# POPGuide

> POPGuide ! Innovative Audio guided tours for amazing tourist attractions!

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/io.populi.pop\_app\_android](https://chrome-stats.com/d/io.populi.pop_app_android)

## Overview

- **ID:** `io.populi.pop_app_android`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Vox S.p.A.
- **Category:** TRAVEL\_AND\_LOCAL
- **Downloads:** 1,283,547
- **Rating:** 4.35 / 5 (3,896 ratings)
- **Version:** 11.7.18
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-18
- **First published:** 2016-11-06
- **Publisher country:** IT
- **Size:** 301 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.populi.pop_app_android)
- **Website:** [https://www.voxtours.com/popguide/](https://www.voxtours.com/popguide/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://popguide.herokuapp.com/privacy\_policy/4](https://popguide.herokuapp.com/privacy_policy/4)

## Description

POPGuide is your self-guided tour in your pocket. It combines interactive destination mapping, offline access, and immersive audio storytelling to power self-guided sightseeing in 150+ cities worldwide, with hundreds of points of interest and curated itineraries.

Features include offline GPS navigation along walking, bus, tram, and river routes; short audio narratives narrated by native actors; six languages (English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Chinese); background playback for uninterrupted tours; and easy downloads for offline use. Note: GPS background activity can affect battery life; you can disable location services when not in use.

## Rankings

- #59,098 — Overall
- #60 — Travel and local (Free)
- #9 — popover

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.BLUETOOTH`
- `android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN`
- `android.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT`
- `android.permission.BLUETOOTH_SCAN`
- `android.permission.CAMERA`
- `android.permission.CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO`
- `android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `io.populi.pop_app_android.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

The POPGuide reviews are largely negative. The main issues are app instability and crashes, unreliable in-venue navigation with flawed maps and autoplay, poor content quality that doesn’t match exhibits, and aggressive pricing/ticketing. Users also report problems downloading content and login/code issues. A few note some value in downloadable tours and basic information, but overall feedback emphasizes frustration with reliability and price.

### Pros

- Downloadable tours are a plus.
- Tours contain useful information.
- Some audio content has good sound quality.
- There are concise summaries and highlights available in some tours.

### Cons

- Frequent crashes and instability, including Bluetooth conflicts and repeated reinstallations.
- Poor navigation and map guidance inside venues; can't reliably locate tours or follow the content; autoplay issues.
- Content quality and relevance issues: audio guides are limited, not intuitive, and at times do not match the exhibits; Louvre/Colosseum criticisms.
- Aggressive pricing, upselling, and ticketing overcharges.
- Content download and login problems: downloads fail or deliver incorrect content; login errors and codes not resettable.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/io.populi.pop_app_android)