Maui GyPSy Guide Driving Tour App Reviews

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A must have when in Maui!

This is literally the first review that Ive written--I took the time for this one because this app is that good. The "guide" is very informative, well-spoken and timely with his suggestions and information. Its like having a local in your backseat. Dont hesitate, its worth it.

Best App for Maui

This guided tour app made our stay so much more informative and enjoyable. Looking forward to what destinations they will add in the future.

App does not work.

Paid $10 for app but it is worthless. It does not work and it is useless

Amazing Guide for Road to Hana

Seriously this is the best app for driving on the road to Hana!! The road is curvy, data service is awful, and its easy to miss a barely marked turnout for all the different stops along the way. But this app solved all our problems! It runs on GPS so even when we didnt have service, it knew where we were. It knows you might have started the drive late, and will warn you like "if its 10am, we have time to stop at this garden if youd like, but if its 12pm, we better continue on." It also warns you like 200-400 feet before a turn out, so that as youre making a sharp turn around a bend you have the chance to stop in time! Good thing, cuz its nearly impossible to make a U-turn. We have recommended this app to every single friend we know who travels to Maui. There is also a guide to Haleakala in the app but we didnt know at the time and had already gone to the volcano by the time we downloaded it. Im sure its good too.

Thanks Bob!

Our family loved our Maui Guide. We named him Bob. Bob is genius. He literally knew what questions we would ask each other in the car and answer them. He gave us directions, fun facts, history, and where to stop for the best snacks. I need more Bob in my life.

Your personal guide!

This guide worked perfectly as advertised during our visit to Maui. The narrator pointed out many sites and interesting facts we would otherwise have missed. It was well worth the price. The app cautions that it will drain your battery so be sure to plug in your phone or have a booster. Mahalo for this worthwhile app!

A must have

Have used the GyPSy guides now for both the Big Island as well as Maui. Highly recommend these to anyone. Very informative and easy to use. Though some of the commentary can be a little annoying since it assumes the man is always driving and the woman in the car must want to do nothing more than shop (comes out on difficult drives), its just an annoyance and will continue to use these. Only item to improve would be to allow music to come back on after the commentary when streaming via Bluetooth. Otherwise we just have silence between points (or have to go to whichever music app were using and hit play once commentary ends).

GET THIS APP!!

Trust me, you need to get this App. It was the best tour guide for $10 bucks!! It works when you dont have service and somehow knows exactly when and where to inform you for whats coming up, where to pull over and what to look out for. We got the full version and used it all over the island. So interesting and wasnt an annoying voice like most! We seriously loved this app!!! We called him "dad". Best part is if you plug your phone into an aux cord when hes not talking you can still play your own music and he will just interrupt your music when he needs. Best thing ever!!!!

"Bill" is a great navigator! :)

A really helpful audio guide giving historical/informational data as well as plenty of warning for upcoming turns. Per a previous reviewers comments, we called the narrator "Bill." :) Unfortunately, we didnt purchase prior to driving the road to Hana, so we cant comment on that, but used it for Kihei, Lahaina, and Haleakala with great interest/success. Good news: the audio appears to have been updated re. the gender bias - we didnt notice any references to women shopping or men driving. :) Two ideas for updating - its great that you can select and repeat narratives, but now you can only do it while youre physically in the area - it would be even better if you could just go in and listen selectively without being at that location. Also, as previously noted, it would be great if the app could switch itself off or switch back to the car radio when not playing a comment. When we used Bluetooth in the car, it would automatically switch back to iTunes, which wasnt our ideal choice.

Amazing App!

We found this app to be one of our best purchases during our trip to Maui. Extremely helpful and educational! Highly recommend

Great Addition to Our Hana Experience

This is a great app with loads of interesting information for travelers on Maui. The app did not play well with the USB link to the car audio system (Ford Fusion), but once I configured the Bluetooth link, it worked fine. Highly recommend.

Best Ever Guide

We were in Maui for 10 great days and this map was the greatest. We knew nothing about Maui before we started but were amazed at the info. we got. These guys also do other places so give them a chance and the will be the greatest guides ever. Its great to go at your own pace and a lot cheaper than those group guided tour buses that also limit your time.

Highly recommend

We Used this app for self driving tours of Maui and Oahu, and it never let us down. It has it all: an informative and interesting audio tour guide, practical tips on where to find parking ( you will need them in Hawaii), snack and meal recommendations, driving directions, and more. We especially appreciated that all the suggestions were timed very well, we never missed a turn. Dont get mislead by the basic graphics, the audio content is rich! I wish we knew about this app on our trip to Yellowstone!

Outstanding

I, too, hardly ever write reviews. I wish I had found this a long time ago. Having been to the island countless times, I thought I knew a great deal about this wonderful place but learned more about the island in a few hours with this guide than I had in perhaps as much as 200 days spent here. Aside from a scant few painful jokes, the narrator is outstanding. The app functions wonderfully except for the fact that there is no master list of the audio portions such that they can be listened to without clicking on the map itself. There is a preview mode that permits listening to various portions without driving them (constantly updates based on where you are) but a master list would still be useful as well as an accompanying index. Really good app and highly recommend. My complaints could be fixed easily in an update.

"George "

We referred to our guide as George. I cannot say enough about this app. If you are going to Maui and plan on the road to Hana "George" is a must! "He" uses your GPS so even though there is no service "George" is there with you the whole way, cueing you where to and where not to stop, all the while giving you a great history lesson about Maui. Even if you have done it before and plan to do it again "George" is money well spent.

Fantastic

What a wonderful way to see the road to Hana and the rest of the island. We didnt get to use the entire thing because we ran out of time on our trip, but listened off the GPS to the hawaii history. I almost never rate apps but I had to rate this one because it was so incredible!! Thanks to the makers-make more!! I would tell anyone its a must use for Maui and will use the other ones in any city I can!

Made our trip

Usefull and entertaining comments :) its worth buying...better and more helpfull than tourist guides. Its like having a personal guide. I liked it. Maybe a standalone mapfeature would be an improvment.

Terrific!!

We used this app to drive all over Maui. The commentary was spot on and interesting and we would have missed a lot of things without it. Highly recommended.

Ms

Awesome! Made our Maui trip very enjoyable and informative! Will use again where ever the guide is available! Love it!!

Incredible!

This tour made our recent trip to Maui (especially Haleakala and Hana) so enjoyable. It was educational, fun and helped us navigate easily around the island. Worth every penny! This app didnt appear to use any data, either, with location services and data roaming turned on.

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