Firstly, we liked that we saw some parts of Houston that we were not aware of. We are new to this town, spending the winter here. So the app did what we were hoping.
We found the app itself to be confusing at times. The intro gives the impression that it is tied to the GPS to help you navigate. It's not that. It recognizes when you have reached a specific location and gives you directions from there. If you miss a turn and get off the route, the app is not going to help you it does have a button to take you to google maps to get you back onto the route, thank goodness. It was a feature that we used a dozen times.
The directions in the app were often confusing and sometimes wrong. From point 2 it tells you to go straight, but we later realized that it has no idea which street you are on or which direction you are going. It would have been more helpful at point 2 to tell us which street and which direction to go. The turn directions in general were right at the turn. It would be better if we had more warning. More than once we were in the wrong lane, and had to backtrack to get back on the route. The guide suggests a turn to see the Cistern, but then has no instructions for how to get back onto the planned route. We ended up backtracking about 4 of the stops to get back on the route. The planned route is simply wrong near McGregor park. It wanted to take us the wrong way down a one way street.
We are happy that we purchased the app, and we learned of many things to follow up on for a later visit, but if you purchase this, plan that you will fall off the route, and will need to exercise patience to get back to the planned route.
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Oct 2020
Thank you for the detailed feedback! We will definitely update the tour ASAP to make sure the directions audios pop up sooner, allowing the driver plenty of time to get in the right lane and comfortably make the turns. We’ll also check McGregor Park and adjust the route to be plausible. Lastly, we like your idea of “getting back to the route” instructions after detours like the Cistern (as you said, it’s not always straightforward). Since your experience wasn’t perfect, we’d love to offer you a complimentary tour — please contact us!