Comparison

Open World vs Awe Trips

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

Head to head
About

Open World

Explore your city like a game, uncovering over 9,900 hidden stories and secrets as you walk. Collect discoveries in your journal, unlock detailed 3D maps, and complete quests. You can even explore cities remotely from your couch.

Highlights
  • Discover hidden stories by walking
  • Collect secrets in a journal
  • Unlock detailed 3D city maps
  • Explore cities remotely
  • Complete themed quests
  • Apple Watch integration
Features
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You've walked past it a hundred times. You never knew the story. Open World turns your city into an open-world game. Walk anywhere and 9,900+ hidden stories appear around you: forgotten prisons, secret mansions, the reason Amsterdam's houses lean forward. No tour. No fixed route. Just walk! ► COLLECT SECRETS Walk around. Secret stories appear as you get close. Every one you collect goes into your journal. ► UNLOCK THE MAP Reveal a detailed 3D map of your city, one neighbourhood at a time. ► MADE FOR LOCALS Turn your commute, lunch walk or Sunday stroll into a treasure hunt. ► FAST-TRAVEL Planning a trip? Explore any city from your couch. Scout a neighbourhood before you go, or visit somewhere faraway. ► COMPLETE QUESTS Help the historian Lindy with her research. Solve themed quests across the city and reveal big mysteries. ► APPLE WATCH Secrets show up on your wrist. Your phone can stay in the pocket. ► LEADERBOARD See who has found the most secrets in your city. ► 16 CITIES Netherlands: Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht, Haarlem, Leiden, Maastricht Germany: Berlin, Potsdam, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Dresden UK: London Austria: Vienna Hungary: Budapest USA: San Francisco More coming soon!. ► PRICING Free to try. Unlock a full city with a one-time purchase. No subscription. Made in Amsterdam by a solo indie developer. Questions or ideas: openworldapp.xyz

About

Awe Trips

Features
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Awe Trips is your travel copilot on iPhone. Before you go, it turns scattered bookings into an itinerary organized by day. On the road, it answers one question: what do I do now? And when you’re back, it keeps what stayed with you. BUILD YOUR ITINERARY WITHOUT TYPING • Import your flight PDF, hotel email or ticket screenshot: items land on the right day, in the right time zone. • Everything is read on your iPhone. Anything it can’t find is flagged for you to review; nothing is made up. • It also reads the free cancellation deadline, baggage, breakfast and check-in time from your booking. • No bookings yet? Pick places by swiping cards and get a suggested itinerary split into morning, afternoon and evening, at the pace you like. KNOW WHAT’S NEXT • Your next plan always front and center, with the time until it starts. • Time to leave: when to head to the airport or station, with travel time and a buffer. • Free time between plans shows up on the day’s timeline. • Search everything in your trip, even your journal, right on your device. • Lock Screen alerts, widgets and Siri. NEVER GET LOST • Help me get there: direction and distance to your next stop, even offline. • Walking and transit directions in Apple Maps with one tap. • A map of the day with every stop. DOCUMENTS AND LISTS AT HAND • Tickets, bookings and passes attached to each item and available offline. • Boarding passes straight to Apple Wallet. • Protect your most sensitive documents with Face ID. • Packing and to-do lists with suggestions of what usually goes, and someone in charge of each item. TRAVEL TOGETHER • Invite your travel companions: everyone sees changes instantly, each with their own role. • A group wish list with votes, and a conversation on every item in the itinerary. • Bring in places from a screenshot, a text or a blog link. • An itinerary link for people without the app: it opens in the browser, no account needed, and never shows booking codes, prices or attachments. • Your itinerary as a PDF, and the day as a ready-to-send message. SPLIT EXPENSES • Log who paid, split it your way and see who owes whom. MEMORIES • A daily journal with text and photos. • A recap at the end of the trip: a card for stories or your feed with days, cities and km walked. BUILT FOR TRAVEL • Works offline and syncs when you’re back online. • Start without an account; sign in with Apple or Google whenever you want a backup. AWE TRIPS PREMIUM On the free plan, you create 1 trip, with activities on 1 day, 1 attachment and 1 import per month. Trips you’re invited to don’t count. Premium removes these limits and adds: editors on your trip, Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, suggestions for your free time, plan the day with AI, apply the itinerary organization, your itinerary in iPhone Calendar, places for Google Maps, list templates, scanning receipts, answers from your itinerary, journal photos in the cloud, a map and history of your trips, a reminder before free cancellation ends, budgets by category, expenses in multiple currencies and expense export. The subscription renews automatically and can be canceled anytime in your iPhone Settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Open World4 screens
Awe Trips4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Open World at none against Awe Trips's shown. Open World also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Open World sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Awe Trips sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Open World ships an update every 5 days, Awe Trips every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Open World versus Awe Trips: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOpen WorldAwe Trips
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB91 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperPeter HagenBruno Lima

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Open World

One-time10
  • 1 Ticket$3.99
  • Haarlem$4.99
  • 2 Tickets$5.99
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  • 5 Tickets$8.99
  • The Hague$8.99
  • Rotterdam$8.99
  • Maastricht$8.99
  • Leiden$8.99
  • 10 Tickets$14.99
  • 20 Tickets$17.99
3 purchases

Awe Trips

Subscriptions3
  • Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Premium Annual Discount$9.991 Year
  • Premium Annual$11.991 Year

Questions

Is Open World free?
Open World is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Awe Trips free?
Awe Trips is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Open World or Awe Trips have ads?
Awe Trips shows ads; Open World does not.
Which is updated more often, Open World or Awe Trips?
Open World ships an update every 5 days, and Awe Trips every 2 days. Most recently, Open World was updated on November 8, 2026 and Awe Trips on October 31, 2026.

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