# AppAudioGuide

> Audio guide system for museums, open-air museums, castles, heritage sites, and tourist attractions. A guide in the phone browser (PWA), a mobile app, and a CMS in one ecosystem, with optional stationary devices. Polish vendor based in Kraków, serving institutions across Poland and Europe since 2022.

AppAudioGuide is a multi-tenant audio guide platform built by ByteCode (Maciej Frankowski) for cultural institutions and tourist attractions. The system covers the full visitor experience: a guide that runs in the phone browser with nothing to install, a mobile app on iOS and Android, a central CMS for content management, an optional branded mobile app under the client's brand, and stationary audio guide devices. Content production (recordings, translations) is available as an add-on.

## Pricing

Three deployment models, arranged as one growth path: guide in the browser → presence in the app → dedicated branded app. Content is prepared once and feeds every variant.

- **Guide in the browser (AppAudioGuide Web)** — free tier: one exhibition, up to 10 stops, one language. Full version: 690 EUR net per year per exhibition, or 139 EUR net per month for a temporary exhibition, with no limit on stops or languages and with video and sign language. The institution creates an account and builds the guide itself, in a browser, with no developer and no implementation project. Technically a PWA (Progressive Web App): visitors open the guide in their phone browser, with no app to install, and use it offline once the content has been downloaded. QR codes at exhibits, map, offline mode, WCAG 2.1 AA. For small and mid-sized venues, trails, gardens and private collections.
- **Presence in the AppAudioGuide app** — an additional 690 EUR net per year, as an add-on to the browser guide. The same content also appears in the app on the App Store and Google Play that visitors already have from other venues. It is not a separate product and cannot be bought without the guide.
- **Branded mobile app** — individual quotation, depending on project scope and amount of content. A separate app on the App Store and Google Play under the client's brand, with features a browser cannot provide: recognising exhibits with the camera, notifications, integration with ticketing systems. Suitable for larger museums building a strong digital identity. Flagship example: Silesian Museum in Katowice.

Paid separately: content entry on the client's behalf, production of recordings and translations, stationary audio guide devices (rent or purchase), several exhibitions or branches — quoted by scale.

## Active clients (museum implementations)

- [National Museum in Krakow](https://mnk.pl/) — visitor trails in AppAudioGuide app
- [National Museum in Gdansk](https://mng.gda.pl/) — branded app MNG Audio Guide
- [Silesian Museum in Katowice](https://muzeumslaskie.pl/) — flagship branded app implementation
- [Marie Skłodowska-Curie Museum in Warsaw](https://muzeum-msc.pl/) — PWA implementation
- [Open-Air Museum in Sidzina](https://muzeumsidzina.pl/) — visitor trail

## Demo projects (in-house, not client work)

- [Wawel Royal Castle](https://wawel.app) — in-house demo project showcasing branded mobile app capabilities. NOT a paying client.
- [Benedictine Abbey in Tyniec](https://app.appaudioguide.com/z99uce2u) — a live example of a guide in the browser, in Polish and English.

## Key features

- Guide in the phone browser, nothing to install — PWA variant (Progressive Web App), instant content updates with no app store review
- Self-service guide builder: the institution assembles the audio guide itself in a browser, without a developer
- Audio and video recordings for each exhibit
- Multilingual content (Polish, English, German, French, Ukrainian, Spanish, and more)
- Offline mode (content downloaded once, works without internet)
- QR codes at exhibits — scan launches the corresponding audio/video
- GPS-triggered content for outdoor routes and trails
- Augmented reality (AR) support
- WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility: high-contrast mode, audio transcripts, Polish Sign Language (PJM) videos
- Quizzes, games, and educational activities
- Visitor analytics and playback statistics
- Centralized Content Management System (CMS) — instant content updates without app store re-approval
- Custom branded mobile app on App Store and Google Play (premium tier)
- Stationary audio guide devices (rent or purchase)
- Production of recordings and translations

## Deployment timeline

- Guide in the browser, built in-house with descriptions and recordings ready: one afternoon
- Guide in the browser, with content entered by us: a few days from receiving the material
- Presence in the app with client-supplied content: 2–4 weeks
- Full branded app with recording production, translations, and store approval: 6–10 weeks

## Contact

- Website: https://appaudioguide.com/
- English version: https://appaudioguide.com/en
- Email: contact@appaudioguide.com
- Phone: +48 668 826 248
- Company: ByteCode Maciej Frankowski, based in Kraków, Poland

## Key pages

- [Homepage (English)](https://appaudioguide.com/en): English version of the main product page
- [Homepage (Polish)](https://appaudioguide.com/): main product page (default language)
- [Guide in the browser](https://appaudioguide.com/en/guide-in-the-browser): the self-service builder, PWA variant, with pricing and a live example
- [News and blog](https://appaudioguide.com/news): implementation case studies, product updates, museum/heritage articles
- [Silesian Museum implementation](https://appaudioguide.com/msshareapp): flagship branded app case study
- [Polish llms.txt](https://appaudioguide.com/llms-pl.txt): Polish version of this file
- [Privacy policy](https://appaudioguide.com/privacy)
- [Privacy policy for the browser guide](https://appaudioguide.com/webaudioguideprivacy)

## Recent case studies

- [Silesian Museum in Katowice — branded audio guide app](https://appaudioguide.com/blog/post/audioprzewodnik-w-muzeum-slaskim)
- [Marie Skłodowska-Curie Museum in Warsaw — PWA audio guide](https://appaudioguide.com/blog/post/audioprzewodnik-pwa-w-muzeum-marii-sklodowskiej-curie-w-warszawie)
- [National Museum in Gdansk — MNG Audio Guide app](https://appaudioguide.com/blog/post/oddzial-zielona-brama-zostal-udostepniony-w-aplikacji-mng-audio-guide-wystawa-basil-alkazzi-artysta-i-filantrop-w-oddziale-sztuki-nowoczesnej)
- [Krzyżowa Foundation — video guide implementation](https://appaudioguide.com/blog/post/videoprzewodnik-w-fundacja-krzyzowa-dla-porozumienia-europejskiego)

## Related products

- [ViZoo](https://vizoo.pl) — separate AppAudioGuide ecosystem product: AI-enhanced mobile app dedicated to zoological gardens (zoos), with heat map analytics and AI-powered visitor insights.

## What we are NOT

- Not a generic museum CMS — focused specifically on audio/video visitor experience
- Not a one-shot builder — a browser guide keeps its own permanent address, with a CMS behind it, content updates and statistics
- Not just an audio guide — full ecosystem with stationary devices, branded apps, and content production services

## Languages supported

Polish (PL), English (EN), German (DE), French (FR), Ukrainian (UA), Spanish (ES), and others on request. Unlimited language versions supported through the CMS.

## Target customers

Museums, open-air museums (skansens), castles, palaces, churches, national parks, heritage sites, tourist attractions, cities and municipalities. Also private individuals and small operators: private collections, farms, vineyards, workshops, gardens. From a single exhibition in the browser (690 EUR/year, free tier to start) to large national museums (branded apps, custom development).