Atlas Obscura Travel Guide

• Free

Last verified 31 Jul 2026

4.8 9550 ratings · App Store

1. 3/5Great app but very buggy

   I absolutely swear by using this app when I travel to find amazing sightseeing and experiences and real world "Easter eggs"... but it isn't without its frustrastions: - Currently, newly marked places I've visited no longer give me a grey flag. This makes it confusing to see where I should go next. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling even, to no avail. - After awhile with the app in use, you'll get an error message "something went wrong" and can't mark anything, and you'll need to restart the app and refind the location to mark. I've had this problem since I started using this a whole year ago and it is still not resolved!! Also, as a suggestion, I like that places that are permanently closed are still featured, but could be helpful to give them a distinguished color marker, like red or something (but still allow gray flag for those who visited before shutdown). Also, when clicking "Directions", it uses my Google Maps, but would be nice if it have me the option to use Apple Maps instead (like Happy Cow app lets me do). I want to give it 5 stars, but these bugs sometimes break my flow while I'm exploring.

   JohnnyHue · 31 Jul 2026

2. 5/5#1 resource for travel

   Love this site!! I use it everywhere I travel and enjoy seeing and experiencing more things than the average tourist. I am always amazed at the awesome Sites and little known destinations that they have compiled. I even used it near my house in upstate New York and despite living in the area for 44 years, still found cool places I’d never heard of or been to. I tell everyone that is going anywhere to use Atlas Obscura

   Vincent IV · 31 Jul 2026

3. 3/5One of my favorite apps, not optimized on newer iPhones

   I recently had to get a new phone due to my old one crapping out on me and just opened this app for the first time on it. Unfortunately it is almost unusable on my iPhone 16 Pro Max. I guess the UI doesn't account for the cutout at the top not being there anymore which causes the search bar to be stuck behind the clock, battery, and middle blob thing at the top of the screen and therefore inaccessible. Hopefully they can fix this so that I can search for things in places I plan to visit soon!

   progresscity · 31 Jul 2026

4. 3/5Atlas Obscura has been the sponsor of many an adventure 😏

   I love Atlas Obscura. I find myself gravitating toward it anytime I am away from home, and it has spurned many an off-beaten path adventure. There are the functions that the app has that the site does not. Unfortunately, the app glitches and freezes when trying to select categories that you would like to focus when viewing an area. This is in spite of many updates, deleting and reinstalling the app. I hope this glitch gets fixed, Atlas Obscura is one of my favorites.

   Allyingg · 31 Jul 2026

5. 5/5Great content - and super engineering crew!

   I can confirm that the challenge that I wrote about in my below review has been fixed! Really impressed by how quickly this team acted to implement the fix and that I was asked to check it out. Great responsiveness. It works and I’ll be using this app all the time now. Thanks! Old review: The content is fantastic if you like off the beaten path attractions in out of the way places. The app itself is frustrating because the search bar is all the way at the top of the screen underneath the battery, wifi, cell bars and the time - you can’t type in the field and if you manage to you cannot cancel and go back, you have to close the app and start over. It’s unfortunate. I would use the app a lot if it were not for this, instead I’ll find another one that works.

   simmsbrooks · 31 Jul 2026

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