# Gesso: Audio Tours — user reviews > 68 indexed App Store user reviews of Gesso by Gesso, Inc., rated 4.89/5 from 211 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gesso-audio-tours/id1458855777/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gesso-audio-tours/id1458855777.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 198 · 4★ 6 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 3 ## Newest reviews (18 of 68) ### 5/5 — Delightful audio guide to NYC *2022-03-25, version 3.0.56* Ive lived in NYC 22 years and have never enjoyed a walk in prospect park like I did today. Great sound design, and historical facts. Looking forward to my next walk! ### 5/5 — Best audio guide out there *2022-03-06, version 3.0.56* Simple UI, easy to use, map and geolocation features are great. And the best audio guide content out there. Nice work! ### 5/5 — Flawless experience, great content *2021-12-26, version 3.0.52* The app succeeds doing the 2 things it needs to do - First, it easily and correctly guides you, while providing clear walking instructions and seamless auto play. The app “gets out of the way” and allows you to simply follow the route and listen to the tour. Second, the tours themselves are great. I’ve done a couple around the New York area and they have a great balance of theme, random tidbits, landmarks, etc and are super fun. Can’t wait for more of these high quality tours to drop! ### 5/5 — Brilliant *2021-11-24, version 3.0.49* I’ve taken two NYC tours — Soho and the East Village — and they were wondrous and riveting. This is an exciting new way to take an audio tour. ### 5/5 — Wonderfully produced, thoughtful tours *2021-11-10, version 3.0.48* Really enjoyed taking some of these tours which provide meditative and creative content for curious minds. ### 5/5 — Just try it. You won’t regret . *2021-10-18, version 3.0.44* I am a New Yorker for 7 years. ### 5/5 — Wonderful way to explore and learn! *2021-09-21, version 3.0.43* I was looking for a geo-tagged guided audio tour of Brooklyn and was thrilled to find this app. Walking directions were clear and the tour seamlessly synced to my location, so that if I wanted to linger in certain areas it would automatically wait for me to catch up before continuing. Tour itself was compelling and made me want to continue exploring! Excited to see more. ### 5/5 — Great way to explore the city *2021-09-05, version 3.0.43* Love to do the audio tours with Gesso. Just finished the Williamsburg walk and learned a lot about the area. ### 5/5 — Wow! Rock Center tour was awesome *2021-08-18, version 3.0.43* Just spent a few days in New York and unfortunately discovered this app on the last day. I wish I had known about it earlier. The Rock Center tour was incredible. ### 5/5 — Best audio guides *2021-07-20, version 3.0.43* I’m so glad I found this app. The NYC walking guides are awesome - highly recommend for anyone visiting. I hope gesso makes more walking tour content for the other cities it supports! ### 5/5 — Emerald Futures is GREAT go check it out in NYC!! *2021-07-15, version 3.0.43* I just recently downloaded this app to watch and listen to the new “emerald futures“ installation around Central Park! It was an awesome experience where the sounds and story were placed all around us in the park as we walked, telling a story that moved through the space. Overall really well done! ### 5/5 — Emerald Futures was so cool! *2021-07-14, version 3.0.43* I didn’t know what to expect when a friend invited me to her son’s composer concert with the New York Phil- it was rainy that day, but the show went on! It was a lot of fun walking through Central Park and hearing the students pieces— very thoughtfully done, beautiful music and talent by the composers, and calming. It felt like I was in an immersive headspace meditation! Super cool way to explore the city and slow down, too. ### 5/5 — Love this! *2021-07-14, version 3.0.43* Used this app for the Emerald Futures tour, it is such a cool concept! Very easy to use, and completely transformed my experience of listening to music. The walk was very reflective and I felt very centered and connected afterwards. Would definitely check out the other tours as well! ### 5/5 — I am blown away!!! *2021-07-10, version 3.0.43* Love ### 5/5 — Emerald Futures guided sound-walk on Gesso *2021-07-08, version 3.0.43* I downloaded the app to go on the “Emerald Futures” guided walk, and was pleasantly surprised by the whole experience. The app was intuitive and easy to use and once I put my headphones in and started the walk, the guided instructions were clear and easy to follow, and the accompanying music was thoughtfully selected to enhance the experience of walking through the different parts of Central Park and the city. The gps enabled map was also available as a backup to finding the route, although I ended up not having to use it. Overall would highly recommend both! ### 5/5 — Highly