Showaround Downloads & RevenueShowaround - Find a Local · App Store
Showaround - Find a Local is #9 in Travel Grossing in India and charting in 6 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Showaround - Find a Local update history & changes
Last change · 23 events since 26 Oct 2015Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 23 events
- 📈Showaround - Find a Local entered the top 100Top Grossing · Travel · US
- 📈Showaround - Find a Local charting in a new countryUnited States
- 🚀Showaround - Find a Local: now shown next to Withlocals: Private Tours, Find a localthe store's “similar apps” for it changed: who it's seen as competing with
- 📈Showaround - Find a Local entered the top 100Top Grossing · Travel · CN
- 📈Showaround - Find a Local charting in a new countryChina
- 📈Showaround - Find a Local entered the top 100Top Grossing · Travel · IT
- 📈Showaround - Find a Local charting in a new countryItaly
- 📈Showaround - Find a Local entered the top 100Top Grossing · Travel · JP
- 📈Showaround - Find a Local charting in a new countryJapan
- 📈Showaround - Find a Local entered the top 100Top Grossing · Travel · BR
- 📈Showaround - Find a Local charting in a new countryBrazil
- 📈Showaround - Find a Local entered the top 100Top Grossing · Travel · AU
- 📈Showaround - Find a Local charting in a new countryAustralia
- 📈Showaround - Find a Local entered the top 10Top Grossing · Travel · AE
- 📈Showaround - Find a Local entered the top 100Top Grossing · Travel · DE
- 📈Showaround - Find a Local charting in a new countryGermany
- 📈Showaround - Find a Local entered the top 10Top Grossing · Travel · IN
- 📈Showaround - Find a Local entered the top 10Top Grossing · Travel · SA
- 📈Showaround - Find a Local entered the top 100Top Grossing · Travel · GB
- 📈Showaround - Find a Local charting in a new countryUnited Kingdom
- 🆕Showaround - Find a Local first spotted by AppInsider#13 in Top Grossing · Travel · Saudi Arabia
- 📦Showaround - Find a Local version 4.0.12No release notes
- 🆕Showaround - Find a Local released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Showaround - Find a Local at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-10-30. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Showaround is a travel marketplace that connects tourists with local residents for private, customized city tours and activities. The app demonstrates strong monetization in the Middle East and South Asia, ranking #3 in Travel Grossing in the UAE, #17 in Saudi Arabia, and #28 in India.
Similar apps: Withlocals, ToursByLocals, Airbnb Experiences
Showaround - Find a Local on the App Store
App details
Showaround - Find a Local downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
How this is calculated
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How Showaround - Find a Local makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | 1 Month Membership subscription | |
| 2 | 1 Month Membership subscription | |
| 3 | 1 Month Membership subscription | |
| 4 | 1 Month Membership subscription | |
| 5 | 3 Months Membership subscription | |
| 6 | 1 Month Membership subscription | |
| 7 | Year Membership subscription | |
| 8 | 3 Months Membership subscription | |
| 9 | 1 Month Membership subscription | |
| 10 | 3 Months Membership subscription |
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| TravelGrossing | #9 | |
| TravelGrossing | #70 | |
| TravelGrossing | #23 | |
| TravelGrossing | #92 | |
| TravelGrossing | #79 | |
| TravelGrossing | #32 |
Apps near Showaround - Find a Local on the chart
Travel Grossing, around #9.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Showaround - Find a Local
From the 48 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users report severe issues with subscription billing, including unexpected charges and difficulty canceling, alongside complaints about fake profiles and low response rates from guides. While some travelers praise successful local tours in cities like Tokyo and Barcelona, the overall experience is marred by technical bugs and perceived lack of authenticity.
Mixed (50% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being useful, and its features and content. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and crashes and bugs. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Useful: “Recommended and Helpful App”
- Features & content: “We visited a variety of animal dens and watched their captivity”
- Connection & sync: “Down at times but made sure to connect in other ways”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Refund requested immediately”
- Crashes & bugs: “Not working the in box= useless app”
- Login & account: “They keep charging your account after cancelation, I had $200 in charges!”
- Ease of use: “This app is a scam, plain and simple”
About Showaround - Find a Local
Where’s your next trip? With the Showaround app, you can book a local for a private tour whilst on-the-go and take traveling to a completely different level – meet locals from all around the world and discover the true beauty of any city from an insider’s perspective. Choose the perfect buddy to explore a new place with based on their personality, hobbies, or experience.
ARRANGE ACTIVITIES
Create your own personalised tour, plan activities in advance, and communicate with locals, all in one place. Skip the tourist traps and spend time visiting the sights that truly interest you - whether it’s an art gallery opening, sipping Champagne on a terrace somewhere, or just walking along the streets of an old town, Showaround locals will have you covered.
SIGN UP AS A LOCAL
Become a Showaround local, give tours in your city, and get a chance to meet students, backpackers, professionals and other travelers from every corner of the world. Share with them the best your city has to offer – and with flexible schedule, you can show people around as much as you like, whenever you like.
AS A TOURIST, YOU CAN:
• Automatically see the locals in the selected area;
• Filter locals according to your search criteria: languages, activities and more;
• When traveling, you can simply create a Trip for your next destination and receive offers from locals with suggestions for your visit.
AS A LOCAL, YOU CAN:
• Add photos to your travel profile;
• Specify the languages you can speak;
• Write a bit about yourself;
• Tell more about what kind of guided tours you’re offering, including activities such as nightlife, culture, food, etc.;
• See how many tourists are looking for a local buddy in your hometown;
• Send offers to visitors.
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We will ask you to enable the Location Background mode on your device in order to track your current location and suggest locals nearby. As with most apps, please be aware that continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
The payment method for the Membership is an auto-recurring periodic subscription method. Membership can be purchased for the duration of one month (from 9,99 EUR to 59,99 EUR), three months (from 19,99 EUR to 119,99 EUR) or one year (from 59,99 EUR to 349,99 EUR). The payment method for the Membership is an auto-recurring periodic subscription method. When you initially subscribe for a Membership, you will be charged immediately for the initial period of the Subscription at the then-current fee. If you purchase an auto-recurring periodic subscription through an in app purchase, your IAP Account will be billed continuously for the subscription until you cancel. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. After your initial subscription commitment period, and again after any subsequent subscription period, your subscription wil
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