Pike Pathways vs Mount Rushmore Memorial Guide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pike Pathways
Explore the rich agricultural heritage of Pike County, Georgia, with this free guided tour app. Discover historic backroads, antique shops, u-pick farms, and learn about the area's southern history.
- Voice narration
- Image galleries
- GPS enabled mapping
- Historic backroad exploration
- Information on antique shops and farms
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Pike County is located in west-central Georgia just 40 miles south of Atlanta. Pike County’s rich agricultural heritage is still visible today in its rolling fields, barns and farms. This tour will take you from the Zebulon Square, to the towns of Williamson, Molena and through the historic backroads of Pike County. Explore antiques shops, u-pick farms, cemeteries, and learn the history of a true southern county. This FREE app includes: Voice narration Image galleries GPS enabled mapping Download the app and start your adventure NOW!
Mount Rushmore Memorial Guide
Explore Mount Rushmore National Memorial with a self-guided, narrated, and offline audio tour. Discover its history, creation, and surrounding controversies from various viewpoints. Make the most of your visit with flexible exploration and automatic audio playback.
- Self-guided narrated audio tour
- Offline functionality
- Automatic location-based audio playback
- Multiple viewing angles
- Historical and cultural insights
- Flexible exploration
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Welcome to the self-guided, narrated, and fully offline driving tour of Mount Rushmore National Memorial! With this tour, you’ll see it from different angles, learn its history, and uncover little-known facts about its creation and the man behind it. Featuring riveting stories, a phenomenal narrator, and easy automatic audio, this app puts exploration in the palm of your hand! Mount Rushmore: See Mount Rushmore in a whole new way—both literally and figuratively! Seeing this incredible monument in person is nothing like the photographs, so get ready to be blown away. And to make your viewing even better, this tour leads you around the whole memorial site, featuring tons of different angles on these iconic faces. Plus, as you walk, you’ll learn everything there is to know about the story behind this memorial, including some things most folks never discover! Get to know the complicated sculptor behind it all, see a model of his original vision for the mountain, and find out why he wasn’t quite able to make good on his grand designs. Plus, get insight into the Lakota history of this mountain and the controversy that surrounds the monument to this day. Two million people visit Mount Rushmore every year. But you don’t just want to snap a picture or two and then leave, do you? Turn your trip into a rich historical expedition with this easy, totally flexible audio tour and make the most of your visit! TOUR STORIES: ■ Welcome ■ Gutzon Borglum ■ Avenue of Flags ■ Why These Four Faces? ■ Launching the Project ■ How Did They Carve It? ■ Trouble Brewing ■ The Hall of Records ■ Sculptor’s Studio ■ Presidential Trail ■ The Six Grandfathers ■ Ongoing Controversy ■ North by Northwest ■ Preservation ■ Adding New Faces? HOW IT WORKS: As you travel, audio stories play automatically based on your location. Simply go to the starting point of the tour and begin following the given route. Each story begins playing on its own, usually just before you reach a point of interest. TOUR FEATURES: ▶ Freedom of travel No scheduled tour times, no crowded buses, and no rush to keep moving past stops that interest you. You have total freedom to skip ahead, linger, and take as many photos as you’d like. ▶ Automatic play No muss, no fuss. Just follow the app’s built-in route to all the must-visit spots — the audio stories about everything you see will play automatically! ▶ Works offline Download the tour in advance and then use it seamlessly, even in areas with no service! ▶ Lifetime purchase No monthly subscription. No time limits. No usage limits. Enjoy this tour as many times as you like. ▶ Incredible stories Immerse yourself in the history, culture, and secrets of this famous site with the help of a top-tier narrator and fascinating stories written by experts. ▶ Award-winning app Featured on Thrillist and WBZ, this easy-to-use app won the Laurel Award for Technology from the Newport Mansions, who use the app for over a million tours per year. FREE DEMO vs FULL ACCESS: Check out the totally free demo to get an idea of what this tour is all about. If you like it, purchase the tour to get full access to all of the stories. IMPORTANT NOTES: Download the tour ahead of time over data or WiFi for full offline use. Be sure your phone battery is fully charged or take an external battery pack. Continued use of the GPS can drain your battery. Allow the tour to access location services and GPS tracking features to play stories automatically during the tour. NEARBY TOURS: ■ Badlands National Park Make your trip a two-for-one by paying a visit to this strange, majestic landscape. Hear about the prehistoric beasts which once roamed this land, watch a sunset like no other, and even catch a glimpse of the local bison!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pike Pathways at none against Mount Rushmore Memorial Guide's 10. Pike Pathways also leads on iOS requirement (11.1 vs 15.6). Mount Rushmore Memorial Guide's advantage is ratings volume (20 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Mount Rushmore Memorial Guide sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $99.99 per year. Pike Pathways asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pike Pathways against 4.9 for Mount Rushmore Memorial Guide. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mount Rushmore Memorial Guide has 20 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Pike Pathways ships an update every 9 months, Mount Rushmore Memorial Guide every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pike Pathways | Mount Rushmore Memorial Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.9 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 101 MB | 158 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gaurav Kumar | 17 Mile Drive Day Trips, LLC |
Customer experience
Pike Pathways
Mount Rushmore Memorial Guide
In-app purchases
Pike Pathways
No in-app purchases
Mount Rushmore Memorial Guide
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