Audio guide from any photo
Snap. Listen.
Explore.
Point your camera at any artwork or landmark. Hear the story in seconds.
iPhone, iOS 16+. Free to try.
How it works
Three steps, no friction.
Snap
Take a photo or pick one from your library.
Listen
Audio starts in seconds. Look up, not down.
Explore
Ask follow-ups. Dive deeper. Or keep walking.
Recognition
One photo in. A story out.
ART
Every artwork has a story. Chiaro tells it.
Point the camera at a painting, a sculpture, a fresco. Chiaro flags what it is, who made it, and why it matters. Depth scales from a two-minute overview to twenty minutes of context, depending on how far you want to go.
LANDMARKS
Works almost anywhere you point it.
Basilicas in Rome. Murals in Mexico City. A brutalist apartment block in Marseille. If it has a story, Chiaro finds it. If it doesn't recognize the exact thing, it still tells you what you're looking at, style, period, context.
MUSEUMS
A private art historian in your pocket.
Chiaro detects when you're inside a museum and shifts to deeper analysis: composition, symbolism, backstory, the argument between the artist and their moment. Use your own headphones. Skip the audio-guide rental queue.
More in the app
A quieter way to travel.
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Bilingual everywhere.
Landmark names in English and the local language, side by side.
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Context-aware chat.
Ask anything about what you're looking at. Answers adapt to where you are.
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Travel talks.
Plan your day, find the good food, skip the tourist traps.
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Local secrets.
One photo unlocks insider spots nearby that most guidebooks miss.
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Tap to navigate.
Every recommendation opens straight in Google Maps.
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Save your favorites.
Tap the heart on anything worth remembering.
About
Created in Rome. Used everywhere.
Chiaro means "clear" in Italian, and that's no coincidence. The idea was born in Rome, a city of incredible beauty but full of mysteries. Wherever we found ourselves after that, we were always asking the same questions: what is this, what does it mean, why does it matter.
Chiaro is the answer we wished we had. Point your camera at a painting, a building, a statue, and hear what's actually going on. We built it for ourselves. We're glad to share it.
