Foursquare City Guide User Reviews

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Good food and good times

I travel a lot and frequently like to find the local spots that are good or are less well known. This app is perfect for that. Some of the best food I’ve had and some of the best times I’ve had with family and friends trying new places has been made possible by this app!!

Foursquare frozen from 2014

You never listened, now foursquare is abandoned and everything in it is extremely outdated. Well done.

Perfect app, with perfect data everywhere

I really like Foursquare, and it is really easy to find perfect places for a dinner or hangouts.
My only problem is the notifications where Foursquare shows tips and asks if you are at a specific place. It has two options: upvote tip, or checkin! What if I want to do both?

This App is Garbage

I’ve been trying for hours to get this app to update a location that I’m trying to use with Twitter for a business-related tweet. Not only does the location not show up on Twitter, but when I go in this app to create the location it tells me that it’s already been created. Then when I go to the created page for my business location and try to update the info, all the updates get wiped after hitting save. What even is the point of this app and service/company existing if it can’t do any basic edits such as these. C’mon.
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Nicer than Yelp

Have been wanting Foursquare to get on the stick and start meaningfully competing with Yelp, and it seems that they finally have. Came back to check out the app again after a significant hiatus, and it is pretty nice now. Easy to use, integrates info updates into the reviewing process, visually appealing, etc. Pretty pleased so far. Going to try switching over to it for a while and see how it goes.
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Trying to change a business name for the past month with no response or acknowledgement

We have 2 large shopping centres and are not able to change the business name, very frustrating.

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Lost all my data

I spent years creating a list of ‘saved’ places that I have been to and liked in various cities. As I said, it has taken me YEARS to compile this list. You can imagine my frustration to learn that after trying to log in one day, the app said it did not recognize my email address and I have to create an account. My treasured list is totally gone!!! I will never use this app ever again! Btw, after this happened, I talked to several other people that said it happened to them too.
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Always allow location pop up

The always allow location pop up is so annoying that I’ve stopped using the app. I’ve selected to allow location whilst the app is in use because that is the access that I want to permit. A pop up 3 times in 2 minutes won’t change that it will just make me delete the app altogether

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A shell of its former glory that sells your data

If it’s rated 8-10 on here it’s likely a 2-3 Star yelp review and not worth your time. Also make sure you turn off all push notifications because they will spam you via them often with recommendations to try for places thousands of miles away that you’ve already been to or would never go to.

Literally the only thing Foursquare exists for anymore is to try to track your location 24/7 to seek you to other companies. There is zero value left in their recommendation engine and the way they openly flaunt selling your location for nothing to everyone is horrifying.
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Find gems. that will find you!

Foursquare has been constantly evolving.
Now it’s a resource to discover cool places to visit, from sightseeing to great dining, local staples, hidden gems... all over the world!! It’s fantastic to get their recommendations when you arrive in a new city or neighborhood, so you feel like you have bases everywhere... I know there are more features to discover and I can’t wait!
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