Comparison

Locatify SmartGuide vs Kringum Iceland

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

Kringum Iceland

Discover thousands of stories, events, and interesting sites across Iceland. This popular travel app highlights nearby points of interest and shares tales of nature, culture, and folklore.

Highlights
  • Thousands of stories and sites
  • Discover nearby points of interest
  • Information on nature and culture
  • Includes folklore and poems
  • Popular Icelandic travel app
Features
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Wherever you go in Iceland, Kringum tells you the stories right around you. Free and GPS-guided, Kringum reveals over 60,000 stories, historic sites, natural wonders and points of interest across the country — with audio narration as you travel. • Discover what happened where you're standing — sagas, folklore, history and culture • Listen to stories read aloud, automatically hands-free on the road • Explore nearby places on a live map, or browse the list around you • Nature, place names, poems, people and events from every corner of Iceland Perfect for road trips, the Ring Road, and anyone curious about the land beneath their feet. Kringum is the most popular travel app in Iceland.

Screenshots

Locatify SmartGuide4 screens
Kringum Iceland4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Kringum Iceland at free against Locatify SmartGuide's free with in-app purchases. Kringum Iceland also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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 Kringum Iceland sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Locatify SmartGuide against 4.6 for Kringum Iceland. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 22 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Locatify SmartGuide ships an update every 4 months, Kringum Iceland every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Locatify SmartGuide versus Kringum Iceland: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLocatify SmartGuideKringum Iceland
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (27 ratings) — better4.6 (22 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings27 — better22
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB48 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperLocatifyKarl Thoroddsen

Customer experience

Locatify SmartGuide

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

Kringum Iceland

All ratings16 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
1 purchases

Kringum Iceland

One-time1
  • Explorer Access$9.99

Questions

Is Locatify SmartGuide free?
Locatify SmartGuide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kringum Iceland free?
Kringum Iceland is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Locatify SmartGuide or Kringum Iceland?
Locatify SmartGuide is rated higher. Locatify SmartGuide averages 4.6 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Kringum Iceland averages 4.6 from 22 ratings.
Do Locatify SmartGuide or Kringum Iceland have ads?
Neither Locatify SmartGuide nor Kringum Iceland shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Locatify SmartGuide or Kringum Iceland?
Locatify SmartGuide ships an update every 4 months, and Kringum Iceland every 5 weeks. Most recently, Locatify SmartGuide was updated on November 1, 2026 and Kringum Iceland on November 3, 2026.

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