Alaska Audio Guide
Peter Nestler Travel iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Alaska Audio Guide is a free Travel app for iPhone and iPad by Peter Nestler. Rated 4.8/5 from 15 ratings. Requires iOS 16.0. Updated October 24, 2026.
- Rating
- 4.8
- 15 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 73 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 24
- 2026 · v1.6.0
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About Alaska Audio Guide
Step off the ship and into the story. Alaska Audio Guide was built by an Alaskan — born and raised in Southeast Alaska — not a faceless app company copying Wikipedia. It's your pocket-sized local handing you the trails, secrets, and history the crowded tour buses blow right past. Whether you want the perfect Juneau shore excursion or a quiet self-guided walking tour, your phone's got you (and your money stays in the local economy where it belongs).Ditch the rigid schedules, the herd of strangers, and the robotic narrators. Our GPS-triggered stories play automatically as you walk into each spot — phone in your pocket, glacier in your face — bringing Alaska's history, lore, and wild places to life at your exact pace. STORIES THAT FIND YOU Walk, hike, or drive into a GPS zone and the audio just… starts. Hands-free. Prefer to read? Clean transcripts for every stop. Exploring with international friends? Instant multilingual translations with incredibly natural, AI-generated narration available in six languages. NO SIGNAL? NO PROBLEM. Mendenhall Glacier, the Tongass — the cell service goes to die out there. Once downloaded, everything works flawlessly with zero bars. Smart, selective downloads save your storage, the app warns you before you hit a trail without your offline maps, and cached weather tells you what the trail's about to do to you. THE ALASKA FIELD GUIDE (WILDLIFE LOG) Keep a one-tap wildlife sighting log right in your pocket for 16 Alaska species, ranging from bald eagles to orcas. The app counts every sighting, lets you optionally tag the location, attaches photos, and builds your personal explorer stats. Taking a driving tour? A passenger-mode quick-log features big tap targets for easy tracking. Your privacy is absolute: sighting locations are stored only on your device and physically cannot be transmitted. This feature is 100% free for everyone, with no account or purchase required. YOUR DIGITAL PASSPORT & JOURNAL Collect a stamp for each city you explore, organized just like pages in a real passport. You can also curate a private photo journal built right into the app. When you're ready to brag, generate a shareable certificate showing your completed tour, date, stops, time, and earned badges. THE EXPLORER'S TOOLKIT We strip the map clutter and show what actually matters: free vs. paid parking, Wi-Fi hotspots, cultural landmarks, and yes — restrooms (flush, pit, or porta-john) with one-tap routing. Filter tours by duration, difficulty, transport type, and "rain friendly."EARN YOUR TREASURESCollect digital completion badges and unlock hidden "treasures" for actually showing up to the points of interest. Then go find the off-the-beaten-path trails the bus crowds never will. MORE PORTS INCOMING Juneau hikes, walks & drives are available now along with popular driving tours in the Kenai Peninsula for Seward Highway and Sterling Highway! Every major Alaska cruise port being built and added regularly. Try it free today. Download for a free introductory tour and find out why this is the best way to experience the Last Frontier. Premium tours available via in-app purchase.
Ratings & reviews
4.8
15 ratings
What’s new
Version 1.6.0 · Updated October 24, 2026
Welcome to the ultimate upgrade for your Alaskan adventure! We’ve packed this version with incredible new tools to help you track your journey, keep a private travel log, and stay entertained between stops—all working 100% offline with zero cell service. Here is what’s new in your explorer's toolkit: The Alaska Field Guide (Wildlife Log): See a whale? Tap the whale! Track 16 classic Alaska species (from bald eagles to orcas) with our new one-tap log. It builds your stats, lets you tag locations, and features a big-target "passenger mode" for safe tracking on driving tours. Best of all, your wildlife locations stay 100% private on your device. The Field Journal & Custom Postcards: Document your trip with a private photo journal tied directly to your tours. Turn your favorite snapshots into beautifully framed digital postcards to share with family, complete with organic social sharing built right in. The City Passport: Cruise passengers, rejoice. Earn digital passport stamps as you complete tours in each city. Watch your passport grow as we roll out more Southeast Alaska ports. Kenai Driving Tours are now available. If you are looking for the best audio tour of the Seward Highway or the Sterling Highway, check them out! Performance Enhancements: Under-the-hood optimization for smart, selective downloads to save your precious phone storage. We have also reworked the GPS triggering of audio Points of Interest to be more reliable. The journey just keeps getting better! Loving the app? Leave us a review in the store! Your support keeps this project locally owned and operated. Safe travels out there on the Last Frontier!
App privacy
The developer, Peter Nestler, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Contact Info: Name, Email Address
- Purchases: Purchase History
- Identifiers: User ID
Used for: Product Personalization, App Functionality
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:
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
- Diagnostics: Crash Data, Performance Data, Other Diagnostic Data
- Location: Precise Location
Used for: Analytics, Product Personalization, App Functionality
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