Comparison

GuidiGO vs Lya City Guide

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

Lya City Guide

Features
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Lya City Guide rassemble, ville par ville, les adresses que l'on recommande à ses amis : où dîner, où bruncher, que visiter, où se faire du bien, où trouver ce qu'on ne trouve pas ailleurs. UNE COLLECTION DE VILLES Marrakech, Paris, Madrid, Séville, Tanger, Essaouira, Casablanca et d'autres. L'application s'ouvre sur la ville où vous êtes. Parcourez la collection pays par pays, ou cherchez une ville par son nom. CHAQUE VILLE, RUBRIQUE PAR RUBRIQUE Restauration, culture, bien-être, shopping, riads et hôtels, coups de cœur… Chaque rubrique s'ouvre sur ses sous-catégories — brunch, déjeuner, dîner — puis sur ses adresses, en photos. UNE FICHE PAR ADRESSE Photos, description, horaires, quartier, réseaux sociaux et carte du restaurant quand elle existe. LA CARTE AUTOUR DE VOUS Les adresses du guide à 500 m, 1 km ou 5 km de l'endroit où vous êtes, où que vous soyez. FAVORIS ET DEMANDES DE RÉSERVATION Gardez vos adresses en favoris, avec ou sans compte. Avec un compte — Apple, Google ou e-mail —, envoyez une demande de réservation : le jour, l'heure, le nombre de personnes. L'établissement confirme ou refuse, et vous suivez sa réponse dans « Mes réservations ». SANS PUBLICITÉ Pas de publicité, pas de suivi. Votre compte se supprime en deux touches depuis le profil.

Screenshots

GuidiGO4 screens
Lya City Guide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lya City Guide at none against GuidiGO's 10. Lya City Guide also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 4 months). GuidiGO's advantage is iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. GuidiGO sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Lya City Guide asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GuidiGO ships an update every 4 months, Lya City Guide every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
GuidiGO versus Lya City Guide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGuidiGOLya City Guide
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (16 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews52.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.4 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB39 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperSTQRY LimitedLYA MAROC

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
None

Lya City Guide

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GuidiGO free?
GuidiGO is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lya City Guide free?
Lya City Guide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do GuidiGO or Lya City Guide have ads?
Neither GuidiGO nor Lya City Guide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GuidiGO or Lya City Guide?
GuidiGO ships an update every 4 months, and Lya City Guide every 4 days. Most recently, GuidiGO was updated on October 22, 2026 and Lya City Guide on October 26, 2026.

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