# Oahu GyPSy Guide Driving Tour — user reviews > 92 indexed App Store user reviews of Oahu GyPSy Guide Driving Tour by GyPSy Guide LLC, rated 4.90/5 from 492 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/oahu-gypsy-guide-driving-tour/id586015472/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/oahu-gypsy-guide-driving-tour/id586015472.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 451 · 4★ 27 · 3★ 6 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 6 ## What do users think of Oahu GyPSy Guide Driving Tour? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Informative and entertaining tour guide - 👍 Flexible and customizable experience - 🗺️ Accurate directions and location tracking - 💰 Great value for money - 🎉 Enhances the overall vacation experience **Cons** - 🔇 Volume inconsistencies between narration and music - 🗺️ Limited route options in some directions - 🔋 Battery drain during extended use **Commonly reported bugs** - GPS issues in certain areas - Occasional route guidance inaccuracies **Most requested features** - Ability to reverse tour direction - Estimated time and distance information for stops - Integration with music/podcast playback ## Newest reviews (19 of 92) ### 5/5 — Best “Private” Tour Guide *2020-01-27* We had a time box, so we picked only the stops that most interested us. We loved being able to discover great new things, and skip what we wanted. We even took our own stops and detours along the route and the guide caught up as soon as we returned to the route. Super high quality. ### 5/5 — Fantastic app *2020-01-22* Very easy to follow and instructions were very clear. Best tour done so far and this was our third time in Hawaii ### 5/5 — Worth way more than low cost! *2020-01-19* I live on Oahu for work. Despite the many guides and services available to tell you what the island features are, nothing beats the flexibility of a self guided tour. This app goes beyond that, and offers a friendly companion who knows exactly what you need along your visit. The history narrations are priceless and can send you down great explorations of the different topics relevant to the island. My wife and I often do the hop on hop off tours to get the history and find out what’s available locally in given area. Well, having this app is like owning your very own private tour. We love it!! ### 5/5 — Referral fee? *2019-12-21, version 3.0.1* Can I get a referral fee code? I tell everyone who comes to Hawaii that these apps are a must have, and of course they all find out that I’m absolutely right. But seriously . . . I’ll take a code or something. 🤙🏽 ### 5/5 — What a guru guide. What a voice *2019-12-19* A friend suggested this app. A trusted friend. So we bought the app and hired a car *. The app worked like a dream from the moment we launched it. It felt like guide was in the car with us all the way. Never intruding, always guiding. And with easy options. The slight increase in seriousness of tone when advising in critical driving decisions was most helpful - especially at this was my first day ever driving in America, and on the wrong side of the road **. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED (Do it over 2 days If you can) *We are from Australia and using our “.au”‘domain suffix, we were able to book a much cheaper car hire rate than booking locally or in store (thanks Dollar Guy for this advise) **in Australia we drive on the other side of the road. Do it. Simon ### 5/5 — Great App! *2019-12-15* Very informative. The narrator guides you through turns just as Maps would. We love the narratives about the history of Hawaii as you drive the route. Also like that it doesn’t try to constantly speak and leaves gaps in the commentary. Just note that it doesn’t guide you to get to the route, only once you’re on it. Use Maps to get to any point on the route then you’re good. The only negative is the huge difference in volume between the narrator and the music interludes. We constantly had to adjust volume until giving up and stopping the music. No big deal. ### 5/5 — Very enjoyable app. Well worth the cost. *2019-11-19, version 3.0.1* This app made the drive around Oahu so much more interesting. Many insights. Points out sights you wouldn’t know. Gave history, geology, culture. A must. ### 5/5 — Definitely Recommend *2019-10-24* Excellent for driving around the island. No need for cell service, works excellent in airplane mode, We haven’t tried other apps so we can’t compare it to others, but would say spend the money on the app, rent a car, and tour the island at your own pace. ### 5/5 — Loved it *2019-09-17, version 3.0.1* This is better than paying 149.00 for a bus ride ### 5/5 — Amazing App for newbies to Hawaii *2019-09-13* I used this app to drive around Oahu and Big Island on my Hawaii trip last week. Really awesome app, it gives you information and directions