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October 2021: Apps Gone Live
In October, we released some amazing apps that allow people to explore visitor destinations from right within their own homes. Taking you to locations all over the globe, these apps feature incredible destinations like historical sites, museums, festivals, cities, and more.
Your Insiders' Guide to STQRY: Mobile Tour Guide Apps and Digital Collections
If you don’t yet have a mobile tour guide app or digital collections, you might be missing out on important ways to improve the visitor experience and further your organization’s mission. STQRY helps you build these digital resources with no coding whatsoever and in this guide, we walk you through everything you can do with our platform.
How to Give Your Mobile Tour App a Custom Feel
When you create a mobile tour app, you want it to feel like a natural extension of the overall experience. Check out this how-to article on using the STQRY Builder to give your app a custom feel tailored to your organization.
Post-COVID Challenges That Museums Should Consider
In part 2 of this series, we continue our conversation with Jennifer Thomas, director of the Virginia Association of Museums to discuss certain challenges the industry will face in a post-pandemic world and the proposed long-term solutions.
Resilience of the Museum Industry Promises Strong Post-COVID Recovery
While the COVID-19 pandemic has presented extraordinary challenges to the museum industry, there is hope on the horizon. In conversation with Jennifer Thomas, Director of the Virginia Association of Museums, we consider the monumental cultural and societal shifts since the beginning of the 21st century.
Part 1 of a 2 part series
Personalize Your Halloween Adventure with The Bloody Mary Tours App
Get spooked with the Bloody Mary Tour App—an immersive haunted museum experience in New Orleans powered by STQRY’s multimedia mobile platform.
Get Spooked This October With The Free Pod Hotels NYC App
Still wondering how to celebrate Halloween and fall in NYC? The free Pod Hotels NYC App, built with STQRY, curates your ultimate autumn adventure.
September 2021: Apps Gone Live
September brought the launch of many amazing new apps. Last month, we especially saw a large number of apps that are providing self-guided tours around cities. We love seeing these locations get highlighted and recognized for the interesting and rich histories many of them have. Read on to learn more about which apps went live last month.
Native App Versus Web App: Which Is Right for Your Mobile Guide?
Once you’ve decided to actually build an app for your own company or organization, you’re faced with another decision: should you create a native mobile app or a web-based app? In this article, we walk you through the difference between these types of apps and how to choose the right one.
How to Fund Your Mobile Tour Guide App
Fortunately, building a tour guide app isn’t as expensive as it used to be. You don’t have to hire software developers to create an app from scratch and as a museum, library, or historical site, you might not need to fund your tour guide app from your internal budget. Take a look at some of these resources and other ways to fund your app.