Cairo Guide | Monorail Metro vs BenchMarked
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cairo Guide | Monorail Metro
Navigate Cairo's public transit system with this comprehensive, offline guide. Plan your trips, calculate fares, and find the nearest stations for the metro, LRT, monorail, and BRT. Supports both Arabic and English.
- Offline transit navigation
- Trip planning with route options
- Fare calculation
- Nearest station finder
- Interactive network map
- Multi-language support (Arabic & English)
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Cairo Guide is your free, fully offline guide to navigating Cairo's transit network — metro, LRT, monorail, and BRT. - Plan Your Trip Enter your start and destination station and get the best route instantly — with alternative routes when available. - Calculate Your Fare Know the exact ticket price before you board. - Find the Nearest Station Enable location and instantly see the closest station to you. - Metro Map Browse the full network map with all lines and stations. - Works Offline All data is stored locally — no internet connection needed. - Arabic & English Full support for both languages. Covers: Metro Line 1, 2 & 3, Light Rail Transit (LRT), East & West Monorail, and BRT.
BenchMarked
Discover and share unique seating locations. Find nearby benches and add your own favorite spots to a community map. Because sometimes the best part of a place is the bench.
- Explore shared benches
- Discover nearby spots
- Add favorite benches
- Community map
- Find hidden gems
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Explore benches shared by others, discover hidden spots nearby, and add your own favorite places to the map. Because sometimes the best part of a place… is the bench.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BenchMarked at daily against Cairo Guide | Monorail Metro's every 10 days. BenchMarked also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Cairo Guide | Monorail Metro's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BenchMarked holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
Cairo Guide | Monorail Metro ships an update every 10 days, BenchMarked daily. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cairo Guide | Monorail Metro | BenchMarked |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ahmed Sayed Mokhtar Mohamed | Arnaud Gillard |
Customer experience
Cairo Guide | Monorail Metro
BenchMarked
In-app purchases
Cairo Guide | Monorail Metro
No in-app purchases
BenchMarked
No in-app purchases
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