Comparison

GuidiGO vs Ryo

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

Head to head
About

GuidiGO

Discover the world with downloadable guided tours and interactive treasure hunts. Explore historical sites, museums, and natural wonders at your own pace with rich multimedia content and offline GPS tracking. Perfect for solo travelers and families looking for an engaging way to experience new destinations.

Highlights
  • Downloadable guided tours
  • Interactive treasure hunts
  • Offline GPS tracking
  • Rich multimedia content
  • Cultural institution content
  • Augmented reality features
Features
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GuidiGO is your personal tour guide to the world. GuidiGO allows you to experience your destination like never before. Download guided tours and treasure hunts created by cultural institutions, local experts, and passionate storytellers around the world. All the tours and games are free! Choose a tour based on your interests (History, Art, Nature… ) and let yourself be led effortlessly along the way. Set your own pace as you explore an original story. - Intuitive browsing Search for sites, museums, or places you want to visit, or find recommended tours near you using your GPS location. - Game tours Some tours can turn into fun Treasure Hunts where your kids can solve challenges, answer quizzes, use characters in augmented reality, and more. - Rich multimedia content The tours contain rich, detailed information together with audio narration, synchronized photos and videos, giving you a unique “behind the scenes” view of the place you’re visiting. - Made for traveling No need to worry about expensive roaming charges. Downloaded tours work without an Internet connection. You can always see where you are with integrated GPS tracking on your offline map. - All the information you need With each tour, you have access to an extensive amount of additional information, such as opening hours, transport schedules, local events, Internet links, videos, user reviews, and much more. Editor note : continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

About

Ryo

Explore cities and road trips with immersive audio guides that trigger automatically at points of interest. Plan your entire journey, including hotels and activities, and access all content offline. Create a personal travel journal of your adventures.

Highlights
  • Audio-guided city tours
  • Interactive road trips
  • Trip planner with itineraries
  • Full offline mode
  • Personal travel journal
  • Automatic point of interest triggers
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Ryo is your travel companion for self-guided city tours and road trips worldwide, with immersive audio guides and full offline access for every traveller. With 500 city tours and 70 road trips across the globe, Ryo turns every trip into a story-driven journey — sharing history, architecture, and local stories at every step. Benefits - Travel independently — audio guides trigger automatically at each point of interest - Save on expensive group tours while getting richer travel content - Plan trips in minutes with itineraries, hotels, and activities in one place - Use city tours and road trips fully offline, anywhere - Keep every trip alive in your personal travel journal App features - Audio-Guided City Tours: 500 cities with curated walking routes and professional audio guides covering history, architecture, and local stories - Interactive Road Trips: 70 curated road trip itineraries with turn-by-turn navigation and audio content at every stop - Trip Planner: Build custom itineraries, save vouchers, and get suggestions for hotels, restaurants, and Ryo points of interest - Full Offline Mode: Download tours, road trips, and maps to travel anywhere - Travel Journal: Every city, every road trip, every point of interest saved automatically Why you'll love Ryo - Made for the Free Independent Traveller — never travel alone - Audio guides crafted by real storytellers - City tours and road trips that adapt to your pace - Every trip, perfectly organized - Two people. One perfect trip. Ryo is the travel app for travellers who love to visit cities on foot and chase the freedom of the road trip. With audio guides in 500 cities, 70 road trips, and a planner built for real travel, Ryo helps every traveller visit more and travel deeper. Travel your way. Visit cities at your own pace. Build road trips that match your style. Audio guides for every city. Road trips for every traveller. A planner for every journey. Subscription terms: - Free trial may be offered; after the trial, the app includes an auto-renewing subscription. - Manage subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal in your Account Settings. - Options: weekly, monthly, quarterly or yearly. - Payment is charged at confirmation of purchase. - Subscription auto-renews unless turned off at least 24h before period end. - Account is charged for renewal within 24h before period end. - The app may also include one-time payments. - Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when a subscription is purchased. Terms & privacy: https://ryo.co/en/gtcus - https://ryo.co/en/legal-notice

Screenshots

GuidiGO4 screens
Ryo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ryo at 78% against GuidiGO's 52%. Ryo also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). GuidiGO's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 16.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. GuidiGO sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Ryo sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GuidiGO ships an update every 4 months, Ryo every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
GuidiGO versus Ryo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGuidiGORyo
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews52.4% of reviews78.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings16 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.4 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB206 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSTQRY LimitedRyo (Apps)

Customer experience

GuidiGO

All ratings16 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral6.3%
Negative43.8%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive52.4%
Neutral4.8%
Negative42.9%

Ryo

Written reviews37 reviews
Positive78.4%
Neutral10.8%
Negative10.8%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

GuidiGO

One-time10
  • Hagia Sophia Guided Tour by cultrex$1.99
  • Must Sees of Montmartre$2.99
  • A Bohemian Walk in Montmartre$2.99
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  • Drive the magic that is San Francisco$2.99
  • The Hill of Tara: 'all-you-need' premium tour$3.99
  • Tokyo Realtime: Akihabara$3.99
  • What's Dublin made of? Streets, stories & fossils!$3.99
  • - SKIBBEREEN - Famine Story Walking Trail App$3.99
  • Buenos Aires - Recoleta Walking Tour$4.99
  • Old Town, Riddarholmen and Södermalm islands$4.99
5 purchases

Ryo

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly plan$8.991 Month
  • Premium 1an7 Days trial$17.991 Year
  • ryo_annual_notrial$17.991 Year
One-time2
  • Pass Annuel$3.90
  • Audioguides d'un circuit$3.99

Questions

Is GuidiGO free?
GuidiGO is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ryo free?
Ryo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do GuidiGO or Ryo have ads?
Neither GuidiGO nor Ryo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GuidiGO or Ryo?
GuidiGO ships an update every 4 months, and Ryo every 3 weeks. Most recently, GuidiGO was updated on September 17, 2026 and Ryo on September 23, 2026.

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