# Swarm: Check In, Explore, Map — user reviews > 842 indexed App Store user reviews of Swarm by Foursquare Labs, Inc., rated 4.10/5 from 7,058 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/swarm-check-in-explore-map/id870161082/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/swarm-check-in-explore-map/id870161082.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 4,832 · 4★ 561 · 3★ 325 · 2★ 300 · 1★ 1,040 ## What do users think of Swarm? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Useful for tracking travel history - 🤝 Good for connecting with friends - 📍 Helpful for remembering visited places - ⭐ Fun and engaging gaming aspects **Cons** - 🐛 Buggy and unreliable - 🔍 Inaccurate location detection - 💰 Useless coins with no purpose - 🔄 Confusing UI changes and lack of consistency **Commonly reported bugs** - Frequent app crashes - Inability to add new places - Syncing and login issues - Apple Watch app not functioning **Most requested features** - Dark mode option - Better integration with social media - More useful rewards for check-ins - Improved search and location browsing ## Newest reviews (14 of 842) ### 4/5 — Long time user *2026-08-21, version 7.0.40* I really love Swarm and have been using it with friends since the early days! It’s such a fun way to catalog places I’ve been and to be able to go back when I’m like…where did we go that one time? I do miss new stickers and travel challenges, wish that would make a comeback! ### 2/5 — Do NOT come here to celebrate GCSE results! *2026-08-20, version 7.0.40* Not on their website but apparently they have a 18 or over alcohol policy. A favourite country pub but disappointing we can’t raise a glass with our son to celebrate this milestone when its UK law allows. ### 5/5 — Loving this app for 12+ years and counting *2026-08-15, version 7.0.40* Most importantly, it encourages me to explore new places and creates a journal of my past experiences that I use all the time. The improvements over the past year or so have been awesome. Grateful to the team working on it now. ### 3/5 — Earning points *2026-08-15, version 7.0.40* I’ve been a loyal user since the four square days. My question/reason for the 3 stars is: what the hell do we do with our points? ### 3/5 — Check ins (Mayorships) not counting *2026-08-14, version 7.0.40* Holding a mayorship for years and check in every day. It says I’m still the mayor but it will not hold the consecutive days I HAVE checked in. It might only give me credit in a Monday. One day in 7, telling me I am the mayor with 5 or 7 or 10 check-ins but it should be 30. ### 5/5 — Since 2007 *2026-08-14, version 7.0.40* Love it - time capsule app. ### 5/5 — I love this app *2026-08-13, version 7.0.40* Where was I? Where am I going to be? Swarm knows! ### 5/5 — Fun to play! *2026-08-13, version 7.0.40* I have used Swarm since the early days of Foursquare. It’s still my go to resource for local travel information. ### 5/5 — Love it. *2026-08-13, version 7.0.40* Great fun way to log my travels ### 5/5 — Fun app! *2026-08-12, version 7.0.40* Nice app to mark favorite spots or search for “off the radar local favorites “ when traveling. Very neat to get notifications about where you visited or when you’ve returned. ### 4/5 — Help desk is not helpful *2026-08-03, version 7.0.40* 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. ### 3/5 — Hard to check into what you missed! *2026-07-25, version 7.0.39* Duh! ### 2/5 — Not Easier. Not Faster. *2026-07-21, version 7.0.38* 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. ### 5/5 — Best in FS IMHO *2026-07-19, version 7.0.38* 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+ ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Coins *2026-08-26, version 7.0.40* There’s no more excitement when checking in and earning crowns etc… you guys should bring back the sound of the coins ### 1/5 — Not giving me coins for checking in *2026-08-22, version 7.0.40* Not giving me coins for checking in ### 1/5 — I don’t like the new virgin *2026-07-28, version 7.0.39* We want the old virgin back ### 1/5 — New interface is 👎🏻 *2026-07-24, version 7.0.39* New interface sucks ### 1/5 — App is good...but... *2026-07-20, version 7.0.38* 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!! 😠 ### 1/5 — Update on app *2026-07-13, version 7.0.38* It was much better in previous version ### 1/5 — Please revert on iOS. *2026-07-08, version 7.0.38* 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. ### 1/5 — مراجعه الحسابات *2026-07-05, version 7.0.38* مراحعه ### 1/5 — Too many changes *2026-06-20, version 7.0.38* Too many changes and now check-in limits??? I’m traveling and I have always been able to document my trip but not anymore ### 1/5 — Swarm *2026-06-19, version 7.0.38* They assume you’re cheating on this check in app. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Love this app! *2026-08-24, version 7.0.40* Been here since the beginning and still love it. Connect with friends find places we have been. ### 5/5 — Love the check-ins! *2026-08-24, version 7.0.40* I love being able to check in and track how many times I’ve been somewhere! ### 5/5 — Love this app *2026-08-23, version 7.0.40* I’ve been using it for years. So fun to look at back the places I went ### 5/5 — Best Brunch *2026-08-23, version 7.0.40* Truly the best brunch and eye candy in town. Sunday Funday! ### 5/5 — Favorite App *2026-08-22, version 7.0.40* I’ve been using Swarm for 15 years (before it split off from FourSquare). Being able to look back at where I’ve been is invaluable. I love the simplicity of the app (it’s not trying to do too much), and I love the visualization when zoom out and look at the map. I use it as a reference to give advice on restaurants, bars, etc. I never leave app reviews, but this one is a special one. And I love that it still ties in with FourSquare to give recommendations. ### 5/5 — Lunch *2026-08-21, version 7.0.40* Sloppy joe and potato salad. Yumm ### 5/5 — Festive *2026-08-19, version 7.0.40* I’ve been using this app since it first came out as FourSquare. I love it, but taking the option of tagging it to social media, especially FB, is pretty annoying and dumb. Please return that option asap! Thank you! ### 5/5 — Always great! *2026-08-17, version 7.0.40* Always a great experience when I stop in. Everyone is smiling and the music is always good ### 5/5 — Great app *2026-08-16, version 7.0.40* It just keeps working. Love this app. ### 5/5 — 12 years using Swarm! *2026-08-15, version 7.0.40* Love this app and all of the little delightful moments. I use it as a diary almost. It’s a great way to reference places you’ve been for recommendations and memories! --- *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 2026-08-31.*