Narrando vs Backyard Explorer

Turn your phone into a personal tour guide. Narrando lets you explore at your own pace with immersive audio guides anywhere in the world. Unlike traditional audioguides that only cover famous sites or fixed routes, Narrando uses AI to dig up facts and legends around you. It’s like having a private tour guide in your pocket, ready wherever you go. Use it as your travel guide for self-guided walking tours, city tours, or museum highlights around you, with offline audio (coming soon) when you need it. How Narrando works: Simply choose a destination or let Narrando detect where you are, and instantly get a self-guided audio tour. As you walk or drive, GPS-triggered narration plays automatically when you approach points of interest, so you can focus on your surroundings instead of your screen. Enjoy the sights while Narrando tells you the captivating stories behind them – history, culture, architecture, and hidden gems you might otherwise miss. Key Features: Global Coverage: Generate audio tours for any city or location worldwide. Whether it’s a major capital or an off-the-beaten-path town, Narrando brings local stories to life everywhere you go. AI-Powered Storytelling: Intelligent tour creation means content is always fresh and tailored. Narrando's AI finds interesting facts, anecdotes, and legends to provide rich context about your surroundings – even in places without famous landmarks. Personalized Tours: Customize your guided tour by selecting the points of interest that matter most to you. Choose the stops you want to visit based on your available time and preferences, creating a tour that fits your schedule perfectly. Affordable Travel Companion: Access high-quality audio tours at a fraction of the cost of traditional guided tours. Enjoy informative experiences without breaking the bank on expensive group tours or devices. Share with Friends and Family: One purchase, up to 3 people. If you buy a tour, you can share it with 2 additional people for free, so your travel companions can join the journey on their own devices at no extra charge. Exploring together has never been easier! Hands-Free Exploration: Narrando uses automatic GPS playback to trigger audio at the right place and time, allowing for true hands-free touring. Keep your phone in your pocket and your eyes on the scenery while the stories play. Local Insights & Hidden Gems: Go beyond the typical tourist path. Narrando reveals insider anecdotes and little-known facts, giving you the feeling of a local guide sharing secrets. Every city has a story – Narrando makes sure you hear it. Multi-Language Support: Tourist or local, listen in your preferred language. Narrando’s tours are available in English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Italian (and more coming), so you can explore comfortably in your own language. Download Narrando now and transform your next trip into an unforgettable audio adventure. Whether you’re a solo traveler or exploring with friends, Narrando is the smart, fun, and affordable way to discover new places. Your personal audio guide is always by your side – ready to narrate the world around you, anytime, anywhere! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Backyard turns any walk into a story. Wherever you are, a talking tree guide narrates real, fact-checked history and hidden stories about the exact block you're standing on, triggered automatically as you walk. No planning, no searching, no tapping through a list of stops. Just walk, and listen. SAME STREETS, FIVE DIFFERENT WALKS Pick a mood before you start, and hear the same city told a completely different way: Time Machine: what this spot looked like decades ago Hidden City: secrets hiding in plain sight Dark Side: unsolved mysteries and dark history Behind the Scenes: film locations and celebrity history Unfiltered: raw, funny, opinionated, like walking with a local friend who knows everything A MAP YOU HAVE TO EARN The map starts completely dark. Nothing shows, not a street, not a pin, until you've actually walked there. Every step you take reveals it for good. Other explorers' published routes stay invisible too, until you've personally discovered that exact spot yourself, so your map becomes a real record of your own exploration. REAL-WORLD EVENTS, NARRATED LIVE Backyard Events ties narration to real runs, parades, and festivals happening right now. Walk into an event's zone and the story shifts to be about what's actually happening around you, not just the block's usual history. MUSEUM TOURS GPS doesn't work indoors, so museum collections get their own kind of tour: fixed, narrated stops through a real museum's own collection, starting with The Metropolitan Museum of Art, advanced with a tap whenever you're ready for the next piece. DISCOVER AND REPLAY Browse routes other explorers have published and walk them yourself, hearing their original narration play back as you retrace their steps. Publish your own walks for others to discover. YOUR OWN EXPLORATION LOG Every walk is saved: distance, duration, and the story behind every stop, so you can relive it anytime. Track tours completed, distance walked, cities visited, and badges earned along the way. BACKYARD EXPLORER (OPTIONAL) Unlock Dark Side, Behind the Scenes, and Unfiltered moods, Dramatic and Warm narration voices, a higher daily story limit, and the ability to ask a question out loud anywhere on your walk. Backyard is free to download and use. Backyard Explorer is an optional subscription (monthly or annual) for anyone who wants more. Every street has a story. Go find it. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://backyardexplorer.org/privacy