based on where you are at on island. I get how the app works, but it still felt like I had a real time personal tour guide. On Oahu this was all I needed; I thought I’d do the $100+ bus trip, but much happier I used this app with a rental car (less rushed, stop at areas I wanted to) . I used it on Big Island as well , but only on days I drove from Kona to Volcano Park and to Hilo. I did do a $100 big island bus tour, but that was because I didn’t want to drive entire circle myself. ### 5/5 — Amazing! *2019-08-12* My hotel concierge actually recommended this app to me and I’m SO glad she did! The narration is very clear, informative and fun! I loved his little jokes throughout the tours! We learned so much about Oahu and saw the best sites! I loved how he gave advice about “can sees” vs “must sees” and details about how much time things will take so we could make the best decision based on our schedule! I highly highly recommend this app! ### 5/5 — Best Tour Guide Ever *2019-08-08* We decided to download this app and rent a car as opposed to paying for tour excursions. The money we saved paid for the rental car. The information this app provide was great, and led us to some sites we had not discovered in our own research. The narrator was funny, had an easy to understand voice and gave a lot of history we found interesting a normal tour guide normally wouldn’t give or you wouldn’t be able to hear. The information was well spaced out so you had the right amount of silence and talking, and the app provided directions on turns faster and more accurately then the map app we had running. The only thing I wish the app did was cache the tracks it had already played and not play them again unless marked to do so. As Oahu only has a couple main highways we found ourselves traveling over the same areas during the time we were there and would hear the same information. We started playing the app once we got to new areas. Other then that it was great and we will continue to buy the app in any other locations they offer this service! ### 5/5 — A must purchase! *2019-08-06* I was skeptical at first given the price tag but this app is a must have! There are so many great stories, spots to stop, restaurants to visit, and more information on the culture and history of Hawaii. You don’t need to use data while using the app and the information is different depending on the direction. Don’t think twice get this app! It’s the first thing we recommend to friends going to Hawaii and we always get great feedback on how much they loved it. I just wish there were more places they did this for, hopefully soon! ### 5/5 — Amazing Quality Product *2019-06-30* So on a whim I took my teenagers to Oahu for a vacation. Being a no plan type of guy I figured we would just wing it and do stuff. This app was recommended by the lady next to me and what a blessing that was. We spent the first two days of our trip driving around following the guided tour, stopping off at all the recommended roadside stands and areas of interest. Then proceeded to then go back to our favorite spots for the remained of the week. I cannot believe it’s only $10 ! . Get this before you go 100%! PS. please do an Iceland app! Also the dude needs a woman to also chime in occasionally (my daughters comment). ### 4/5 — Good but not as good as Maui Gypsy Guide *2019-06-14, version 2.7.0* Great app but compare to the Maui Gypsy guide this not so good but for 6.99 its good purchase and helpful. Map showing wrong path in at least one place and that took me to the other side of the island. Map always showing north facing which is difficult to follow. ### 5/5 — Better than a conventional tour *2019-06-10, version 2.7.0* My family decided to get this app after arriving in Hawaii and not knowing whether to get a tour guide or not. We decided to try gypsy and is it wasn’t good, get a tour guide. However, this app exceeded all expectations.The guide led us to all the interesting locations and scenic points in Oahu. The guide is very easy to use and gives information about Hawaii and and the different locations. You can jump on the tour anywhere on the road and the guide will give you directions to must see locations and locations that are suggested. We did both tours, the Island Circle tour and the Volcanoes and Beaches tour. On the Island Circle, the guide with very understandable directions, led us past Pearl Harbor, the North Beaches, the Dole Plantation, the Polynesian Culture Center, the Japanese temple, and much more (my personal favorite being the beach with sea turtles). Along with these main attractions, we were led to many picturesque spots and some specifically chosen stores. Between attractions, the guide told us about Hawaii itself, its history and culture, and the language. The app itself has no problems in functionality, but you might want to bring a charging cord or