# Elude App

> Budget-based travel discovery and booking for flights and accommodations. (iPhone/iPad app by Elude Inc.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/elude-app/id1471192461 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Elude Inc](https://appshunter.io/developer/1058007069)
- Category: Travel, Food & Drink
- Price: Free
- Rating: 2.00/5 from 79 App Store ratings · 69 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 13.0 · 263 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2021-07-29
- Data updated: 2026-06-10
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/elude-app/id1471192461/reviews.md

## What is Elude App?

Travel by your budget, Discover cities and destinations when you’re ready to take your next adventure. Pick the dates you want to take your next trip, set a budget that works for you (will be used for both flight and accommodations) then Elude will show you the cities you could escape too. Swipe through destinations, check out our curated stay options and book everything easily in app.

Our mission is to get more people out and seeing the world. It’s never been easier to know exactly what your time and money will get you when planning a trip. Gone are the days of wondering where you could afford to go, we’ve got it covered in just a few easy clicks. Start your global tour now. Fill your fridge with the magnets of every new city you see. Be the inspiration of your family and friend groups to see the world.
Price, Discover and Book your next getaway with Elude.

## Key features

- Budget-based destination discovery
- Flight and accommodation search
- Curated stay options
- In-app booking
- Trip planning by dates

## What do users think of Elude App?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 💡 Brilliant concept for budget travel
- 👍 Great idea, innovative approach
- ✨ Beautiful and fun to dream
- 🚀 Clean interface & cool concept
- ✨ Game changer for travel planning
- ✨ New way to find destinations
- ✨ Great design and flow
- ✨ Surprisingly refreshing
- ✨ Helpful and easy to use
- ✨ So simple to use
- ✨ Updates are phenomenal
- ✨ Great App for deal finding
- ✨ Cool and different app
- ✨ Best App for last minute trips
- ✨ Makes travel planning easier
- ✨ Need more apps like this
- ✨ So much better than Expedia
- ✨ Amazing
- ✨ This is amazing
- ✨ Amazing App
- ✨ Budget first search is so cool
- ✨ Very interactive app
- ✨ GAME CHANGER
- ✨ Game changer
- ✨ Always Wondered Why This Didn’t Exist
- ✨ The new way to travel!
- ✨ This is amazing, so great for finding trips.
- ✨ The world is at my fingertips!

**Cons**

- 🐛 App doesn't work
- 🐛 Unusable app
- 🐛 Basic functionality not there
- 🐛 Completely non-functional
- 🐛 App does not work
- 🐛 Destination never loads
- 🐛 App doesn't work at all
- 🐛 Not functional
- 🐛 App doesn't load anything
- 🐛 Not functional in any way
- 🐛 Literally doesn’t even work
- 🐛 Used to work, no longer works
- 🐛 No longer works
- 🐛 Very glitchy
- 🐛 Cannot even get in to use the app
- 🐛 Not Functioning
- 🐛 Great idea, it just doesn’t work
- 🐛 Useless
- 🐛 If only it worked
- 🐛 No trips available
- 🐛 What if I want to drive?
- 🐛 Needs A Lot of Work
- 🐛 Not working
- 🐛 Budget travel? Lol
- 🐛 Coach Travel Only
- 🐛 Nothing under $2000
- 🐛 Work in Progress
- 🐛 Potential but needs significant work
- 🐛 Sign Up Password Not Working
- 🐛 Crap App
- 🐛 Indianapolis? Skipped
- 🐛 Limited choices
- 🐛 Seems cool but limited
- 🐛 Has potential, design issues
- 🐛 Cool idea, glitchy app
- 🐛 Started great, but then….
- 🐛 Expensive results
- 🐛 App doesn't populate origin city
- 🐛 No child traveler option
- 🐛 Location not loading
- 🐛 Contact form doesn't work

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Leave From screen endlessly loads
- Contact form doesn't work
- App isn't working
- Can't input location
- Won't populate 'leaving from'
- Won't load origin city
- Won't populate 'traveling from'
- Destination never loads in search engine
- Hung up trying to auto-generate location
- Hung up on 'please wait' during sign up
- App doesn't load anything
- Tried putting in location to no avail
- Couldn't get logged in
- No longer works at all
- Very glitchy
- Says 'Please wait' for over a week
- App will not register input
- Keeps circling 'Updating Location'
- App does not update traveler number
- App literally doesn't work
- Won't load my location
- Recently become useless
- Input data just spins
- Couldn't get it to do anything
- No trips available
- Results included packages much higher than searched budget
- App suggests airports far away
- Mexico City not on airport list
- Trips available are extremely expensive
- App kept crashing
- Can't find anything cheaper than $4000 budget
- App is glitchy
- Skipped Indianapolis
- Unknown error messages during registration
- Took several attempts to get results
- Results disappear on next search
- Navigation UI and font confusing
- Password verification fails during sign up
- Email or password incorrect error
- Login loop between screens
- App wouldn't let me sort profile questions
- Doesn't take into account number of people traveling
- Only US starting destination is Austin, TX

**Most requested features**

- Allow driving trips
- Include AirBnB options
- Add more destinations and experiences
- Allow for higher budget limits
- Option to change airline class
- Option to change hotel class
- Add alternate lodging plug-in choices
- Add more hotel and flight data
- Improved search UI
- Allow selection of air travel class (business, first)
- Allow filtering and sorting for flights and hotels
- Add road trip options
- Add more US starting destinations
- Allow sorting of profile questions

## Recent user reviews (10 of 69)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/elude-app/id1471192461/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Doesn’t work

*2024-05-22*

I tried to use the Book by Budget feature. The Leave From screen endlessly loads so you can’t actually use it. I tried it on and off WiFi and made sure my location services were enabled. As I work in technology, I tried to report this bug to them directly instead of witting a poor review but their website’s contact form doesn’t work either! “Form failed to send. Try again later.” It’s a good idea but doesn’t work.

