Front Desk vs Détour
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Front Desk
This app provides students with access to school events, important information, and services like requesting letters or updating contact details. It also features a gallery for sharing photos with friends.
- Access school social calendar
- View advice, maps, and guides
- Request letters and book holidays
- Update contact details
- Share photos with friends
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If you are a student with a Guided e-Learning client, use this app to access: Events - your school's social calendar Information - advice, maps and guides to help you get the most out of your time with us Requests - request a letter, book a holiday, update your contact details Gallery - share pictures of your night out or trip with your school friends
Détour
Explore Paris through curated urban walks featuring audio, quizzes, panoramas, and augmented reality. Discover the city's architecture and culture, even from home. Designed to be engaging for all ages, it discreetly notifies you of points of interest.
- Curated urban walks
- Audio guides
- Quizzes and panoramas
- Augmented reality experiences
- Discover architecture and culture
- On-site or remote exploration
- Discreet point-of-interest notifications
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Welcome to Détour: take the time to explore the city of Paris! The Détour application offers you a set of urban walks, allowing you to learn more about your environment, the architecture and culture of the city of Paris. Through rich and fun content - audios, quizzes, panoramas, videos, augmented reality - each route guides you through the streets of Paris to help you discover its treasures, its unusual or unsuspected details. You can enjoy Détour wherever you are: directly on site, or even from home. Détour can also help you raise awareness among young audiences about their environment and pass on new knowledge to them in a light and fun way. To fully enjoy the walk, the Détour app is discreet: keep your phone in your pocket, and you will receive a notification when a remarkable point of interest is not to be missed ! The rest of the time, look up and take the time to admire your surroundings! Let Détour guide you and enjoy!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Détour at 50% against Front Desk's 0%. Détour also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 2 months). Front Desk's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Front Desk ships an update every 2 months, Détour every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Front Desk | Détour |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 131 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Guided e-Learning | CONST ARCHITECT URBAIN ENVIRONNEMENT |
Customer experience
Front Desk
Détour
In-app purchases
Front Desk
No in-app purchases
Détour
No in-app purchases
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