ANC Explorer vs TripAdventures
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ANC Explorer
Discover gravesites and points of interest within a cemetery. Get directions, capture marker photos, and receive important notifications. Create custom walking tours by saving favorite locations.
- Locate gravesites and points of interest
- Generate marker and monument photos
- Step-by-step directions
- Emergency and event notifications
- Save favorite places
- Create custom walking tours
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Users can locate gravesites and other points of interest throughout the cemetery, generate front-and-back pictures of a marker or monument, and receive step-by-step directions to these locations. The app also provides emergency and event notifications and the ability to share on popular social media sites. Users can save favorite places in My Content to create their own custom walking tours.
TripAdventures
This travel companion app provides detailed information about your tours, including descriptions and photos of all stops. It offers real-time itinerary notifications and direct chat support for assistance. Users can also book future tours through the application.
- Tour details and photos
- Real-time itinerary notifications
- Customer support chat
- Book future tours
- Up-to-the-minute updates
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The TripAdventures application highlights and details everything your tour has to offer - And More! • Everything you need is at your fingertips, and our attentive team is always just a tap or call away! » Chat with our customer support team. » Receive up-to-the-minute itinerary notifications. » See descriptions and photos of all stops on your route. » Book your next TripAdventures tour!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TripAdventures at 5.0 against ANC Explorer's 3.0. TripAdventures also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). ANC Explorer's advantage is ratings volume (55 vs 8). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TripAdventures holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ANC Explorer has 55 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ANC Explorer ships an update every 2 months, TripAdventures every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ANC Explorer | TripAdventures |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (55 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 38.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 55 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 143 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Arlington National Cemetery | TripSchool LLC |
Customer experience
ANC Explorer
TripAdventures
Bugs and requests
ANC Explorer
Reported bugs
40 issues- Unable to delete duplicate entries in My Content
- Start Tour function doesn't work
- Search yields zero results
- No back button
- Directions are horrible
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- App caused phone to freeze
- Errors with pictures (wrong names)
- Unable to see photos of headstones after update
- Constant error messages
- Fails to connect to grave site database
- App does not work
- Cannot look up people without error message
- Notable graves on app not current
- App shuts down when accessing MyContent
- App closes when clicking My Content
- Crashes on each open
- Latest update won't load, black screen
- Cannot view the map
- Search function is garbage
- Notable Women list incomplete
- Details section of search results has issues
- Network error message for grave pictures
- Search feature would not work (internet connection error)
- Frozen app, cannot get past help screen
- Black screen on open after uninstall
- App not loading or functioning after update
- Blank screen after update
- App delivers only a blank screen after update
- Pictures not shown after update, cannot download
- Black screen
- Map fails to load
- Battery drain
- App will no longer open after iOS upgrade
- Search feature will not work after update
- Start from here feature eliminated
- Server errors, nothing works
- App refuses to let me see results
- Inappropriate advertising pop-up
- Cannot find grave sites
- iPad version works, iPhone version useless
Requested features
8 requests- Add a back button
- Include a north arrow
- Improve reliability of directions
- Enhance customer service for tech support
- Update notable graves list
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- Improve search functionality
- Add dark mode
- Increase text size and contrast for daylight readability
TripAdventures
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ANC Explorer
No in-app purchases
TripAdventures
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is ANC Explorer free?
Is TripAdventures free?
Which has better reviews, ANC Explorer or TripAdventures?
Do ANC Explorer or TripAdventures have ads?
Which is updated more often, ANC Explorer or TripAdventures?
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