
  • Discovering Plaka$4.99
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  • Neoclassical to Modern Athens$4.99
  • The Best in One Day$4.99
  • Athens Sightseeing Tours$9.99
5 purchases

Clio Muse Tours

One-time5
  • Short Tour$8.99
  • Medium Tour$12.99
  • Premium Tour$17.99
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  • Golden Tour$19.99
  • Platinum Tour$25.99

Questions

Is Athens. free?
Athens. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Clio Muse Tours free?
Clio Muse Tours is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Athens. or Clio Muse Tours?
Clio Muse Tours is rated higher. Athens. averages 2.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Clio Muse Tours averages 2.3 from 61 ratings.
Do Athens. or Clio Muse Tours have ads?
Neither Athens. nor Clio Muse Tours shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Athens. or Clio Muse Tours?
Athens. ships an update every 2 months, and Clio Muse Tours every 3 weeks. Most recently, Athens. was updated on October 24, 2026 and Clio Muse Tours on October 22, 2026.

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