Terrible Pointless
Force to pay to create event and join activities
Seriously, go back to using Meet-ups! Trust me
Can’t get past onboarding
Kira’s @howtofit Breaflex club is excellent!
Amazing customer service
Just a data collecting app
1) phone number
2) first and last name
3) DOB
4) photo
5) what is your interests
6) email
and more.
Are you crazy? Even the bank gets less data, but there is a clear idea why. Looks like a complete scam.
Completely scam
Too many updates!!!!
You can't sort by distance so useless
Response from developer
Hi Tom, thanks for your feedback 🙏 We get why that feels frustrating! The feed is designed to automatically prioritize events closest to you, so most of what you see should already be nearby. If you don’t see anything close by, it usually means there aren’t events happening in your immediate area at the moment, and the app shows the next closest options automatically. We really appreciate you sharing this perspective—it helps us understand how we can make the experience even better for big cities like London 💛
Phenomenal User Experience
Response from developer
And WE appreciate your warm feedback 🥹. Thank you for being a valuable member of our Locals family. Hope your day is as awesome as you are! -Locals team
Locals
“It’s time to update” and plenty of low-effort “chat rooms”
- This app aggressively asks for updating: a pop-up message blocks everything, and it's seen way too often. Imagine Instagram or YouTube doing so.
- There are too many “chat rooms” where happens nothing, especially offline.
- Even when you are in London, if you are looking for a fun activity for this particular evening in your area, you will dedicate your evening to doom-scrolling through all these “Entrepreneurs connect!”, “27-29 speed-dating nights”, and “30-32 y.o. Desi women circle Notting Hill”.
- If you create your event, you will accept dozens of requests to join but there is a non-zero chance that no one shows up. It's predictable and it's not about the app, but still.
- No filtering, there’s no slightest possibility to focus on your neighbourhood or demographics. Many “communities” are extremely specific in their entry requirements, and there’s no chance not to have them in your feed if they basically don’t want to have you.
At the same time, if you want to create something specific and local, there is no chance to target only those who are interested.
Bad experience
The app gave me no way to recover my old account, and it wouldn’t let me sign in with my email, so I guess it’s getting uninstalled.
If they can’t get the basics of a log in experience right, I don’t have high hopes for the rest of the app.
Rough experience, and pretty empty
best app to connect to local communities
Don’t waste your time
Response from developer
Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. We totally get it—right now, our main communities are based in cities like LA, NYC, London, and a few others, but we’re always looking to expand to new places. We know it’s frustrating scrolling through events in other cities, and we’re working on improving that! In the meantime, you could help kick off a community in Atlanta—would love to see it grow there 🙌 We appreciate your input, and are excited to grow with you!
I like it
It would be nice to have a live chat feature to meet people nearby, similar to the Couchsurfing app. Someone suggested implementing a mandatory donation for every event, but I don't think that's fair. This could discourage many people from participating. I believe the decision to require a donation should be left to the host, as making it mandatory might reduce the number of participants.
Response from developer
Hi Fr3Mia, thanks so much for your thoughtful suggestions! We truly appreciate you sharing your ideas about the live chat feature and donations for events–our users' feedback always helps us improve the app 🚀 Thank you for being an active member of Locals! Warmly, Locals team
Absolutely LOVE
Response from developer
Thanks so much for the love—we're so happy to hear you’ve been enjoying the app! We totally understand the frustration with logging in on your new phone. No worries though, just shoot us an email at support@locals.org, and we’ll get your phone number updated so you can log back in without starting over 🙌 Warmly, Locals team
Nothing in Leeds?
Meh
Response from developer
Thank you so much for your feedback! We completely understand your frustration, and are excited to let you know that we’re growing quickly. Right now our main hubs are located in big cities, but we’re working hard to expand to more locations. Hang in there – we hope to bring awesome events to each and every city out there (:
