ChurchExplorer vs Cathedral Tracker

Enjoy free days out visiting the UK’s best church heritage. The ChurchExplorer app is THE companion guide for discovering the rich stories of churches across the UK. With ChurchExplorer you can discover the stories of churches and follow self-guided: * Church interior building tours * Churchyard trails * Single page overviews * Multi-church journeys and pilgrimages At the centre of every experience are the church buildings that have been at the heart of our community for centuries. USING CHURCHEXPLORER Use the ChurchExplorer’s Map or Search feature to find churches and self-guided tours. Save your favourites and discover their stories both in the app and through seamless links to other digital content. GPS & INTERACTIVE CONTENT Churchyard and multi-church tours and pilgrimages use GPS to identify your location and notify you when you are at a place of interest. Navigate indoor church building tours using an interactive floor plan with numbered hotspots. Multimedia tours include text, images, audio, video, quizzes and other interactive features. PUBLISH YOUR CHURCH TOUR Do you care for a church? Offer fascinating self-led tours of your church with ChurchExplorer, without the clutter of leaflets, banners or exhibition boards! Get in touch via the app's More tab to learn how you can publish your own self-guided church tour(s). You can add donation buttons too. (This app makes use of GPS to show you places of interest close to your current location. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.)

Explore Britain’s cathedrals like a modern pilgrim. Cathedral Tracker helps you discover, visit and track cathedrals across the UK, whether you’re a walker, heritage enthusiast, history lover, pilgrim or determined completionist. From individual cathedral visits to longer journeys and pilgrimage routes, Cathedral Tracker gives you the tools to plan your adventures and keep a personal record of the places you’ve explored. EXPLORE UK CATHEDRALS • Discover cathedrals across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland • Explore locations on an interactive map • Colour-coded markers show visited and unvisited cathedrals • Filter the map to show all, visited or unvisited locations • Quickly find your nearest unvisited cathedral • Browse detailed cathedral information • Open cathedral websites and Wikipedia pages for further information TRACK YOUR VISITS Build your own personal record as you explore. • Mark cathedrals as visited • Record visit dates • Add personal notes and ratings • Add cathedrals to your favourites • Attach photos from your visits • See your progress grow over time PILGRIMAGE ROUTES Explore established pilgrimage routes across Britain. Browse a growing collection of pilgrimage and long-distance routes linking cathedrals, churches, historic sites and landscapes. Use the interactive route maps to explore each journey and discover the places along the way. Whether you intend to walk an entire pilgrimage or simply explore sections during your travels, Cathedral Tracker makes these historic journeys easier to discover. STATS & ACHIEVEMENTS Turn exploring Britain’s cathedrals into a challenge. Track: • Total cathedrals visited and remaining • Overall completion percentage • Visits by year and month • Progress by denomination • Progress by UK nation • Favourite and top-rated cathedrals • Achievements as you reach new milestones PLAN YOUR NEXT TRIP Use Cathedral Tracker to help decide where to go next. • Find your closest unvisited cathedral • Save cathedrals as favourites • Build multi-stop routes • Optimise routes between locations • Open planned journeys in Google Maps Ideal for cathedral road trips, walking adventures, holidays and pilgrimage journeys. EXPORT YOUR JOURNEY Your cathedral visits form a personal travel record. Export your progress to CSV so you can keep, analyse or share your cathedral journey outside the app. BUILT FOR REAL EXPLORATION Cathedral Tracker is designed for people who actually get out and visit these places. • Fast and lightweight • Designed to remain useful when travelling • No account required • No social tracking • Visit information remains on your device Whether you’re ticking off a lifelong goal, following an ancient pilgrimage route, planning a cathedral road trip or simply exploring Britain’s extraordinary architectural and religious heritage, Cathedral Tracker helps you discover what’s out there and remember where you’ve been. Walk it. Track it. Complete it. PREMIUM FEATURES Cathedral Tracker includes optional Premium access, available as a one-time purchase. Premium unlocks additional tools including: • Pilgrimage Routes • Multi-stop Route Planner • Route optimisation • Advanced statistics • Achievements • Nearest Unvisited • Cathedral website and Wikipedia links • Visit notes and additional visit details • Photo features • CSV progress export The core cathedral database, map and cathedral exploration features remain free to use. PRIVACY Cathedral Tracker does not require an account. Location access is used only for location-based features such as finding nearby cathedrals and calculating distances. Visit logs, photos, notes and other personal tracking information are stored locally on your device.