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Must buy

This made our whole trip. Highly recommend. Saw so many things on big island we never would have

We used it for Road to Hana on Maui as well

Best money you’ll invest on this vacation

JenQ27

18 days ago

Good app

This was our eighth trip to Kauai and fifth trip to Maui (and several times to other Hawaiian islands), we had used their guidebooks many times (The Ultimate Kauai Guidebook, and Maui Revealed The Ultimate Guidebook), and we had the latest version of both guidebooks. So we thought that we knew Kauai very well and wondered if the app would be worth it. Yes, it was worth it. Kauai and Maui have changed a lot since the last time we were there, especially due to COVID-19 and the Lahaina conflagration. A lot of the information in the app is in the guidebook, but additional information is in the app. The restaurant reviews provide additional information that is not in the guidebook, links to websites, and the ability to filter restaurants by various criteria. And updates are posted in the app as soon as something changes. We are glad that we bought this app.

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MKM3rd

5 months ago

Response from developer

Aloha and mahalo for your warm 5 star review and for being a longtime fan! we are so excited to that you found the app a welcome addition to your time on the islands. So much has changed indeed. We hope you will look for our new locations coming soon to your app. Aloha and a hui hou!

Well worth it!

I can’t say enough good stuff about the app and book. We found a cave and a waterfall on the road to Hana. They were right off the road, and we didn’t start until noon. So, those spots off the road were crucial time saver. Dunno how this thing gets reviewed with less than 5 stars!

Scottie41084

6 months ago

Response from developer

Aloha Scottie and mahalo for your very kind 5 star review! We are so happy to read the you enjoyed those special memories and places while on Maui. We do hope you return to Hawaii again soon. Mahalo and a hui hou

Amazing info. App could use some work!

I love the Revealed guide book and having it on an app is so helpful when on Island!
5 stars for helpful and useful information.
Couple issues with the app-
1- kept logging me out. There were days when I had to log in multiple times which is highly inconvenient
2- need a better way to sort and filter information based on location and even some kind of a rating system. (Example would be Na Pali coast boat tours) This felt natural in the books but almost impossible to figure out in the app.

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Falloffmountainguy

6 months ago

Response from developer

Aloha and mahalo for being a loyal fan and for your comments on the app. We appreciate the suggestions on the rating system! We will be talking this over with our team. Wondering if you could please send us more information on the logging out issue? Please send to app@hawaiirevealed.com - hoping you return again soon. A hui hou

Ultimate Kaua’i driving app - definitely worth it!

The driving app was great! Directions were often more detailed and accurate than using iPhone/siri navigation. I also definitely appreciated the suggestions and call outs to interesting sites, this allowed us to shift our plans quickly. This came is especially useful when we decided that the unimproved road to polihale beach seemed a bit too rough for rental car (thanks for the warning) and we quickly decided to switch gears and head toward Waimea canyon.

We often decided to stop at sites that were on our way to or from a particular destination, example… we went to opaeka’a falls and then ended up continuing on to the Hindu monastery… we wouldn’t have thought about doing that without the app. Very user friendly and informative. Even my kids really enjoyed learning the history of the island.

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#The Anime Gamer

6 months ago

Response from developer

Aloha and mahalo for your super kind 5 star review! We are so happy to read that you and the kids enjoyed Andrew sharing info about Kauai. The road can be rough out to Polihale because of all the recent rains we had earlier this month. But Waimea was great alternate choice! We are glad that you enjoyed the island and that we could be a part of your trip. We do hope you will return again soon! Look for more destinations in your app coming very soon for the mainland. A hui hou and mahalo for your support of our work

Great way to tour the islands

We used these tours extensively on Kauai and the Big Island and were so grateful for them. They work as intended, with the narration starting as you approach each site. The words are mostly taken from Doughty's books so they were often familiar, but it's a real benefit to hear it when you need it.
Two notes: We are pretty sure the road to Mau'umae Beach (near Mauna Kea Beach on the Big Island) has been severed. Also on Kauai, the road in Kokee was closed beyond Kalalau lookout so people were walking the last mile of the road to Pu'u O Kila lookout.