extra battery. Additionally, the app allows you to use other applications, such as the camera, while the tour is in progress. The gypsy app is much better alternative to a conventional tour, with the user able to operate it by themself and able to choose select locations to travel to, all while in the comfort of one’s car. This app exceeds expectations while being a meager $7, a stark difference from the hundreds you might pay for a in person tour. Hope this helped any hesitant users. Mahalo! ### 5/5 — Worth every penny and then some! *2019-05-23* This was the best purchase of our trip. It was fantastic having our own personal tour guide. The accuracy and timing of all the information and directions was exceptional. We were quoted $200 per person for a circle island tour where you are on someone else’s schedule. We hired a car for 3 days for less than it would have cost us for one tour, $11 for the app and we could do each part in our own time, the app even gave us recommendations of what to do at the stops. I can not recommend this app highly enough! ### 5/5 — Outstanding! *2019-04-16* What a fantastic way to travel the island. Fun and informative! ### 5/5 — Awesome! *2019-03-11, version 2.5.1* We rented a car and drove around Oahu, Hawaii. This app was so informative and lots of fun. You feel like you have your own local tour guy in the car with you. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Not worth it *2018-07-25* Not worth paying for. Drove up to the north shore and the app spoke about random history facts which is fine but we wanted to hear about the things we were driving past and where to stop more often to see the main tourist spots and beaches ect. ### 1/5 — Outdated and doesn’t work on ios8 *2015-04-27* This app was good 2yrs ago but since then it hasn’t had updates. Most importantly app doesn’t run in background and on ios8 devices GPS doesn’t always activate even after rebooting phone and reinstalling app. ### 2/5 — Needs Flexibility *2015-07-22* A good product with quality info, but the lack of flexibility in route choice was frustrating. I think this app can still be effective if the context of the tour is not limited to a specific direction. We enjoyed the style of the speaker and learned several new things along the way. We just had to hear the tour in reverse unfortunately. ### 2/5 — Am I missing something? *2014-02-02* Hello there, Is this app has the option for the user to select “star and end” or not? Thanks, Kaintroy ### 3/5 — Browse routes is not working well *2019-08-07, version 2.7.0* Good application in general, but browsing routes before going is rather frustrating as reaching audio comments is not working well, some are available by tapping the arrows but some are stubbornly unresponsive. may be making those circles bigger would help? ### 3/5 — GyPSy Oahu *2016-10-10, version 1.3* Purchased GyPSy Oahu after great experience with the Maui edition. Very disappointed with lack of bi-directional support...we chose to explore around the island counter-clockwise before discovering the commentary is supported only in the other direction. ### 3/5 — Great but for 1 things *2016-10-09, version 1.3* I thought this app was really well done. The commentary was very clear. But here's the rub. You have to drive in the direction of the arrows. I wanted to go from waikiki along the SW coast, then up the windward side. The 1st half was great, but then the trip i was on returned to waikiki. I wanted to continue up along to the north shore. Only problem was even though i was now on a different tour, i was going opposite direction of the arrows. You get no commentaries when you go against the arrows. Ok, so heres what i want. A reverse tour direction button. ### 3/5 — Good content but does not work as stated *2016-03-31* We downloaded this app with high expectations, the content was very good , however once we got outside the city in Hawaii we lost gps , we tried all the trouble shooting tips to no avail , once we got back within the city the gps returned and we had it all on the next tour , which was not over the mountain ranges, also the tour guides had to be manually activated they did not auto work when you drove over them as stated . A shame - otherwise a good app . ### 3/5 — Needs work *2016-02-15* Great app the minute u allow people to join anywhere on route and in any direction. Today's technology can handle that but this forces u to drive always in one specific way. Bad design. ### 3/5 — Ok information, problems with use. *2014-10-30, version 1.0.1* We downloaded this app right after we got done with the Road to Hana GyPSy guide which was great. But we were unable to get this app to function properly with a phone synced with usb cord to the stereo. It would play about half of the description, and then begin to play the first (by alphabet) song in my iTunes music list. We’d have to pause and try to rewind, sometimes we could get the information sometimes we couldn’t. When we got the information, it was mostly good. I think the Dole Plantation was a total bust and I wouldn’t have stopped there. Maybe if the first song in my iTunes wasn’t totally annoying I would have enjoyed this more. