Comparison

CloudGuide vs DK Eyewitness Audio Walks

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

Head to head
About

CloudGuide

Discover the world's most interesting places with audio guides and multimedia tours. Plan your visits, access official content from cultural heritage sites, and create lasting memories. This app offers a unified experience for sightseeing, eliminating the need for multiple downloads.

Highlights
  • One app for all sites
  • Official content from heritage sites
  • Multimedia tours (audio, video, image)
  • Offline mode
  • Ticketing and visitor information
  • Multilingual content
  • Indoor and outdoor maps
Features
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CloudGuide is the perfect app for tourists and culture lovers, looking for a new way to experience sightseeing. Let CloudGuide become your personal guide around the most interesting places, attractions and museums around the world such as the Eiffel Tower (France), the Sagrada Familia (Spain), Stonehenge (United Kingdom), Victoria and Albert Museum (United Kingdom), Vienna State Opera (Austria), the Museum of Science (USA), the Atomium (Belgium) and many others. CloudGuide helps you plan your visit (choose from hundreds of museums, historical sites, parks and monuments nearby, check their opening hours and agenda, get your tickets), make it more fun (enjoy multimedia tours, professionally made audio guides and games) and cherish memories (take notes, send postcards and share the things that impressed you most with your family and friends). Forget about downloading a new app for every museum you visit – CloudGuide unites ALL places in ONE app. And CloudGuide always tells you the REAL story of the place – all the content on the app is coming directly from the cultural heritage sites. Download the app and choose where the next journey brings you! Main Features: • One app for all sites – no need to download another app for every place you visit • Official content • Instant access to hundreds of your favourite tourist sites and museums worldwide - over 1000 sites in 13 countries • Small download size • User friendly, smart design • Offline mode • Multimedia tours (audio, video and image galleries) • Updated agenda of events for your favorite places • Detailed visitor info and opening hours • Ticketing • Multilingual content • Indoor and outdoor maps • Quizzes and scavenger hunts • Tags, favourites and notes • Ratings and reviews • Share on social media • Send selfies and postcards to family and friends Recommended travel and culture app by Time Out Magazine. Enjoy sightseeing with CloudGuide!

About

DK Eyewitness Audio Walks

Explore London and New York City with expertly curated audio walking tours. Discover hidden gems and iconic landmarks with offline GPS maps and fascinating facts at your own pace.

Highlights
  • Expertly curated walking tours
  • Offline GPS maps
  • Captivating stories and facts
  • Customizable pace
  • Practical information included
  • Unlimited downloads
Features
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DK Eyewitness Travel Audio Walks: City walking tours with offline maps Expertly curated walking tours of the highlights of London and New York City. DK Eyewitness Travel Audio Walks will guide you to each city’s unmissable sights and hidden secrets. These attraction-packed tours cover all the most interesting areas, iconic landmarks, and a host of little-known spots and unexplored corners. Simple to use, with GPS positioning and offline maps, each walk delivers a wealth of fun and fascinating facts, at a pace you set yourself. With captivating stories behind every stop, it’s the easiest way to really get under the skin of the cities. Discover the best of London with a stroll along the stunning Southbank of the Thames, a meander through its world-renowned museum quarter or on a hunt for its many royal highlights. Or get right to the heart of New York City with a walk along its striking waterfront, explore the artistic legacy of leafy Greenwich Village or seek out the stand-out spots of must-visit Brooklyn. Claim one free walking tour sample when you sign up to our newsletter, or all walks to a city when you purchase the DK Eyewitness Travel Guide to London or New York City. FEATURES: - Unique walks written by travel experts who know the cities inside out. - Unlimited downloads so all of your family and friends can enjoy the walk at the same time. - Works offline with GPS-enabled maps so you’ll always know exactly where you are. - Key practical information included for each walk (length, duration, transport links). - Do the whole walk, or easily skip to the part that is of most interest. - Listen on the go, or go back and read about each stop individually. WALKS: London - Southbank: The London Eye to The Shard - Theatreland and Covent Garden: Soho Square to Somerset House - Royal London: Houses of Parliament to Trafalgar Square - The City: Tower Bridge to St Paul’s Cathedral - Museum Quarter: Kensington Gardens to Diana Memorial Playground New York City - Lower East Side: The Bowery to Nolita - Greenwich Village and Soho: Jefferson Market Library to Greene Street and the Cast-Iron District - Waterfront: One World Observatory to South Street Seaport - Brooklyn: Brooklyn Bridge to New York Transit Museum - Upper East Side: The Frick Collection to The Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum Gathering of Analytics Data "The Dorling Kindersley Limited ("DK") DK Eyewitness Travel Audio Walks app uses a third-party app service provider ("GOOGLE ANALYTICS") in order to create accurate, real-time user data reports so that DK can continue to improve the app user experience. The service collects and submits anonymous aggregated data about which app features are being used most frequently as well as your mobile device UDID (unique phone Identifiers) and/or IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identities), which are also anonymised via a secure hashing protocol, to Adobe servers. This information will be used to continually improve the features and functionality that DK releases in its subsequent versions of its mobile apps. This app also uses "MAPBOX" to enable our mapping and location services. Mapbox may collect data such as IP addresses which will be used solely for diagnostic and analytic purposes to improve their services."

