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Find A Tour Near You. Drive, walk, bike or paddle along a tour route at your own pace. Stories about where you are — the history, wildlife, culture, and more — will automatically play as you go.

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Hands-Free. Heads Up. Start a tour and let our technology do the rest. Less like an app and more like a private tour guide, TravelStorys works offline and inside a pocket. Download a tour, hit the play button, and focus on your surroundings instead of your device.

Featured tours, check out our newest tours, piermont on the hudson, the history, the river, the village, welcome to arco, idaho, first in the world, explore kirksville, a historic downtown & more.

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Explore the early beginnings of the vibrant village of Piermont. Learn about its connection to the Hudson River, its role in the American Revolution, its industrial past and its commercial significance to the country.

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Welcome to Arco, Idaho! Arco is a place of transition, where the desert plain meets the mountains, blue streams disappear into black lava, and the urban of Idaho gives way to the wilds of Idaho.

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Welcome to this walking tour of Kirksville, Missouri! This tour will take you to Kirksville’s most fascinating and historically significant landmarks, while sharing the stories of the people who made this such an interesting city.

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“Awesome App - A must have app for anyone who enjoys learning more about the area they are in. While being entertained by great stories and information. Great job!!!”

“Great idea! - What an innovative idea! So enjoyed my first tour (of Red Mountain Park) by using your app. I look forward to using it at other attractions in the future and have high hopes that all cities will offer this first class format to help enhance the experience of traveling.”

"We used this app in Jackson,WY and through Teton National Park. As we drove through Teton NP, we listened to the historical story of the area. It gave us so much more understanding of the area and added so much to our drive. It’s really easy to use and added so much to our trip. Would gladly use it again."

“Awesome app - This app is great when traveling around Wyoming. The stories told make you appreciate what you are driving or walking through! A must have whether you are a local interested in the history and wildlife or a tourist on the go!”

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“Excellent app! - I love this app! We used it on a recent trip through Grand Teton Park and it provided us with a depth and breadth of information (regarding the park) to which we would not otherwise have access! I look forward to seeing what other tours will be added. Great work!”

- IloveWyomingandtheTetons

“Fantastic road tripping tool! - My family used TravelStorys to plan our trip to Jackson Hole and this app was indispensable! We listened to several of their tours through the Tetons and absolutely loved it. The app spoke to us while driving, so we didn’t have to look at the phone once!”

“Great app for traveling families - When you approach a destination, the app will automatically start, you don’t need to do anything but listen. If you don’t want the audio, you can read the text. There are also great photos for each section. The stories are quirky and fun and both kids and adults will find them interesting.”

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“Great app with great potential - I can’t wait until there are even more stories! Great idea.”

“Great App. A must have for self guided, easy to use interface!”

“What fun - Turns a normal drive into a fascinating history lesson”

“Fun tour app! - Learned so much without hassle!”

“Sooooo cool!! This is the best app I've ever used. If your traveling to new places use this app to learn the history! Couldn't live without it!”

- Ray Kennedy

“Eye opener My family and I have traveled to Wyoming many times but we always seemed to visit the same old places again and again. However this app allows me to check out new places I've never even considered before. I guess there is a lot more to the state than Yellowstone. Can't wait to plan new adventures.”

“Indispensable! Used this app to plan and then tour the Tetons and surrounding areas. Our whole family was entertained and we learned so much! And it's free. Thank you TravelStorys.”

“I like it, great idea! Music and Radio only lasts so long on road trips. This app is awesome because it tells you stories about what you are driving by, and gives you cool info about the area. Great idea!”

- William Davis

“Loved this! My sisters, mom, and 7-year-old niece used this app as we visited the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone. It was wonderful! It really helped us feel a connection to the mountains and places we toured. I want this for everywhere I go now!”

- R. Tynker

“Love it, learn the history of where your traveling too via this awesome storytelling app. Love the vocals for the great Smoky Mountains! Grateful!”

- JillianPress

“Great! Local travel info & stories. I love this app. I learned a lot about the Jackson, Wyoming area & Grant Teton Nat’l Park. I have already recommended it to folk who connect with my own local Jackson based business, xcDogs. Everyone I speak to about it loves the idea…”

“Excellent adventure stories for the Grand Tetons”

- Rick Aune

"For new visitors paddling on a sunny day, the new TravelStorys app is an opportunity to understand the ecological and culture significance of the area. At home or in the classroom, the voice narration coupled with photos can entice and enhance the experience before a canoe even launches."