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great experience! Mahalo *2021-05-13, version 3.0.1* Absolutely worth every cent. Take time in Kailua- go to Buzz’s steak house and also take your time in Haleiwa- tons of shrimp trucks after you get through the tourist part. The directions were really clear and easy to follow. ### 5/5 — Amazing App!!!! *2021-03-29, version 3.0.1* We were told about this app by a taxi driver in Oahu!! It was so great!! We had our very own tour guide!! I’ll definitely be looking on it for our next vacation!!! ### 5/5 — Highly recommended *2021-03-17* I don’t typically write an actual review for an app, so the fact that I’m doing that means a lot! This app was perfect. We considered taking a circle tour of Oahu while on vacation. At several hundred dollars a person, we opted to rent a car and tour the island ourselves. Randomly, I came across this app and can say that I’m glad I did. It is incredibly accurate and makes traveling safe and comfortable from your own car. The ONLY thing I’d recommend is that there be a function to control the guidance volumeZ every time the narrator spoke, I had to turn the volume up in the car, and then back down once he was done. But even with that, I still give it 5 stars without hesitation! ### 5/5 — Oahu *2021-03-16* Great tour guide. We had such a great time while driving around the island and using the app. We had fun and learned at the same same time. It was like Sheldon Coppers fun with flags. The information supplied was great for the whole family. It gave side tours if you had time and kept up with location. I would recommend this app as it was recommended to us. ### 5/5 — Great tour! *2021-03-15* The tour was great. Worked perfectly, I only got off track in a couple places, but I would blame that on the Honolulu traffic. Some of the recommended stops are places I never would have come up with on my own. Honestly the only fault I see is in the name... I know you’ve built a brand, but it’s hard to recommend to friends when the name includes a word many see as a slur. ### 5/5 — Oahu tour *2021-03-09, version 3.0.1* Absolutely fantastic! Cannot recommend it enough. We came to love the narrator so much we gave him a name! Directions were far better than GPS. Thanks for helping us make our Hawaiian vacation so pleasurable. Will use this guide at other locations. ### 5/5 — The best vacation $ you will spend. *2020-03-24, version 3.0.1* My entire family absolutely loved this app. We toured Oahu clockwise and loved so much we did half again in reverse. My daughters looked up the narrator and “talked” to him during our tour. This is the best $8 you will spend. ### 5/5 — Fantastic find *2020-03-19* This app is awesome, would highly recommend commentary is fantastic ### 5/5 — Great Guide *2020-03-05* We were researching options for circle island tours of Oahu, but struggled with only getting 10-15 minutes at any stop. So we decided to rent an car and I started looking for self directed suggested tours and GypsyGuide popped up. We decided to go out on a limb and try it! Was the best money we spent ! The commentary was wonderful, funny and informative. We got to see places that not even our friend whom had lived in the island for 3 months knew about. The directions were easy to follow. Great tour , would highly recommend !! ### 5/5 — Best Friend to Travel With!!!! *2020-02-28* We first heard about GyPSy Guide when we went from Banff to Jasoer. We found it incredibly informative and entertaining. So on our first trip to Hawaii, I got the island package and first used it on Kauai. I really can’t say enough superlative words about the app. It was obvious on the road to Jasper how it worked because there was only one road, but it worked just as beautifully with choices. “Fred” helped us choose where to go, gave us lots of information about the history, culture, geology, and flora/fauna and weather. It tells you what is a must see and what to do or pass up depending on time. He speaks with humor and has a good voice. I like how he reminds of previous stories and continues them at various points. It was great for our 2 days on Oahu and then the 7 days on the Big Island. “Fred” even did a great job of explaining not only what to see in Volcano National Park and how to use our limited time wisely, but also about the important geology, history and biology related to the park. I seriously will purchase every single one available for every road trip or vacation we do from now on!!!! --- *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 2026-09-12.*