Comparison

British Museum Visitor Guide vs British Museum Audio

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

Head to head
About

British Museum Visitor Guide

Explore the British Museum with this offline mobile guide. Discover masterpieces, navigate rooms, and plan your visit with historical information and practical tips. Includes a comprehensive city guide for London.

Highlights
  • Offline museum guide
  • Masterpiece highlights
  • Room-by-room navigation
  • Floor plans
  • Visit planning
  • London city guide
  • Offline maps & transport
Features
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After collecting travellers info about the British Museum, we have developed this guide based on visitors advice and stories. Mobile guide 100% offline developed for all those travellers willing to discover the great master pieces of all centuries. Containing: - History of the Museum - Don’t Miss Masterpieces - Rooms: Greece, Assyria, China, Islamic, Japan, North America, among others. - Floor Plans - Planning the visit - Getting there - Food & Shopping - Access to a complete Travel Guide of the city of London with public transportation and zoomable street maps 100% offline, metro routing app with daily itineraries to spend the most of your time visiting this magnificent city. Get the most out of your visit!! Note: This app contains many different IAPs for you to enjoy and discover the best our of your visit

About

British Museum Audio

Enhance your visit to a major museum with expert commentaries, gallery introductions, and self-guided tours. Explore over 250 highlight objects with audio, video, text, and images. Plan your visit with an interactive map and save your favorite items.

Highlights
  • Expert commentaries on 250+ objects
  • 65 free gallery introductions
  • Audio, video, text, and image content
  • Self-guided thematic tours
  • Interactive museum map
  • Add objects to favorites
Features
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Start your visit early, make the most of your time at the Museum and explore the diverse collection from the comfort of your own home. Bring your headphones with you or purchase earbuds from the Guide Desk and British Museum Shop. The British Museum app features: • Expert commentaries on over 250 highlight objects from the collection • 65 gallery introductions available for free • Audio, video, text and images provide in-depth information • Self-guided tours for exploring the Museum, from ancient Egypt to Medieval Europe • A space where you can add objects to favourites • Practical visiting information, including a new interactive map, to help you prepare for your visit and find your way around the Museum. Prices (in-app purchases) Full bundle per language £6 Themed tour per language from £3 How to use this app Take a self-guided tour Choose from one of the self-guided tours which each explore a theme – from Top Ten to ancient Egypt. Each tour has an audio introduction, providing background information and context, before guiding you around the Museum. Explore the collection View some of the British Museum’s most popular objects at a glance. Browse pictures of all the objects in the Audio app by culture and theme – and see how the collection is displayed within the galleries – then decide what you want to explore. Dive deeper Listen to a diverse selection of commentaries featured in the Audio app. Using the latest research, they provide new insights into the British Museum collection. Languages Enjoy expert commentaries from curators in nine languages – English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and British Sign Language. Look for audio guide symbol The Audio app covers 250 objects in the permanent galleries – when you see the audio guide symbol on cases or next to objects, enter the number using the keypad on the app for audio commentaries and other information. Favourites Create your own list of favourite British Museum objects by adding objects to the Favourites page as you explore the Museum on the app.

Screenshots

British Museum Visitor Guide4 screens
British Museum Audio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: British Museum Audio at every 8 days against British Museum Visitor Guide's every 3 months. British Museum Audio also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (1.7K vs 210). British Museum Visitor Guide's advantage is review sentiment (31% vs 15%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. British Museum Visitor Guide sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and British Museum Audio sells 17 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

British Museum Audio holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: British Museum Audio has 1.7K ratings behind it against 210, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 31% of British Museum Visitor Guide's written reviews are positive against 15% of British Museum Audio's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

British Museum Visitor Guide ships an update every 3 months, British Museum Audio every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
British Museum Visitor Guide versus British Museum Audio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBritish Museum Visitor GuideBritish Museum Audio
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (210 ratings)4.7 (1.7K ratings) — better
Positive reviews31.1% of reviews — better15.2% of reviews
Number of ratings2101.7K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB60 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperGonzalo MartinBritish Museum

Customer experience

British Museum Visitor Guide

All ratings210 ratings
Positive86.2%
Neutral3.3%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive31.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative68.9%

British Museum Audio

All ratings1,707 ratings
Positive91.8%
Neutral2.3%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews92 reviews
Positive15.2%
Neutral7.6%
Negative77.2%

User reviews

British Museum Visitor Guide

From 210 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ✨ Amazing museum experience
  • 🗺️ Helpful museum guide (when paid for)
  • 💡 Vast wealth of beauty and knowledge
  • 💯 Worth the visit
  • 👍 Membership pass is valuable

Room to improve

  • 💸 Most features require payment
  • 🚫 No free content available
  • ❓ Confusing UI and navigation
  • 💰 Expensive additional purchases
  • 👎 Useless free version

British Museum Audio

From 1.7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Excellent audio guide
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 💡 Great way to learn about museum exhibits

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inconsistent audio quality
  • 🔒 Requires multiple in-app purchases
  • 👎 Difficult to navigate and follow tours
  • 🔌 Requires constant internet connection
  • 👎 Outdated or inaccurate information

Bugs and requests

British Museum Visitor Guide

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Cannot restore purchases
  • App is useless if you don't pay
  • Accidental purchase due to confusing UI

Requested features

7 requests
  • More elaborated and helpful application
  • Interactive maps
  • Searchable exhibits
  • User location tracking on map
  • Tap on room to get information
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  • Free self-guided tours
  • Offline functionality

British Museum Audio

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Audio not working in some areas
  • Frequent crashes or freezes
  • Purchased content not unlocking properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Offline mode for audio guides
  • Improved navigation and tour flow
  • Higher resolution images
  • Integration with museum maps
  • Support for more languages

In-app purchases

10 purchases

British Museum Visitor Guide

One-time10
  • British MuseumFree
  • LondonFree
  • Tower BridgeFree
Show 7 more
  • Victoria and Albert MuseumFree
  • National GalleryFree
  • Westminster AbbeyFree
  • St Paul's CathedralFree
  • westminster visitor guide$1.99
  • London travel guide and offline city map$2.99
  • British Museum Visitor Guide$2.99
17 purchases

British Museum Audio

One-time17
  • Los 10 objetos imprescindibles$1.99
  • Early and Medieval Europe$2.99
  • Classical World$2.99
Show 14 more
  • Top 102 variants$3.99
  • Ancient Egypt$3.99
  • China's hidden century Chinese$3.99
  • 12 objects family tour English$3.99
  • 前十位藏品$3.99
  • Roman Empire$3.99
  • A history of the world$4.99
  • Three hours at the Museum$5.99
  • 3小时参观路线$5.99
  • Silk Roads Audio tour$6.49
  • Full guide$7.99
  • Full Bundle$7.99
  • Pack Completo$7.99
  • 前往导览套餐$7.99

Questions

Is British Museum Visitor Guide free?
British Museum Visitor Guide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is British Museum Audio free?
British Museum Audio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, British Museum Visitor Guide or British Museum Audio?
British Museum Audio is rated higher. British Museum Visitor Guide averages 4.5 out of 5 from 210 ratings, while British Museum Audio averages 4.7 from 1.7K ratings.
Do British Museum Visitor Guide or British Museum Audio have ads?
Neither British Museum Visitor Guide nor British Museum Audio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, British Museum Visitor Guide or British Museum Audio?
British Museum Visitor Guide ships an update every 3 months, and British Museum Audio every 8 days. Most recently, British Museum Visitor Guide was updated on September 20, 2026 and British Museum Audio on September 24, 2026.

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