SwitzerlandMobility vs Explorial
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SwitzerlandMobility
Discover and plan outdoor adventures across Switzerland with detailed route information. Navigate with GPS tracking, offline maps, and real-time updates on closures. Share your journeys and explore over 1,500 curated routes for various activities.
- Discover 1,500+ curated routes
- Detailed route descriptions and photos
- Tour planning with automatic calculations
- Offline map downloads
- GPS location tracking and compass
- Record and share tours
- Real-time route closure updates
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The SwitzerlandMobility app is the perfect companion for anyone who likes to be outdoors. Discover the right routes for you, plan your own adventures and share them with friends. DISCOVER THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ROUTES IN SWITZERLAND Be inspired: Here, you’ll find 1,500 selected routes throughout Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein. Whether hiking, cycling, mountain biking, skating, canoeing or winter sports –our route network is available in the highest swisstopo map quality. EASY TOUR PLANNING WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Always be well prepared: You will find thorough descriptions and photo reports for every SwitzerlandMobility route. This gives you a good idea of what to expect at the site. Public transport stops including the next departure times and additional information on accommodation, places of interest, the local area, bicycle rental and bicycle service stations make it easy to prepare your trip. EASY TO FIND YOUR WAY ON THE GO THANKS TO OUR SIGNAGE Always on the right track: The SwitzerlandMobility routes are official and are marked on site. You can also find all route closures and diversions in the app to keep you informed of the latest changes. LOCATION TRACKING AND COMPASS Never on the wrong track again: You can easily see where you are on the map thanks to location tracking. The integrated compass aligns the map in the direction you are looking so that you can follow your planned tour. Have even more fun outdoors! SwitzerlandMobility Plus gives you practical extra features (charges apply): PLAN YOUR OWN TOURS Make it right for you: Draw your own tours on the swisstopo map. The distance, ascents and descents, height profile and time required are calculated automatically. DOWNLOAD MAPS OFFLINE Go offline: You can download any map sections before your tour. The relevant maps and route information are then available offline – ideal for alpine terrain where there is no network reception. RECORD TOURS ALONG THE WAY Track your route: You can record your tour automatically in the app (tracking function). This gives you an overview of all important information such as distance, altitude covered and time required. SHARE AND EXPORT TOURS Share your experiences: You can share self-drawn tours and recorded tracks with other people via a link. Anyone registered with SwitzerlandMobility Plus can import your tour into their own tour list. You can also export tours as GPX files and transfer them to your GPS device or smartwatch. HEIGHT PROFILE WITH LIVE LOCATION Keep track of your tour: On self-drawn tours, you can now see your current location directly in the height profile – marked by a red dot. So you can see right away how far it is to your destination, when you’ll arrive and how many metres of elevation lie ahead. Find out more about the advantages and additional features of SwitzerlandMobility Plus: https://schweizmobil.ch/en/switzerlandmobility-plus
Explorial
Explore cities by solving interactive puzzles and challenges on foot. This game offers a fun and engaging way to discover new places, earning points as you go. It's designed for groups and can be played at your own pace, taking around 1-2 hours to complete a tour.
- Interactive puzzle solving
- City exploration
- Point collection system
- Self-paced gameplay
- Group activity
- Discover new cities
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Solve puzzles. Have fun. Get to know the city. Explorial is an interactive and challenging game in which the objective is to collect as many points as possible as a group. You explore the city on foot and get points for solving different types of tasks. Whether you know your way around the city or are just visiting, with Explorial you are guaranteed to get to know the city in a new way. To start a trail, you will need a smartphone with an active internet connection, the free Explorial app, and a valid ticket for each player. With the ticket you can start the game immediately. No reservation is necessary. You can explore the city at your own pace. The game is not limited in time. Typically, it takes about 1-2 hours.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SwitzerlandMobility at 4.4 against Explorial's 3.3. Explorial's advantage is review sentiment (69% vs 47%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. SwitzerlandMobility sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Explorial sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SwitzerlandMobility holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 7 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 47% of SwitzerlandMobility's written reviews are positive against 69% of Explorial's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SwitzerlandMobility ships an update every 6 weeks, Explorial every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SwitzerlandMobility | Explorial |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (12 ratings) — better | 3.3 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 47.1% of reviews | 68.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stiftung SchweizMobil | Explorial GmbH |
Customer experience
SwitzerlandMobility
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In-app purchases
SwitzerlandMobility
- Gönner-Abo SchweizMobil Plus$39.99
Explorial
- Ticket (1x)$8.99
- Ticket (1x)$11.99
- Ticket (2x)$13.99
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- Ticket (2x)$15.99
- Ticket (2x)2 variants$17.99
- Ticket (3x)$20.99
- Ticket (2x)$23.99
- Ticket (3x)$23.99
- Ticket (2x)$24.99
- Ticket (3x)$24.99
- Ticket (3x)$26.99
- Ticket (4x)$27.99
- Ticket (5x)$29.99
- Ticket (4x)$36.99
- Ticket (3x)$39.99
- Ticket (4x)$49.99
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