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.
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.
- Self-guided walking tours
- Location-based alerts
- Automatic audio playback
- Hands-free operation
- Tours across the US and more
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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.
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.
- 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
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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/
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Tour Buddy Guide | Action Tour Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (3 ratings) | 4.8 (12K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 83.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 12K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #148 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 135 MB | 195 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OnCell Systems | Action Tour Guide |
Customer experience
Tour Buddy Guide
Action Tour Guide
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
Tour Buddy Guide
- Go West: Downtown Houston$3.99
- So Virginia: Charlottesville$3.99
- Highs and Lows Downtown Dallas$3.99
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- 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
Action Tour Guide
- Action+ Yearly Subscription$99.991 Year
- 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
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