The short answer
These five tools solve different parts of a city walk, so the right one depends on what you want help with.
- CityWalk Plan if you want a free, editable day-by-day walking plan built for you, with no account, in one of 50 cities.
- GPSmyCity if you want ready-made walks with offline maps and turn-by-turn directions in a phone app.
- VoiceMap if you want a narrated audio tour that plays as you reach each spot, offline.
- Wanderlog if you are organising a whole trip (reservations, budget, travel companions) and prefer to pick the places yourself.
- Google Maps if you already know where you want to go and need live walking directions, using Lists or My Maps to keep your places.
They also combine well: for example, plan the days in CityWalk Plan, then open each day in Google Maps or Apple Maps for walking directions.
At a glance
| Tool | What it is | Platforms | Offline | Audio | Pricing | Coverage | Who builds the plan | Sign-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CityWalk Plan | Day-by-day walking itinerary planner | Web (plus an Android app) | No offline mode; export a PDF or text file to read offline | None | Free, no ads | 50 cities | Builds it for you from a hand-curated catalog; you edit it | Not needed |
| GPSmyCity | Self-guided walking tour app | iOS, Android | Yes; offline city maps in the free app | Voice-guided turn-by-turn directions (paid upgrade) | Free download; walks $14.99/yr, all content $20.99/yr, single city guides $4.99; 3-day free trial | 7,000+ walks; walk guides in 670+ cities; 1,800+ cities in total | You pick a ready-made walk; custom walks after upgrading | — |
| VoiceMap | GPS-triggered audio tours | iOS, Android (tours can be bought on the website but play only in the app) | Yes, once a tour is downloaded, with an offline map | Yes; narration plays automatically by location | Free app; free and paid tours, bought one-off (no subscription); bundles and passes | 2,319 tours in 86 countries; over 600 destinations | You pick a ready-made tour | Free account needed to buy or access tours |
| Wanderlog | Trip planner for itineraries, reservations and budgets | Web, iOS, Android | Yes; trip plans stored offline in the app | — | Free; optional Pro (US App Store lists annual plans from $31.99 and monthly from $5.99) | — | You add places; route optimisation, ChatGPT-powered suggestions and import from a link help | — |
| Google Maps | Maps and navigation, with Lists and My Maps | Android, iOS, web (My Maps is created on a computer) | Downloadable map areas; walking directions are unavailable offline | Spoken turn-by-turn navigation | Free app | Over 250 million businesses and places | You save places to lists or build a My Maps map | Google Account to save places and use My Maps |
— = not stated on the official pages we checked. Prices are US App Store prices on 7 Oct 2026 and can change or differ by country.
Tool by tool
CityWalk Plan
Pick a city, 1–5 days and a pace (Easy, Balanced or Packed). The planner groups real places by neighborhood into days, which you can edit, reorder, share as a link, or export as PDF, plain text, GPX or KML. Places are checked against Wikipedia, Wikidata and OpenStreetMap, and itineraries are not generated by an AI model. It is available in 9 languages and also through a free MCP server for Claude and ChatGPT.
Limits: map lines are straight lines between stops, not street routes, and there are no walking times. Opening hours are not checked live. There is no offline mode, audio narration or GPS turn-by-turn navigation; open each day in Google Maps or Apple Maps for directions.
GPSmyCity
An app of pre-written self-guided walks, with travel articles. The free app shows each walk's attractions and offline city maps; walk route maps, voice-guided directions and building your own walks need a paid upgrade.
Better than CityWalk Plan for: walking without data, turn-by-turn directions, and many more cities (1,800+).
VoiceMap
Audio walking tours made by historians, novelists, guides, podcasters and locals. Narration starts automatically as GPS detects where you are, and downloaded tours work offline. Tours are bought individually or through bundles and passes, and you keep them once bought.
Better than CityWalk Plan for: narrated commentary, hands-free guidance and offline use.
Wanderlog
A general trip planner: itineraries, flight and hotel reservations (including forwarded confirmation emails), budgets and real-time collaboration. You choose the places; it can optimise the order, suggest places through a ChatGPT-powered assistant, and create an itinerary from a pasted link.
Better than CityWalk Plan for: whole-trip organisation, group planning and offline access to your plan.
Google Maps (Lists and My Maps)
Save places to lists in Google Maps, or build a custom map with layers in My Maps and view it in the Google Maps app. It does not divide places into days for you.
Better than CityWalk Plan for: street-level walking directions with spoken navigation, and a database of over 250 million businesses and places. Downloaded areas work offline, but walking directions do not.
How to choose
- No mobile data on the trip? Download a GPSmyCity walk or a VoiceMap tour before you go. With CityWalk Plan, export a PDF.
- Want stories while you walk? VoiceMap.
- Want the sights sorted into days for you? CityWalk Plan.
- Already have a list of places? Google Maps Lists or My Maps, or Wanderlog for route optimisation.
- Planning flights, hotels and several cities together? Wanderlog.
- Prefer not to create an account? CityWalk Plan needs none; VoiceMap needs one to buy tours, and Google Maps needs one to save places.
Sources
Competitor facts come from each company's own website, help pages or App Store listing. All checked on 7 October 2026.
- GPSmyCity: gpsmycity.com; App Store listing
- VoiceMap: voicemap.me; Is VoiceMap a subscription service?; How do I buy a tour?; App Store listing
- Wanderlog: wanderlog.com; mobile app features; AI assistant; App Store listing
- Google Maps: Download areas and navigate offline; Save places; Lists; Create a map in My Maps; My Maps; App Store listing
- CityWalk Plan: About CityWalk Plan
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