Comparison

Sightseeing Experience vs The Glam

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

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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

The Glam

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In un prestigioso edificio d'epoca, in Via Nazionale 82, il The Glam accoglie i suoi ospiti in un boutique hotel dal design innovativo e contemporaneo. Una struttura moderna ed esclusiva in grado di garantire ogni comfort necessario per un soggiorno indimenticabile nel cuore della Città Eterna. La ricercatezza e cura dei dettagli, la raffinatezza degli arredi di design e la sapiente illuminazione degli spazi contribuiscono a creare un’atmosfera intima e accogliente che pervade l’intera struttura. Dai mobili ai complementi d’arredo, dall’illuminazione degli ambienti ai tessuti, tutto è stato concepito e disegnato appositamente per il The Glam, creando in una struttura d'epoca ed in una location esclusiva, un ambiente riservato, dal design moderno e dotato di tutti i comfort alberghieri di primo livello. L’app multipiattaforma e multilingue “The Glam” si pone l’obiettivo di fornire ai clienti dell’Hotel una guida ai servizi presenti all’interno e all’esterno della struttura. Le principali sezioni dell’app sono: - Servizi in Hotel - Servizi all’esterno dell’Hotel - Experiences - Terraces&Dining - Attractions - Eventi - Per i nostri ospiti L’app può essere utilizzata da tutti i dispositivi (Smartphone, Tablet e PC) e può essere scaricata nei dispositivi mobili sia come webapp (scaricabile dal browser) che come app nativa (scaricabile dagli store principali).

Screenshots

Sightseeing Experience4 screens
The Glam4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Glam at none against Sightseeing Experience's 15. Sightseeing Experience's advantage is device support and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price 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. The Glam asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Sightseeing Experience versus The Glam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSightseeing ExperienceThe Glam
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews2.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — better—
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB56 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAudioGuide®AG Group

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

The Glam

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sightseeing Experience free?
Sightseeing Experience is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Glam free?
The Glam is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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