# Welcome: Discover New Places — user reviews > 38 indexed App Store user reviews of Welcome by Welco Travel LLC, rated 4.20/5 from 121 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/welcome-discover-new-places/id1447252527/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/welcome-discover-new-places/id1447252527.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 91 · 4★ 5 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 18 ## Newest reviews (12 of 38) ### 5/5 — A must have! Try it where you live too! *2020-05-06, version 1.1.13* While this app is amazing for travel, I live in the small town of Los Angeles and have found this app as a perfect cure to get off the sofa to find new spots or rediscover old ones around town! Whether you live in or near a large city or are traveling to a new one, this is a must have!!! ### 5/5 — Best App For Sharing Travel Tips With Friends *2019-12-18, version 1.17* As an avid traveler and someone who has lived abroad, I am the go-to person in my network of family and friends to provide travel recommendations before someone goes on a trip. Before Welcome, I wasted time crafting hand written itineraries, emails and docs and sharing countless google maps locations and photos. Now, all my tips are organized in one place, making it easier than ever to share with my community! ### 5/5 — Coolest travel app around *2019-10-31, version 1.16* As someone who travels a lot and regularly shows up without a plan, Welcome is the app I’ve been missing my whole life. Say goodbye to hours wasted in your hotel/hostel/Airbnb googling the best bar/restaurant/activity in the area. Welcome puts together an awesome last minute itinerary for you based on your location. ### 4/5 — Barcelona trip *2019-10-29, version 1.16* It is an awesome app and help get to great restaurants, places to and lots of other information Thank you ### 5/5 — Great app for detailed planning or impromptu tips! *2019-10-04, version 1.13* I’ve found some great recommendations using Welcome. Highly recommend for the person who wants to find the best spots. ### 5/5 — Amazing Travel App - So Well Curated! *2019-09-17, version 1.10* I’m blown away by how well this app curates quality restaurants and activities. It’s the first app I open when I get to a new city to figure out where I’m going to eat and what fun activities I can do there. If Trip Advisor and Yelp had a super hero baby, Welcome would be it! ### 5/5 — Good app for first visits *2019-09-13, version 1.10* Used it on two trips so far and it’s been very useful! Good ideas when there’s a need for inspiration ### 5/5 — excellent travel app! *2019-08-20, version 1.0.7* I really like the real-time curation of an itinerary — I’m an academic and went to conferences in many different places over the summer, and it was great to just open the app and get good suggestions. The interface is fun and it hasn’t generated a single “dud” place. Highly recommend. ### 5/5 — Great app coming soon *2019-07-31, version 1.0.6* With this still being a new app(1 month old currently) it still does not have a ton in it, but it is a great idea and with the proper feedback and advertising it will be great! ### 5/5 — Excellent Travel Itinerary App! *2019-07-30, version 1.0.6* When traveling, I prefer to plan as I go, versus creating a full itinerary beforehand. Welcome allows the flexibility to adjust plans on the fly, relative to your location. This app has a great mix of key attractions, restaurants and coffee shops which I have found to really check out in the cities I have used it in thus far. ### 4/5 — Just a minor issue!! *2019-07-17, version 1.0.5* Super useful!! The only issue is that you can’t just browse, you have to swipe into the “‘no’ pile” or the wishlist to see the others. I don’t want to put every single thing in my wishlist but I would like to see the other things again, possibly for another opportunity. ### 5/5 — So good! *2019-06-24, version 1.0.4* This app is amazing, it makes my travel soooooo much better ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Limited support *2022-01-20, version 2.0.6* Doesn’t seem to be a way to find out what cities are included unless you’re fully registered which requires giving phone address etc. developer doesn’t show info or accept questions. ### 1/5 — Welcome Smart City *2022-01-06, version 2.0.6* It’s possible that this app is great. However you first have to install it and that’s a miserable experience. Don’t waste your time. ### 1/5 — Deleted immediately *2019-12-27, version 1.17* Tinder of travel. Didn’t like that you can’t browse through a city. You have to like or dislike places before you can see the next without even knowing whats available. ### 1/5 — Deleted immediately *2019-10-08, version 1.13* Wouldn’t let me insert verification code. Uninstalled immediately. ### 1/5 — Let the user experience first *2019-07-02, version 1.0.4* Doesn’t let you browse the app unless you create an account. ### 1/5 — Can’t use it without creating an account *2019-06-12, version 1.0.1* I am so done with apps that beg you to create an account so they can pester you with email spam. I’ll pass. ### 2/5 — in Saigon, meh *2021-10-14, version 2.0.2* I'm using the app in Saigon. There seems to be listed only a fraction of the businesses that are present in the city. It's aware of the big tourist spots and some restaurants but that's the extent of it. I just opened the app with the orange lightning enabled but I was still recommended a place that's closed. Not only that it's closed in real life it even says it's closed in the app. So not sure how real time that recommendation is. Hopefully the app works