Comparison

Sightseeing Experience vs MyColosseum

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

Head to head
About

Sightseeing Experience

Plan your Italian city vacation with this free app. It offers offline maps, interactive bus routes, and the ability to purchase attraction tickets and audio guides. Discover cities easily with self-guided tours and convenient transportation options.

Highlights
  • Offline city maps
  • Interactive bus route tracking
  • E-commerce for tickets and day trips
  • Downloadable audio guides
  • Self-guided walking tours
  • Multi-language support
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Are you visiting Italian cities or are you planning a trip to Italy? This free application will help you plan your vacation in over 15 Italian cities. Sightseeing Experience is an App for do-it-yourself tourists, an EASY and PRACTICAL way to orient yourself, move around, visit and discover the city. Sightseeing Experience APP is a map to move from one place to another, a shop where you can buy tickets and day trips to the main Italian attractions, but it is also a guide to get to know the city. In all the cities included in Sightseeing Experience, you will find the famous City Sightseeing red open-top buses with which you can visit the city seated comfortably and you will find a recorded guide on the bus that will tell you about the history, the culture and the city’s traditions. HOW DOES IT WORK: Select your language preference among the 5 different languages available (Italian, English, French, Spanish, German), select the city and … ORIENT YOURSELF with a city map also viewed offline where you will find the main tourist places, but also all the routes and stops of the open-top City Sightseeing buses. MOVE with the help of an interactive map of the city where you will see all the routes and stops of the red open-top City Sightseeing buses, the actual spot where you can find the buses and YOUR position. It will be so easy to find and reach the nearest bus stop and estimate the time of arrival of the next bus. The map also highlights the main places of interest near the stops and departure points for day trips out of town. VISIT by purchasing through our e-commerce the tickets for the Hop On Hop Off City Sightseeing service, SKIP THE LINE tickets to the main attractions and places of interest, day trips out of town, shuttle bus and tickets to the main Italian amusement parks, an audio guide that can be downloaded on your smartphone and so much more. DISCOVER the city by downloading the audio guide for your private Walking Tour (available in 5 languages). The audio guide can be downloaded on your smartphone and will help you explore the city where the City Sightseeing buses don’t go.

About

MyColosseum

Explore the Parco archeologico del Colosseo with its official app. Purchase tickets, navigate curated routes, and listen to engaging audio stories that automatically follow your tour.

Highlights
  • Buy tickets
  • Explore routes
  • Listen to audio stories
  • Interactive audio guides
  • Automatic audio guide following
  • Downloadable audio guides
Features
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Discover the official app of the Parco archeologico del Colosseo: buy tickets, explore routes, listen to stories. With the new official app you can download the new interactive audio guides in Italian and English. Start listening and the audio guide will automatically follow you along the tour route, down to the underground and up along the intermediate gallery and further up on the third level. Enjoy your visit!

Screenshots

Sightseeing Experience4 screens
MyColosseum4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MyColosseum at none against Sightseeing Experience's 15. MyColosseum also leads on rating (1.5 vs 1.0) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). Sightseeing Experience's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Sightseeing Experience sells 15 one-off in-app purchases. MyColosseum asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MyColosseum holds the better App Store score, 1.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MyColosseum has 53 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 2% of Sightseeing Experience's written reviews are positive against 10% of MyColosseum's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sightseeing Experience ships an update every 4 months, MyColosseum monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Sightseeing Experience versus MyColosseum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSightseeing ExperienceMyColosseum
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (4 ratings)1.5 (53 ratings) — better
Positive reviews2.4% of reviews10.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings453 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB82 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAudioGuide®Parco archeologico del Colosseo

Customer experience

Sightseeing Experience

All ratings4 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive2.4%
Neutral2.4%
Negative95.2%

MyColosseum

All ratings51 ratings
Positive9.8%
Neutral2.0%
Negative88.2%
Written reviews86 reviews
Positive10.5%
Neutral2.3%
Negative87.2%

Bugs and requests

Sightseeing Experience

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

MyColosseum

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • App crashes constantly during use
  • Audio files fail to download or download incompletely
  • GPS location detection unreliable in thick stone walls
  • Audio narration doesn't trigger at correct locations
  • Download process stalls and cannot be resumed
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  • App crashes when attempting to read information
  • Audio cuts in and out during playback
  • App closes unexpectedly mid-tour
  • Bluetooth beacon location system malfunctions
  • Different language packs fail to load on certain routes
  • Download arrows unclear and difficult to locate
  • App becomes unusually warm/causes overheating
  • Navigation between waypoints broken
  • Audio only plays once per location, then blocks replay
  • Tracking toggle disables manual navigation

Requested features

15 requests
  • Add French language support
  • Add German language support
  • Add Polish language support
  • Add Russian language support
  • Add Chinese language support
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  • Improve GPS navigation and location tracking
  • Add offline map functionality
  • Provide alternative audio guide rental devices
  • Implement native English speaker narration
  • Add ability to replay audio segments
  • Improve download resume functionality
  • Better visual indicators for numbered sections
  • Simplified manual navigation option
  • WiFi availability at venue
  • Reduce file sizes for faster downloads

In-app purchases

15 purchases

Sightseeing Experience

One-time15
  • Walking Tour Roma - ItalianFree
  • Walking Tour Roma - EnglishFree
  • Walking Tour Roma - SpanishFree
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  • Walking Tour Firenze - EnglishFree
  • Walking Tour Firenze - SpanishFree
  • Walking Tour Venezia - EnglishFree
  • Walking Tour Venezia - SpanishFree
  • Walking Tour Torino - EnglishFree
  • Walking Tour Milano - EnglishFree
  • Walking Tour Milano - SpanishFree
  • Walking Tour Genova - EnglishFree
  • Walking Tour Milano - ItalianFree
  • Walking Tour Firenze - ItalianFree
  • Walking Tour Roma - FrenchFree
  • Walking Tour Firenze - FrenchFree
None

MyColosseum

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sightseeing Experience free?
Sightseeing Experience is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MyColosseum free?
MyColosseum is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sightseeing Experience or MyColosseum?
MyColosseum is rated higher. Sightseeing Experience averages 1.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while MyColosseum averages 1.5 from 53 ratings.
Do Sightseeing Experience or MyColosseum have ads?
Neither Sightseeing Experience nor MyColosseum shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sightseeing Experience or MyColosseum?
Sightseeing Experience ships an update every 4 months, and MyColosseum monthly. Most recently, Sightseeing Experience was updated on October 24, 2026 and MyColosseum on October 27, 2026.

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