Comparison

Yerevan GUIDE@HAND vs Ruby

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

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Yerevan GUIDE@HAND

Features
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Yerevan GUIDE@HAND‘s contains full audio sightseeing content, tourist information, map and software for the Armenia city Yerevan. EXPLORE WITH OFFLINE MAP You can also discover the city’s points of interest on your own, using the “Explore” tab and our offline city map. Whenever you approach a point of interest your device will automatically provide you with basic relevant information. You can then choose to listen to additional, related stories. TOURIST SERVICES YOU CAN SEARCH AND DISPLAY ON YOUR MAP GUIDE@HAND also helps you choose from a range of handy tourist services near you such as restaurants, bars, shops etc. which you can display on your map. What to gain by getting GUIDE@HAND? INSTALL: By installing GUIDE@HAND, you already have access to our offline city map. Your current location will be indicated on the map and you can easily browse various services (POIs) available in the city. You can set the default language here. ATTENTION: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. This only applies to pressing the HOME button on the map view.

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Ruby

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Armenia in your ears — from the pink stone of Yerevan to a monastery on the edge of a cliff. Narrated audio guides to the places travellers actually go in Armenia. Download once and they play anywhere: in a gorge, on a marshrutka, at 3,000 metres — with no signal, no roaming and no data. START FREE The whole Yerevan guide is free, from a fortress raised in 782 BC to the singing fountains of Republic Square. Every other guide has a free excerpt, so you hear the narrator before you pay anything. NO SUBSCRIPTION — EVER Buy one guide, or unlock the entire library with a single payment and keep it for life. Nothing renews. Nothing expires. New guides are included in full access as they arrive. WHAT'S INSIDE • Yerevan — Republic Square, the Opera, the Cascade, the Matenadaran, Tsitsernakaberd (free) • Garni Temple — Armenia's only Greco-Roman temple, and the Symphony of Stones • Geghard Monastery — hewn into living rock, UNESCO World Heritage • Khor Virap — the deep pit of St Gregory, with Mount Ararat filling the sky behind it • Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin — the cathedral of the world's first Christian nation • Zvartnots Cathedral — the 7th-century rotunda an earthquake brought down • Tatev Monastery — cliff-top, reached by the world's longest reversible cable car • Sevanavank — two dark churches on a peninsula in Lake Sevan • Haghartsin — honey-coloured churches deep in the forests of Dilijan • Goshavank — a medieval university, and a khachkar carved like lace ...and more added over time. Every guide is cut into short chapters you can take at your own pace. BUILT FOR THE ROAD • Genuinely offline — the audio lives on your phone, it is not streamed • Chapter by chapter, so you listen while you walk and pause while you look • Every guide resumes exactly where you stopped • Plays in the background, with lock screen, AirPods and car controls • Open any site in Apple, Google or Yandex Maps, in one tap • Storage you control — see what each guide takes up, delete it, and it stays yours to download again TIPS FROM PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE Which ride app to use, and why there is no Uber. Why you need dram and not dollars. What to wear inside a monastery. Which sites pair up on one day's drive. Where the best gata is. Practical advice, not filler. ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN Both the guides and the app speak either language, and the two are chosen separately. Change either at any time. WHO IT IS FOR Independent travellers, road trips with a hired driver, cruise and layover visitors, diaspora coming home, and anyone who would rather have a story in their ear than follow a stranger holding an umbrella. No account. No sign-up. No ads. No tracking.

Screenshots

Yerevan GUIDE@HAND4 screens
Ruby4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Yerevan GUIDE@HAND at none against Ruby's 10. Yerevan GUIDE@HAND also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). 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. Ruby sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Yerevan GUIDE@HAND asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Yerevan GUIDE@HAND versus Ruby: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYerevan GUIDE@HANDRuby
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMTA SZTAKITigran Barseghyan

In-app purchases

None

Yerevan GUIDE@HAND

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Ruby

One-time10
  • Audio Guide - GeghardMonastery$0.99
  • Audio Guide - Haghartsin$0.99
  • Audio Guide-ZvartnotsCathedral$0.99
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  • Audio Guide - Goshavank$0.99
  • Audio Guide - Khor Virap$0.99
  • Audio Guide - Sevanavank$0.99
  • Audio Guide - Garni Temple$1.99
  • Audio Guide - Etchmiadzin$1.99
  • Audio Guide - Tatev Monastery$1.99
  • All audio guides$8.99

Questions

Is Yerevan GUIDE@HAND free?
Yerevan GUIDE@HAND is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ruby free?
Ruby is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Yerevan GUIDE@HAND or Ruby have ads?
Neither Yerevan GUIDE@HAND nor Ruby shows ads.

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