On The Road - App vs MAQNIFY Erlebnisguide Usage & Stats
Listen to what On The Road has to tell you about nearby attractions while you walk or drive around. It takes its content from Wikipedia and reads it out loud so you don't have to look at the display.
Features:
- Different languages (English, German, French).
- In Germany the app hightlights the famous brown signs on autobahns as well.
- Fast, normal and slow speak rates.
- Distance to attraction (in metric or imperial units).
- Dark and light design.
- Image of location (can be turned off to save mobile bandwidth).
- Different profiles for driving by car, train or walking. Can be customized.
- The app keeps a history list of all the attractions you have seen. So later on you can open the corresponding Wikipedia articles to read more, listen to it again or open it on the map.
- Open map at location of current attraction (for direct navigation)
- Choose between only important (default) of all attractions
- send the current attraction or the history list by e-mail
- Apple App Store
- Free
- Travel
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Historical places, picturesque regions and sights worth seeing. Find out what the brown tourist information signs on the motorway are referring to.
Turn your next motorway journey into an exciting adventure. The Experience Guide is your live audio tourist guide for when you’re out and about. At every* brown information sign along your route, you will automatically receive a short account of the nearby sights and places of interest. In the Experience Guide, all* locations are displayed on an interactive overview map or in the clearly arranged list. The more detailed premium sights feature practical links to websites and tourist information next to the text and images.
Detailed information about the project can be found here: https://experience-guide.info/frequent-questions
AUDIO GUIDE DURING YOUR JOURNEY
Your next motorway journey becomes an exciting adventure: do you know that the picturesque old town of Gengenbach, a small town along the A5, resembles a historical film set? Have you heard about the Swabian Grand Canyon in the Upper Danube Nature Park, which offers incredible views? The brown sign is along the A81. Do you know where Germany’s first Youth Hostel is located? The Experience Guide tells you interesting fun facts and excursion tips - always when you drive past a brown tourist sign.
DISCOVER NEW DESTINATIONS
In the Experience Guide, all locations are displayed on an interactive overview map or in the clearly arranged list. The more detailed premium sights feature practical links to websites and tourist information next to the text and images. A simple click is all that it takes for your chosen navigation app to take you directly to each sight.
FIND FESTIVALS AND MARKETS
Festivals, concerts, markets and castle pageants – there’s a countless variety of leisure opportunities in Germany. Many premium sights present their annual event highlights directly in the app. It’s also easy to save your favoured events directly to your personal calendar.
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*currently available for all brown tourist signs in Baden-Wurttemberg, Hesse and Northrhine-Westphalia.
Main functions at a glance
- Audio contributions for all tourist information signs on the motorways
- Automatic information via audio while driving
- Detailed destination presentations in map or list view
- Further links and information for your travel planning
- Selected event highlights
- Save events directly to your personal calendar
- Content in German (BW, HE, NRW) and English (HE, BW)
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Do you have any criticism or suggestions for improvement? Send us your opinion at app@erlebnis-guide.info. We look forward to hearing from you!
- Apple App Store
- Free
- Travel
Store Rank
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On The Road - App VS. 
MAQNIFY ErlebnisguideJanuary 9, 2025