Tour guide system app
Turn your group's phones into tour-guide receivers
Echoris turns every visitor's phone into a receiver. Your voice reaches the whole group clearly over WiFi — no signal, no bodypacks, no earpieces to return. For tour guides and travel agencies.
Free during launch · Available on iPhone and Android
How it works
1 · They scan a QR
The group opens Echoris on their phones in seconds.
2 · You speak
From your phone; they listen with their own earphones.
3 · No internet
It runs on your own local network, even with no signal.
Renting a tour guide system vs Echoris
Hardware rental
- From ~€1.50 per person per day
- Collect, charge and return
- As many listeners as receivers you rent
- Shared earpieces
Echoris
- From €0 — it's their phone
- Zero logistics
- No receivers to count — the network sets the limit
- Their own earphones
What is a tour guide system?
A tour guide system carries the guide's voice straight into every visitor's earphones, so the whole group hears the commentary without crowding in or raising their voice. You will see the same kit sold as an audio guide system, a whisper system or a radioguide.
Classic hardware does it over radio: a transmitter for the guide and one bodypack receiver per person. Echoris does it over the local network the guide's phone creates, and the receiver is the phone each visitor already carries.
Either way the result is the same: everyone listens at their own volume, including whoever is walking at the back.
Tour guide system rental or an app
Tour guide system rental is priced per person per day, from around €1.50 a receiver, and usually comes with an order minimum, shipping both ways, and pickup and return windows you have to fit around the tour.
Then there is the work nobody invoices: charging the bodypacks, counting the earpieces out and back in, and covering whatever does not come back.
An app has no receivers to count. Every visitor uses their own phone and their own earphones, so there is nothing to collect, charge, return or replace.
Audio guide system or smartphone
Dedicated receivers still earn their place when you cannot rely on the visitor's phone: audiences who do not carry one, who would rather not install anything, or long days of back-to-back tours where battery decides.
The visitor's own phone fits when they do carry it and use it, which covers most walking tours: they join in seconds, listen on their own earphones, and there is nothing to hand back.
We compare both, numbers and limits included, in radioguide vs smartphone.
Voice amplifiers for tour guides
A voice amplifier turns the volume up, but it does not change the geometry of a group: the front row gets too much and the back row is still at a disadvantage, because distance and surrounding noise are not shared out evenly.
Amplifying into the open air is not allowed everywhere either. Several cities — Girona, Venice, Donostia, Palma, Toledo — restrict or ban loudspeakers and megaphones in public, and some of them explicitly allow radioguides or require individual audio for larger groups.
We documented it city by city, with sources, in loudspeakers and megaphones on guided tours. Always check the rules at your destination before the tour.
What you need
You, your phone and the app. Each visitor: their phone with the app and their own earphones.
Plus a local network. For a small group the hotspot on the guide's phone is enough; past about five people, bring a router — it is built to hold a network and it takes that job off your phone. The full kit is in what to pack for a live tour.
No internet and no mobile coverage needed: the audio never leaves the group's own network.
How much it costs
Free during launch — no card, no trial clock running down.
After that, guides will pay €20/month + VAT, and we will give 30 days' notice before charging anything.
The group never pays: visitors listen with the free app.
Who it's for
Freelance guides
Agencies and tour operators
Free tours
Museums and visits
Frequently asked questions
- Do I need internet or signal?
- No. Echoris creates a local network between your phone and the group's, so it works even with no signal.
- How many people can listen at once?
- No unit limit: everyone uses their own phone and earphones.
- Does it replace a Sennheiser or Axitour system?
- Yes, for most walking tours — with no hardware to buy or rent.
- How much does it cost?
- Free during launch. After that, guides will pay €20/month + VAT, and we'll give you 30 days' notice before charging anything. Your group never pays: they listen with the free app. Agencies with several guides: just get in touch.
- Is there an Android app?
- Yes. Echoris is on Google Play for Android and on the App Store for iPhone and iPad, and the download is free on both.
- Can I rent a tour guide system from Echoris?
- No. Echoris does not rent hardware — it is an app. We have no receivers, bodypacks or earpieces to ship you. The group listens on their own phones with their own earphones.
- How much does tour guide system rental cost?
- Rental is charged per person per day, from around €1.50, usually on top of an order minimum, shipping and a pickup-and-return window. Treat it as a ballpark: every supplier sets its own rates and conditions.
- Do I need a router?
- For a small group the hotspot on the guide's phone is enough. Past about five people, bring a router: it holds the network better than a phone does. We go through it in our live tour equipment guide.
- What does the visitor need?
- Their phone with the Echoris app installed and their own earphones. Nothing else: there is no receiver to collect or return.