Download it once. Forget your camera.
On group journeys across Ecuador, professionals travel with you and take the photos. Your videos come back as a trailer of your trip. Audio guides walk you through Quito, and Allyson is one tap away. You just enjoy it.
Concept: launching first as a web app · no app store needed
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Memories by pros
Leave the camera in the bag.
On group journeys, professional photographers travel with the group. They catch the laugh at the crater rim and the light on the volcano, so you can be in the moment instead of behind a screen. Every evening, the day's best photos land in the app.
- Professionals travelling with your group take the photos.
- A gallery in the app that fills up day by day.
- Save the photos to your phone and share them with your group.
The trailer
Your trip, edited for you.
All the videos from your journey, pre-edited into a short trailer of your trip. It lands in the app at the end, ready to watch together and to send home.
- The pros film the moments along the way.
- The clips are pre-edited into one trailer.
- It arrives in Memories, ready to share.
Audio tours for solo travellers
Headphones in. Quito opens up.
Travelling on your own? Audio-guided tours walk you through the places at your pace: the stories behind the plazas, where to look, when to stop for a coffee. Press play on the first chapter of the Quito old town tour, in English or in Spanish.
- Chapters you play when you get there, and pause when you want.
- Save them for offline before you go.
- A real person behind it: Allyson is one tap away if you need anything.
Quito old town · solo
Chapter 1 · Plaza Grande
Narrated by a Local Friend Tour audio guide (a generated voice).
Couples' night retreats
A night for two, under the stars.
Curated nights away for couples, with an audio companion for the evening: a fire, a blanket, the volcano going pink and then dark, and a gentle voice telling you what you're looking at when you want it.
Under the stars at Cotopaxi
Narrated by a Local Friend Tour audio guide (a generated voice).
- Curated, not packagedTell Allyson what a perfect night looks like for you two. She plans around it.
- An audio companionStories of the sky and the mountain, to play by the fire or skip entirely.
- Quiet, and looked afterThe details are taken care of, and help is one tap away all night.
ArtisansOne tap away
Allyson, always one tap away.
A question at the market, a change of plan, a craving for the best encebollado in town: message Allyson from any screen. And when you want to go deeper, she connects you with the best local experts in Ecuador.
Allyson Alemán is the founder and journey designer of Local Friend Tour, a licensed national tour guide with more than 15 years of guiding, working with a team of local guides.
ArtisansWeavers, carvers and hat makers who open their workshops.
- Naturalists
Cloud forest, Amazon and certified Galápagos naturalist guides.
ChefsMarkets, cacao and home kitchens, from the coast to the Andes.
- Musicians
An evening of Andean music, close up.
Request to rate
Every journey still starts with a conversation.
No prices and no checkout, in the app or anywhere else. You send a request, talk it through with Allyson, get a plan made for your group, follow your pickup on the day and rate it afterwards.
Tap around: it works. Nothing you type leaves your device. Open it full screen
Everything in one place
One app for the whole journey.
- Photos by pros
On group journeys, professionals take the photos. Your gallery fills up day by day.
- Your trip trailer
The videos, pre-edited into a trailer that lands in the app at the end.
- Audio tours
Guided chapters for solo travellers, in English and Spanish.
- Night retreats for two
Curated nights for couples, with an audio companion by the fire.
- Allyson, one tap away
Message, call or email the founder from any screen.
- Local experts
Introductions to artisans, naturalists, chefs and musicians.
- A plan for your group
Day by day, with pickup times and what to bring.
- Live pickup
See your guide on the way, call or message in one tap.
- Works offline
The app and saved audio tours keep working where the signal doesn't.
Get the app
No app store. Just your home screen.
We're launching first as a web app: open it on your phone, add it to your home screen, and it opens full screen with its own icon, like any app. No App Store or Google Play account needed.
localfriendtour.com/app/webiPhone
- Open the link in Safari.
- Tap Share at the bottom of the screen.
- Choose Add to Home Screen , then Add.
Android
- Open the link in Chrome.
- Tap Install when it's offered, or open the menu .
- Choose Install app (or Add to Home screen), then confirm.
Concept: launching first as a web app
Questions
Good to know.
Is it free?
The app is included with Local Friend Tour journeys. There is no price list, in the app or anywhere: every journey is designed for your group, so the proposal and its price are discussed with Allyson in the conversation.
Does it work offline?
Yes, for the essentials. Once it's on your home screen, the app opens without a connection, and you can save the audio tours for offline listening before you head into the Andes or the Amazon, where signal comes and goes. Chat and new photos catch up when you're back online.
Which languages?
English and Spanish. The audio tours come in both (play the Plaza Grande chapter above in each), and you can write to Allyson in either.
Do I need an app store?
No. For now the app is a web app: open localfriendtour.com/app/web on your phone and add it to your home screen (Safari on iPhone, Chrome on Android). It gets its own icon and opens full screen. No App Store or Google Play account needed.
Who takes the photos and makes the trailer?
On group journeys, professionals travel with the group and take the photos and videos, and the clips are pre-edited into your trailer. Travelling solo or as a couple? Ask Allyson what fits your journey.
Whose voice is on the audio tours?
A Local Friend Tour audio guide. The samples on this page are narrated by a generated voice. Allyson is the person on the other side of the chat.
Is the app ready?
It's a working concept: the web app on this page runs, installs and works offline, with sample content. Your journey itself is real today, and it starts the same way: with a request.
Talk to us
The app is a concept. The conversation is real.
Tell Allyson where, when and who. No commitment and no published prices; the proposal comes after the conversation. The photos, the trailer and the audio tours come with the journey.