Now built for iPhone Duo: folded, open or as a book. The map sits beside the story, with player and routes across the full screen.

Routes now open with a look inside: every stop in the order you will walk it, with a photo, the start of its story and how long it lasts. Some stops can be played right there, before you set off. The start button stays at the bottom of the screen, so you can scroll through the stops and begin whenever you are ready. Plus small fixes.

Tested and ready for iOS 27. Plus small fixes.

The introduction is calmer: choosing how much time you have no longer flips the slide on its own, “A couple of hours” is ticked in advance, and the button shows that it is working. Buying is one step shorter: the price button on the map opens the payment sheet straight away. If your phone is short of space, the guide tells you before the download — not halfway through it. Settings now have a Contact us section: email, help and the privacy policy in one place. Going to Pompeii as well? The guide now mentions our Pompeii guide — briefly, and without getting in the way. Plus a smoother map and small fixes.

• A new walkthrough on first launch: it shows the app in action instead of handing out tips. • Walking guidance: a turn banner, arrival time, buttons to open your navigator, and a note when you arrive. • Routes from afar: you see the walking line to the start, then choose to listen from here or start on site. The route takes over when you arrive. • Routes now run from 1 to the end: from the gate you entered, then from where you stand, without doubling back. The counter no longer jumps ahead ("6 of 12" at the start). • Bottom panels, the mini-player included, swipe away to the left. • Location access now lives in Settings, with a prompt before a route. Tapping Guide me mid-route asks whether to finish the current one. • A new introduction with photos of the places and a question about how much time you have. • The player sheet, Overview and places are refined.

The Colosseum finally works the way the Colosseum does. Under all that stone there is no GPS and a map cannot help, so its twenty-seven stops are now a list arranged by where you are standing: outside before the entrance, the first tier after security, the rail above the arena. Touch a line and the story begins without leaving the list. Also in this version: • Three places, one guide — the Colosseum, the Roman Forum and the Palatine. Switching between them takes you nowhere: the tab simply shows the place you picked. • A short walkthrough on first launch, run on the app itself rather than on pictures of it. • A rebuilt player: scrub the bar, change the speaking speed, step to neighbouring stories, or open the text and photograph of the one you are hearing. • Lists scroll faster and screens open quicker.

We went through how the guide is actually used on real trips — from the purchase to the last narration on site. The conclusion was simple: the guide has to work where there is no network at all. Now it does, all the way. If some narrations are not on your phone yet, the app shows exactly what is missing and fetches the rest by itself as soon as you are back online. What you bought stays yours offline: everything already downloaded simply works. While downloading, a clear hint: keep the app open and the package arrives faster. And if you close the app before it finishes, a reminder makes sure you do not set off with an incomplete guide.

The Colosseum has arrived! 27 new stops take you through the arena floor, the underground hypogeum, the gladiators' gates, and the story of the games — plus a bonus route into the underground for Full Experience ticket holders. The map now covers all three sites in one walk: Colosseum, Roman Forum, and Palatine Hill. Already own the guide? The new content is included — no extra purchase.