Comparison

Pompeii Audio guide vs Ancient Trees

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

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Pompeii Audio guide

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Pompeii Audio Guide

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Ancient Trees

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Ancient Trees maps the remarkable old trees of the world's cities, and shows you the ones near you. Open it anywhere and the map fills with the trees around you: a yew that was old when the church beside it was built, a plane whose trunk takes four people to reach around, an oak that has stood through everything that happened on the street it shades. Each one has a page telling you what it is, roughly how old, and why it is worth the walk. WHAT YOU GET Trees near you, on a map you can search by place, by species or by name. A story for every tree, written to be read rather than skimmed, and honest about what nobody knows: where an age has never been measured, the page says so and asks you. Directions to the trunk. Where a location is rough rather than exact, the page tells you before you set off, because sending you to the wrong spot is the one mistake worth avoiding. Your own collection. Photograph a tree while you stand in front of it and it joins your trees, ours and your own alike. Signed out they stay on your phone; signed in they follow your account to a new phone, and nobody else can see them. WHERE THE TREES COME FROM Every tree is verified against at least two independent sources before it goes on the map, and where the sources disagree the page says which and why. Official registers of protected and monumental trees are read directly. Photographs carry their own open licence and credit. Nothing here is a wholesale import of a municipal tree inventory. A tree earns its place by being worth crossing town for. WHEN WE ARE WRONG We will be, and readers are how it gets fixed. Every page has a way to report a wrong pin, a fallen tree or a mistaken species, and corrections are made the same day. An account is one email address. Sign in and your collection follows you to a new phone; delete the account and everything goes with it.

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Pompeii Audio guide3 screens
Ancient Trees4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Ancient Trees at every 2 weeks against Pompeii Audio guide's every 2 months. Pompeii Audio guide's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). 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

Pompeii Audio guide ships an update every 2 months, Ancient Trees every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Pompeii Audio guide versus Ancient Trees: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPompeii Audio guideAncient Trees
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAskos srlhidde burgmans

In-app purchases

None

Pompeii Audio guide

No in-app purchases

None

Ancient Trees

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pompeii Audio guide free?
Pompeii Audio guide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ancient Trees free?
Ancient Trees is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pompeii Audio guide or Ancient Trees have ads?
Neither Pompeii Audio guide nor Ancient Trees shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pompeii Audio guide or Ancient Trees?
Pompeii Audio guide ships an update every 2 months, and Ancient Trees every 2 weeks. Most recently, Pompeii Audio guide was updated on October 21, 2026 and Ancient Trees on October 13, 2026.

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