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Curio vs izi.TRAVEL
izi.TRAVEL is an open platform: museums, cities and storytellers publish audio tours on it, many of them free. Curio writes its own guides: one for any place you pick, for you, in your language, with the sources and the date. Here is when each is the better choice.
Facts checked on November 14, 2026 · We make Curio: everything about izi.TRAVEL here comes from its own pages, listed at the bottom.
Curio and izi.TRAVEL side by side
| Criterion | Curio | izi.TRAVEL |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | An AI tour guide for any place | An open platform of audio tours by museums and storytellers |
| Places | Any monument, museum, church, ruin or public artwork on the map, worldwide | 25,000+ tours in 2,500+ cities, 3,000+ museums (its own figures) |
| On the spot | Pick any place around you: no route to follow | Pick a tour: stories play as you reach each stop, or from a museum's QR codes |
| Who writes it | AI, from web sources it reads when you ask | Museums, cities and any author who publishes |
| Audio | Every guide read aloud, also with the screen locked | Human voices required on published tours |
| Made for you | 3 detail levels, your language, your interests | Tours suggested by location; you set your languages |
| Questions | Yes: typed, dictated or from a photo | No chat found; AI stories for places you add yourself |
| Sources and date | Listed under every guide, with the date it was written | Publisher named; no sources or date on its tours |
| Plan your day | A day in visiting order, opening hours checked, the way between stops | AI itineraries: 1 free, up to 10 with Premium |
| Offline | Downloaded guides, with their photos and audio | Up to 10 downloaded tours at a time |
| Languages | 13 | Tours in 50+ languages, each in its author's choice; app in English |
| Price | Free to explore; guides with a 48-hour, 7-day or 30-day pass, never renewed | Free app with ads; free and paid tours; Premium from $1.49 a month (US) |
The main difference
izi.TRAVEL is a library made by thousands of publishers: more than 3,000 museums and countless storytellers, each tour in the languages its author chose and voiced by a person. Pick a tour, and its stories play as you reach each stop, or as you scan a museum's QR codes.
Curio writes every guide itself, the same way everywhere: any place on the map, in your language, at the length you choose, listing its sources and the date. When a place has no tour, or none in your language, Curio still has a guide, and you can ask it questions.
izi.TRAVEL is the better pick if…
- The museum you visit publishes its official audio guide on izi.TRAVEL.
- You want free tours made by local institutions and storytellers.
- You enjoy quizzes and quests along a route.
Curio is the better pick if…
- There's no tour for the place in front of you, or none in your language.
- You want every guide to work the same way: your length, your language, sources and date.
- You want to ask questions, and to have your day planned with opening hours checked.
Can you use both?
Yes: izi.TRAVEL inside a museum that publishes its guide there, Curio for the streets and sights around it, and for your questions.
Questions
izi.TRAVEL or Curio?
Is izi.TRAVEL free?
The app is free, with ads. Many tours are free; others are paid, at a price their authors set. A Premium subscription, from $1.49 a month in the US, allows up to 10 AI itineraries instead of 1.
Is izi.TRAVEL available in my language?
Its tours exist in more than 50 languages, but each tour only in the languages its author added, and the app itself is in English. Curio writes every guide in 13 languages, for any place.
What's a good izi.TRAVEL alternative?
For a place without a tour, Curio: a guide written for you, in your language, read aloud like an audio guide. For curated recorded walks, VoiceMap or Rick Steves Audio Europe.
Do they work offline?
Yes: izi.TRAVEL keeps up to 10 downloaded tours at a time; Curio keeps the guides you download, with their photos and audio.
Where these facts come from
Checked on November 14, 2026 on izi.TRAVEL's own pages and store listings. Apps change: if something here is out of date, tell us and we'll fix it.Report an error
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