- NewJersey.com

"Great app for visitors & locals - This app rocks. Learned so much about Jackson Hole and the surrounding areas just by having my phone on me. Anyone who is adventuring in the wild Wild West should consider having this app on their phone. You’ll be surprised with how much you can learn on your trip!"

- Austin Hopkins

Neat app! Great for a frequent traveler or history buff! Very interesting stories about pikes peak! Can't wait for the Garden of the gods tour!

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Great Content — Written by award-winning travel writers from National Geographic , Outside Magazine , AAA and others

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Hands-Free — Stories play automatically to let you drive safely and see more sites

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Just Ahead audio guides are written by expert authors and narrated by professionals. You simply drive, while Just Ahead informs and entertains you.

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As you drive in your car or travel by train or bus, Just Ahead takes you on a guided tour. It uses GPS to know exactly where you are and what to say. Imagine you’re cresting a hill and in front of you is a beautiful sight. You’re wondering what it is. That’s when Just Ahead shares with you an exciting story about what you’re looking at.

Works offline

Many of the most beautiful places in the world don’t have mobile phone service. Just Ahead is designed to work wherever you are, even without WiFi or a cell signal. Just be sure to download your guide before you go on your trip.

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Built-in maps

Don’t you hate it when you try to use the maps on your smartphone and they don’t work because there’s no mobile phone service? No worries. Each Just Ahead guide comes bundled with an offline version of the maps you need, even without Internet access.

Great stories

Just Ahead guides are written by expert authors and filled with fascinating stories of history, geology, and wildlife. You can’t read and drive. It’s crazy, illegal, and will probably make you sick. Let us guide and inform you as you drive.

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Suggested directions

Just Ahead can also help you avoid getting lost by suggesting directions. Just Ahead tells you why you should turn or not, what you should do after a turn, and recommends the best direction to take if there are multiple route options. It’s like having a professional tour guide in the car with you.

Trip-planning resources

Every time we go on a trip, we stress out about when to go, where to stay, what to see, etc. Wouldn’t it be great if you had someone with you who had been on that exact trip countless times? Sharing tips and tricks before you even leave your house? Just Ahead does exactly that.

We get you there and back

Just Ahead tells you everything you need to know about your destination. But we also know that there are a lot of miles between home and the park, or between this park and the next. That’s why we cover all the common routes to and from your destination. No matter which route you choose, we’re with you, telling you stories along the way.

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We at Just Ahead are working to build the most comprehensive series of audio guides for the whole world. Wherever you’re traveling, we want to be there.

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“I really like how we didn't need a signal since we were out of range, and also how it knew where we were and gave us info for the things right in our view!”

— Laurie G.

“Holy cow! Just got back from my Death Valley trip and I can't believe how great the app was along the journey. Not only did it guide us to hikes and places we might have (easily) overlooked, but gave us perspective of the park that allowed us to appreciate it on a whole new level (history, points of interest, flora/fauna, etc.).”

— Jesse Forest

★★★★★ “…great on-demand tour information about the park and really opened up the experience….”

— iTunes Reviewer

★★★★★ “This is one of the best apps I've ever used. Exploring Joshua Tree Park with this app was excellent. It even distinguished between the direction of driving and told different information for each direction.”

“I never knew the desert was so alive!”

— Alex N. (age 7)

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This is our second Shaka app. You are able to get stories, history and local tips as you drive. Great, background music keeps the Hawaiian vibe going. I feel like we are seeing things most people would never know are there.

BadVibeReader 1 day ago

The Shaka guide was so good. My husband and I enjoyed the history we learned while on the road to Hana. It was so easy to follow too. I’m so glad I used the Shaka guide and I would recommend to everyone! Mahalo! 🤙🏼

xyxybjoyg 2 days ago

We decided to skip the big bus tour and drive our rental car on the Road to Hana in Maui. The app was very accurate and informative! Great music, stories and history too! Would definitely recommend this app. 10/10!

