Travel Guides

Global travel guides

Global online travel guides

2019-08-07

Pin Your Trip: Travel Planner & Wikivoyage guide (4.8@5) Ǥ 10
World Explorer - Travel Guide (4.3@9,427) Ǥ 12
World Atlas (4.1@5,900) Ǥ 7
Wikitude (4@17,844) 9 Vorstellung 6/2013; Wikipedia
Travel Mate (3.7@15) 16 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github; account required
My Tourist Guide (3.5@60) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-02-03 Based on Wikitravel; articles can be stored locally once loaded
WikiJourney app (3.5@11) 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-09-27 / WikiJourney (legacy) (0@0) 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-12-30 Github
WikiSurfer for Wikivoyage (2.4@13) 6 LastUpdate: 2016-01-23

Global offline travel guides

2019-08-07

We love to travel Reiseführer (4.8@4) Ǥ 11 LastUpdate: 2017-02-06
Wikivoyage - Offline Travel Guide (4.7@769) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Guides by Lonely Planet (4.6@19,793) Ǥ 15 Kurzvorstellung 2/2016; incl. offline maps
Spotted by Locals - Truly local tips in 75+ cities (4.5@412) Ǥ 10 ~EUR 4 per city
WikiVoyage Europe - Offline Travel Guide (4.5@72) 4 Github
TripAdvisor Hotels Flights Restaurants Attractions (4.4@1,257,313) Ǥ 19 Privacy Check 9/2017 (Kurzfassung) ; Phone & Tablet optimized
World Travel Guide by Triposo (4.4@6,075) Ǥ 11 Review 4/2014; also many areas/cities available as separate apps
CityMaps2Go Plan Trips Travel Guide Offline Maps (4.3@68,091) Ǥ 23 / City Maps 2Go Pro Offline Maps (4.3@5,666; ~EUR 13.00) Ǥ 21 Kurzvorstellung 10/2013 | 10/2015; Vorstellung 6/2012 | 2/2014; Video Test 2/2014; Review 2/2014; Offline Map with POIs, but without navigation features; Wikipedia Travel-Guides
Sygic Travel Maps Offline & Trip Planner (4.2@11,905) Ǥ 16
ADAC Tourset (4.2@5,327) 10 Video Vorstellung 6/2013; Kurzvorstellung 8/2013; only for members of ADAC / nur für ADAC Mitglieder
TouristEye - Travel Guide (4.1@16,300) Ǥ 12 LastUpdate: 2015-07-31
City Guides Offline (4.1@1,955) Ǥ 14 2.000 cities
tripwolf - Travel Guide & Map (4@7,406) Ǥ 10 Vorstellung 8/2013
Expedia Reiseführer (4@66) Ǥ 10 LastUpdate: 2016-03-01

Social travel guides

2019-08-07

Radius - Find Places Around Me (4.7@187) Ǥ 8 with reviews
Find Places Around Me (4.6@25) Ǥ 9 LastUpdate: 2016-10-13
World Around Me (4.5@21,709) Ǥ 11 / World Around Me - WAM Pro (4.7@587; ~EUR 3.50) Ǥ 9 Augmented Reality Travel Guide
Clio - Discover Nearby History and Walking Tours (4.5@88) Ǥ 15 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
ProTrip - City & Travel Guide (4.5@20) Ǥ 8 LastUpdate: 2017-06-03 Github
TripAdvisor Hotels Flights Restaurants Attractions (4.4@1,257,313) Ǥ 19 Privacy Check 9/2017 (Kurzfassung) ; Phone & Tablet optimized
Yelp: Food, Shopping, Services Nearby (4.3@433,141) Ǥ 21 Review 8/2013; Kurzvorstellung 10/2013
Nearby Mapp (4.3@3,403) Ǥ 14 Test 3/2017
Local places navigation book (4.3@562) Ǥ 13 LastUpdate: 2016-04-22
AroundMe Assistant - Places Reviews (4.3@175) Ǥ 8
Geo Reality (4.3@152) Ǥ 11 Augmented Reality Travel Guide
Local Places (4.2@1,977) Ǥ 7 LastUpdate: 2017-05-04
Freetour.com - travel app for budget & free tours (4.2@209) Ǥ 6
Places Around (4.2@45) Ǥ 12 LastUpdate: 2017-07-19
AroundMe (4.1@35,496) Ǥ 12 Test 2/2014; Video Demo 6/2012; Vorstellung 9/2013; Wikipedia
Tellmewhere (4.1@2,102) Ǥ 13 LastUpdate: 2016-11-30
meinestadt.de - lokale Suche (3.9@8,368) Ǥ 20
golocal (3.9@192) Ǥ 16 Testbericht 4/2012
OMGwhen - Things to do near me (3.9@158) 11
What´s Around Me (3.6@215) Ǥ 9 LastUpdate: 2017-03-03
bluespot Free WiFi (3@186) Ǥ 16 LastUpdate: 2017-08-07 Testbericht 10/2012 | 12/2013

