About this guide
A buyer’s guide for people choosing an app for a self-guided walk around London.
What this guide is for
There are dozens of audio and walking tour apps that cover London, and they work in very different ways. Some follow a set route from a fixed start, some play stories wherever you walk, and some are closer to an offline map with notes. Prices range from free to a monthly subscription.
This guide puts the apps side by side so you can pick one in a few minutes. It covers which phones each app runs on, how it plays, whether it gives directions, what it costs in pounds and what you can try for free.
Who publishes it
This guide is published by the team that makes Wanderwalk, one of the apps compared here. We describe every app, including our own, from what its developer publishes.
Wanderwalk is our pick for iPhone users, and we explain why on the guide and on the How we compare page. Every other app gets a fair description and a "best for" label for something it does better, so you can choose another app when it suits you better.
How the facts are checked
Every price, rating and catalogue size comes from the developer’s own website or the app’s UK App Store page. Each app card lists its sources and the date we checked them. When a developer doesn’t say something, we write "Not stated" instead of guessing.