Finebotyom 2 days ago

We have been on many different driving tours across the state and unfortunately this is the first time we have used the Shaka guide. It’s is really awesome and make the drive much more interesting. I really recommend it!

dlcheyne 6 days ago

So glad I this app made our trip great saw things we wouldn’t have seen and learned about the areas and history. Even got to see sea turtles on the beach due to the information on the tour and such easy directions to follow. Looking forward to some of other tours they have now that we are back on the main land. It’s like having your own personal tour guide and flexibility.

NedB91 6 days ago

The best one so far! I highly recommend it! This app made our experience 100 times better! Loved it!

Honest Risa 6 days ago

I have never written a review on an app and this app made the trip unforgettable! The best part is it works on airplane mode and still navigating. Loved how each speaker explained each area of each park as well as the history. Loved how it navigated you through all areas of each park, had us doing things we didn’t even think of! I have been recommending to all my pears that travel and explore nature.

SanDiegoSully 6 days ago

Absolutely a must have guide! Fascinating sites, history and music. Different information on the way back along the Highway to Hana! So incredibly useful as we rented a car and turned on the Shaka Guide and had the best day ever on the Road to Hana!!!

Guz and Kat 1 week ago

We learned, laughed, enjoyed all the history and legends, plus really enjoyed the food recommendations! The tour was easy and on point! Can’t wait to do Road to Hana tomorrow! Thank you ♥️♥️🌺🌺🌺

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Call them what you will—audio tours or guides—or as we like to say— experiences , but the creative minds at Acoustiguide always innovate to create memorable audio. We creates multi-lingual, character-driven experiences that seamlessly pair with our intuitive audio tour software and hardware solutions. Whether you are a museum, gallery, exhibition, tour, or entertainment venue, our award-winning team of passionate storytellers will deliver their trademark creativity. We conceptualize , create , and provide immersive audio and multimedia experiences to hundreds of museums, tourist sites, and entertainment venues around the world. We do this because we’ve understood the audio tour longer— and do them better—than anyone else.

Everyone is different… so Acoustiguide customizes its work—and its work process—to suit your needs.

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Since its founding in 1901, the Toledo Museum of Art has earned a global reputation for the quality of its collections, innovative and extensive education programs, and architecturally significant campus.

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Some say the Haihe River in Tianjin is like a beautiful necklace, its many bridges the sparkling pearls that adorn the necklace’s glittering band.

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A fortress, palace and prison, the Tower of London is one of the UK’s most visited heritage attractions with nearly three million visitors a year from around the world.

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The 19th century basilica in Barcelona has been the source of curiosity and delight for its unique architecture by Antoni GaudĂ­ and its century-long construction.

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also known as “Knights’ Halls” or “the Knight Kingdom” is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, making it a significant destination for foreign and domestic tourists alike.

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The Met in New York City is the largest art museum in the United States, and is among the most visited art museums in the world.

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All turn-by-turn directions and descriptions are spoken for easy to easy navigation and understanding. Our tours are a complete circle so you end up where you started… not some unknown location!

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No waiting at a specific time for others to show up. Go when you want, take a brake anytime, and resume at your own pace and schedule.

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Should you make a wrong turn, there is a complete map indicating all the sites along the way. Also pictures of the individual sites are available to insure you are looking at the right sight.

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Our travel experts do intense research choosing the best sites to see and the accurate information you want to know about each.

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Both are available. The platform used in our apps is new technology engineered by iApp Tours using exclusive mobile software.

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No more straining or pushing to get close to hear the tour guide. The audio comes directly to your ear buds or car stereo system.

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If you missed something in the audio description, or didn’t understand the directions, no problem! Simply touch the position on the phone or tablet map and it will play again.

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Excellent writers and professional voice actors, music, sound effects and a light delivery style make the listening fun.

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“It was our first trip to the Napa wine area and we would have been totally lost without this app. It not only took us to a lot of fun places, good wineries and some places we never knew existed, but was enjoyable to listen to. My husband and I highly recommend it.”

Worried that we couldn’t keep up with a walking tour, we decided to try this app. We made a great decision! Loved being able to go at our own pace, go off the beaten path, and pick up when and where we wanted. Highly recommended!!

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Intended for group guided live tours, the Orpheo Tour Guide system has been specially designed to be lightweight, robust and easily configured. Wireless, suitable and adaptable to any tour: for company and factory tours, museum and exhibit tours.

