UCPlaces | Your tour guide app

Name: UCPlaces | Your tour guide app
Rating: 3.8 (24 reviews)
Author: UCPlaces LLC

Self-Guided GPS Audio Tours

Only for iPhone

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.

24 Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Travel
Developer

UCPlaces LLC
Language

EN
English
Size

121.1
MB

iPhone

Take guided tours of cities and national parks using your phone as your guide. Hands-free, GPS-triggered stories—explore at your own pace with UCPlaces. Self-Guided Audio Tours & Travel Experiences. UCPlaces is a self-guided tour app that turns your phone into a smart personal tour guide in the real world. Just click “Start Tour” for a fun and effortless experience – the live city map with GPS navigation instructions and automatic audio stories that play as you move let you explore cities, landmarks, and routes with total freedom: no planning, no groups, no schedules, no pressure. Whether you’re walking city streets, taking a driving tour, or discovering hidden gems, the app helps you truly see destinations – UCPlaces (You see places). A smarter way to tour, travel, and explore UCPlaces combines guided tours and self-guided travel into one powerful travel app. It works like a professional tour guide, but without the limitations of traditional guided walking tours or guided driving tours. Using GPS, voice navigation, and a live tour map, UCPlaces delivers phone-guided audio tours that automatically guide you from stop to stop while telling you the stories behind main sites, top destinations, landmarks, and hidden gems. This is travel tech built for modern travelers and "old school" travelers alike. Why travelers choose UCPlaces - Self-guided walking tours, driving tours & bicycling tours - Audio tours with voice navigation – hands-free and effortless - Phone-guided tours that play automatically as you approach each stop - Offline touring – ideal for budget tours and international travel - Pause, resume, and tour at your own pace - Multi-language tours for global travelers - Flexible, affordable travel experiences - Smart travel tips Perfect for solo travelers, couples, families, and curious locals. How UCPlaces works 1. Choose a tour – city tour, road trip, historical tour, or themed experience 2. Preview the tour – stops, tour guide style, and overall vibe 3. Put on earbuds or connect to car audio 4. Start the tour – follow GPS navigation while audio stories play automatically Your phone becomes your tour guide, travel guide, and city map – all in one. Tours for every travel style • City tours & main sites tours • Walking tours & guided walking tours • Driving tours & guided driving tours • Scenic road trips • Historical & heritage tours • Architecture tours • Culinary & food tours • University & campus tours • Real estate “where to live” tours • Entertainment & TV-show themed tours Explore deeper. Learn effortlessly. Travel smarter. Global destinations & languages UCPlaces offers tours across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, South America, and Oceania, with new destinations added regularly. Tours are available in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Hebrew, Chinese, Korean, and more. Popular destinations include USA / America & Canada: New York City, Washington DC, Boston, Philadelphia, Miami, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Chicago, New Orleans, Atlanta, Denver, Detroit, New Mexico, Santa Fe, Nashville, Maui, Montreal, Merida, Mexico, Texas, Yellowstone National Park, Bryce Canyon, Hawaii, Florida, Orlando, and more Europe & EMEA: Rome, Paris, Barcelona, Berlin, Vienna, Prague, Budapest, Athens, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa, Istanbul, Dublin, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Dubai, Tbilisi, Bucharest, Georgia, Romania, Moldova, Florence, Positano, Sicily, Venice, Milan, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Cyprus and more Asia & Beyond: Tokyo, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Iceland, Australia, and more Create, share, and sell tours *Guides, creators, and locals can build and publish self-guided tours on UCPlaces, curated by our travel team. Learn more at ucplaces.com Download UCPlaces today The flexible, GPS-powered travel app for audio tours, self travel, and guided tour experiences - without the limits of traditional tours. Explore freely. Navigate easily. You see places. * Please rate the app after taking at least one tour - help us grow, add even more destinations and spread the UCPlaces word

