Tripbucket Mobile App vs ExploreHere
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tripbucket Mobile App
Discover and plan your dream destinations, events, and personal challenges. Create custom bucket lists, build interactive itineraries, and track your progress. Share your adventures and recommendations with a global community.
- Discover dream destinations and events
- Create and track personal bucket lists
- Build shareable interactive itineraries
- Find local attractions and services
- Share progress and photos on social media
- Receive event alerts worldwide
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What’s On YOUR Bucket List? The TripBucket mobile app provides access to thousands of Dream Destinations, Must-See Events, Location Based Things To Do, Personal Challenges and Self-fulfilling Achievements worthy of inclusion on anyone’s bucket list. Dream It - If your Dream doesn’t exist you create it - Multiple methods for finding destinations, events and challenges - Easy to search categories including Most Popular & Top 10 dreams - Detailed Dream Descriptions with relevant articles, Tips and How-To’s - Read about and see photos of what others have done Plan It - Build and Track your personal bucket list with multiple filtering options - Create shareable interactive itineraries - Find providers of specialized services, tours and equipment - Utilize Detailed mapping capability - Schedule great Things To Do in every location Do It - Rank, Sort and Filter your personal bucket list dynamically - Find famous landmarks, restaurants and entertainment wherever you are - Real-time bucket list check-off to Facebook, Twitter and other Social Media - Receive Alerts for relevant upcoming events world-wide - Update Dream status on the fly Share It - Add your personal Reviews, Tips, Things To Do and Photos - Keep your family and friends informed as you go - Make Recommendations to the TripBucket community - Invite friends and family to share in your Dream adventures
ExploreHere
This app transforms your drives into engaging audio journeys. It automatically plays stories about historic landmarks and hidden places as you travel, allowing for a hands-free and immersive discovery experience.
- Hands-free audio stories
- Automatic landmark discovery
- Walking and driving tours
- Offline access (Pro)
- Nearby history alerts
- Save favorite stops (Pro)
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Turn every drive into a story. ExploreHere is a hands-free road trip guide that plays stories automatically as you travel. Discover historic landmarks, hidden places, and unforgettable moments, without ever touching your phone. Whether you're cruising cross-country, exploring a small town, or wandering a new city, ExploreHere reveals the stories that shaped the places around you. Made for the Road - 240,000+ Historic Landmarks across the U.S. - Auto-Play Audio as you pass places worth knowing - Hands-Free Travel Mode for safe driving - Walking & Driving Tours through cities, parks, and scenic highways - Nearby History Alerts so you never miss a story Pro Features - Offline access for no-service road trips - High-Quality Immersive Audio - View public lands, national parks & forests and native lands - Smart proximity alerts - Save and organize favorite stops Perfect For Road trippers • RV travelers • National park explorers • History lovers • Families on vacation • Curious travelers ExploreHere transforms highways into story-filled journeys and ordinary stops into unforgettable discoveries. See the history around you. Start exploring today. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: http://explorehere.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tripbucket Mobile App at none against ExploreHere's 18. ExploreHere's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months) and chart position (#58 vs unranked). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. ExploreHere sells 18 in-app purchases, starting at $2.00 per month. Tripbucket Mobile App asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Tripbucket Mobile App against 4.7 for ExploreHere. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ExploreHere has 809 ratings behind it against 136, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of Tripbucket Mobile App's written reviews are positive against 67% of ExploreHere's.
Tripbucket Mobile App ships an update every 2 months, ExploreHere every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tripbucket Mobile App | ExploreHere |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (136 ratings) | 4.7 (809 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.9% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 136 | 809 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #58 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 160 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | TripBucket Inc. | Wesley Vance |
Customer experience
Tripbucket Mobile App
ExploreHere
Bugs and requests
Tripbucket Mobile App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
ExploreHere
Reported bugs
8 issues- App crashes when viewing multiple items
- Crashes on app launch/opening
- Continuous tracking feature not working on iPhone
- CarPlay compatibility issues
- Audio descriptions cut off mid-sentence
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- Double charging incidents
- App freezing and becoming unresponsive
- Incomplete marker database coverage
Requested features
8 requests- Automatic audio reading when passing markers for drivers
- City-based browsing instead of marker name search
- Improved voice quality and complete audio descriptions
- Better map visibility with lighter road colors
- Automatic location detection on app launch
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- Free filtering options without upgrade requirement
- Continuous tracking feature improvement
- Offline marker access capability
In-app purchases
Tripbucket Mobile App
No in-app purchases
ExploreHere
- Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$2.001 Month
- Pro - Monthly$3.001 Month
- Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$4.001 Month
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- Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$5.001 Month
- Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$6.001 Month
- Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$10.001 Month
- Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$10.001 Year
- Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$16.001 Year
- Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$20.001 Year
- Pro - Yearly$25.001 Year
- Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$35.991 Year
- Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$50.001 Year
- Pro - Lifetime$24.99
- Pro - Lifetime$60.00
- Pro - Lifetime$90.00
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