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The Orpheo Hybe is a hybrid multimedia guide with a radio guide function for live group tours. This versatile device combines two of Orpheo’s key product lines, halfway between an audio guide for self-guided tours and a tour guide for group tours.

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The Best Way to See a City? Audio Guides

While nothing screams “tourist” like a guidebook, nothing says “local” like a pair of headphones.

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By Emily Singer

Consider the tourist. The oft-stigmatized identity is more a temporary mindset than it is a permanent condition, assumed with the intent of experiencing foreign cultures and ideas. Yet while many strive to discover something new when traveling, few desire to be flagged as an outsider. The easiest way to adopt the guise of a local is to don the one accessory that pervades every major city across the globe and grants instant insouciance: headphones .

Because while nothing screams “tourist” like a guidebook , nothing says “local” like a pair of earbuds — and no one has to know that it’s a pre-recorded tour, not music, flowing through them. Better yet, today’s most worthwhile tours are more akin to conversations than dry textbook excerpts, laden with insider tips and personal narratives that take you off the main square and down streets where only a local would know to go. Here are four worth plugging in to.

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Best for Staycationers. Taking the form of personal narratives, Detour brings you off the beaten path, through up-and-coming neighborhoods and inside noteworthy buildings. Using location-aware GPS tracking, the app modifies audio scripts in order to speak to whatever site is in your line of vision, or lies just ahead. Most tours will recommend food and drink stops, and all can be synced across multiple devices to allow for makeshift group tours.

Locations: San Francisco, Chicago, New York and Los Angeles, with six more major cities on the way GPS Integration? yes Price per Tour: $4.99+

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Best for Roadtripping. Given that each U.S. National Park can span thousands upon thousands of acres, driving is often the best way to see as much as possible. But gawking at a stunning geologic formation with zero knowledge of what you’re looking at, exactly, can feel like a fruitless venture. With location-aware, GPS-based narratives, Just Ahead solves that issue, auto-playing stories as you approach particular sites and suggesting nearby hikes and turns to make on roadways.

Locations: virtually every major U.S. National Park GPS Integration? yes Price per Tour: $14.99+

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Best for Seeing a City Like a Local. With GPS-guided and offline audio tours (for those without international data plans), TripScout ’s tours meander through both main squares and quiet side streets, recommending local restaurants and shops, and allowing users to flag specific sites and locations for future reference.

Locations: more than three dozen cities across the globe GPS Integration? yes Price per Tour: $2.99+

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Best for the Old-School Tourist. What Rick Steves’s self-guided walking tours lack in 21st-century technology, they make up for in scope. Pulling from its namesake travel expert’s decades of television and radio programming, Audio Europe houses an ever-growing roster of city walks, museum tours and interviews with notable residents in both major and minor cities. While there’s no GPS integration, a map accompanies each tour for directional guidance.

Locations: an ever-growing list of major (and minor) cities spanning Europe GPS Integration? no Price per Tour: free

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The Highlights Tour

The text “Spotlight One Met Icon New Perspectives” appears atop a bright yellow ovular spotlight shape against a warm grey background.

Tour the Collection

Two young children stand in front of the entrance of a stone Egyptian temple. The child on the right is pointing up to the structure.

Egyptian Art: Family Tour

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The British Galleries

Musical Instruments: Fanfare

Musical Instruments: Mapping the Art of Music

Detail view of a marble sculpture in which we see a hand grasping another piece of flesh

Viewpoints: Body Language

Jackson Pollock's monumental drip painting Number 28, 1950

Epic Abstraction: Pollock to Herrera

Past exhibitions.

Mosaic in the shape of a map with a title in yellow that reads "Africa & Byzantium"

Africa & Byzantium

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Manet/Degas

Tree and Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India, 200 BCE-400CE

Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India, 200 BCE–400 CE

Juan de Pareja, Afro-Hispanic Painter

Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art

Fictions of Emancipation: Carpeaux Recast

Hear Me Now: The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina

The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England

Winslow Homer: Crosscurrents

Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts

Making The Met, 1870–2020

In Praise of Painting: Dutch Masterpieces at The Met

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GyPSy Guide is now GuideAlong

It’s never been easy to explain simply what GyPSy Guide is.