Other travel guides

2019-08-07

WhatsNear (4.9@83) 9 LastUpdate: 2017-08-12
Routela - Self-Guided Tour (4.8@128) Ǥ 9
Mobile History (4.8@103; ~EUR 1.00) Ǥ 6 LastUpdate: 2016-06-28 Testbericht 9/2012; Review 10/2012
Choose your Cyprus (4.8@39) 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-01-01
Travel Guide App (4.7@104) 9 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
My Crete Guide - Crete, Greece (4.6@2,382) 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Testbericht 10/2016; IzzyOnDroid Recommendation
Map Seeker - Seeks locations (4.6@14) Ǥ 8
Tripoto: Travel Community, Plan Trips & Holidays (4.5@14,722) Ǥ 18
Withlocals - Personal Tours & Travel Experiences (4.5@632) Ǥ 19
Place Identifier (4.5@158) Ǥ 15 LastUpdate: 2017-06-24 find places near you
Camping.Info by POIbase Campsites & Pitches (4.3@1,163) Ǥ 13 Test 4/2017
Around Me Places : Find Near Local Places (4.3@836) 3 LastUpdate: 2017-12-28
Showaround - Find a Local (4.3@511) Ǥ 10
Arounda - Places Around Me (4.3@239) Ǥ 9 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Travel Guide Europe - City map, top highlights (4.3@88) Ǥ 14
PocketGuide Audio Travel Guide (4.2@3,070) Ǥ 13
guidemate Audio Travel Guides (4.1@36) 9 mostly German, but also some EN & RU tours
Local (4@998) 4 Search your surroundings
seeker (3.9@208) Ǥ 11 Vorstellung 8/2016
Triporg: Trip Organizer (3.9@121) Ǥ 14 Promo Video 2/2013
Have Halal, Will Travel - Trip Planner For Muslims (3.8@274) Ǥ 13
YAMGU - City Guide Travel Plan (3.8@63) 8 Italy
Field Trip (3.7@13,803) Ǥ 19 LastUpdate: 2016-07-04 Vorstellung 5/2013; Review 12/2013
Cyprus Travel & Explore, Offline Tourist Guide (3.7@3) Ǥ 17
promobil Stellplatz-Radar (3.6@3,080) Ǥ 18 Camping

More travel guides

Above list is just a small selection. Some developers have specialized on travel guides: there you can find a list of (often location-specific) travel and city guides:

Triposo Travel Guides: large collection of City-Guides, all for free and rated avg. 4+ stars
TripAdvisor: already mentioned with their „main app”, also offers a few more, avg. 3+ stars
Tripwolf: next to their „global app“ several regional ones, about 4 stars
PocketGuide: many CityGuides (AudioGuides); free to use online, buy to use offline. Rated around 4 stars
Discover Anywhere Mobile: local travel and city guides, rated around 4 stars, and free
Official Guide: several city guides, around 4.5 stars
Ulmon GmbH: numerous city guides, 4+ stars

2019-08-19

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