Comparison

Strabo vs Instant Guide

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

Head to head
About

Strabo

Experience historical sites through immersive audio stories and ambient soundscapes. Explore at your own pace with offline listening options and virtual tours. Discover the world's rich history, narrated by experts.

Highlights
  • Narrated audio stories
  • Multiple narrator options
  • Ambient soundscapes
  • Offline listening
  • Virtual tours
  • Multi-language support
  • Regularly updated tours
Features
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Some places don't whisper their stories — you have to listen. Strabo turns every landmark into an audio experience, narrated like a story and layered with ambient sound, so history feels less like a museum plaque and more like a scene you just walked into. HOW IT WORKS Pick a place you want to understand. Open it, press play, and listen. Walk at your own pace, stop where you want, come back tomorrow. No tickets, no tour groups, no schedules — just you, the place, and a voice that knows its history. You decide when to start each stop, when to pause, when to move on. KEY FEATURES • Narrated Audio Stories — written with historians and local guides, told like a story • Multiple Narrators — pick the voice you want to travel with, in every language • Ambient Soundscapes — the atmosphere of the era playing quietly behind every story • Offline Listening — download a tour before you go and listen without a signal • Virtual Tours — experience a destination from home, even if you can't travel there yet • 7 Languages, and Growing — English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, and Turkish today. More on the way. • New Tours Added Regularly — our library keeps expanding, with fresh destinations released all the time FEATURED TOURS • Colosseum, Roman Forum & Pantheon — Rome • Ephesus & Pamukkale — Türkiye • Istanbul Historic Peninsula — Türkiye • Acropolis of Athens & Delphi — Greece • Pyramids of Giza & Luxor — Egypt • Petra — Jordan • Masada — Israel • Baalbek — Lebanon • Stonehenge & Hadrian's Wall — England • Pont du Gard — France • Barcelona & Seville — Spain …and new destinations added all the time. PERFECT FOR • Solo travelers who want to explore at their own pace • Families looking for something everyone can enjoy together • History and culture lovers who want more than a guidebook • Anyone curious about the world, at home or on the road Every city has a story. Strabo tells it to you — one step, one sound at a time. Questions or feedback? Write to us at hello@appstrabo.com.

About

Instant Guide

Explore landmarks worldwide with in-depth audio tours. Discover stories, secrets, history, art, and fun facts in short, engaging audio segments. Unlock full tours with credits for a comprehensive, offline listening experience.

Highlights
  • Worldwide landmark coverage
  • In-depth audio tours
  • Stories, secrets, history, art, fun facts
  • Offline listening
  • Multi-language support
  • Preview free introductions
Features
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Your audio guide to any landmark. Listen and explore any place in-depth with stories, secrets, history, art, and fun facts, in short, snackable audio nuggets. Most audio guides are limited to only a few areas. Instant Guide is worldwide with over 11,000 landmarks with audio tours, each hand-curated so only the most interesting and historically rich places appear. Content is organized into categories: Stories, Secrets & Surprises, History, Art & Design, and Fun Facts, with unlockable hidden nuggets in each category so you discover what guidebooks never tell you. Full tours run up to one hour of rich context per place. Tap a landmark on the map or search by city or place, and get a tour that goes far beyond the usual surface-level summary. HOW IT WORKS • Explore — See nearby landmarks on the map or in a list. Search by city or place name anywhere in the world. • Preview free — Tap a place and start the tour. The introduction audio is always free so you can try the depth and style before unlocking. • Unlock with credits — Use credits to unlock the full tour (all categories). • Read along — Follow the tour text on screen as you listen, or enjoy audio-only. • Listen anywhere — Download for offline use. Play in the background or start and stop from your phone's lock screen. Ideal for travel, museums, and walking. • Your language — Choose from English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Hindi, or Arabic. Full audio tours are in the language you select. WHY INSTANT GUIDE Categories that go deep Tours are built to go deep, history, culture, and stories, so you get the kind of detail you’d expect from a great guide. Up to one hour per place Dozens of nuggets per tour add up to in-depth coverage so you can really explore a landmark the way you want, either focus on history only or listen to all categories. No subscription Buy credits when you need them. Unlock a tour once and keep it; no recurring fees. Offline ready Unlock a tour, download it, and listen without internet—perfect for roaming, flights, or low-signal areas. Truly global Worldwide coverage with over 11,000 landmarks with audio tours, all hand-curated so only the most interesting and historically rich places appear. Search by city or landmark and get a full tour on demand. Your Tours, Your Account Unlocked tours stay in your library and can be re-downloaded anytime.

Screenshots

Strabo4 screens
Instant Guide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Instant Guide at 15.6 against Strabo's 18.6. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Strabo sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days and Instant Guide sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Strabo against 5.0 for Instant Guide. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Strabo ships an update every 5 days, Instant Guide every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Strabo versus Instant Guide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStraboInstant Guide
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.615.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size95 MB93 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCuneyt FaikogluSoftware Beyond Limits

Customer experience

Strabo

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Instant Guide

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Strabo

Subscriptions4
  • Strabo Premium Weekly$5.997 Days
  • Strabo Premium Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Strabo Premium Yearly$29.991 Year
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  • Strabo Premium Yearly$49.991 Year
3 purchases

Instant Guide

One-time3
  • 6 credits$0.99
  • 36 credits$4.99
  • 84 credits$9.99

Questions

Is Strabo free?
Strabo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Instant Guide free?
Instant Guide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Strabo or Instant Guide?
Strabo and Instant Guide are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Strabo or Instant Guide have ads?
Neither Strabo nor Instant Guide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Strabo or Instant Guide?
Strabo ships an update every 5 days, and Instant Guide every 3 days. Most recently, Strabo was updated on October 28, 2026 and Instant Guide on October 20, 2026.

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