Mauerschau – Berlin wall app
Eyewitness tours with AR
USD 4.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Now also available in English! Plus our new Couch Potato mode: Discover our eyewitness stories on site or conveniently from home with the new panoramic view function.
Experience history up close – with real eyewitnesses of the Berlin Wall
The Mauerschau app connects historical sites with personal stories:
Eyewitnesses guide you through Berlin and share their experiences of the Wall – from its construction and everyday life with it to the stories of daring escapes.
Explore the city through interactive tours, videos, and augmented reality – or experience it comfortably from home in Couch Potato Mode with immersive 360° panoramas.
Now also available in English!
Your highlights:
• Original eyewitness videos and archival footage from East and West
• Historical walking tours at real Berlin locations
• Augmented Reality with on-site archival photo overlays
• Couch Potato Mode for home use
• Stream in SD or HD – optimized for your connection
• Scientifically grounded info on the GDR, the Berlin Wall, escape stories, and the fall of the Wall
What awaits you:
• Escape with Holger Klein on the Moscow–Paris Express
• Meet Erika Schallert, fleeing the GDR in her wedding dress
• Witness Pastor Fischer as his church is blown up for the Wall
• Discover the tunnel dug by Winfried Schweitzer to free 57 people
• Learn how East German soldier Heinz Schäfer stopped US tanks
• Celebrate New Year’s Eve 1989 at the Brandenburg Gate – on the ruins of the Berlin Wall
All stories combine real locations, archival media and personal memories – made accessible through mobile storytelling and immersive AR experiences.
Download Mauerschau now and rediscover the Berlin Wall through real human stories.
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The Mauerschau app is now also available for streaming, with our new Couch Potato mode and in English!
With our streaming version, you can now save time and storage space on your smartphone. Choose between the two video formats Standard Definition (SD) and High Definition (HD) in the app settings, depending on the capacity of your streaming provider or streaming contract.
In Couch Potato mode, you may also experience our Mauerschau eyewitness tours entirely and comfortably
at home: While lying on your sofa, follow the eyewitness stories on the map of Berlin, discover the places today with the “panoramic view” and compare how they looked back then in our archive footage
The developer, Mauerschau Medienproduktion, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Usage Data
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Provider
- Mauerschau Medienproduktion UG (haftungsbeschraenkt)
- Size
- 69 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English and German
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Copyright
- © 2025 Mauerschau Medienproduktion UG
