Aruba Self User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience58.3% of reviews
Neutral25.0% of reviews
Negative experience16.7% of reviews

~ Based on 12 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is Aruba Self Safe?

Aruba Self-Guided Island Tours appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Aruba Self is 87/100.

This assessment is based on 52 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7/5.

Safety Analysis

90.0% of ratings point to a safe experience
6.0% of ratings suggest some concerns
4.0% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 50 App Store ratings for Aruba Self.

Is Aruba Self Legit?

Aruba Self-Guided Island Tours appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Aruba Self is 80/100.

Based on 80 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Just Ok

While the narration was decent, having used other guided tour apps, I found this one fell short in several ways. Here are a few suggestions for improvement:

1. The app froze multiple times, requiring a restart and causing unnecessary delays.
2. Instead of offering one cohesive tour of the island, it’s split into three separate ones. This leads to some backtracking and repetition — we heard the pirate story three times!
3. Several key island sites were missing, including the natural pool, national park and Baby Beach, which are major attractions.

Overall, I felt the tour didn’t deliver good value for the price.
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Response from developer

Hi there, thank you for your detailed feedback. The Aruba experience is split into three tours because each route has its own suggested start and end point, and the first audio on each tour explains the route, timing, and what to expect. You can also review the tour details and stop list before purchase. The tour was created with help from a local guide and is designed to cover Aruba’s must-see places, stories, and highlights across the island. I’m sorry the app froze for you, and I’ll share your comments with the team for review. Please reach out to support@actiontourguide.com if you need any further help.

Excellent

Very excellent app! Love the history and functionality! Thank you!

the jewel in the crown

We had a fantastic time using this GPS guide in Aruba. It took us to interesting places we wouldn't have found on our own, showing us the island's history and variety in just three hours. The option to drive around at our own speed was perfect, and the app was easy to use, making our adventure even better.
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Response from developer

We're thrilled to hear that you enjoyed using our app during your adventure around the Aruba. It's wonderful to know it enhanced your trip and provided useful information. Thanks for sharing your positive feedback! Happy trails on your future expeditions with our app. 🐻🏞️🎧

Self guided tour

Total waste of money, super bad infotainment, too many bugs, missing a lot of cool locations on the way. Needs lots of improvement.

*for developers* look at Shaka app for Hawaii and copy what they doing.

Mapping is terrible

A few sights weren’t there either. Probably u turned 30 times. Nothing else available so it was better than nothing, not a lot better though.

Response from developer

I’m so sorry to hear that! Could you provide more details about the specific route issues encountered? Also, knowing your phone mode would help us in reproducing the issue: support@actiontourguide.com

One narrative

This tour is fun and the app is well set up. The narrative is Eurocentric and unfortunately minimalizes and misses so much history of the nonwhite communities on Aruba. Please update to make this tour much richer!

AWESOME APP!!!

My husband I went to Aruba for our anniversary in Oct. 2022 and we like to vacation off the beaten path whenever possible so that includes taking our time with taking in the sights. I purchased the full app as we toured the island in our own timing and it was truly amazing. The details of the narration and the history of the island allowed us to stop and go whenever we pleased or not depending on the descriptive site. A must have for anyone who plans on visiting the island and not wanting to pay for an individual or company tour guide. Can’t wait to go back so we can use it again . 💜
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Response from developer

Thank you for sharing your wonderful feedback about my Aruba tour! Looking forward to your next tour with us, wherever it may be!

Mostly Good

This guide helped me to visit some places I wouldn’t have gone to otherwise. All of them are appropriate for a regular rental (no 4wd needed). I’d purchased the entire pack.

Some of the directions and triggered cues could’ve been placed a better trigger points. The information was up to date except for the second gold mill. Regardless, the ap worked well.

Annoyances included the dozen times a pop up asking for a review and feedback kept coming up. In other parts, the narration was taking place right as I wanted to see the map or at an intersection, resulting in some wrong turns.

I wouldn’t recommend the Oranjestad portion. Yay, let’s track down a few blue horses in the heat of Aruba. I’d rather have that portion highlight landmarks, museums, etc.
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Response from developer

Thank you for your detailed feedback! I’m so glad our tours introduced you to destinations you might otherwise have skipped. We’re always working to improve our tours, so we’ll definitely keep your comments in mind as we continue to update this tour!

Exciting Tour!

Very interesting tour for those tired of the beach! Who knew that Aruba had such interesting history. Loved learning about pirates.

Response from developer

Yay, so thrilled to hear that you enjoyed our Aruba tour! There’s so much history along the route to cover. Aruba is so much more than the beach! Thanks again!!

Made our day - tour very lively

What a beautiful tour guide! It has such a lively story of each point that it became the highlight of our day. Very nicely done. Kind of long but each story is very different topic from the other. Strongly recommend.

Response from developer

Woohoo! What an awesome review — you made our day!! Thanks again!

Perfect

We thoroughly enjoyed the tour (explored all three sections across two days). The narrator’s voice is very easy on the ears and nice to listen to for the whole drive. We enjoyed hearing the stories as we drove — very interesting.

Response from developer

Thanks so much! So happy to hear that you liked the stories and narrator’s voice. We’ll definitely pass on the compliments. Thanks again!

Well Done!

I started with buying just the Noord section of the tour and then bought the other two as well!
Works well. Loved the narration and it was cool to learn a little bit about the history of the area as we drove around and admired the natural beauty of the area

Response from developer

Thanks! So happy to hear that you liked all our tours in Aruba! The island is jam-packed with fascinating history, fun facts, and rich stories and I’m so glad we were able to bring those to you. Thanks again!