Appworthy
App Store
Version 3.8 · 2026-07-29
Performance improvements and bug fixes Enhanced GPS accuracy for a smoother tour experience General optimizations for better app reliability
App Store rating4.6★108 ratings
PriceFreeIn-app $9.99–$89.99
Age4+Store age rating
Size205 MBiPhone download
CategoryLifestyle
Developer17 Mile Drive Day Trips, LLC
What we found
Full reportToo little checked to say Store information only. We haven’t analysed this app or read its reviews yet.
Money
- Free to download · in-app purchases $9.99–$89.99 (10 listed, the most the App Store shows). The store doesn’t say how often these bill.
- If you subscribe through the store, cancel in iPhone Settings → your name → Subscriptions. Deleting the app doesn’t cancel a subscription.
Not yet tested.
The store currently lists version 3.8, updated 2026-07-29.
Preview
Store screenshots supplied by the developer.
About this app
Explore the rugged, mystical beauty of a place where two deserts collide with this self-guided driving tour of Joshua Tree National Park, California!
Uncover the secrets hidden within this harsh landscape and learn how to spot the elusive creatures that inhabit it. Hear the dramatic tales of the McHaney Gang, gold thieves, and the hardscrabble men and women who have passed through this desert.
Find the best and most unique spots in Joshua Tree along the winding road, including a couple that most visitors miss entirely! Navigating a desert can be hard work, so leave all that to your virtual guide! All you have to do is sit back and enjoy the stark, magnificent scenery. As a bonus, this also includes a tour through Palm Springs!
Start from any of the park’s entrances (Joshua Tree, Twentynine Palms, or Cottonwood) and tour with total flexibility.…
From the developer’s store description.
For developers and the curious
The full report
The evidence, sources, measurements and versions behind every label above.
Findings and evidence
Not yet tested. No analysis has been published for this app. A missing label is not a clean bill of health.
What reviewers report
No review analysis published for this app.
Measurements
“Not assessed” means we could not measure it. It is never a zero and never a pass.
From store data and reviews
Developer replies to reviews
Not assessed
Fewer than 50 reviews scanned — too few to state a rate
Price in the store description
The store description doesn’t list prices (most don’t)
Cancelling, in the store description
The store description doesn’t say how to cancel (most don’t)
Themes reported by reviewers
Not assessed
This app's reviews have not been assessed yet
Five-star share of ratings
80–89% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the app package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence, not a finding.
Sensitive permissions
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
How we know
Supporting measurements: not a complete list of possible harms or positives. Measurement vocabulary 1.4 · how these are measured
Versions and dates analysed
Not yet tested. No analysis has been run for this app, so there is no version or date to report.
Store update history
Each store’s release notes, as the developer wrote them. They are the developer’s words, not ours.
Assessment record
- Status
- Not yet tested
- App identifier
joshua-tree-audio-tour-guide- Sources used
- None recorded
- Reviews read
- None recorded
- Package examined
- No package scan
- Human inspection
- Not completed
How we know
- Measurement vocabulary
- 1.4
Store facts
What the stores publish. Store ratings are the stores’ numbers, not Appworthy’s, and are never averaged across stores.
App Store
- Store rating
- 4.60 ★ · 108 ratings
- Version
- 3.8
- Updated
- 29 Jul 2026
- Price
- Free · In-app purchases
- Age rating
- 4+
- Size
- 205 MB
- Developer
- 17 Mile Drive Day Trips, LLC
- Category
- Lifestyle
- Listing price
- Free · In-app purchases
Purchases the store lists
What this app sells
From the store listing. Billing terms are read from each purchase’s name — the stores don’t publish them — so treat them as a strong hint, not a disclosure.
One-off packs3
Southern California BundlePack$44.99
US West Coast BundlePack$89.99
US West Coast BundlePack$69.99
Show 7 more purchases we couldn’t categorise
These are really on sale; we just can’t tell from the name whether they recur.
Joshua Tree Audio Tour GuideTerm not stated$16.99
Joshua Tree & Palm Springs Term not stated$24.99
Palm SpringsTerm not stated$16.99
USA National Parks Audio TourTerm not stated$74.99
Hollywood Audio Tour GuideTerm not stated$16.99
17 Mile Drive Audio Tour GuideTerm not stated$9.99
Lake Mead Audio Tour GuideTerm not stated$11.99
This list is cut off. Apple shows at most 10 in-app purchases, and this app is at the limit — so it very likely sells more than we can see.
Method and limits
What a missing label means
Not yet tested. No analysis has been published for this app, so there is no method to describe for it yet. A missing label is not a clean bill of health: it means nothing has been read, not that nothing is wrong.
Limits of this report
- A package scan is static. It identifies code and text in one Android build. It does not measure a live ad session, test a deletion request, or count the steps needed to cancel.
- Reviews keep their sample. A review-only charge shows distinct reviewers, the share and the sample size, and is published only once it clears that label’s published threshold. Calibration labels are machine-drafted and not yet confirmed by a person.
- Not assessed is a state. It is never a zero and never a pass.
- A missing label is not a clean bill of health. It means the evidence did not support one, not that the app is problem-free.
Not yet human-reviewed. A human review gives an app hands-on, recorded measurements. None has been run for this app. Hands-on inspections are not yet open.
Request a correction
Write to [email protected], or use the form. Name the finding, the app version and the evidence that needs correcting. Factual corrections are free and never depend on buying anything.