Rhode Tour vs BrownU
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rhode Tour
Explore Rhode Island's rich heritage and culture through an interactive GPS-enabled map. Discover historical locations with detailed information, archival images, and media. Access content online or via the mobile app.
- Interactive GPS-enabled map
- Historical location information
- Archival images and media
- Heritage and culture exploration
- Coastal to coast coverage
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Rhode Tour places the heritage and culture of Rhode Island at your fingertips with this free Smartphone app. Known as the “Ocean State,” Rhode Island is filled with interesting stories, captivating places, and intriguing people from coast to coast. With a growing list of interpretive stories, each point on the interactive GPS-enabled map includes historical information about the location, along with historic images and media from archival collections and historical publications. The information on the app may also be accessed by visiting the project website at rhodetour.org. Rhode Tour is brought to you by the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage and the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities.
BrownU
Access essential campus information for the Brown University community. Stay updated on campus events, view dining menus, and find other useful resources on the go.
- Campus event listings
- Dining menu information
- On-the-go access
- Community resources
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The BrownU app has on-the-go information for the Brown University community including campus events, dining menus and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Rhode Tour at 5.0 against BrownU's 4.4. Rhode Tour also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%). BrownU's advantage is ratings volume (21 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Rhode Tour holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BrownU has 21 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Rhode Tour's written reviews are positive against 75% of BrownU's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rhode Tour | BrownU |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.4 (21 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 21 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Cleveland State University Research Corporation | Brown University Computing & Information Services |
Customer experience
Rhode Tour
BrownU
In-app purchases
Rhode Tour
No in-app purchases
BrownU
No in-app purchases
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