Sure, we’re GPS-enabled, fully automatic, perfectly timed driving tours that provide interesting, informative, and flexible road tripping, but we are so much more. Road trippers like you tell us this all the time!

But the one thing customers say they love the most about our tours is— it’s like having a tour guide along for the drive. So, we’re changing our name to reflect the most important part of who we are.

Introducing our new name:

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Your favorite narrator on every tour is the same, and so is our passionate team behind the scenes, who create all those road-worthy stories and recommendations.

Any purchased tours & bundles remain yours and are found in the My Tours menu.

And to make your road trips EXTRA special in 2023…

Oh, and another exciting piece of news! We’re creating new tours this year and releasing them throughout the road trip season.

We’ll be ready to share the new locations soon. Check your inbox in the coming weeks, you’ll be the first to know.

We can’t wait to to be your GuideAlong on your next road trip.

The GuideAlong Team

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We'll set you up with a complete audio guide package to have your visitors listening to your stories in no time!

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Let your collection do the talking

We believe in undivided attention for your collection and its stories. An audio-only tour makes sure the visitors' full attention is directed to the

object itself. Let their imagination run free while listening to the tales of your exhibition. Tell them a damn good and

unforgettable story!

We believe in undivided attention for your collection and its stories.

An audio-only tour makes sure the visitors' full attention is directed to the object itself.

Let their imagination run free while listening to the tales of your exhibition.

Tell them a damn good and unforgettable story!

Let your collection

do the talking

We believe in undivided attention for your collection and its stories. An audio-only tour makes

sure the visitors' full attention is directed to the object itself. Let their imagination run free

while listening to the tales of your exhibition. Tell them a damn good and

Keeping it simple & smart

Our audio guiding technology works effortlessly and includes a smart audio tour manager . So you can easily tell the best stories.

What about your visitors? The Podcatcher Pro is their personal, tiny tour guide. They’ll leave your place wanting to hear and see more.

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Keeping it simple

Our audio guiding technology works effortlessly and Includes a simple audio tour manager. So you can easily tell the best stories.What about your visitors?

The Podcatcher is their personal, tiny tour guide.They’ll leave your place wanting to hear and

Our audio guiding technology works effortlessly and Includes a simple audio tour manager. So you can easily tell the best stories.

What about your visitors? The Podcatcher is their personal, tiny tour guide. They’ll leave your place wanting to hear and see more.

No distraction

Audio only to highlight 

your collection.

Foolproof audio tour management

Online content management to simply create and adjust your audio tour.

Easy as ABC

Point, Listen and Enjoy.

No distractions, just listen ďťż

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Smart online content management to simply create and adjust your audio tour .

That's really all your visitors have to do.

audio tour management

Online content management to simply create

and adjust your

The Podcatcher demo kit, a white box with Guide-ID branding, and an audio guide device inside.

Get a sneak preview of our Podcatcher Pro. The demo kit is a mini audio guide experience at the comfort of your own site.

We'll make you an offer you, can't refuse.

A great first audio tour on ready-to-use audio guides and visitor insights:

We'll set you up with the complete package to have your visitors listening to

 your stories in no time!

We'll make you an offer you can't refuse

A great first audio tour on ready-to-use audio guides and visitor insights : We'll set you up with

a complete package to have your visitors listening to your stories in no time!

A great first audio tour on ready-to-use audio guides and visitor insights: We'll set you up with the complete package to have your visitors listening to your stories

 in no time!

Get to know 

Your visitors.

We don't read minds (unfortunately), but we do know how your visitors move and listen. Now you can too. Use visitor data to understand their routes and favourite objects to improve the experience.

We don't read minds (unfortunately), but we do know how your visitors move and listen. Now you can too. Use visitor data to understand their routes and favourite objects to improve

the experience.

Here’s to collaboration! 

We're always here to help you tell your collection’s stories. Together, we'll take

your visitors to amazing places. Curious to know more about audio guiding?

We are happy to tell you all about it.

We provide...

The world's smartest audio guide. We know. That's a pretty bold statement. No worries, we have our clients worldwide to back it up.

