CrossCountry vs Guide.AI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CrossCountry
Easily book train tickets and check live train times across the National Rail network. Get the best prices directly, apply Railcards and NUS discounts, and enjoy convenient travel planning.
- Book train tickets
- Live train times
- Real-time running information
- No booking or credit card fees
- Use Railcard and NUS discounts
- Extensive network coverage
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Book your train tickets quickly and easily with CrossCountry’s app. You can look up live train times, check real-time running information and buy your train tickets for any train on the National Rail network. It’s free to download, and we won’t charge you a booking or credit card fee. Buy with us direct to get the best price on your CrossCountry tickets, use your Railcard, and exclusive NUS discount on CrossCountry Advance train tickets! About CrossCountry About CrossCountry CrossCountry is a train operating company, running long distance train services in England, Scotland and Wales. The CrossCountry network is the most extensive in Britain, from Aberdeen to Penzance, and South Wales to East Anglia. Key destinations served to include Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Leeds, Bristol, Cambridge, Reading and Stansted and Birmingham International airports. CrossCountry's fast and frequent train services feature at-seat catering, quiet zones, and First Class. Visit our social media channels to stay up to date: https://www.facebook.com/CrossCountrytrains/ https://twitter.com/CrossCountryUK https://www.instagram.com/crosscountrytrains/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/282803/
Guide.AI
Discover landmarks with audio guides that play directly from your device's earpiece speaker. Explore attractions like museums and aquariums with detailed narration, no headphones required. More locations are being added regularly.
- Audio guides for landmarks
- Plays audio from earpiece speaker
- No headphones needed
- Multiple attraction types
- Regularly updated content
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Guide.AI is the Landmark Audio Guide Platform. Audio guides currently available include Bristol Aquarium, Canterbury Roman Museum and the Sir Richard Burton Mausoleum, with more on their way! Don't worry, you don't need to have earphones with you to use this app. The audio can be easily set to play out of the earpiece speaker, just like a traditional audio guide.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Guide.AI at 5.0 against CrossCountry's 4.3. Guide.AI also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). CrossCountry's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and review sentiment (33% vs 0%). On price, update cadence, monetization model and device support 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. Guide.AI sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. CrossCountry asks for nothing beyond the download.
Guide.AI holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CrossCountry has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of CrossCountry's written reviews are positive against 0% of Guide.AI's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CrossCountry | Guide.AI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 32.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 99 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CrossCountry Trains | Guide.AI Ltd |
Customer experience
CrossCountry
Guide.AI
In-app purchases
CrossCountry
No in-app purchases
Guide.AI
- Band 1 Audio Guide$1.99
- Band 2 Audio Guide$2.99
- Band 8 Audio Guide$9.99
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- Band 10 Audio Guide$9.99
- Band 9 Audio Guide$9.99
- Band 11 Audio Guide$11.99
- Band 12 Audio Guide$12.99
- Band 13 Audio Guide$14.99
- Band 14 Audio Guide$14.99
- Band 15 Audio Guide$14.99
Questions
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