Spotted by Locals travel guide App Reviews

Its not cheap, but considering a city app gives you a good selection of real fun places to eat, shop and be with an easy-to-use platform makes this into a nice, worthwhile purchase

So this App is Free BUT if you want more than 5, yes 5, tips per city its going to cost you to get information downloaded. My suggestion would be to not advertise this App as FREE.

The more things are added the harder it is to find what youre in the mood for amid everything. I was expecting some kind of search functionality- "ice cream" etc. dissapointed.

I travel often and hate to use my data plan abroad because its so expensive. SBL is offline and gives great advice for what to do and where to go in tons of cities. Very easy to use and certainly worth it!

If you want info on all the places you may be going expect to spend like $40 on this app.

Havent these guys heard of Yelp!? Free!

Great app, I love the NY tips

This is hardly an app. You open it only to find that its 3.99 for every city. Are you joking me? Whos the genius who thought that up. Only came across it because I like the actual website... Uh which is cool. Why not do the same for the app? Dont think I have deleted an app faster.

I tried to explain to my husband the other day why Spotted By Locals is different. His mind was wrapped around your typical travel guide that points to the same tired tourist traps and the fall back over priced, under delivered tourist trap restaurants. "Its not like that," I said. "Its more like having a friend in the city tell you his favorite places. Where would we take our friend when they come to visit?" He gets it. And so does Spotted By Locals. Of course there are places listed that everyone knows about--- some places attract tourists for the right reasons. But for authentic advice from real live locals in cities around the globe, this is the app for you. Pin them in the map, favorite them to a list and hit the ground running like a local in all your favorite cities.

Maps need to be high res, they are very blurry at the moment. Would like a feature to display which way Im looking compass on map for my location. Not map rotate, just a which way Im looking vision cone. Need a way to resume a stalled download. Currently if map download fails it either does a complete retry wasting data plan bytes or gives up at which point you have to delete that guide and download it again. Restore previous purchases should NOT download again items that are already downloaded, should only restore missing items or missing maps. Home button should be first, I often forget how to get back to the list of guides. Filtering by category not perfect, for ex when I choose restaurants I see some items which are NOT restaurants. Color of each category page should match color of tab on filters list. Currently all pages are green. All Map button not needed, all it does is zoom out which I can do with pinch. Need a way to buy packs or countries or some kind of volume discount, if you buy many cities it quickly becomes expensive.

Going to review more places!

Having locals offer helpful recommendations really can make a trip that much more enjoyable. We have found so many hidden gems thanks to Spotted by Locals and their unique concept. The only improvements would be clearer maps and an ipad version.

App is just a vehicle to sell you city guides that you cant even look at before purchasing.

The app only gives you the option to buy guides, all of which are a pricy $3.99. They dont show you what a guide will look like or the type of tips included. A sample would be nice. Will probably just delete it.

Cant even download the first guide. It just keeps retrying. I want my money back.

Very helpful city guide. I especially like how the map is available offline.

Awesome sight

This is a great and easy to use app that contains reviews and advice that are not offered in other guide books or apps. The app has regular updates. You can favor attractions or venues that you want to visit. And you can view your favorites and maps even off-line. I recently used the Stockholm and Copenhagen guides and both were great! Keep adding more cities as well as content!!

I have used this app before Prague, and really enjoyed it. I found the number of places I would certainly not have found otherwise. To me, easily worth the money. It would be nice to have an option to set the map application you want to use. Otherwise, no issues.

My husband and I dont really care for the overly-crowded tourist spots in big cities, we prefer to go where the locals go and this app was perfect for that! The insiders view into the best restaurants and bars was so helpful. The best recommendations were for shops to get good, quality souvenirs that were local produced crafts/art that wasnt the same 40 Scotland mugs!