Swarm User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience37.9% of reviews
Neutral11.2% of reviews
Negative experience50.9% of reviews

~ Based on 820 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Swarm Safe?

Swarm: Check In, Explore, Map appears mostly safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Swarm is 82/100.

This assessment is based on 7,058 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.1/5.

Safety Analysis

76.4% of ratings point to a safe experience
4.6% of ratings suggest some concerns
19.0% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 7,058 App Store ratings for Swarm.

Is Swarm Legit?

Swarm: Check In, Explore, Map appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Swarm is 83/100.

Based on 83 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Help desk is not helpful

If I inadvertently check in someplace, I can delete some, but not all. I reached out to the helpdesk and they gave me some canned response that was not helpful! App overall is fine for remembering when I was someplace last.

I don’t like the new virgin

We want the old virgin back

Hard to check into what you missed!

Duh!

New interface is 👎🏻

New interface sucks

Not Easier. Not Faster.

Why go to the trouble of designing the app “from the ground up” only to make it worse AND not add the dark mode it has needed THIS ENTIRE TIME?

UPDATE: Yeah, sorry, this is an uninstall from me, dawg. I have a superior version on an older phone I haven’t gotten rid of, so I guess I’ll keep using that sometimes, I guess. At least orange was vaguely bee-themed.

But yeah, the ONLY improvement the new version of Swarm enjoys over the one that has existed for almost (over?) a decade is the reintroduction of OG Foursquare features—which, of course, should never have been spun off into a separate app to begin with. Otherwise the whole thing is just a worse experience. It often freezes or doesn’t load, and if it does, the “Change Location” menu mistakes scrolls for taps about 55% of the time. As an OG Foursquare die-hard, this is unbelievably heartbreaking, and I didn’t need one more fresh, new reminder that everything is awful now and there is no refuge from it anywhere.

UPDATE, JULY 21, 2026. Got a new phone and copied the whole phone over that had the last version that was almost usable. Damn app replaced itself with whatever this insane new version is. So there’s finally dark mode… in 2026… and the app is technically responsive, which is an improvement over the previously most recent version i suffered… but the interface is bad. The map is finally usable but i’m not sure why i would need that. If there’s a list of venues, i can’t find it.

Just do it right. OG, pre-Swarm Foursquare. Call it whatever dumb thing you want. Just make it responsive, with light text on a dark background. Make it user-friendly, with a list of nearby venues and portraits of each venue’s mayor so i’m not clicking and scrolling for twenty minutes just to see what needs a mayor. Please. My old phone won’t last much longer.
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App is good...but...

I gave one star because the app has some bugs and glitches! It seem like I can't post my photos and my account just disappear, my profile photo is gone, my name shows my initials, and my profile info is gone...what is going on? Needs to be updated!!! It going nowhere with problems not posting any photos!! 😠
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Best in FS IMHO

Lots of dumping places in SF. Many are B+ or A- because while good, they make and freeze ahead much of their stuff and also follow a somewhat formulaic spice strategy. Dumpling zone is gets an A or even A+

Update on app

It was much better in previous version

5 🌟

Cozy patio !
Amazing cocktails ❤️

Great slice

The crust was nice crispy and thin with the right amount of cheese and sauce.

Please revert on iOS.

I’ve hated the entire app since they modernize it a year or several ago.
My android app is the way it was before and has social integration and who’s in first place.

Best app ever

Love looking back and seeing where I’ve been.

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Footy & Food FTW

Best place to watch sports in the neighborhood, especially “association”football. Solid pub-inspired menu and a pretty standard beer list. Staff is great, locals are too.

Cant login

I am a long time user and sow app is here again downlaoded and cant even login: click error click error….comeon guys!!! Cant get nack this way

Micah makes awesome shakes!

😎👍🏼

Best fried food and more

We frequently visit this place and really enjoy the amount of options available. Everything we’ve ever had was very flavorful. One of our favorite spots.

Great Place for Friends

The atmosphere is very conducive to enjoy friend and all the menu items are spectacular. They also have an excellent selection of wine and ales.

Cheesy Baja Wrap

The wrap was hard to eat! The tiny piece of chicken was over cooked and hard. I had to take it out of the wrap and sawed into pieces with a steak knife. The rest of our order was good!

The Schwarmz

The Schwarmz is new but not improved. You need better controls