Comparison

Locatify SmartGuide vs Audioguides.com (AOYO)

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Location-based audio guides
  • Interactive map with GPS
  • Multimedia content (audio, pictures)
  • Offline content download
  • Quiz game elements
  • Multilingual support
Features
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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.

About

Audioguides.com (AOYO)

This GPS-controlled audio guide app provides offline tours for road trips. It delivers interesting facts and insider tips about destinations directly through your car's speakers, making every journey informative and entertaining.

Highlights
  • GPS-controlled audio tours
  • Offline functionality
  • Informative facts and tips
  • Suitable for road trips
  • Manual playback option
  • Purchasable individual guides
Features
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Our audioguides (formerly “AOYO Audioguides”) are GPS-controlled audio guides for smartphones: perfect for road trips. This way, you always have your tour guide with you, as the app tells you interesting, entertaining, and exciting facts about the country and its people.   Simply install the app on your smartphone and turn on location services. The app uses GPS to detect where you are on your trip. Your tour guide will tell you interesting facts about your destination through your car's speakers – offline and without an internet connection. Our AOYO audio guides for self-drive tours offer much more than a conventional travel guide: In addition to facts and background information about places and sights, the guide app provides exciting and entertaining background information about the country and its people, insider tips, regional studies, history, culture, curiosities, and special features—all along your entire itinerary throughout the country! Our audio guides have been compiled by experienced tour guides and will accompany you on your next rental car trip. Installation and use are very simple: - Individual guides can be purchased within the app (or activated with a voucher code, if available). - Once purchased, the guide can be used as often as you like. - Updates can be downloaded at any time. - Audio files can be played GPS-controlled or manually. - Once downloaded, the guides can be used completely offline.

Screenshots

Locatify SmartGuide4 screens
Audioguides.com (AOYO)3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Locatify SmartGuide at 4.6 against Audioguides.com (AOYO)'s 2.3. Locatify SmartGuide also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 69%) and ratings volume (27 vs 4). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Locatify SmartGuide sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Audioguides.com (AOYO) sells 19 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Locatify SmartGuide holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Locatify SmartGuide has 27 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Locatify SmartGuide's written reviews are positive against 69% of Audioguides.com (AOYO)'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Locatify SmartGuide ships an update every 4 months, Audioguides.com (AOYO) every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Locatify SmartGuide versus Audioguides.com (AOYO): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLocatify SmartGuideAudioguides.com (AOYO)
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (27 ratings) — better2.3 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better69.2% of reviews
Number of ratings27 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB36 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperLocatifyguidemate GmbH

Customer experience

Locatify SmartGuide

All ratings27 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral7.4%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Audioguides.com (AOYO)

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive69.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative30.8%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Locatify SmartGuide

One-time10
  • Hrafnkelsdalur valley$1.99
  • Jokuldalur$1.99
  • Reykjavik Central$2.99
Show 7 more
  • 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
19 purchases

Audioguides.com (AOYO)

One-time19
  • Lanzarote per Auto entdecken$8.90
  • Stadtrundgang Funchal$8.99
  • Stadtrundgang Lissabon$8.99
Show 16 more
  • Citywalk Reykjavik$8.99
  • Stadtrundgang Malaga$8.99
  • Stadtrundgang Bergen$8.99
  • Island - Halbinsel Snæfellsnes$8.99
  • Island - Südküste Tagesausflug$8.99
  • Island-Golden Circle Reykjavik$8.99
  • Vancouver Island$9.99
  • Icefields Parkway$9.99
  • Island - Rund um Island$12.99
  • Kalifornien$17.99
  • South Africa - Eastern Half$17.99
  • South Africa - Garden Route$17.99
  • Island komplett$22.99
  • Kanada West Komplett$22.99
  • Namibia komplett - Audioguide$22.99
  • Ireland & Northern Ireland$22.99

Questions

Is Locatify SmartGuide free?
Locatify SmartGuide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Audioguides.com (AOYO) free?
Audioguides.com (AOYO) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Locatify SmartGuide or Audioguides.com (AOYO)?
Locatify SmartGuide is rated higher. Locatify SmartGuide averages 4.6 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Audioguides.com (AOYO) averages 2.3 from 4 ratings.
Do Locatify SmartGuide or Audioguides.com (AOYO) have ads?
Neither Locatify SmartGuide nor Audioguides.com (AOYO) shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Locatify SmartGuide or Audioguides.com (AOYO)?
Locatify SmartGuide ships an update every 4 months, and Audioguides.com (AOYO) every 3 months. Most recently, Locatify SmartGuide was updated on October 23, 2026 and Audioguides.com (AOYO) on October 27, 2026.

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