Tour Buddy Guide vs Lipsi CityExplore
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.
Lipsi CityExplore
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Discover Lipsi with a guide that fits in your pocket. Sights, beaches, churches and archaeological sites, with photographs, descriptions and their exact place on the map. Search, filter by category, and keep your favourites close. What's inside • Sights, activities and events across the island • Routes with their stops and step-by-step navigation • Island map with every point, filters and "near me" • Trip planner: build your itinerary day by day • Digital tour, augmented reality and virtual tour • QR scanning at points of interest • Essentials: emergency numbers, how to reach the island, weather forecast, fuel stations • A heads-up for events starting today or tomorrow Works without a connection. Download the guide to your device before you travel and read articles, photographs and routes with no data — useful where the signal is weak.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lipsi CityExplore at none against Tour Buddy Guide's 18. Tour Buddy Guide's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 11 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Lipsi CityExplore asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tour Buddy Guide ships an update every 3 months, Lipsi CityExplore every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tour Buddy Guide | Lipsi CityExplore |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 135 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OnCell Systems | Dotsoft |
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
Lipsi CityExplore
No in-app purchases
Questions
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