Comparison

Malaga Tips vs Tenerife by Lava Guide

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

Head to head
About

Malaga Tips

Features
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Welcome to the Malaga Tips app. Whether you're looking for special sights, good restaurants, great accommodations or 'secret' places. Malaga Tips ensures that your city trip is unforgettable. You can also add tips yourself and share them with your friends or see their recommendations.

About

Tenerife by Lava Guide

Discover Tenerife with curated hikes, day trips, and city tours tested by the author. Plan your itinerary with detailed timings, distances, and practical tips. Explore local culture and experiences with this comprehensive travel companion.

Highlights
  • Tested hikes for all levels
  • Detailed day trip itineraries
  • Self-guided city walking tours
  • Curated local experiences
  • Interactive trip planner
  • Short visual cultural insights
Features
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Lava Guide is a Tenerife travel guide and trip planner: hikes, day trips, multi-day itineraries and city tours, all tested in person. FREE NOW during launch, with no ads and no affiliate links. Every hike, town and restaurant in the app was tried in person by the author over years of exploring the island. You get real distances, timings, parking tips and the reason behind each stop. No copied lists, no sponsored picks. — DAY TRIPS & ITINERARIES — Day trips and multi-day itineraries planned from start to finish: where to go, what to see, in which order and how long each stop takes. Everything is ready. Open the app, follow the map and enjoy the day. — HIKES — Hikes across Tenerife for every level, from the laurel forests of Anaga to the volcanic landscapes of Teide National Park. Each hike shows its difficulty, distance, ascent, time, starting point and map, often with route variants. The Benijo walk, for example, comes in three versions, from 5.5 km to 9 km. — CITY TOURS — Self-guided walking tours of Santa Cruz, La Laguna, La Orotava, Garachico and Puerto de la Cruz, at your own pace and with a map. Each tour explains the culture and architecture in front of you, with restaurants and cafés along the way that the author has really tried. — EXPERIENCES — Tested experiences all over the island, from stargazing in Teide National Park to the Casa de los Balcones, and many more, with prices shown up front. — TRIP PLANNER — For those who love a plan. Pick your dates, then add hikes, day trips and experiences to each day. The planner turns them into a day-by-day itinerary with a map of every day's route, so nothing important gets forgotten. — INSIGHTS — Short visual stories you swipe through, each on a single subject: local culture and traditions, when to visit, where to stay, how to get around and what to pack. No scrolling through endless articles. Use Lava Guide before your trip to plan it, and on the island to follow it. Created by a traveller, for travellers.

Screenshots

Malaga Tips4 screens
Tenerife by Lava Guide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Tenerife by Lava Guide at every 2 weeks against Malaga Tips's every 5 months. 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

Malaga Tips ships an update every 5 months, Tenerife by Lava Guide every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Malaga Tips versus Tenerife by Lava Guide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMalaga TipsTenerife by Lava Guide
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB66 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperGoHereSanda Pascaru

In-app purchases

None

Malaga Tips

No in-app purchases

None

Tenerife by Lava Guide

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Malaga Tips free?
Malaga Tips is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tenerife by Lava Guide free?
Tenerife by Lava Guide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Malaga Tips or Tenerife by Lava Guide have ads?
Neither Malaga Tips nor Tenerife by Lava Guide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Malaga Tips or Tenerife by Lava Guide?
Malaga Tips ships an update every 5 months, and Tenerife by Lava Guide every 2 weeks. Most recently, Malaga Tips was updated on October 25, 2026 and Tenerife by Lava Guide on October 31, 2026.

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