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Wastead

6 months ago

Response from developer

Aloha and mahalo for your warm 5 star review and being a loyal fan. We are so glad you enjoyed using the app on your trip to Kaua‘i and Big Island. If you would be so kind as to drop us any details on the roads you encountered. We are looking into them on our end. Please send to: app@hawaiirevealed.com. Mahalo and aloha!

Great content but pretty buggy

The content of this app (and the associated book) is really great, and with better debugging this would be a 5-star app. However, technologically this seems to be a work in progress, and there were several technical bugs that required some fiddling to figure out. Most notably, even when you have the offline content downloaded, if your WiFi or cellular signal is poor but existent, you can’t access any content; you have to explicitly put your phone in airplane mode and turn off WiFi, which is pretty annoying especially when you’re driving through areas of patchy coverage. Also, in the offline mode the pictures in the articles don’t seem to have been saved so don’t show (even though the update logs indicate that that that was supposed to be fixed in the version I had). Additionally, if you try to view content in landscape mode, the content is still displayed in portrait mode but with landscape settings, meaning that most of the text is cut off and illegible — the only workaround I found was to turn on rotation lock and keep my phone in portrait mode. Finally, the content was stuck loading indefinitely when I first tried to access it as a guest, which didn’t have a workaround, though I see that the release 5 days ago supposedly fixed that.

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kats000

6 months ago

Response from developer

Aloha and mahalo for your thoughtful comments. We are working on some issues now and have fixed some bugs recently. But we are happy to help anyone who needs it while on island. Please contact app@hawaiirevealed.com and send any comments on your experience.

Must have for exploring Maui! Worth every penny

WOW! What an amazing guide for our incredible adventures around Maui - we just got back from our honeymoon there and loved tuning in on each car ride!

We did the road to Hana and couldn’t wait to hop back in the car for more facts and learning. We sadly couldn’t go all the way around as part of the road collapsed past Haleakala national park, but thankfully we were able to hike Pipiwai trail & get to the “7 sacred pools” before turning around! Andrew’s suggestions through this app for waterfalls were epic and we loved every moment of the drive (except driving back during the dark because we enjoyed ourselves so much stopping so often! Whoops!). However the commentary on this guide helped us pick and choose where to stop that would be the best use of our time and we’d use it again and highly recommend it.

We also appreciated the commentary through Kihei and Wailea, as well as up to both Ka’anapali & Lahaina, and down through Paia. We loved the snorkelling tips and it lead us to two magical spots one near Wailea and the other near Ka’anapali seeing many sea turtles and 2 monk seals, plus a plethora of fish! Thanks so much team revealed, we will use again.

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HaylG17

7 months ago

Response from developer

Aloha and mahalo for your warm and super kind 5 star review! So happy to read you enjoyed Maui with the help of our app! There are some great spots for sure to enjoy and glad you took your time to savor every moment of them. We hope you created special memories and that you will return again soon! Mahalo and a hui hou

Great addition to our visit, even for long-time visitors

We have been coming to Kauai since 2001 and have relied on the Kauai Revealed book the entire time, buying new editions as they come out.

But this year, we found this app. We have especially enjoyed the driving tour. We thought we knew the island but it reminds us of things we missed or meant to see but never got to. The commentary and stories make thing so much more fun!

I am thrilled we found this!

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Scott from Wrenacres

8 months ago

Response from developer

Aloha Scott and mahalo for your kind 5 star review of our app! We are so glad we could show even frequent travelers such as yourselves new spots. Look for new mainland locations of our app coming this year. Mahalo for being a loyal fan and supporting our products. Aloha and a hui hou

Good info but not user-friendly

The book is great, the driving app is fantastic, but I was disappointed in the app. I felt like I was spending way too much time trying to find things, and it was not at all intuitive. It’s very frustrating to be somewhere, whether the side of the road or the hotel room, looking for something you know You saw but can’t find it. I gave up after 3 days. Save your money. It’s not worth it

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Todd 2000

9 months ago

Response from developer

Aloha Todd, Mahalo for your comments! Please reach out to us via email at app@hawaiirevealed.com. We have filters in the app to help you find things fast and are improving the search feature now. But we'd love to hear more details about your experience. Mahalo again for your feedback.