Ratings & Reviews

3.8

out of 5

24 Ratings

Best way to explore
08/05/2019

Smachos247
It’s like having a local at your finger tips who can tell you all the cool places to check out, outside of the normal tourist attractions. My favorite part is I can fit the tour into my schedule and take it at whatever time I want. I don’t have to reserve a time or plan my day around it, instead the tour is planned around my day. Love it!!
Best way to explore
08/05/2019

Smachos247

It’s like having a local at your finger tips who can tell you all the cool places to check out, outside of the normal tourist attractions. My favorite part is I can fit the tour into my schedule and take it at whatever time I want. I don’t have to reserve a time or plan my day around it, instead the tour is planned around my day. Love it!!
Frustrating and mostly unhelpful
10/22/2024

GoodyCate
We tried to use the app to take a “peaceful” driving tour through Sedona. The app failed to integrate to our car’s information center, but I won’t blame that on the app, since I’m not 100% sure. The directions were hard to follow. When we tried to restart the tour on a site other than the first one, she got wrapped around the axle and kept repeating the introduction multiple times. We ended up closing the app and giving up. Wish we could get our money back. The narrator’s voice was nice.

Developer Response
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We're truly sorry to hear about your experience while using our app in Sedona, and can completely understand your frustration. It sounds like there were a few technical issues that impacted your enjoyment of the tour, and we wish it had worked more smoothly for you.Regarding the difficulty with directions and restarting the tour, we’re always striving to improve the user experience, and your input helps us identify areas where we can make adjustments. We’ll look into how the app handles resuming from a different site, and the repeating introduction you encountered is something we’ll work on fixing.I also want to apologize for any inconvenience caused by the lack of integration with your car’s information center. We're continuously working to ensure our app is compatible with as many systems as possible.If you’re open to it, we’d love to make it up to you. Please feel free to reach out to us directly at support@ucplaces.com, and we’d be happy to offer you a refund or help you find another tour experience that better meets your expectations. We appreciate your kind words about the narrator’s voice and hope we can provide you with a more seamless experience in the future!
Frustrating and mostly unhelpful
10/22/2024

GoodyCate

We tried to use the app to take a “peaceful” driving tour through Sedona. The app failed to integrate to our car’s information center, but I won’t blame that on the app, since I’m not 100% sure. The directions were hard to follow. When we tried to restart the tour on a site other than the first one, she got wrapped around the axle and kept repeating the introduction multiple times. We ended up closing the app and giving up. Wish we could get our money back. The narrator’s voice was nice.
Developer Response 10/24/2024
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We're truly sorry to hear about your experience while using our app in Sedona, and can completely understand your frustration. It sounds like there were a few technical issues that impacted your enjoyment of the tour, and we wish it had worked more smoothly for you.Regarding the difficulty with directions and restarting the tour, we’re always striving to improve the user experience, and your input helps us identify areas where we can make adjustments. We’ll look into how the app handles resuming from a different site, and the repeating introduction you encountered is something we’ll work on fixing.I also want to apologize for any inconvenience caused by the lack of integration with your car’s information center. We're continuously working to ensure our app is compatible with as many systems as possible.If you’re open to it, we’d love to make it up to you. Please feel free to reach out to us directly at support@ucplaces.com, and we’d be happy to offer you a refund or help you find another tour experience that better meets your expectations. We appreciate your kind words about the narrator’s voice and hope we can provide you with a more seamless experience in the future!
Unfortunate choice of an app
06/21/2025

Tinochka1
Downloaded Washington DC DuPont circle, intended to walk to start point, app design allows for drive directions only. Dissatisfaction. Connected to gps with difficulty, ended up with starting on location No3, 1 and 2 did not worked for us. Biggest disappointment was the content of narration. Very little history, that DC has in abundance, pointing to embassy flags and location that are very visible without an app. Stoppped using after 30 minutes. Maybe other tours are better, I wouldn’t know.

