Comparison

CloudGuide vs Explorial

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

Explorial

Explore cities by solving interactive puzzles and challenges on foot. This game offers a fun and engaging way to discover new places, earning points as you go. It's designed for groups and can be played at your own pace, taking around 1-2 hours to complete a tour.

Highlights
  • Interactive puzzle solving
  • City exploration
  • Point collection system
  • Self-paced gameplay
  • Group activity
  • Discover new cities
Features
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Solve puzzles. Have fun. Get to know the city. Explorial is an interactive and challenging game in which the objective is to collect as many points as possible as a group. You explore the city on foot and get points for solving different types of tasks. Whether you know your way around the city or are just visiting, with Explorial you are guaranteed to get to know the city in a new way. To start a trail, you will need a smartphone with an active internet connection, the free Explorial app, and a valid ticket for each player. With the ticket you can start the game immediately. No reservation is necessary. You can explore the city at your own pace. The game is not limited in time. Typically, it takes about 1-2 hours.

Screenshots

CloudGuide4 screens
Explorial4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Explorial at 69% against CloudGuide's 25%. Explorial also leads on rating (3.3 vs 2.4). CloudGuide's advantage is ratings volume (63 vs 7) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. CloudGuide sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Explorial sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Explorial holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CloudGuide has 63 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of CloudGuide's written reviews are positive against 69% of Explorial's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CloudGuide ships an update every 4 months, Explorial every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
CloudGuide versus Explorial: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCloudGuideExplorial
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.4 (63 ratings)3.3 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.4% of reviews68.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings63 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCloudGuideExplorial GmbH

Customer experience

CloudGuide

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

Explorial

All ratings7 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive68.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative25.0%

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
Show 8 more
  • 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
16 purchases

Explorial

One-time16
  • Ticket (1x)$8.99
  • Ticket (1x)$11.99
  • Ticket (2x)$13.99
Show 13 more
  • Ticket (2x)$15.99
  • Ticket (2x)2 variants$17.99
  • Ticket (3x)$20.99
  • Ticket (2x)$23.99
  • Ticket (3x)$23.99
  • Ticket (2x)$24.99
  • Ticket (3x)$24.99
  • Ticket (3x)$26.99
  • Ticket (4x)$27.99
  • Ticket (5x)$29.99
  • Ticket (4x)$36.99
  • Ticket (3x)$39.99
  • Ticket (4x)$49.99

Questions

Is CloudGuide free?
CloudGuide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Explorial free?
Explorial is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CloudGuide or Explorial?
Explorial is rated higher. CloudGuide averages 2.4 out of 5 from 63 ratings, while Explorial averages 3.3 from 7 ratings.
Do CloudGuide or Explorial have ads?
Neither CloudGuide nor Explorial shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CloudGuide or Explorial?
CloudGuide ships an update every 4 months, and Explorial every 2 months. Most recently, CloudGuide was updated on October 11, 2026 and Explorial on October 7, 2026.

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