Newport Mansions vs Here's Hingham!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Newport Mansions
Explore Newport's historic mansions with audio-visual tours. Discover the architecture, interiors, landscapes, and social history of these national landmarks from the Colonial era through the Gilded Age. Self-guided tours are available in multiple languages.
- Audio-visual tours
- Explore historic mansions
- Gilded Age history
- Self-guided tours
- Multi-language support
- Architectural heritage
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The Preservation Society of Newport County, Rhode Island's largest cultural organization, preserves and protects the best of Newport County's architectural heritage. It's 11 historic properties and landscapes - seven of which are National Historic Landmarks - trace America's architectural and social development from the Colonial era through the Gilded Age. In keeping with its mission, the Society strives to offer its members and the public a comprehensive view of each property's architecture, interiors, landscapes, and social history. -The App- Welcome to the Newport Mansions, one of Newport's and the nation's treasures. This app will provide you with Audio-Visual tours of Newport's finest mansions. Experience the tours with never-before-seen images, stories, and audio recordings of the national historic landmarks. 1. Explore The Breakers, Marble House, The Elms, Rosecliff, and the gardens at Chateau-sur-Mer. 2. Enjoy the rich stories and fascinating histories of these Gilded Age mansions. 3. Experience the mansions with a self-guided tour, often available in a multitude of languages. Have a fantastic visit!
Here's Hingham!
Explore a town with unique map icons featuring real photos and side-by-side review ratings. Discover local personality and use an integrated look-around feature. This app prioritizes user convenience and privacy, requiring no login or personal data collection.
- Photo map icons
- Side-by-side review ratings
- User-exclusive 'Bucket Score' ratings
- Town personality focus
- Apple Maps Look Around integration
- No login required
- No personal data collection
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This app contains features you won't find anywhere else, including: * All map icons have photos of places not generic markers. * Popular review ratings are displayed side-by-side, which is more convenient for you. * "Bucket Score" ratings collect numbers of stars just from users of the app. * Parts of the town are brought into focus, since each has its own personality. * Press and hold to see Apple Maps Look Around feature. Here's Hingham! does not require a login and doesn't collect any personal information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Here's Hingham! at every 3 days against Newport Mansions's every 4 months. Here's Hingham! also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 90%). Newport Mansions's advantage is ratings volume (48K vs 4) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Newport Mansions against 5.0 for Here's Hingham!. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Newport Mansions has 48K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 90% of Newport Mansions's written reviews are positive against 100% of Here's Hingham!'s.
Newport Mansions ships an update every 4 months, Here's Hingham! every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Newport Mansions | Here's Hingham! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (48K ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 48K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 837 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | The Preservation Society of Newport County | CamBuilt LLC |
Customer experience
Newport Mansions
Here's Hingham!
Bugs and requests
Newport Mansions
Reported bugs
2 issues- Frequent app crashes
- Navigation issues within the app
Requested features
3 requests- Offline mode for audio tours
- Improved language support
- Integration with guided tours
Here's Hingham!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Newport Mansions
No in-app purchases
Here's Hingham!
No in-app purchases
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