App Profile: Guides by Lonely Planet

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Guides by Lonely Planet

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Rating:

4.79

Total Reviews:

2.61k

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Reviews: What People Think About Guides by Lonely Planet

tshapshak

Rating: 5/5

It's a really great service from the original travel guides. I used Lonely Planet books when I was a backpacker over 20 years ago. They were superb then and are superb now. What's nifty about the app-based version is how correctly it uses the smartphones functionality. By downloading the app, and the optional map, you don't use roaming data. It's an interactive, offline guide book. With pictures. Because I travel for business and can often only spare a day for saying the city, I appreciate the summaries of top sites, great places to eat, good bars, as well as the cultural highlights. Meanwhile, the searchability of the app is very useful. When we were in Prague I searched for vegetarian restaurants, as my wife is vegan, and chanced on some excellent eateries. I'm deeply pleased to discover my old travel companion - my old, faithful travel commission - has had a fitting upgrade to the smartphone era.

BSeanC

Rating: 1/5

I used this app all the time. It was honestly one of my favorite apps. I planned three vacations using it and even used it to find new things in the cities I’ve lived in. I liked this app so much, whenever I bought a physical travel book they became my go-to publisher. I always thought that the amount of content that they offered for free was too good to last, and I liked the app enough that I would have been willing to pay for the content if they’d handled this better. The way they went, however, putting EVERYTHING behind a paywall and only allowing you to subscribe to their entire catalog for $40 a year is crazy and seems like a fundamental misunderstanding of how people use the app. I just the other day recommended the app to a friend planning a trip to Berlin, and now I’m going to have to retract that. Why would I pay $40 a year to access 8000 locations when I only want to use two guides at a time, one to plan a single vacation in one city and one to poke around for restaurants and shops in my home city? I don’t want unlimited access to 8000 locations! I didn’t use the app to idly poke around the attractions in cities I’m not going to visit for years, if ever. The sensible way to do this would be to let users buy individual cities. If I could buy an app guide for $5-$10 a pop, I would absolutely do that without blinking an eye.

yungstud

Rating: 2/5

I decided to take a look at this app after reading the glowing reviews. Alas, my limited experience has left me wanting. I recently took a trip to Austin and beforehand did a ton of research to figure out all the best places to go. I didn’t spend a penny. So when I found this app, I decided to see what they felt was worth seeing in Austin, not realizing there was a pay wall. After a little looking, I noticed that, while there are a few more worthwhile locations that I missed, there are also a few prime spots that this app missed as well. Then it started telling me I needed a subscription. Huh? I’m not asking for a travel agent. All this information is free elsewhere on the internet. Yet you want me to pay $40/year? When the public has no way of suggesting places you guys missed? Umm no. It may be nicely organized and developed, but that’s not worth a subscription. Maybe a one-time payment. Maybe.

About Guides by Lonely Planet

Get to the heart of a destination with Guides by Lonely Planet. Packed with audio phrasebooks, offline maps, AR currency converter and immersive experiences. Backed by advice from on-the-ground experts, our city guides are the ultimate resource before and during a trip.

Guides is a trustworthy travel companion that will help you make the most of your experience.
• Explore our 8,000+ city guides, 352,000+ places and narratives curated by our experts
• Navigate with easy-to-use offline maps
• Easily convert any currency with Magic FX, our AR currency converter
• Discover a city's Must see sights, or dig deeper with collections
• Get into and around the city with transport info
• Uncover the vibe that's right for you with neighborhood guides
• Save places with simple bookmarking
• Find the perfect activity with powerful filtering
• Travel confidently with essential tips
• Take a look around these cities with our 360º immersive experiences
• Amsterdam
• Bangkok
• Barcelona
• Beijing
• Berlin
• Bogotá
• Dubai
• Florence
• Hong Kong
• Kuala Lumpur
• Los Angeles
• Madrid
• Miami
• Milan
• Naples
• New York
• Paris
• Pisa
• Prague
• Rio
• Rome
• Shanghai
• Singapore
• Taipei
• Tokyo
• Venice
• Verona
• Vienna
• Yerevan
• Speak like a local with phrasebooks in 19 languages
• Arabic
• Chinese
• Chinese (Hong-Kong)
• Czech
• French
• German
• Greek
• Japanese
• Italian
• Korean
• Polish
• Portuguese
• Russian
• Spanish
• Spanish (Latin-American)
• Swahili
• Thai
• Turkish
• Vietnamese

SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS:
Whilst you can download Guides for free, you’ll need to subscribe in the App to get unlimited access to all our content and tools with our subscriptions
• One month for $4.99
• Six months for $21.99 (Save 27%)
• One year for $39.99 (Save 33%)

By subscribing to Guides, you will get instant access to the full Guides app functionality. This means that you will not be able to change your mind and will lose any statutory right to cancel.

You may upgrade, downgrade or cancel autorenewal in the App Store. Prices may vary by location.

Terms and Conditions: https://www.lonelyplanet.com/lpm-static-files/ios-eula.html
Privacy Policy: https://www.lonelyplanet.com/lpm-static-files/privacy_policy.html

Questions? Feedback? We're always listening at [email protected]

Happy travels!

File size: 147423232

Launched countries: USAUCACNFRDEGBITJPKRRUDZAOARATAZBBBYBEBMBRBGCLCOCRHRCZDKDOECEGSVFIGHGRGTHKHUINIDIEILKZKEKWLBLTLUMOMGMYMXNLNZNGNOOMPKPAPEPHPLPTQAROSASGSKSIZAESLKSECHTWTHTNTRUAAEUYUZVEVNBOEELVNIPYKHMZYEBHCYMT

Minimum OS version: 12.0

Release Date: 1453949724000

Published by Lonely Planet Global, Inc.

Website url: https://www.lonelyplanet.com/guides

Publisher country: Australia

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