Comparison

Heretoo vs Surfaced Tour Studio

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

Head to head
About

Heretoo

This app notifies you when you and your friends will be in the same city simultaneously, preventing missed opportunities for reunions. It focuses on privacy and avoids social media noise by only sharing planned trip dates and locations with accepted friends.

Highlights
  • Add planned trips with cities and dates
  • Connect with friends via invite
  • Receive overlap alerts for shared locations/dates
  • Private by default, friend-accepted visibility
  • No social feeds or real-time tracking
  • Match by proximity radius
  • Reach out via WhatsApp or SMS
Features
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Heretoo quietly tells you when you and your friends will be in the same city at the same time — so no reunion slips by just because nobody knew in time. You travel. Your friends travel. But you usually find out too late that someone was in town the same week you were. Heretoo fixes that — without feeds, stories, or broadcasting where you are. HOW IT WORKS 1. Add your trips — pick a city and your dates, and mark whether they're confirmed or still tentative. 2. Connect friends — invite them by WhatsApp, SMS, or by choosing a single contact. Heretoo never reads your full address book. 3. Get overlap alerts — when your dates and city line up with an accepted friend's, Heretoo sends you a push. You decide whether to reach out. WHY HERETOO • Private by default — only friends you both accept can see your trips. Nothing is public. • No social noise — it's not a feed and it's not stalking. Just a clear signal: someone you know will be there too. • No real-time tracking — Heretoo only uses the cities and dates you choose to share. It never follows your location. • Match by proximity — heading to Lisbon while a friend goes to Cascais the same week still counts. You set the match radius. • Reach out your way — message a match straight over WhatsApp or SMS. No closed inbox, no pressure. Built for people who plan ahead and have friends scattered across the map — remote workers, frequent flyers, students abroad, expats, and anyone tired of "wait, you were HERE last week?" Add a trip, invite a friend, and let Heretoo catch the overlaps for you.

About

Surfaced Tour Studio

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Every street has a story. Surfaced helps you discover it. Choose where you want to explore, tell Surfaced what interests you, and get a personalized audio walking tour created around you. Want to explore Seattle’s grunge history? Art Deco in Miami Beach? Architecture, music, hidden history, local legends, or something completely different? Choose your theme, location, and walking time. Surfaced finds the most relevant places and builds the experience from there. A TOUR MADE FOR YOU Surfaced doesn’t simply give you a list of nearby attractions. Each tour is researched, fact-checked, structured into a walking route, written as a connected story, professionally narrated, and paired with a soundtrack. EXPLORE WHAT INTERESTS YOU You’re not limited to a catalog of pre-made tours. Choose your own subject and starting point, and Surfaced creates a tour based on the interesting places available around you. MORE THAN DIRECTIONS Follow a mapped walking route from story to story. At each stop, listen to narration designed to explain not only what you’re looking at, but why it matters and how it connects to the larger story. YOUR TOUR, YOUR WAY Choose how long you want to walk, review your route before starting, and customize your stops. Then put on your headphones and explore at your own pace. Whether you’re discovering a new city or seeing your own neighborhood differently, Surfaced turns an ordinary walk into a produced audio experience. Pick a place. Choose a story. Start walking.

Screenshots

Heretoo4 screens
Surfaced Tour Studio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Heretoo at none against Surfaced Tour Studio's 4. Heretoo also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.2). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Surfaced Tour Studio sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Heretoo asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Heretoo versus Surfaced Tour Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHeretooSurfaced Tour Studio
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMovanta IncSurfaced Studio LLC

In-app purchases

None

Heretoo

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Surfaced Tour Studio

Subscriptions2
  • Membership$14.991 Month
  • Membership (Annual)$99.991 Year
One-time2
  • Library Tour$4.99
  • Surfaced Tour$9.99

Questions

Is Heretoo free?
Heretoo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Surfaced Tour Studio free?
Surfaced Tour Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Heretoo or Surfaced Tour Studio have ads?
Neither Heretoo nor Surfaced Tour Studio shows ads.

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