Austin Insider Guide vs Lake Travis
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!
Lake Travis
Discover everything Lake Travis has to offer with this comprehensive guide. Find events, businesses, and "Best Of" articles for activities on and around the lake, from boat rentals to dining and lodging.
- Searchable events calendar
- Categorized business listings with map
- "Best Of" articles for local attractions
- Information on boat rentals and tours
- Details on dining and lodging options
- Community event listings
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Lake Travis is a mobile entertainment and business directory app for all things Lake Travis and it’s communities in Austin, Texas. The app includes a robust searchable events tool, searchable categorized and mapped business listings and a host of “Best Of” articles on things to do and see on and around Lake Travis in both summer and winter. Boat and party barge rentals, lake activities, live music, community events, tours, guides, festivals, outdoor recreation, dining and lodging. Your best guide for Lake Travis, Texas.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Lake Travis at 5.0 against Austin Insider Guide's 3.0. Lake Travis also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 9 months). Austin Insider Guide's advantage is iOS requirement (12.2 vs 15.6). 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.
Lake Travis holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively.
Austin Insider Guide ships an update every 9 months, Lake Travis every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Austin Insider Guide | Lake Travis |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 3 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 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 129 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Austin Convention and Visitors Bureau | Will Taylor |
Customer experience
Austin Insider Guide
Lake Travis
In-app purchases
Austin Insider Guide
No in-app purchases
Lake Travis
No in-app purchases
Questions
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