HearHere History vs Diomap
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HearHere History
Discover the history of any location with an AI-powered guide. Hear unique stories, ask questions, and explore the past through interactive features. Perfect for travelers and curious locals alike.
- AI-powered historical narration
- Choose from multiple narrator personas
- On This Day historical facts
- Time Machine historical exploration
- Ask follow-up history questions
- History trivia quizzes
- Save and share favorite stories
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HearHere History tells you what happened right where you are. Open the app, hear a story about your street, neighborhood, or city — narrated in your favorite voice, grounded in real sources. Free to use with 5 narrations per day. Upgrade to HearHere Premium for unlimited access. CORE FEATURES - Auto-Narrate Where You Stand - Just open the app. GPS detects your location and you'll hear a vivid history of where you are. PREMIUM FEATURES (requires HearHere Premium) - Unlimited daily narrations - Narrations in Spanish and French - Walking Tours — guided routes through nearby historical sites with 3, 5, or 7 stops - Step Into History — themed walking tours sized to your daily step goal, with HealthKit - Go Deeper — drill into key figures, timelines, and AI-suggested topics for any story Hidden Stories -The dark, secret, and lesser-known history most tour guides won't tell you. Explore the Map -Tap anywhere on Earth — the Colosseum, the Great Wall, that strange building you saw on TV — and hear its full story. Ask Anything -Curious about a detail? Ask follow-up questions by voice or text and get an instant answer about local history. PERFECT FOR - City walkers who want to know what they're walking past - Travelers who'd rather skip the guidebook - History fans tired of generic AI summaries - Anyone who's ever wondered "what happened here?"
Diomap
Explore cities with an audio guide that covers popular destinations and lesser-known towns. Discover stories about your surroundings, collect virtual souvenirs, and test your knowledge with quizzes.
- Audio guides for cities
- Covers popular and smaller towns
- Interactive storytelling
- Virtual souvenir collection
- Post-visit quizzes
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Visiting a new city? Or do you just want to know more about where you live? Diomap is an audio guide for popular places like Copenhagen, Paris, and New York. It is also one of the few guides that works in smaller cities you might never have heard of, like Aarhus, Odense, or Aalborg. Walk around, listen to stories about the places you pass, pick up souvenirs as you go, and take a quiz after if you want. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://diomap.com/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Diomap at none against HearHere History's 2. Diomap also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. HearHere History sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Diomap asks for nothing beyond the download.
HearHere History ships an update fortnightly, Diomap every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HearHere History | Diomap |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 125 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Sina Sima | Magnus Kyneb |
Customer experience
HearHere History
Diomap
In-app purchases
HearHere History
- Monthly Premium$3.991 Month
- Annual$19.991 Year
Diomap
No in-app purchases









