Austin Insider Guide vs Tour Texas
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Austin Insider Guide
Plan your ideal trip to Austin with this comprehensive guide. Discover top dining spots, local music venues, and attractions in the surrounding hill country.
- Trip planning tool
- Local music information
- Dining recommendations
- Hill country attractions
- Austin travel advice
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Check out our Insider Guide to start planning your perfect Austin trip. With information about the best food, great local musicians and even the surrounding hill country, this guide is your new favorite trip planning tool!
Tour Texas
Discover new experiences and explore everything Texas has to offer. Plan your ideal trip by interests, time, and location, and stay updated on current and upcoming events. Save favorite spots and share your custom travel plans with others.
- Trip planning by interests
- Real-time event feed
- Upcoming events near you
- Customizable travel plans
- Share travel plans
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The Tour Texas app will help you try new things and discover all that Texas has to offer! • Plan the perfect trip based on your interests, timeframe, and location • See what's happening now in your feed • View upcoming events near you • Add events and destinations to your own customized plan • Share events, places, and your custom travel plan with friends
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tour Texas at 71% against Austin Insider Guide's 14%. Tour Texas also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (410 vs 4). Austin Insider Guide's advantage is iOS requirement (12.2 vs 15.1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tour Texas holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tour Texas has 410 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of Austin Insider Guide's written reviews are positive against 71% of Tour Texas's.
Austin Insider Guide ships an update every 9 months, Tour Texas every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Austin Insider Guide | Tour Texas |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (4 ratings) | 4.7 (410 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 410 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.2 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 129 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Austin Convention and Visitors Bureau | AJR Media Group, LLC |
Customer experience
Austin Insider Guide
Tour Texas
In-app purchases
Austin Insider Guide
No in-app purchases
Tour Texas
No in-app purchases
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