better in other locations as it appears quite promising. ### 3/5 — Welcome 2.0 Lacks What Made Welcome Special *2021-10-29, version 2.0.4* I was truly bummed today to pull up one of my favorite apps to check a future travel destination to find a top to bottom overhaul of it’s features. What made Welcome so fantastic to me was it’s AI driven Day Planner, where it would walk you through a mock day at your chosen location. Then in a Tinder style swipe system you choose or nix alternate plans and it would integrate those choices into updated plans. I can’t count how many days in different destinations I let Welcome take the wheel. As someone who gets overwhelmed by the constant barrage of travel recommendations trying to compile and cross reference every pro/con, it was a beautiful reprieve to allow this app to plan fantastic itineraries. If the original Welcome wasn’t popular it wasn’t a content issue it was an exposure issue. They’ve now transitioned into a Trip Advisor-esque app that doesn’t hold a flame to its predecessor, and while of course I wish them well and all the success, I hope someday another company realizes the magic in the original vision and finds a way to market it better. Any time I shared the app with friends or family they were amazed by how inventive it was. It’s sad that it appears none of the previous submissions or content has been brought over. Again, I’m so happy for the team in their success in bringing this version to market but hopefully they’ll be able to take the magic of the original and introduce it into this new iteration. **Developer response:** We appreciate your review! We take user feedback seriously, and would love to better understand how we can support your use case. Please reach out to matthew@welco.me. I look forward to speaking with you. ### 3/5 — Questions to ask? Not sure how. *2019-06-17, version 1.0.2* I don’t know if the questions I have are bugs to fix or just functionality I’m missing. Not sure how to contact you directly. I’m headed to LA in a few days and want try it out. ### 4/5 — Overall a great day to day itinerary app *2020-04-28, version 1.1.12* The app has a great clean layout for any user to use. Perfect for spontaneous day to day planning, helps you find things to do near by. One thing I would recommend to add, being able to make dinner reservations within the app. Great overall for finding things to do in a new city! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Perfect Exploring Tool *2022-03-02, version 2.1.2* I use this app in the city that I live in to discover new places near me and am so impressed with it. I love how this app always has a new suggestion and that I can keep tabs on places I want to go so I can mark them off my list and not forget about them the next day. 10/10 recommend this app for anyone who’s looking for a new adventure - this community of explorers is amazing. ### 5/5 — Finally a place to document my fav food places! *2022-03-02, version 2.1.2* I’m tired of telling people a bunch of names of places to go instead of sharing a list. The feed is pretty amazing to discover new places as well. ### 5/5 — The perfect app to explore the world *2022-02-28, version 2.1.2* I found that one of my passions is to explore new places in my city, I love to go every weekend to a new place. I discovered Welcome App and I believe it’s the best app I have in my phone. It shows me amazing places every time, I can see real reviews and photos, and I can also post about the places I go! I like that this is app is building a community of people who likes to try new things, and that it recommends you places according where you are, what you like, the time of the day, the weather and more! 🤩✨ ### 5/5 — The ultimate fomo fix *2022-02-23, version 2.1.1* Flip through the TikTok style feed, find dope spots, and save them for later. I love it. Thank you for making this 🙏🙏🙏 ### 5/5 — Better than Yelp *2021-10-25, version 2.0.3* Yelp always shows me places Ill NEVER go. What's cool about Welcome is that it only shows me stuff that's my vibe. Would be great if developers could get more cities loaded! ### 5/5 — Real time travel guide *2021-10-11, version 2.0.2* Finally! A travel guide that tells you what to do depending on where you are and what time it is! It’s a must. I’ve been using it in NYC and can’t wait to travel and use it ### 5/5 — Local, Real-Time Travel Tips *2021-09-26, version 2.0.1* I’m generally a skeptic of travel apps but Welcome has won me over. It’s real time, personalized recommendation feeds helps me find local spots that I wouldn’t otherwise know about (even in my own city)! I also love how I can create itineraries to share and follow other influencers or brands that I trust to see where they’re going. It’s helped me plan ahead and also live more in the moment when I’m somewhere new. Thank you to the smart people who built this app! ### 5/5 — Obsessed *2021-09-23, version 2.0.0* I’ve lived in my Neighborhood for over four years and I have discovered so many new places that I didn’t even know existed that were right around the corner because of this app ### 5/5 — Game changer *2020-09-15, version 1.1.14* Very useful app for getting to know your city. Excellent for place discovery. Love it! ### 5/5 — Love this new app! *2020-07-23, version 1.1.14* Welcomes been refreshing to use when I travel the globe to help pinpoint the best spots, favorite activities and delicious restaurants you would otherwise take hours to research and find. Def a must to have on your next trips, who wouldn’t want to go on a journey to the best places! --- *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 2026-06-10.*