Comparison

Museums vs Basel Audio Tours

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

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About

Museums

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Visit 350 museums, castles and gardens in France, Germany and Switzerland, and discover over 1,000 temporary exhibitions. Features: SEARCH: Consult the museums, exhibitions or events near your location. Filter them according to the criteria the most interesting to you. FAVORITES: Save your favourite museums, exhibitions or events so you never miss another exciting cultural event. Enter events directly into your phone’s calendar. NEWS: All the exclusive Museums-PASS-Musées events at a glance. NOTIFICATIONS: Always be informed about new releases from your favourite museums and museums in the region where you are currently staying, even if your app is closed.

About

Basel Audio Tours

Explore Basel's historic old town with engaging audio tours led by historical figures. Discover the city's rich past through entertaining stories, anecdotes, and unique perspectives. This free app offers flexible, interactive, and immersive city exploration.

Highlights
  • 5 themed audio tours
  • Historical personalities as guides
  • Entertaining and informative content
  • Augmented reality elements (Erasmus tour)
  • Offline functionality
  • Multilingual support (DE, EN, FR, IT)
  • Flexible route selection
Features
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The free Basel Audio Tours app turns a walk through the old town into an audio experience! On five exciting tours, you are accompanied by well-known personalities from Basel's history - they tell their stories with humour, anecdotes and historical depth. Whether humanist, artist or alchemist - each voice brings a unique perspective on the city, brings historical places to life and invites you to rediscover Basel and its neighbourhoods. In entertaining contributions from their lives, they comment on their surroundings and favourite places and take you on a journey through time. Basel Audio Tours combines in-depth knowledge with modern technology and enables a new way of experiencing the city - entertaining, interactive and completely flexible in terms of time. THE TOURS AT A GLANCE ● Erasmus of Rotterdam, the most important humanist of his time, accompanies you to the most historic place in Basel: the cathedral hill. ● Paracelsus, the physician and alchemist, takes you on an energetic tour from Münsterhügel to Spalenhügel, where the Pharmacy Museum awaits you at the end. ● Jean Tinguely, the mischievous inventor of moving art, lets you see Basel through his playful, ironic eyes - from the vibrant centre of the Old Town to the tranquil Spalenhügel. ● Irène Zurkinden, the freedom-loving painter and cosmopolitan, accompanies you on an inspiring walk over the Spalenhügel, past her former studio to the Spalentor. ● Hans Holbein the Younger, the celebrated master of Renaissance portraiture, takes you on a journey through artistic Basel - from the Kunstmuseum across both banks of the Rhine to the lively Kleinbasel. WHAT AWAITS YOU 5 varied tours through Basel's old town ● Exciting stories and personalities ● Historically sound content, told in a lively, entertaining and vivid way ● Optional: augmented reality elements in the Erasmus tour for even more immersion ● Ideal for locals and guests from Germany and abroad (available in German, English, French and Italian) ● Freely selectable routes with different durations PRACTICAL FOR TRAVELLING The tours last between 60 and 120 minutes, all start centrally at Marktplatz (corner of Freie Strasse) and can be experienced at your own pace. The app is free and can be used offline and is suitable for both individuals and small groups.

Screenshots

Museums4 screens
Basel Audio Tours4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Basel Audio Tours at every 8 days against Museums's every 2 months. Basel Audio Tours also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Museums ships an update every 2 months, Basel Audio Tours every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Museums versus Basel Audio Tours: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMuseumsBasel Audio Tours
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—20.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB403 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMuseums-PASS-MuséesBasel Tourismus

In-app purchases

None

Museums

No in-app purchases

None

Basel Audio Tours

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Museums free?
Museums is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Basel Audio Tours free?
Basel Audio Tours is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Museums or Basel Audio Tours have ads?
Neither Museums nor Basel Audio Tours shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Museums or Basel Audio Tours?
Museums ships an update every 2 months, and Basel Audio Tours every 8 days. Most recently, Museums was updated on November 3, 2026 and Basel Audio Tours on October 30, 2026.

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