Melbourne Travel Guide . vs metroNotify
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Melbourne Travel Guide .
Explore a city with a comprehensive offline travel guide. Discover attractions, navigate with interactive maps, and plan your itinerary using augmented reality and GPS features. Find hotels, restaurants, and nightlife tips without needing an internet connection.
- 100% offline travel guide
- Augmented Reality (AR) city discovery
- Interactive zoomable offline maps
- GPS-enabled navigation
- Daily and budget-based itineraries
- Points of interest with details
- Nightlife and shopping tips
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Discover what to see, plan a day around your interests, and explore on foot with walking itineraries and an interactive city map. Less time planning. More time enjoying the trip. - Personalized day plans based on your interests and available time. - Walking itineraries with clear stops and estimated walking times. - An interactive map to explore places and see where to go next. - Sights, history, art, architecture, parks and more to match your mood. - Useful place details to help you decide what to visit. - My Day to bring your chosen places together in one plan. YOUR DAY, YOUR WAY A few hours to spare or a full day to explore? Choose what you feel like doing and how much time you have. Get a suggested plan, review the stops, and adapt it to the day you want. Spend more time on the things that interest you, whether that means a museum visit, remarkable architecture or a walk through green spaces. TURN IDEAS INTO A DAY OUT Browse places by interest, take a closer look at what catches your eye, and add your choices to My Day. Bring together the sights you came to see and places you might otherwise have walked past. EXPLORE ONE STOP AT A TIME Pick a walking itinerary, preview its stops and walking times, and see how it fits into your day. Use the map to put each place in context and find your next stop as you explore. KNOW MORE BEFORE YOU GO Find out what makes each place worth a visit, check practical details and estimated visit times, and decide where to spend your time. Download your travel companion and make your next day out your own.
metroNotify
Receive personalized live service updates for your preferred transit lines and stations. Get timely notifications for travel disruptions and daily morning service confirmations.
- Personalized service updates
- Favorite station setup
- Nearby station locator
- Real-time departure info
- Push notifications for alerts
- Morning service updates
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The app allows you to personalise Metro’s live service updates to receive the information you want at the times that you need it. Some of the features include: - My Stations allows you to set up your favourite stations or locate nearby stations. Station screens provide latest departures and status updates. - Metro's award winning Stop Here is now directly integrated into Metro Notify. - Travel Alerts will provide push notifications for travel updates to your line at your selected travel times. - A Morning Update which assures you that your selected line/s is running a good service
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: metroNotify at none against Melbourne Travel Guide .'s 10. metroNotify also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 7 months). Melbourne Travel Guide .'s advantage is review sentiment (29% vs 19%). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Melbourne Travel Guide . sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. metroNotify asks for nothing beyond the download.
Melbourne Travel Guide . ships an update every 7 months, metroNotify every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Melbourne Travel Guide . | metroNotify |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (38 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews — better | 19.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 38 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 119 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jorge Herlein | Metro Trains Melbourne |
Customer experience
Melbourne Travel Guide .
metroNotify
In-app purchases
Melbourne Travel Guide .
- Sydney Travel Guide$1.99
- Brisbane Visitor Guide$1.99
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- Manila$1.99
- Bali$1.99
- Bangkok$1.99
- Sydney$2.99
- Melbourne Full Access$3.99
- Melbourne Tourism, Australia$4.99
metroNotify
No in-app purchases
Questions
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