Comparison

Museums vs Heritage Compass WW2

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

Head to head
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.

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Heritage Compass WW2

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Every place recorded in this app is somewhere a personal story ended, or changed forever — and the world changed with it. Heritage Compass WW2 speaks to you as you travel through the D-Day beaches and the Battle of Normandy. As you approach any of 1,328 recorded sites — a beach, a cemetery, a memorial, a battlefield — the app speaks aloud, telling you what happened at this exact place. Not a notification. A narration, in English, French, or German, depending on your device language. If you have Heritage Compass installed on the same device with a GEDCOM family tree loaded, the apps share that data automatically. When you approach anywhere your ancestors lived, worked, or died, Heritage Compass WW2 adds a personal layer — telling you who was there, when, and why it matters to your family. Without that connection, the app speaks the history of every site. With it, it speaks your history too. Heritage Compass WW2 is also a comprehensive reference resource for visitors to Normandy. Whether you are travelling as a tourist, as a family member retracing an ancestor's footsteps, or as someone who wants to understand what happened here between June and August 1944, the app brings together in one place information drawn from primary sources across six nations — American, British, Canadian, French, Polish, and German. All nations. Equal respect. A subscription is required to access all features. Annual (£9.99/year) and Lifetime (£34.99) options are available within the app. EVERY PLACE STILL BEARS WITNESS 1,328 locations across the Normandy campaign — beaches, cemeteries, memorials, and battlefields. Sourced from the American Battle Monuments Commission, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, the German Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge, and French national archives. ALL NATIONS. EQUAL RESPECT. American, British, Canadian, French, Polish, and German sites are all represented with the same care and detail. Liberation is one story told from many sides. SIX CURATED ROUTES The American beaches — Utah and Omaha. The British and Canadian beaches — Gold, Juno, and Sword. The airborne operations, including Pegasus Bridge and Sainte-Mère-Église. The German perspective, including La Cambe, where 21,222 German soldiers are buried. The French civilian story — the towns and villages that bore the cost of liberation. And the full campaign, from the landings to the Falaise Pocket, where the German Army in Normandy was finally destroyed. YOUR FAMILY DATA STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE Your GEDCOM file is processed entirely on your iPhone. Nothing is sent to external servers. Your ancestors are yours alone. WORKS WITH CARPLAY Voice narrations delivered through your car speakers as you drive the coast road from Utah Beach to Sword. Terms of Use: https://siorailabs.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://siorailabs.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Museums4 screens
Heritage Compass WW24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Museums at none against Heritage Compass WW2's 2. Heritage Compass WW2's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Heritage Compass WW2 sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Museums asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Museums ships an update every 2 months, Heritage Compass WW2 every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Museums versus Heritage Compass WW2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMuseumsHeritage Compass WW2
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB9 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMuseums-PASS-MuséesSiorai Labs Ltd

In-app purchases

None

Museums

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Heritage Compass WW2

Subscriptions1
  • Heritage Compass WW2$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$34.99

Questions

Is Museums free?
Museums is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Heritage Compass WW2 free?
Heritage Compass WW2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Museums or Heritage Compass WW2 have ads?
Neither Museums nor Heritage Compass WW2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Museums or Heritage Compass WW2?
Museums ships an update every 2 months, and Heritage Compass WW2 every 9 days. Most recently, Museums was updated on November 3, 2026 and Heritage Compass WW2 on October 31, 2026.

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