Comparison

Tour Buddy Guide vs Action Tour Guide

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

Head to head
About

Tour Buddy Guide

Experience self-guided walking tours across the US and beyond. Receive location-based alerts and automatic audio playback for a hands-free, immersive exploration.

Highlights
  • Self-guided walking tours
  • Location-based alerts
  • Automatic audio playback
  • Hands-free operation
  • Tours across the US and more
Features
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Enjoy self-guided mobile walking tours from across the US and more. Receive location-based alerts and automatic audio play for a seamless, hands-free walking tour.

About

Action Tour Guide

Transform your travels into immersive, GPS-guided audio adventures with over 200 self-guided tours. Explore national parks, cities, and scenic drives at your own pace with offline maps and automatic audio playback at each point of interest.

Highlights
  • GPS-guided audio tours
  • 200+ self-guided experiences
  • Offline maps and GPS
  • Explore at your own pace
  • Hands-free driving with CarPlay
  • Lifetime validity for tours
Currently charting
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Go beyond the must-see sights with Action Tour Guide. Discover the fascinating stories behind iconic landmarks and hidden gems with 230+ self-guided audio tours across 40+ U.S. states and 15+ countries. Explore on your schedule as expert narration turns the sights you see into stories you’ll remember. Clear directions and offline maps to keep you on track - even without cell service. No tour bus, no timetable, no expiry. Your trip, taken further. How It Works: Turn your phone into a personal tour guide with Action Tour Guide. Start at the recommended location or join anywhere along the route, then follow the map as GPS automatically plays engaging stories, turn-by-turn directions, and helpful travel tips. No searching, scrolling, or tapping at every stop. Pause, explore, skip ahead, or continue whenever you’re ready - all at your own pace. Why You’ll Love Action Tour Guide ‣ Explore Your Way: Start whenever you’re ready, pause to enjoy the moment, and continue later right where you left off. ‣ Stories Come to Life: Fascinating stories, directions, and helpful tips play automatically at just the right moment as you drive or walk. ‣ Works Offline: Download your tour before you go, then keep exploring wherever the road takes you - even in remote areas without internet or cell service. ‣ 230+ Driving and Walking Tours: Discover historic sites, scenic drives, cities, national parks, and hidden gems worldwide. Where Will You Explore Next? National Parks ‣ Yellowstone National Park ‣ Grand Teton National Park ‣ Grand Canyon National Park ‣ Yosemite National Park ‣ Zion & Bryce Canyon National Parks ‣ Arches & Canyonlands National Parks ‣ Rocky Mountain National Park ‣ Mesa Verde National Park ‣ Glacier National Park (Going-to-the-Sun Road) ‣ Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks ‣ Acadia National Park ‣ Great Smoky Mountains National Park …and more Hawaii ‣ Maui Road to Hana ‣ Maui Haleakalā National Park ‣ Big Island & Hawaii Volcanoes ‣ Oahu Island & Waikiki ‣ Kauai (Waimea & Nā Pali) California ‣ 17-Mile Drive & Big Sur ‣ PCH Highway 1 ‣ Lake Tahoe ‣ Joshua Tree & Palm Springs ‣ Hollywood Celebrity Homes …and more Alaska ‣ Seward Highway ‣ Sterling Highway ‣ George Parks Highway ‣ Skagway's Gold Rush Scenic Drives ‣ Florida Keys (Seven Mile Bridge) ‣ Cape Cod & Provincetown ‣ Martha's Vineyard ‣ Newport, Rhode Island ‣ Kancamagus Highway ‣ Vermont Route 100 ‣ Blue Ridge Parkway …and more Cities, Historic Sites & Ghost Tours ‣ Boston Freedom Trail (5 Languages) ‣ Salem Witch Trials ‣ Washington D.C. ‣ Historic Charleston ‣ Savannah City & Ghost ‣ Gettysburg Battlefield Auto Tour (3 Languages) ‣ NYC (Central Park, Times Square, Wall Street & more) ‣ Colonial Williamsburg ‣ Newport's Cliff Walk ‣ Denver Walking …and more International Destinations ‣ Banff ‣ Jasper National Park ‣ Lake Louise & Moraine Lake ‣ Icefields Parkway ‣ Chichén Itzá (4 Languages) ‣ Tulum ‣ Puerto Vallarta ‣ San Juan ‣ Iceland (Golden Circle, Reykjanes, Snæfellsnes & Blue Lagoon) ‣ Scotland's Isle of Skye ‣ Austria's Salzburg ‣ Edinburgh ‣ Ireland’s Ring of Kerry ‣ Bangkok …and more Real Trips. Real Stories. Happy Travelers. "This is such a great app. You drive along, and as you come to a point of interest or historical info, the application and you get the story. It’s like being with a tour guide in the comfort of your own car. Highly recommend. Want to find more of his areas and tour them as well." "I would definitely use it again. I love the automaticity of it, and that we learned about our next stop as we traveled toward it. So easy to use and packed with great information, hiking tips, location of bathrooms, Length of Trails, etc." iPad Notice: To keep your tour on track and hear each story at the right location, use an iPad with built-in GPS/GNSS - typically a Wi-Fi + Cellular model. Notes: EULA - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy - https://actiontourguide.com/privacy/

