CityScope AI: Landmark History
Dennis Harrington Travel iPhoneiPadiPod touch
CityScope AI: Landmark History is a free Travel app for iPhone and iPad by Dennis Harrington. Requires iOS 17.0. Updated September 24, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 6 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Sep 24
- 2026 · v3.0.1
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About CityScope AI: Landmark History
Point your camera at any landmark and CityScope AI identifies it, tells its history, and now reads the story aloud as an audio tour. IDENTIFY ANY LANDMARK Point your camera at a building, monument, statue, or street. CityScope AI uses Google's Gemini vision model to identify what you are looking at and gives you the landmark's name, location, and a short summary on the spot. Take a photo on the move or import one later from your library. LISTEN — AUDIO TOUR (new in v3) Tap Listen on any landmark and the history reads aloud. Pocket your phone and keep walking. The audio uses your device's built-in narration with iOS premium voices, so there is no streaming, no data cost, and no waiting. Free for every user. DISCOVER THE HISTORY Beyond a quick name, CityScope AI researches each landmark and gives you a real history — when it was built, who built it, what happened there, and what to know before you visit. Written by an AI tuned to act as an experienced local historian, with named events and datable moments instead of generic blurbs. EXPLORE A CITY Type a city name and get a curated mix of places to visit — landmarks, museums, neighborhoods, food, and viewpoints — with best-time-to-visit notes that go beyond "iconic" and "world-famous." POSTCARDS Turn any landmark photo into a styled postcard. Pick from preset styles or describe the look you want in your own words. Save to your photo library, share, or use as a screen saver of your trip. TRIP COLLECTIONS Group discoveries into named trips like "Paris 2024." Reorder, set a cover image, and export your trip as a visual itinerary to share with the people you traveled with. HISTORY Every landmark you identify is saved. Favorite the ones you loved. Browse by trip or by date. DESIGNED FOR IPHONE AND IPAD A single subscription covers both devices. iPad gets a full sidebar layout. PRIVACY-FORWARD No account, no login. Your discoveries stay on your device. Identified photos and prompts are sent only to Google's Gemini AI to do the actual identification and history research — and only after you accept the on-screen AI data consent. SUBSCRIPTION CityScope AI is free to try with 3 lifetime postcard edits, 1 trip, and up to 5 discoveries per trip. CityScope AI Pro gives you Full Access: generous landmark identification and audio tours, up to 1,000 postcard edits a month, and more trips: - Yearly: $9.99 / year Subscriptions are billed to your Apple ID and renew automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple ID settings. Any unused portion of a free period is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://pub-3970a22e7da04af9ba2fa4ec1f1ad7b3.r2.dev/cityscope-ai/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Support: https://pub-3970a22e7da04af9ba2fa4ec1f1ad7b3.r2.dev/cityscope-ai/support.html
What’s new
Version 3.0.1 · Updated September 24, 2026
What's new in 3.0.1: - A security update that keeps CityScope's AI features working reliably. - Faster, more consistent landmark answers. - After your first identified landmark, CityScope may ask once if you'd like to rate it. You can dismiss it anytime. - Clearer wording about what Pro includes.
App privacy
The developer, Dennis Harrington, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Identifiers: Device ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
Used for: App Functionality
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