VoiceMap: Audio Tours & Guides

VoiceMap: Audio Tours & Guides

By Audio Guide

  • Category: Travel
  • Release Date: 2014-06-07
  • Current Version: 14.2.9
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 327.43 MB
  • Developer: Audio Guide
  • Compatibility: Requires iOS 13 or later.
Score: 4.84325
4.84325
From 3,209 Ratings

Description

VoiceMap tours are like podcasts that move with you, to tell stories about what you’re seeing right now. They're produced by insightful local storytellers, including journalists, filmmakers, novelists, podcasters, and tour guides. Sir Ian McKellen has even created a tour. Why use VoiceMap? • Explore at your own pace instead of being herded along in a group. Start and stop tours whenever you like, to grab a drink or take in the view, then tap Resume to pick up exactly where you left off. • Focus on your surroundings, not the screen. With automatic GPS playback, you can just tap on Start and let VoiceMap guide you. • Avoid expensive roaming fees or fiddly connection issues. After you download a tour, VoiceMap works offline and includes an offline map. • Enjoy tours as many times as you like, both in your destination and with your feet up, at home. Virtual Playback turns every tour into a podcast or audio book. • Extend your attention span with indoor tours that help you make the most of your time at a growing range of museums and art galleries around the world. • With over 1,700 free and paid tours in 75 countries, VoiceMap offers huge variety. There are over 100 tours in London alone! Press: “High-quality self-guided walking tours...Narrated by local experts, they provide insight into corners of the city sometimes overlooked by regular guided tours.” Lonely Planet “We may be biased, but could there be anything more helpful than having a journalist in your pocket when touring a new city? How about a historian, a novelist or just a really passionate local? VoiceMap culls city-specific stories from them all and fits them neatly into walking tours.” New York Times User Testimonials: "Perfect for solo travelling on your own schedule! Downloaded for a trip to Europe and will be continuing to use it on my next travels." App Store review, Vialetter “My wife and I really enjoyed exploring Bruges at our own pace with this audio tour, and there were some memorable stories that the narrator shared. Also, the app worked great in relation to the location-based services. We easily followed the map and the audio was triggered in the appropriate spots. In comparison to the packs of people wandering the city with tour guides, this was a much better fit for us.” Viator review, Rick A “Great quality information - interesting and entertaining. The time flew by. And no waffle! This is far better than any other guided tour we found - they are much more expensive and far less informative. And you can do this tour any time, any day, at your own pace, and even do it twice!” Tripadvisor review, Carcassonne 's Medieval Walls: A Self-Guided Tour "Thoroughly recommend. Really enjoyed the tour. Very well done. Packed with information and took me round streets I’d never have thought to walk round. An audio and visual treat. Thank you." Janet, NYC “It was enjoyable to be under no time pressure to freely roam the city of Pisa as we so pleased. Wandering from attraction to attraction. The app is clever, concise and easy to use! Would do again - especially with another person or solo traveler.” GetYourGuide review, Grace L “Great value for money, interesting and very clear and easy to follow! I learnt lots about London I didn't already know and I have lived here over 30 years.” London’s Alternative History Tour, Carmella V. ** Just so you know, GPS runs in the background while you're on a tour. This decreases battery life and it's best to start a tour with your device fully charged.

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Reviews

  • Mackinac Bike Tour

    5
    By JDS 5
    Great app to do a self guided tour around the perimeter of the island on a bike. The app works great. It triggers information based on your location, so you can go at your own pace!
  • Have a phone and earbuds? You have a tour guide.

    5
    By MrRSTEELE
    I love exploring new cites and learning about their history. While live tours are amazing, they are often expensive and may not be at a time you’re free. I’ve now done four or five of the audio tours on this app and each has been unique and worth the time. GPS directions ensure you are in the right spot and you can pause or relisten to any section you might miss. Many also have pictures of where you should be. Highly recommend.
  • Great app to explore unfamiliar areas!

    5
    By RoadKillMN
    Door County Dave provided a great tour for us! It was very informative and allowed us to go at our own pace. We also used his tour of upper Door County.
  • History Along the Maumee: A Driving Tour from Toledo to Grand Rapids

    5
    By Hippoherder
    We have lived in the area for 20 years and still learned things we didn’t know. The navigation was easy and it prompted early enough to allow time for turns, stops, etc. We enjoyed the times when audio information was provided between stops. We will definitely listen to this again and do this with our kids as a learning experience. If there was reference to any books with this information would be great. Already planning to do the Unholy Toledo tour next!
  • No Guide No Time No Problem

    5
    By Jusloretta
    We have used the app in 2 spots-Brussels and Aspen when we didn’t have a lot of time to hire a private guide. The app works great and the narrative was insightful.
  • Brilliant

    5
    By Metolius7
    I loved this tour. Extremely well done. I will look for other voice map tours as a result.
  • Bruges

    5
    By BeachMom5!
    It was great! I learned and we things i never would have
  • Edward

    5
    By Edward75007
    The Notre Dame tour inspired by Victor Hugo is so informative and entertaining at the same time!
  • Voice maps in Edinburgh Could not be beat!

    5
    By Jan in LA
    This was my first Voice map experience, but I hope it won’t be my last. The guide, Olga, gave lots of interesting details. The directions were very helpful, telling me to go forward, or across the street or make a left turn at the signal, or etc.. The directions were very clear and helpful. very clear. I loved the fact that I could go at my own pace, stop and explore something at my leisure, and then come back to the program and not miss a thing and not hold up a tour. It was well worth the money and I hope that there are voice maps for other Areas that I am interested in.
  • Great at tracking

    5
    By RoseG79
    I liked that it knew exactly where I was and kept me on track. Well done on geo-location.

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