Six clients listed in a row: USS Midway, Tirpitz, Anne Frank House, MSK Musem, Powerscourt, KODE

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Six clients listed in a row: Walt Disney Concert Hall, Kunst Uur, Royal Navy National Museum, Mount Vernon, Gallo Romeins Museum, Stedelijk Amsterdam

Here's how we helped

The amsterdam museum.

The Amsterdam Museum increased their audio guide pick-up rate to 67,2% after switching to Guide-ID. They also improved their visitor satisfaction and TripAdvisor reviews. 

Read the full story

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The Amsterdam Museum increased their audio guide pick-up rate to   67,2%   after switching to Guide-ID. They also improved their visitor satisfaction and TripAdvisor reviews. 

The USS Midway:

A successful (hi)story.

After the USS Midway Museum started using

the Podcatchers , they saw a 35% decrease on waiting

lines and a higher staff engagement with their visitors.

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How we helped the Tirpitz Museum to share their stories

By transforming the traditional museum experience Tirpitz Museum reached out to different audiences from all ages and backgrounds.

One of the secret ingredients? Audio stories.  

The Amsterdam Museum increased their 

audio guide pick-up rate to 67,2% after switching to Guide-ID. They also improved their visitor satisfaction and TripAdvisor reviews. 

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How the Royal Delft Museum reached new audiences

Delft Blue is a big success with international audiences, but what about local visitors? The Royal Delft Museum set a new objective ; they were looking into bringing the world of Royal Delft Blue to a new audience. 

After the USS Midway Museum started using the Podcatchers, they saw a 35% decrease on waiting lines and a higher staff engagement with their visitors.

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By transforming the traditional museum experience Tirpitz Museum reached out to different audiences from all ages and backgrounds .

One of the secret ingredients? Audio stories. 

Here's the success story of the KODE Art Museum

KODE Art Museum was preparing a different visitor experience for their Edvard Munch exhibition. The result? 69,000 visitors, 23% of their total annual visitors.

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the Tirpitz Museum

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The success story of Museum Ons' Lieve Heer op Solderďťż

Museum Ons’ Lieve Heer op Solder implemented a kids audio tour which helped the Museum to increase visitors’ use of the audio guide, now 90% to 95% visitors use the Podcatcher. 

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Athens tour 17+

Athens tour-ready audio guide, yuriy levandovkyy, designed for ipad, screenshots, description.

Athens tour-ready audio guide. 2 audio tours of popular places in Athens. The Athens Tour app was designed by us, people who have lived in Greece for over 25 years. This is a ready-made audio guide to Athens, which will allow you to make 2 fascinating audio tours of the most popular places in Athens and also in the category "places" we have compiled a selection of places that we think people who have decided to come to Greece should visit. You will be able to learn many interesting facts and also save a lot of money on tour guides. On the first day we will visit the Acropolis Hill, the Pearl of Greece, the Parthenon temple, the temple of the gods, the temple of the gods. Parthenon, the temple of the goddess Niki, the temple of Erechsion, the Propylaea, the Odeon, the theater of the god Dionysius, the temple of the god Asklepios. Then the Temple of Zeus Olympian, the Arch of Emperor Hadrian, the Panathenaic Stadium (where the Olympic Games were revived) is an amazing building. Olympic Games) is an amazing structure, also known as the Kallimarmaron (which means "beautiful marble" in Greek). The only stadium in the world that is built entirely of white marble, which is located in the center of Athens and is visited by thousands of tourists every day. Syntagma Square, which is translated from Greek (Square of "Constitution") former Royal residence, where we will be able to see the changing of the guard of the Greek elite army of the Evzones, the monument to the Unknown Soldier, the guard of honor of the Presidential Palace. The second day of the tour-Athens Triangle-Three main Squares. We will see the house of the German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann, the complex of three amazing buildings - the Athens Trilogy: the building of the University of Athens, the Athens Library, the Academy of Sciences. The Library, the Academy of Sciences. Monument to Theodoros Kolokotronis (leader of the Greek uprising against the Turkish yoke), the old parliament building (now a historical museum). Omonia Square, which translates from Greek as "Square of Concord", popular for its fountains, Athens Market .Monastiraki Square, flea market, old town Plaka, Tower of Winds, Roman Agora, Library of Emperor Hadrian. Acropolis Museum.

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The developer, Yuriy Levandovkyy , indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .

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