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Best City Guide Apps for iPhone (2026)

6 apps ranked S through F · · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Part of Travel Guide.

Visit A City is the top-ranked of 6 city guide apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.8/5 from 14,796 ratings.

  1. 1
    Visit A CityS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 14,796 ratings · score 94
  2. 2
    Visit London - Official GuideB
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 2,643 ratings · score 75
  3. 3
    Big Bus Tours: Hop On, Hop OffB
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 24,435 ratings · score 70
  4. 4
    POPGuideC
    Free download · ★ 4.3 · 3,915 ratings · score 64
  5. 5
    The Villages® AppD
    Free · ★ 4.6 · 13,116 ratings · score 58

What belongs in this list

Explore a city with a guide to its sights, places and things to do.

Not here: A general travel guide covering countries alone; A city map alone; A TV or event schedule guide alone; Hotel booking alone; A general chatbot that could be asked for city tips alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

S
Visit A City
A
None at A yet
B
Visit LondonBig Bus Tours
C
POPGuide
D
The Villages…
F
Discover LA

Compare every app

  1. 1
    Visit A CityS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 14,796 ratings · score 94 · best in class
  2. 2
    Visit London - Official GuideB
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 2,643 ratings · score 75 · good
  3. 3
    Big Bus Tours: Hop On, Hop OffB
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 24,435 ratings · score 70 · good · provisional
  4. 4
    POPGuideC
    Free download · ★ 4.3 · 3,915 ratings · score 64 · situational · provisional
  5. 5
    The Villages® AppD
    Free · ★ 4.6 · 13,116 ratings · score 58 · weak · provisional
  6. 6
    Discover LA - Official GuideF
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 2,258 ratings · score 44 · avoid · provisional

Questions people ask

What is the best city guide app for iPhone?
Visit A City, S tier, ranked #1 of 6, rated 4.8 by 14,796 people.
Which city guide apps are free?
6 of 6 are free to download: Visit A City (S), Visit London - Official Guide (B), Big Bus Tours: Hop On, Hop Off (B), POPGuide (C) and more. 1 of them sells in-app purchases. 1 reports no in-app purchases.
Which city guide app has the best App Store rating?
Visit A City at 4.8 from 14,796 ratings.
How many city guide apps reach S or A tier?
1 of 6. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.

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