Developer Response
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We’re sorry to hear that your experience with the DuPont Circle tour didn’t meet your expectations.To clarify, when the app detects that you're far from the starting point, it provides directions to help you get there—these are shown as driving directions by default but can absolutely be followed on foot. Once you arrive near the starting point, the app automatically switches to walking mode and begins the guided experience.We are local to Washington, DC, and take our tours very seriously. Our production team is currently reviewing this tour to ensure it meets the high standards we aim for in both navigation and narration.We also sincerely apologize for the GPS connectivity issues and the fact that your tour began at Stop 3 instead of Stop 1. This can occasionally happen in dense urban environments, and we’re constantly working on improvements to minimize that kind of disruption.Finally, we’d love the chance to make it up to you. Please reach out through our Contact Us page, and we’ll be happy to offer you a free tour of your choice.Thank you again for your feedback—it truly helps us improve.—The UCPlaces Team
Unfortunate choice of an app
06/21/2025

Tinochka1

Downloaded Washington DC DuPont circle, intended to walk to start point, app design allows for drive directions only. Dissatisfaction. Connected to gps with difficulty, ended up with starting on location No3, 1 and 2 did not worked for us. Biggest disappointment was the content of narration. Very little history, that DC has in abundance, pointing to embassy flags and location that are very visible without an app. Stoppped using after 30 minutes. Maybe other tours are better, I wouldn’t know.
Developer Response 06/23/2025
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We’re sorry to hear that your experience with the DuPont Circle tour didn’t meet your expectations.To clarify, when the app detects that you're far from the starting point, it provides directions to help you get there—these are shown as driving directions by default but can absolutely be followed on foot. Once you arrive near the starting point, the app automatically switches to walking mode and begins the guided experience.We are local to Washington, DC, and take our tours very seriously. Our production team is currently reviewing this tour to ensure it meets the high standards we aim for in both navigation and narration.We also sincerely apologize for the GPS connectivity issues and the fact that your tour began at Stop 3 instead of Stop 1. This can occasionally happen in dense urban environments, and we’re constantly working on improvements to minimize that kind of disruption.Finally, we’d love the chance to make it up to you. Please reach out through our Contact Us page, and we’ll be happy to offer you a free tour of your choice.Thank you again for your feedback—it truly helps us improve.—The UCPlaces Team
Amazing self guided tour app!!
09/28/2019

MK73MD
Amazing self guided tour app!!This allowed us to see so many important places but at our own pace. This is really a unique app to discover your home town, see new places in a whole new perspective. So often a tour just goes too fast and this way really allowed us to make it our own! Bravo !!
Amazing self guided tour app!!
09/28/2019

MK73MD

Amazing self guided tour app!!This allowed us to see so many important places but at our own pace. This is really a unique app to discover your home town, see new places in a whole new perspective. So often a tour just goes too fast and this way really allowed us to make it our own! Bravo !!

Improved audio indication when using Bluetooth or CarPlay, and added alerts when volume is too low for a better listening experience

Version 3.38 Mar 18

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Information

Seller: UCPlaces LLC
Size: 121.1 MB
Category: Travel
Compatibility: Requires iOS 13.0 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.

iPod touch
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.

Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.

Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Location: This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.
Languages: English
Age Rating: 4+

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In-App Purchases: Yes

$15 UCPlaces Premium Tour $14.99

$18 UCPlaces Premium Tour $17.99

$24 UCPlaces Premium Tour $23.99

$20 UCPlaces Premium Tour $19.99

$10 UCPlaces Premium Tour $9.99

$16 UCPlaces Premium Tour $15.99

$26 UCPlaces Premium Tour $25.99

$40 UCPlaces Premium Tour $39.99

$12 UCPlaces Premium Tour $11.99

$25 UCPlaces Premium Tour $24.99

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UCPlaces | Your tour guide app

Ratings & Reviews

Best way to explore

Frustrating and mostly unhelpful

Unfortunate choice of an app

Amazing self guided tour app!!

What’s New

App Privacy

Data Not Linked to You

Accessibility

Information

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