Galena Tours

This app is on the level of what I wish all self guided tour apps were. Locations are listed by distance or by a particular tour grouping with distances and or links to map provided. Easy to navigate. There is more detail than one could want on many of the spots. For example, the entry of the school house on top of the hill goes over the history of the various instantiations including photos of building and classes over 150 years. It's the level of a historical book that goes beyond just a simple tour app. Clearly this app is a work from someone who was passionate about the history and heritage of Galena.

The play button on the tour stops where the map is included on the screen, i.e. Main Street, Bench Street, etc, doesn’t appear to function. I think we can see the narration to read on most or all tour stops; our visually impaired sister was loving the audio on Grant and others. The app introduction works great, as do all the history (informational) audios where no map is on the screen. There is a button for ‘show route,’ however, nothing to un-Show the map and route. Thanks for hints to fix! - we’re here in Galena ‘til Saturday.

I bought this App during our yearly trip to Galena. We have been on many of the tours of Galena over the years but this App exceeds them all in completeness and thorough research of the history, photos, and news articles about the buildings and people associated with them. There are 96 entries just for Main Street alone! Each one has text describing the location, date of construction, builder, owner(s), businesses through time, and related stories. The author reads the text to you so you can look at what she is describing. The photos show the current building and historical photos from the 19th and 20th century. The App worked flawlessly over three days I used it. Note it does require a data connection since the information is loaded when you select one of the tours and it first loads 24 locations. The audio and photos are loaded as you select each location. This occurred fast enough that it was not a problem for me. Even if you are just interested in a few locations, it is worth the price because it is so well done. It took an impressive amount of research to put this together and there is enough material to make a good history book on Galena. It would be difficult to find something that delivers so much value for only $3.99.