recommend *2021-04-19, version 3.0.36* I hardly ever write app reviews but I had to for this! I just completed the Prospect Park guided tour and I learned so much while also enjoying a calm walk in the park. It was wonderful. Thank you for this! I hope you expand the Prospect Park walking tour into even more areas of the park! ### 5/5 — Migration walk *2021-04-13, version 3.0.35* This was a great history of the different cultures that migrated to Oakland and their struggles to integrate into the mainstream. It would be helpful to get a better description and perhaps driving directions to the start point as there are many Blue Bottle locations around downtown. Also being more specific as to which direction to walk such as Southwest would be helpful. ### 5/5 — I didn’t even know I how much I needed this *2021-04-06, version 3.0.35* Gesso makes it easier to connect to the city, and I am so glad it exists. Especially after a year of being inside, it’s so wonderful to be able to walk around and see New York through fresh eyes— and having Gesso has made it even easier to get excited about the histories and communities that make this place special. The location-based audio clip activations make it a much needed, blissfully screen-free experience, and I think it strikes a really special balance of being both personalized AND shareable. Gesso’s themed walks have quickly become a go-to weekend activity for my friends and I, and I’m so stoked to see what tours and tidbits are coming next. Well done, Gesso team! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Both audio and support stopped working *2026-04-01, version 3.0.63* Have used Gesso for a couple of years for guided walks created for charity. All the sudden the audio stopped working. Not just mine but on all tours. Contacted Gesso multiple times by email, chat and even their Instagram account where I can see it was read, but nobody responds. Until this is solved I can not recommend Gesso and urge you to find an alternative. ### 3/5 — Clever, flawed *2021-02-15, version 3.0.32* This would be great if it weren’t for the very awkward way it bounces you out to Google Maps (which then tries to convince you to install their app, etc). ### 5/5 — Great audio tour! *2025-05-18, version 3.0.63* I was looking for a last-minute guided walking tour in New York City today but couldn’t find one. I decided to search for an audio tour instead. I came across Gesso and did the Greenwich Village tour. It was fantastic! I will definitely use Gesso again. ### 5/5 — Love it *2024-07-18, version 3.0.63* Did exactly what it promised and the tour content could not have higher quality ### 5/5 — I feel like I understand the places I visit now *2024-07-15, version 3.0.63* My only issue with this app is that there aren’t MORE audio tours. There’s something special about walking somewhere, be it strolling over the Brooklyn bridge, or roaming around Florence and learning about the history of where you are. It takes you back in time, you feel like you can understand the culture and community around you on a deeper level. I referenced Brooklyn and Florence because they’re the only two I’ve been able to try! Hopefully there are more to come soon 😁 Great app! ### 5/5 — Game changer! *2024-07-15, version 3.0.63* Life without Gesso isn’t the same anymore. I want it on everywhere all the time! ### 5/5 — Great experience *2023-12-30, version 3.0.63* Simple but well made app. I appreciated how it synchronizes the content to your location. The NYC SoHo tour was excellent, easy to follow, interesting, and informative. ### 5/5 — lizhanksland *2023-04-16, version 3.0.61* Loved it. Very powerful ### 5/5 — Great *2022-12-18, version 3.0.61* Helps know about the environment around ### 5/5 — Williamsburg Walk *2022-09-30* Excellent walking tour enjoyed thoroughly! ## Most praised reviews (2 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Fantastic walking tours *2022-08-05, version 3.0.60* If you don’t want to join a traditional walking tour but still learn more about the place you’re visiting, this app is perfect for you. The walks are easy to follow and very detailed.. super interesting and informative. Fantastic! ### 5/5 — Awesome tours in NYC *2022-05-25, version 3.0.58* We brought our 15 year old son to New York, and opted to try the Gesso tours instead of a Hop On Hop Off which would have been several hundred $$$. We paired 2 sets of AirPods to one phone so we each had one ear phone, which worked well to hear the tour and talk to each other. We did the Rockefeller Center tour first, which is free, to try it out. Loved it so we also did Williamsburg and Punk & Poetry in the East Village. They were all great, love that they give you simple directions and it starts up when you are in the right location. Easy to stop and start, take it at your own pace. Highly recommended!! --- *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 2026-07-05.*