### 5/5 — Please fix bugs

*2024-05-03*

I’m giving you 5 stars to encourage the idea behind this app. But overall, this app isn’t working.

When someone wants to travel anywhere anytime on a set budget, you only need to ask these questions

1. The $ I want to pay
2. Fly out from where
3. In what class (economy, plus, business, etc.)
4. Number of travelers
5. How many weeks or months (optional)
6. Continent of interest (optional)

And that’s it. Then you suggest where to go and when to leave that will keep us in that budget.

Otherwise, if you are asking when I want to leave and return, etc., there are already many apps out there I can use.

Google flight is the closest thing to show fares costs months ahead. But I still have to have the destinations.

Here are a few scenarios that I wish there’s an app exists to help me… if I want to fly to Thailand for $4500 budget on a business class flight for 7-8 weeks, when is the date to leave and come back?

Another time I just want to go anywhere within $200 budget. Where can I go and when to leave and return? And if this is too broad, then maybe you’ll have me add more criteria, e.g., I want to be gone for 3 days, etc.

This app should consider filling the gap for self-employed/ entrepreneurs who need a break, know how much they want to spend, and roughly for how long. It’s not for those who need to travel on XYZ date, which there are many apps already that cover those criteria.

### 1/5 — Disappointment

*2024-03-24*

Got very excite to use this app, but it unusable. You can’t input your location and it won’t locate you to book any trips. Terrible.

### 1/5 — Basic Functionality Not There

*2024-03-17*

Great idea, but this all doesn’t work. It will not populate “leaving from” for me, even with wifi, tries in different locations, etc. seems so silly.

### 1/5 — It doesn’t work

*2024-02-29*

As others have said, it won’t load an origin city so is completely non-functional.

### 1/5 — App does not work or allow child travelers

*2024-02-08*

I downloaded excited to be able to looks at vacations based on budget. Was immediately let down when it would not populate my “traveling from” location and in addition when I tried to add the travelers it would only let me add an adult number, there is no option for traveling with children. Deleted after less than 5 mins of download. Would be a great idea if it worked!

### 1/5 — Search engine

*2023-10-19*

Destination never loads in search engine

### 1/5 — App doesn’t work

*2023-09-09*

I read about this app in Real Simple magazine and was excited to try it, but I couldn’t get it to work at all! It immediately got hung up trying to auto-generate my location, which I had given the app permission to do, so I couldn’t search for anything. I decided to try and create an account in case that was the issue, but when I signed up it just got hung up forever on “please wait”. Deleting. Sigh.

### 1/5 — App developers, back to drawing board

*2023-08-31*

App doesn’t load anything.. tried putting in location to no avail. Tried logging in first to see if it helped, couldn’t even get logged in.

### 1/5 — Doesn’t work

*2023-07-20*

Such a great idea. Too bad it isn’t functional in any way.

## Frequently asked questions about Elude App

### What does Elude App do?

Elude App helps you discover new cities and destinations based on your travel dates and budget. It shows you affordable flight and accommodation options, allowing you to swipe through curated stays and book your entire trip within the app.

### How does the budget feature work?

You set a budget that works for you, which is then used to find both flight and accommodation options. The app then presents you with cities and destinations that fit within your specified financial limits for your next adventure.

### Is Elude App free to use?

Yes, the app is free to use. It focuses on helping users discover and book their next getaway without upfront costs for the planning and discovery features.

### What kind of trips can I plan with Elude App?

You can plan various types of trips by setting your desired travel dates and budget. The app is designed to help you find and book flights and accommodations for your next adventure, making it easier to explore new cities.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.6.0 — 2022-12-22

This is the latest version of the year and it brings some special features so you can enjoy the holidays looking for your next adventure with us. Here are some of them: 
- Search based on preferences
- More results after searching based on budget
- New Profile screen
- Minor bug fixes and experience improvements

### 2.5.1 — 2022-11-13

- More destinations to search  
- Small adjustments to make you experience even better

### 2.5.0 — 2022-11-07

- Updated Search page UI for easier navigation
- Promo-code integration at checkout
- Updated Login pages UI
- Various UI updates for legibility and display continuity
- Updated Flight Details information for better legibility and Terminal/Gate information
- Updated Animations
- Fixed issue with ‘Search Again’ not delivering new results
- Fixed keyboard handling issue on sign-in
- Fixed issues with flight dates not displaying correctly
- Fixed issue with signup verification email not resending

### 2.4.0 — 2022-09-30

- Communication is important. Our relationship with you is important. We have updated our alerts and messaging to reflect that.

- We added an extra confirmation pop-up so you know you’re actually booking your dream vacation. It’s extra satisfying and gives you another chance to revel in the pre-travel shopping therapy.

- We used to ask you a bunch of preference questions when you signed up. You know we are going to show you some dope travel options. We trust you to know which ones make you want to get that Confirm Booking pop-up.

- We streamlined the search for flight and hotel details. They looked good before, but I catch myself staring a little longer now. Nice.

- If you decide that the first set of options we gave you did not give you the urge to pack your bags and leave instantly, you can now hit ‘search again’ to get a new set.

- We also improved the look of our icon bar at the bottom. We encourage you to push our buttons.

- We removed children and infants as passenger options.

- We all have more email accounts than we would like to admit to having. Sometimes this made validating you a little difficult. We added an option to resend a validation email if you try to login from a non-validated email. It is important to feel validated as well as be validated. We got you.

### 2.3.0 — 2022-08-11

Recommendation engine updates:
Better search results and removal of rare duplication instances.
Updated ability to change airline options in quick details.
Bug fixes on instances where app was crashing.

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