Screenshots

CloudGuide4 screens
DK Eyewitness Audio Walks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: CloudGuide at 2.4 against DK Eyewitness Audio Walks's 1.5. CloudGuide also leads on review sentiment (25% vs 10%) and ratings volume (63 vs 17). DK Eyewitness Audio Walks's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. CloudGuide sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. DK Eyewitness Audio Walks asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CloudGuide holds the better App Store score, 2.4 against 1.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 63 and 17 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of CloudGuide's written reviews are positive against 10% of DK Eyewitness Audio Walks's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
CloudGuide versus DK Eyewitness Audio Walks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCloudGuideDK Eyewitness Audio Walks
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.4 (63 ratings) — better1.5 (17 ratings)
Positive reviews25.4% of reviews — better10.3% of reviews
Number of ratings63 — better17
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB107 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCloudGuideDorling Kindersley

Customer experience

CloudGuide

All ratings63 ratings
Positive30.2%
Neutral4.8%
Negative65.1%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive25.4%
Neutral4.8%
Negative69.8%

DK Eyewitness Audio Walks

All ratings17 ratings
Positive11.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative88.2%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive10.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative89.7%

In-app purchases

11 purchases

CloudGuide

One-time11
  • Premium guide content (T1)$0.99
  • Premium guide content (AB)$0.99
  • Premium guide content (A2)$1.99
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  • Premium guide content (T2)$1.99
  • Premium guide content (A1)$1.99
  • Premium guide content (A3)$2.99
  • Premium guide content (T3)$3.99
  • Premium guide content (A4)$3.99
  • Premium guide content (T4)$3.99
  • Premium guide content (A5)$4.99
  • Premium guide content (T5)$4.99
None

DK Eyewitness Audio Walks

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CloudGuide free?
CloudGuide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DK Eyewitness Audio Walks free?
DK Eyewitness Audio Walks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CloudGuide or DK Eyewitness Audio Walks?
CloudGuide is rated higher. CloudGuide averages 2.4 out of 5 from 63 ratings, while DK Eyewitness Audio Walks averages 1.5 from 17 ratings.
Do CloudGuide or DK Eyewitness Audio Walks have ads?
Neither CloudGuide nor DK Eyewitness Audio Walks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CloudGuide or DK Eyewitness Audio Walks?
CloudGuide ships an update every 4 months, and DK Eyewitness Audio Walks every 4 months. Most recently, CloudGuide was updated on October 11, 2026 and DK Eyewitness Audio Walks on October 4, 2026.

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