App Profile: MuVe

JimA550i

Rating: 1/5

Honestly not only one of the worst apps I’ve ever tried to use but one of the most useless content-wise. The app refused to download the content despite multiple attempts probably because there is no WiFi onsite and cellular service is limited at best. The “audio guide” is a computer read script that might suit students of art history but the average tourist will find it HIDEOUSLY too long and detailed about the allegories in each and every artwork in the palace. That combined with the lack of proper enunciation or pronunciation makes it frustrating at the very best. Save your money and read the signs in each room.

JT12366

Rating: 1/5

We paid for the audio guide which only opened access to content for 90 minutes. You are supposed to move through the large museum with the speed dictated by the app which delivers dense information in a very dry computer generated voice. The guide is constantly restarting throwing you back to the very beginning, especially if you hit pause just to take a closer look at something or work your way around other tourists. We gave up after struggling with this app for about 15 min.

-BEn-

Rating: 1/5

Very unhelpful museum workers who directed us to pay for multiple copies of the app despite only having 2 people, who could just share 1. Then we found out they had no headphones, and we didn’t bring any and were forced to play over speaker. The app itself is also buggy, and it is hard to navigate between screens. The commentary was ~70% the same as what was on the wall text so we felt doubly ripped off. Highly recommend just reading the museum walls instead of paying for this.