Screenshots

Tour Buddy Guide4 screens
Action Tour Guide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Action Tour Guide at 84% against Tour Buddy Guide's 0%. Action Tour Guide also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (12K vs 3). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Tour Buddy Guide sells 18 one-off in-app purchases and Action Tour Guide sells 40 in-app purchases, starting at $99.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Action Tour Guide holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Action Tour Guide has 12K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Tour Buddy Guide's written reviews are positive against 84% of Action Tour Guide's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tour Buddy Guide ships an update every 3 months, Action Tour Guide every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Tour Buddy Guide versus Action Tour Guide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTour Buddy GuideAction Tour Guide
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (3 ratings)4.8 (12K ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews83.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings312K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#148 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size135 MB195 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOnCell SystemsAction Tour Guide

Customer experience

Tour Buddy Guide

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Action Tour Guide

All ratings11,806 ratings
Positive96.8%
Neutral1.5%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews401 reviews
Positive83.8%
Neutral5.5%
Negative10.7%

Bugs and requests

Tour Buddy Guide

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Action Tour Guide

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes or freezes
  • GPS tracking issues
  • Difficulty downloading/accessing tours

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to choose tour direction
  • More detailed information about sites
  • Integration with CarPlay/Android Auto
  • Option to disable background music
  • Improved offline functionality

In-app purchases

18 purchases

Tour Buddy Guide

One-time18
  • Go West: Downtown Houston$3.99
  • So Virginia: Charlottesville$3.99
  • Highs and Lows Downtown Dallas$3.99
Show 15 more
  • San Antonio: The Mission City$3.99
  • Seattle: It's a Big (Art) Deal$3.99
  • Revolutionary History Virginia$3.99
  • Seattle: Roots of Modernity$3.99
  • Downtown Madison$3.99
  • Milwaukee: A Tale of Two Towns$7.99
  • The Madison Pub Crawl Tour$7.99
  • Paddling the Boo Tour$7.99
  • Aberystwyth Audiowalk$7.99
  • Llangollen Audiowalk$7.99
  • Caernarfon AudioWalk$7.99
  • Cardiff Bay AudioWalk$7.99
  • Cardiff City Centre AudioWalk$7.99
  • Hiking Devil's Lake State Park$7.99
  • Circus Sites Bike Tour$7.99
40 purchases

Action Tour Guide

Subscriptions1
  • Action+ Yearly Subscription$99.991 Year
One-time39
  • Freedom Trail$9.99
  • Florida Keys$9.99
  • Maui Road to Hana$9.99
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  • 17-Mile Drive$9.99
  • Saguaro National Park Tour$14.99
  • Historic Charleston$14.99
  • Gettysburg Battlefield$14.99
  • Kauai$14.99
  • Zion National Park$14.99
  • Cades Cove$14.99
  • Salem Witch Trials$14.99
  • Big Sur Self-Guided Tour$14.99
  • Great Smoky Mountain Tour$16.99
  • Monument Valley Navajo Tour$16.99
  • Kancamagus Scenic Byway$16.99
  • Glacier National Park$16.99
  • Washington D.C. Monuments$16.99
  • Rocky Mountain National Park$16.99
  • Grand Teton National Park$16.99
  • Joshua Tree National Park$16.99
  • Hollywood Celebrity Homes$16.99
  • Yellowstone National Park$16.99
  • Palm Springs$16.99
  • Sequoia National Park$16.99
  • Grand Canyon National Park$16.99
  • Acadia National Park$16.99
  • Yosemite National Park$16.99
  • Palm Springs & Joshua Tree$16.99
  • Scenic Newport RI$16.99
  • Lake Tahoe$16.99
  • Arches National Park$16.99
  • Cape Cod and Provincetown Tour$16.99
  • Gettysburg Bundle$24.99
  • Hawaii - 4 Island Tours$29.99
  • Arizona Bundle$29.99
  • Grand Teton & Yellowstone$29.99
  • Utah Bundle$39.99
  • California Bundle$49.99
  • USA National Park Bundle$74.99

Questions

Is Tour Buddy Guide free?
Tour Buddy Guide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Action Tour Guide free?
Action Tour Guide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tour Buddy Guide or Action Tour Guide?
Action Tour Guide is rated higher. Tour Buddy Guide averages 4.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Action Tour Guide averages 4.8 from 12K ratings.
Do Tour Buddy Guide or Action Tour Guide have ads?
Neither Tour Buddy Guide nor Action Tour Guide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tour Buddy Guide or Action Tour Guide?
Tour Buddy Guide ships an update every 3 months, and Action Tour Guide every 3 weeks. Most recently, Tour Buddy Guide was updated on October 29, 2026 and Action Tour Guide on November 3, 2026.

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