# Chicago Travel Guide . — user reviews > 23 indexed App Store user reviews of Chicago Travel Guide . by Daniel Garcia, rated 4.80/5 from 411 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chicago-travel-guide/id337477517/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chicago-travel-guide/id337477517.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 359 · 4★ 28 · 3★ 12 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 11 ## What do users think of Chicago Travel Guide .? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Great app, very useful - 👍 Helpful guide for Chicago - 👍 Nice pictures and history info - 👍 Augmented reality feature - 👍 Maps are useful **Cons** - 💰 Not free, requires upgrade - 💰 Misleading advertising - 💰 Useless without purchase - 💰 Limited information - 💰 Cluttered and messy - 💰 Not up to date - 💰 GPS not accurate - 💰 Overlapping icons on map - 💰 Very limited searches - 💰 Sponsored content suspected - 💰 Can't favorite places - 💰 Waste of money - 💰 Incomprehensible French translation - 💰 App crashes when not on WiFi **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes when not on WiFi - Overlapping building icons on map - GPS not accurate - Incomprehensible French translation **Most requested features** - Full access to content without purchase - More detailed information on attractions - Public transport information - Operating hours and ticket prices - URLs to official attraction websites - Ability to favorite places - Improved French translation - App stability on WiFi ## Newest reviews (5 of 23) ### 1/5 — Big disappointment! *2013-06-03, version 2.4.6.2* Waste of money. Could find very little detail. No info on famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright nor Chicago Art Institute. ### 1/5 — Worthless! *2012-01-30* Only a few suggestions, only 5 hotel choices, a few restaurants given. The free guides are 100% better. Don't bother with this one. Save your $. ### 1/5 — Do not buy! *2011-10-29* Absolutely without any interest! It is virtually empty, it installs with an awful automatic translation in French which is barely understandable, the content the map are totally hollow. A pure rip-off, do not pay for that thing! C'est du vol, n'acheter pas, la traduction française est inutilisable ( traduction automatique), il n'y a aucun contenu. C'est scandaleux de laisser vendre cette application à 4 euros! ### 1/5 — Not satisfactory *2011-05-27* I agree with the other review - so limited as to be useless ### 1/5 — Don't waste your money! *2011-05-10* Very limited searches. For example with all the restaurants and hotels in Chicago they have them divided into categories based on cost ranges. There are only about five restaurants and five hotels in each category. I suspect those listed sponsored the app. Two thumbs down. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Worst app *2018-07-10* I m able to go to any screen .. the moment click on link it ask to upgrade by purchasing package . If in app purchase is must to use this app .. why the hell marking this app as free. **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback. We are very sorry you have had a bad experience with the app. We are trying to improve it in a daily basis. As you may know there are many revenue models within the apps and we have decided to use the freemium model (free to download with locked content). We have never implied anything other than that. Even if you look at the app store page, it says that the app contains In App Purchases and it shows a price for each one of them. ### 1/5 — Free? *2018-05-25* Deleting this app. There’s nothing free about it. Everything you tap on brings up the offer to upgrade for $2.99. No info whatsoever within the app that I can see without the upgrade. **Developer response:** Thank you very much and we are sorry the hear that. It is only 1 payment to unlock the content. The reason behind this is for travelers to be able to enjoy everything in an offline mode without paying for roaming charges while they travel. Even being able to use geolocalization capabilities such as GPS or Augmented Reality without being connected to your cell phone provider. We hope you understand and if you have any other question, please do not hesitate to get back to us. Thank you. ### 1/5 — Bad App *2018-01-14* Constantly interrupts you every 2 minutes asking for $2.99 to upgrade. No thanks. **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback and we are sorry your experience was not as expected. As you may know there are many revenue models within the apps and we have decided to use the freemium model (free to download with locked content). We have never implied anything other than that. Even if you look at the app store page, it says that the app contains In App Purchases and it shows a price for each one of them. On the other hand, if you are not happy with the product we can always process a refund. Please email us to contact@etips.com and we can work it from there. Thank you and sorry for the inconvenience that this might have caused you. ### 1/5 — Rip off *2018-01-13* Just shows picture icons of obvious tourist traps and then prompts you to pay to learn anything about it. **Developer response:** Thank you very much and we are sorry the hear that. It is only 1 payment to unlock the content. The reason behind this is for travelers to be able to enjoy everything in an offline mode without paying for roaming charges while they travel. Even being able to use geolocalization capabilities such as GPS or Augmented Reality without being connected to your cell phone provider. We hope you understand and if you have any other question, please do not hesitate to get back to us. Thank you. ### 1/5 — Garbage *2017-01-28* They want money for every little thing. Cluttered mess. Waste of initial$2.99... Not giving them any more money. ### 1/5 — End user *2017-01-27* Don't get this app or buy any of its downloadable content. It's useless. ### 1/5 — Plantage régulier *2015-08-04* Ne fonctionne pas sur IPhone 6 : une recherche sur carte ferme systématiquement l'application. Pas d'itinéraire possible. Pas de geolocalusation. Bref application nulle : passez votre chemin sauf à vouloir perdre 2,99 euros pour voir 2 ou 3 photos. ### 1/5 — Total crap! Ça vaut pas de la "marde"! *2015-08-03, version 3.0.11* Une véritable arnaque! It's a scam! À éviter absolument! Avoid! Une application qui plante au bout de quelques instants à peine lorsque non connecté au WiFi. Information non fiable lorsque disponible et la traduction française est tout simplement incompréhensible la plupart du temps et non fidèle à la version originale anglaise. ### 1/5 — Not free at all. *2015-05-23* If you advertise your app as FREE 100% full access, then don't hide 90% of the content behind in app purchases. This is downright misleading and fraudulent. ### 1/5 — Disapponting *2013-10-03, version 3.0.4* This app has only limited information that is not useful. Attractions has only very generic info, no public transport info, no info operation hours, tickets price etc. Even no url to link the official web site of the attractions. I had to google to get the info. Useless app. ## Most praised reviews (8 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Founder *2024-12-16* Par excellence Chicago ### 5/5 — Chicago *2021-06-23, version 3.0.27* It is a very cool and calm country I love to stay for the rest of my life....!!!!! ### 5/5 — Savannah *2021-06-18* I love Chicago is the best city ### 5/5 — Great app, very useful *2017-10-03* This app has suffered a complete redesign and it is great!!! New features added and more intuitive. I love it and it is very useful while using in the city of Chicago. **Developer response:** Thank you very much. We are very happy that you enjoyed the app. ### 5/5 — Great Chicago Travel Guide *2012-02-01* I've really liked, I went to Chicago with my kids last month and we were at Illinois Center, Burnham Park and at the Chicago Harbour Lighthouse, the guide was helpful, it's always better than carrying a real book. We liked the augmented reality feature and the maps. Way to go etips! ### 2/5 — OK, but not great *2012-07-18, version 2.2.2* This app provides some useful information but the reference to tourism in 2007 makes me wonder how up to date it is. ### 2/5 — Chicago *2012-05-01, version 2.2.2* Ne fonctionne pas la majorité du temps. Quand ça fonctionne trop d'icônes d'édifices se superposent donc impossible de choisir celui que l'on veut. Le GPS n'est pas au point. ### 2/5 — Not worth the price *2011-03-26* It does have some nice pictures but you really can't favorite any of the places you want to see. It does have history info on most of the areas.. But again, for a first time visitor it's not helpful with favoring places --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-31.*