Autio User Reviews

Autio: Road Trip & Travel App

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Reviews Summary

Positive highlights

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This app hasEnhances road trips with interesting historical stories and facts

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This app hasNarrated by famous voices like Kevin Costner and Phil Jackson

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This app hasProvides location-based content that plays as you travel

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This app hasEducates users on the history and culture of areas they pass through

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This app hasKeeps the mind engaged during long drives

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This app hasHelps discover new places and learn about them in an entertaining way

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This app hasCovers a wide range of locations across the US

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This app hasOffers good value for the subscription price

Negative highlights

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This app hasInconsistent sound quality and volume levels between narrators

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This app hasBuggy performance with crashes and issues with notifications

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This app hasLacks integration with CarPlay, making it difficult to use while driving

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This app hasStories sometimes load too far in advance of the user's location

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This app hasSome users found political commentary in the stories to be biased

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This app hasFrustrating experience for users who lost their free trial stories

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This app hasRequires internet connectivity to function, making it unusable in areas with poor coverage

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This app hasSubscription model may be too expensive for some users

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Good Content Clunky Interface

The app content with the brief history and culture stories is interesting. The interface, however, especially on Car Play is pretty poor. I have little idea what is going on th the background, however the map is unavailable in CarPlay and it loads stories, I assume based on distance, that sometimes load, sometimes start over and sometimes just fail or go away all while messing up other audio apps. Would be way better to have a map about what stories are ahead, what you just passed and what else is nearby.

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Brand Nameless

2 months ago

Response from developer

Hey there! Thanks so much for the feedback. We agree, a map would be great for CarPlay, but due to current App Store restrictions, we aren't allowed to show a map. We've shared your notes on playback with the team to help refine the experience. Stay tuned for updates over time that improve CarPlay! Safe travels, Bryce

Almost perfect

Love hearing the history of areas & especially some of the colorful residents!
I wish each story would start with stating the title. Often I have no idea the location until the middle or end of the story.
Also, I wish it was easier to rewind - I’m often distracted and want to go back and listen again but if it’s too close to the end, I can’t without getting into my phone. I travel solo so most often that’s not possible.

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Rocky Mountain Sue

3 months ago

Response from developer

Hey there! Thanks so much for the feedback. We'll be sure to share this with the rest of the team. Safe travels! -Bryce

Langue

Pas interessant. Uniquement pour pour les anglophones.

europeka

10 months ago

Subtle Western Woke

Headed out West and tried the trial - The 5 stories I listened to in the trial seemed like the hero is never Roosevelt or an American explorer. With Autio, the native Americans are always the heroes and the white man/explorers are the villain. Never mind and mentions very little about the exploration or engineering feats achieved at that time.
An example would be with Mt Rushmore: there is so much more history/how it was done that I wanted to learn about after visiting it. But the focus seemed to be on the Lakota Sioux being forced out.
I can greatly appreciate the history there but I wish that wasn’t the sole focus. Would love to see the app being more well-rounded.

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Indy Chris Miller

a year ago

Response from developer

Hey there! Thanks for the feedback. We try to share history from an unbiased lens and to include as many perspectives as possible. We’ll have our content team review this story to make sure it’s meeting that criteria & I think your suggestion of a story focusing on the construction of Mt Rushmore specifically would be a great addition! If you share your email address with support@autio.com, our team will be happy to notify you when it’s complete. Hopefully you get a chance to listen to some more stories as our library really does celebrate countless early American achievements! Safe travels, Bryce

Not enough stories

I live in the center of Pennsylvania and there were 5 stories in like a 3 hour radius from my area. The big story from my city was “the courthouse was the place of the Sandusky child sex abuse scandal” Of course they said some other things but for real! First no one wants to hear about a child sex scandal while hiking. I’m close to Penn state university. Plenty of nice things they could have talked about. I’m sure anyone that was involved in that hearing does not want to hear about it highlighting the area while hiking. Poor taste in general. Not a fan of the app at all. Too overpriced for literally nothing. Not nearly enough content. I would give it one stars a thousand times over

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Ally16801

a year ago

Response from developer

Thanks so much for the feedback — we’re bummed you had a poor first experience with your local stories. We add new stories every week and will be sure to share your notes with our content team & expand coverage in this area. If you’d like us to let you know when we’ve added some more stories in this area - shoot your email address over to support@autio.com, we’d love for you to take a listen when they’re ready! Safe travels, Bryce

Good stories, but doesn’t function well for solo traveler

I use carplay and the notifications don’t pop up or make a sound to know that there’s something nearby. If I happen to see that there was one on my phone and tap on it, it will start playing. But it then continues with a bunch of stories that are either way behind me or ahead of me. I’d like it to turn off and go back to my music.
Would also be great if there was a setting to just automatically play something when I’m nearby. I’m mostly driving an RV by myself and don’t like to be distracted by fiddling around with buttons.
Those 2 adjustments would make it a 5 star.

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KGJG KGJG

a year ago

Response from developer

We’re always trying to improve the in-car notification experience, especially for our CarPlay users, so your feedback is super valuable and we’ve passed it on to our Product team. Unfortunately,Apple doesn’t allow us to automatically play a story or resume another media app playing music, though it’s an awesome idea! If you have any other notes or issues, don’t hesitate to shoot us a note at support@autio.com, and stay tuned for future app updates that’ll make this experience better! Bryce

Best App for road trips

Exactly the type of information we should all be wanting to absorb when traveling thru parts unknown, or even seemingly known. I’ve learned more about my hometown from Autio then in just being here. I love everything about it. Cool when folks like Kevin Costner and Phil Jackson drop in with a story even now and again, too. Five big stars!

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Rincon -

2 years ago

Best travel companion ever

I love road trips and the stories in Autio have guided me through travels on both the east and west coasts of America. They are entertaining, educational and humorous. The app works seamlessly as you travel from one area to another. Wish Autio was around back in the days when I had an RV!

NanaJune

2 years ago

Normally I wouldn’t pay for something like this

But we were going on a road trip and I figured, this would be a good investment for some entertainment. Well, we’ve used it on 3 road trips in the western US and have learned a lot of things you wouldn’t normally get from a textbook—and it presents the pieces to you when you’re right in the area each thing happened! Pair this with Mike Rowe’s 10-minute “The Way I Heard It” podcast episodes and you’ll keep your brain going on your drive.

This was worth it. I wish it was just a one time fee and not a subscription, but I get that they have to pay for all the research and all that goes into making this app. I think it’s well worth it!

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Bikeneil

2 years ago

CarPlay

I’m looking forward to hearing stories based on my current location as I drive around.

Update: it still says that I have no saved stories and even though I tell it to update all the time, now both the iPhone CarPlay don’t show any stories!

Moondougie