# Locals: Community & Events App — user reviews > 115 indexed App Store user reviews of Locals by Locals Ltd, rated 4.60/5 from 883 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/locals-community-and-events-app/id1511341755/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/locals-community-and-events-app/id1511341755.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 748 · 4★ 36 · 3★ 27 · 2★ 15 · 1★ 57 ## What do users think of Locals? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🤝 Great community and connections - 🤑 Ability to support charities - 🎉 Unique and fun events - 🌟 High-quality participants **Cons** - 💰 Paywall restricts access - 🗺️ Limited event availability outside major cities - 🕰️ Lengthy sign-up process - 🤷‍♀️ Unclear app purpose and value proposition - 🔍 Difficulty finding local events **Commonly reported bugs** - Sign-up and login issues - Inconsistent app performance and stability - Delayed profile approval process **Most requested features** - Ability to filter events by location and interests - Option to delete chats and manage groups - Improved search and discovery functionality - Clearer pricing and subscription model ## Newest reviews (13 of 115) ### 2/5 — You can't sort by distance so useless *2025-05-03* So it's a great idea. I like it, but the fact that you can't view events or groups by distance really defeats the purpose. I'm in London, and I'd like to see events or groups closer to me. London is quite a big place, and instead, it just shows loads of events in London, which could mean an hour's travel. I don't want to travel an hour. This is such an obviously missing feature. I can only believe it's done by choice, which makes the app pointless. **Developer response:** 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 💛 ### 2/5 — “It’s time to update” and plenty of low-effort “chat rooms” *2024-11-16, version 8.8* Has potential, for now, it's wasted. There are some events, if you’re lucky enough to find them without an opportunity to filter and focus on your needs. Some “events” are nothing but a landing page for WhatsApp groups, I think this shows that the interface and the app, in general, are not working for their purpose. At the same time, you need to craft your profile page as if it is a dating app (and some random people will treat it as such, especially if you are organising events). - 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. ### 2/5 — Don’t waste your time *2024-09-19* If you’re not located in LA or NYC don’t bother downloading this app. There are barely any events in other cities. I’m in Atlanta and could only find 2 that were actually local. To make matters worse, there isn’t a way of only seeing events that are close to your location, so good luck scrolling through hundreds of groups that are based in LA or NYC just to find one near you. **Developer response:** 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! ### 4/5 — Absolutely LOVE *2024-08-29* I absolutely love this app! I was using it quite frequently to attend new experiences + meet other people. However, I got a new phone and wanted to log into the app but that option is not available. It only gives the option to sign up (create a new profile). This is unfortunate because any user in this same predicament would need to start all over. Note to developers and local team: can you add the ability to log in for those who already have an account? Much gratitude!🫂 **Developer response:** 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 ### 4/5 — Meh *2024-06-08* Only works in like BIGBIGBIGBIG cities. I wouldn't bother making an account unless you live in places like London, Paris, or L.A. I like the idea of the app but the closest events are thousands of miles away. **Developer response:** 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 (: ### 1/5 — Disappointing *2024-03-04, version 7.0* Disappointing and waste of time ### 1/5 — It’s time to update *2023-12-02, version 6.2.2* Guys, every time I open the app I see this blocking dialog. This is so ridiculous. Product and engineering team who designed and implemented it — you are absolute trash ### 1/5 — Ai Developer responses are disingenuous *2023-11-11, version 6.2* All criticism has already been shared by others for this scam. But, the most egregious disrespect for their customers is in that the "developer" replies to all messages With AI responses. I get it, it's helpful to use AI write stuff but that shows even less respect and care. If any of those answers are human written that person needs a lesson in humanity. And succint writing. ### 1/5 — Don’t waste your time *2023-09-30, version 5.1.1* You will have to pay otherwise you can’t join any community or groups, greedy App doing make the same mistake I made! ### 1/5 — Scam *2023-09-18, version 5.1* One of the events asked for money to “request” to join the event, never was accepted, never got the money back. Don’t use this app !! ### 3/5 — Good idea, needs improvement *2023-09-03* Great idea to meet people nearby with shared interests. However, joining groups that have multiple 100s of people in already can be difficult as there’s only 1 approver for so many requests and yours times out after 3 days if there’s no response… They also have a heart icon for you to presumably click to favourite groups but there doesn’t seem to be a way of retrieving this list which makes it redundant. Tried to reach out to customer services but got no response. ### 2/5 — Does local just mean big city slickers? *2023-09-01* I joined to meet up with other locals and search for events in my area. You cant search by city however so it’ll only recommend events happening in places like: Santa Monica, New York, Palm Beach etc. im not in the habit of getting on a plane just to go get coffee with some people. Is there a way to meet REAL locals on here or do I need to relocate? ### 1/5 — The locals are not so local *2023-07-18, version 4.8.2* I live in Houston Tx, every event was either in NY, FL, or CA. Can’t believe they even charged me for that nonsense. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Terrible Pointless *2026-03-06, version 10.10* Just worthless ### 1/5 — Force to pay to create event and join activities *2025-11-24, version 10.7* Ridiculous, used to be good. Used to use this app for the longest time, but now don’t bothered too much about it, the whole purpose of this app has gone! people try to bring people together by just simply create an event isn’t even possible, the force you to pay something that you don’t even know whether this app is good or not (for first timer, especially…) Seriously, go back to using Meet-ups! Trust me ### 1/5 — Can’t get past onboarding *2025-11-12, version 10.6* Gave it all my info only for it to get stuck on the profile picture step. Come on… ### 1/5 — Just a data collecting app *2025-08-14, version 9.4* Heard smth about this app at YouTube. Tried to use it. Before you’ll have a chance to even take a look - what is that, you have to put: 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. ### 1/5 — Completely scam *2025-07-23, version 9.2.1* This is not a genuine app ### 1/5 — Too many updates!!!! *2025-06-11, version 8.21* There are way too many updates and you can’t delete a club without contacting customer service. Other than that it is a great platform to meet new people! ### 1/5 — Bad experience *2024-11-14, version 8.8* I installed this a while back and never used it. It gave me daily notifications to try and get me to engage. Eventually I caved and tried to set up a profile, only to be told the email was already in use (must have made a profile ages ago and forgot). 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. ### 1/5 — Rough experience, and pretty empty *2024-10-18, version 8.5* I tried this app a couple of times, and while the design is pretty nice, it kept freezing. And when it wasn’t freezing, there wasn’t really much going on in there. Oh well…back to crappy Meetup 🤦🏻‍♂️ ### 1/5 — Nothing in Leeds? *2024-08-25, version 8.3* Maybe I’m missing something… the app knows I live in Leeds yet promotes London & Manchester events to me. I’ve seen nothing for Leeds at all. So literally not “local”. So far pointless. ### 1/5 — Deleted ❌ *2024-04-12, version 7.2* phone number is mandatory to sign in - uninstalled 👎🏻 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Kira’s @howtofit Breaflex club is excellent! *2025-10-26, version 10.4.1* Absolutely love this app. It’s allowed me to connect with likeminded individuals and has introduced me into the world of breath work :) it has helped me tremendously whilst allowing me more time to do things that I really enjoy :) ### 5/5 — Amazing customer service *2025-08-14, version 9.4* Good app for socialising and meeting new people, but what really stands out is their customer service. I was locked out of my account and they helped me resolve it easily and in short time. They are quick to respond and very helpful. Thank you locals team 🧚‍♀️ 💖 ### 5/5 — Phenomenal User Experience *2025-02-22* I’m a developer myself and really appreciate the craft that went into this app. Very cool! **Developer response:** 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 ### 5/5 — Locals *2024-11-19, version 8.8* Very easy and efficient process. Look forward to their events ### 5/5 — best app to connect to local communities *2024-09-30, version 8.5* 5 stars! ### 5/5 — I like it *2024-09-15* Suggestion: 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. **Developer response:** 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 ### 5/5 — Meeting people in real life *2024-03-07, version 7.0* Absolutely loved Locals on iPhone and now I adore it on Vision Pro. ### 5/5 — Not great *2023-05-24, version 4.6.1* You can’t filter the age range of people you want to meet with. It keeps showing me events happening in different cities when i just want to stay local. No option for free trial, just pestering me to pay. Deleted ### 5/5 — Love the app this is the new LinkedIn!! *2023-05-20, version 4.6.1* Love the app. Best way to meet tech entrepreneurs! Essential tool like a LinkedIn/Twitter mix. Recommend. ### 5/5 — This App Is What I Need In My Life Now! *2023-01-18* I started using Locals app only recently but I’ve joined lots of groups, been to some events, and made real connections! One girl I met is interviewing me for her podcast and helping me start my own - something I’ve been dragging my feet on. I’ve always loved hosting and now I’m able to easily meet new people and even monetise my events thanks to Locals making me an ambassador! So excited!! 🎉 **Developer response:** Oh, Vonny, if only you could see how flattered the team is right now! We truly appreciate your being a part of our amazing community. Connecting people is what we especially are excited about ✨ We thank you for making our day and wish you a great one! 💛 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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