Locatify SmartGuide vs SavExplore
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Locatify SmartGuide
Experience cities and museums with interactive audio tours that use GPS to trigger narrations, pictures, and quizzes. Explore points of interest with an interactive map, and enjoy content offline for planning or virtual exploration.
- Location-based audio guides
- Interactive map with GPS
- Multimedia content (audio, pictures)
- Offline content download
- Quiz game elements
- Multilingual support
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The Locatify SmartGuide app is like having your own personal tour guide in your pocket! The app features location-based audio guides which have been professionally created with voice actors and multimedia content. The guides are perfect for city walking tours, cycling routes, self-driving tours or museum guides. The tours are presented in a unique way with audio narrations, pictures, quiz game elements and an interactive map which shows your location and triggers audio as you approach nearby points of interest. Audio Tour Guide Highlights: - On location guided tours with storyteller narrations (enabled with GPS or iBeacons) - Local points of interest and pictures - Enjoy in your own language with Multilingual content - Offline content - no internet connection required (once the otu has been downloaded) - Interactive map with GPS and navigation - Enjoy from home as a trip planning tool or as a virtual tour guide - Both free and paid tours available Do you want to create your own audio guides or treasure hunt games? Try it out for free at locatify.com or download the Locatify TurfHunt app to play treasure hunt games. Please note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can decrease battery life.
SavExplore
Discover Iceland's hidden gems and exclusive deals with this travel companion. Access an interactive map highlighting top locations and enjoy over 150 special offers on tours and activities across the country.
- Interactive map of Iceland's best locations
- Over 150 exclusive tour deals
- Discover hidden gems
- Travel planning tool
- Icelandic travel guide
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New way of bringing the best of Iceland to you, via Map and Deals, when purchased you can enjoy a Map with the best gems around Iceland and over 150 deals on Tours
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SavExplore at none against Locatify SmartGuide's 10. SavExplore also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). Locatify SmartGuide's advantage is ratings volume (27 vs 1). On price, ads 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. Locatify SmartGuide sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. SavExplore asks for nothing beyond the download.
SavExplore holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Locatify SmartGuide has 27 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Locatify SmartGuide ships an update every 4 months, SavExplore monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Locatify SmartGuide | SavExplore |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (27 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Locatify | Juan Chocolatl |
Customer experience
Locatify SmartGuide
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In-app purchases
Locatify SmartGuide
- Hrafnkelsdalur valley$1.99
- Jokuldalur$1.99
- Reykjavik Central$2.99
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- Tinganes, Tórshavn$2.99
- Vatnajökull National Park$2.99
- Grand Fljótsdalur Circle$2.99
- Reykjavik Art Explored$4.99
- Trip Around Reykjanes$4.99
- The Source of the Nile$4.99
- The Golden Circle$6.99
SavExplore
No in-app purchases
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