Freedom Trail Boston Guide Reviews

I found the narrator’s voice to be pleasant, but the info in the tells you way less than you can learn at any of the given sights. The navigation was unhelpful as it doesn’t give you exact points — for instance, I had to ask a local where to actually pick up the trail— and once you’re on the trail you can and should really just follow the path that’s been laid. That’s half the fun! Tying to use/navigate FreedomTrailBostonGuide kept me with my face in my phone for way longer than I wanted to be given the fact that I was trying to sightsee. And the info was frustrating somethings in its brevity—for instance, at the Granary Burial site it tells you that Hancock is buried there, but not where. In Maui, we used a terrific app that used your GPS location to automatically tell you about what you were seeing as you walked or drove. I wish FreedomTrailBostonGuide could have done that. It required me to do way too much and offered much less than a simple guidebook would have.

The 15 ~2 minute long explanations that pretty closely mirror the plaques/signs you find at each location is not worth the $10. You get ~30 min of content for a two-hour walk - lots of empty space and time that could easily be filled with the countless, myriad stories and facts that make the time period so interesting - instead you’re walking in silence for the vast majority of time. Additionally, there is no common narrative theme - the very few stories are disjointed and seemingly random.

Tip for the writers - listen to the “Road to Hana” driving tour by Gypsy Tours. Fascinating, captivating, and fills the three hour drive to the point where you don’t even realize it’s been three hours. Fantastic content and delivery.

It was based on a great concept- of using location services to trigger the narration. But it didn’t work. It jumped all over the place. I could not follow it and when I tried to manually control it without location services it still malfunctioned. Definitely too many bugs to justify the cost. I was able to read the text- but it was only mildly interesting and superficially informative. It was NOT worth the hassle.

The information FreedomTrailBostonGuide gives us quite good. The GPS portion of it isn’t. There’s a map, yes, but it would have been so much better if it gave directions to the next attraction! Also, if you leave FreedomTrailBostonGuide for any reason, you have to start at the beginning when you return; it doesn’t pinpoint where you are or remember where you left off.

Honestly, this is great for the price and I was able to walk almost all of the freedom trail with my fiancé at our own pace and checking out other shops in the meantime. My biggest complaint is how much battery it drains and how it can be laggy at times. I mean this thing drains it like no other and I actually had to stop walking the trail and continue it another day because I didn’t have enough charge to continue. Definitely needs work on the backend. Other than that it’s great

Did Freedom Trail using FreedomTrailBostonGuide and no tour-guide. FreedomTrailBostonGuide did a good job of giving a basic overview of each stop. I listened to it usually right before or right as I got to each stop, and felt like I knew what was going on. FreedomTrailBostonGuide is not all-inclusive on info (i.e. still need to listen to guides and read information signs), but is a good starter pack. Didn’t use the navigation on FreedomTrailBostonGuide (used Google Maps!), but would honestly recommend just watching the iconic red brick trail to know where to go next. Overall would recommend.

First time in Boston. My wife and I split a pair of WIRELESS earbuds. I put in the left ear. She used the right ear. Geo triggers worked perfectly. You can repeat the audio if you miss something. What we liked over using FreedomTrailBostonGuide more than a tour group type was that we could do our own pace. At one point we found ourselves next to the Sam Adams tasting room, so we had a beer and pretzel. Much later in little Italy we saw a charming bakery down a tight alley. We found a bench and had a coffee and pastry before returning to the Freedom Trail. We lingered for a long time in a cemetery moved by the names we recognized. You can even do half of it and come back another day to do the rest of it. FreedomTrailBostonGuide is Freedom on the Freedom Trail.

my wife and i took a walking tour of Boston using FreedomTrailBostonGuide ; each of us used apple earpods, in transparent mode

wonderful way to enjoy a city; as you walk near interesting locations, the ‘guide’ verbally provides a narration of what’s being seen

the value of FreedomTrailBostonGuide far exceeds the cost

Really loved using FreedomTrailBostonGuide. We were able to stroll at our own pace and followed the red brick pathway all along. We had some visitors from Out of the State and they loved FreedomTrailBostonGuide as well as food stops along the way. FreedomTrailBostonGuide offered rich history Boston has and would recommend to all who enjoy hearing History.

It was an interesting approach to a tour! Pretty good price compared to all other guided tours and allowed for flexibility. FreedomTrailBostonGuide worked well; although the GPS could sometimes be glitchy, as GPS’ are at times with determining accurate current locations. I like the pictures and the script to review what was said.

This was better than expected. The Freedom Trail is cool anyway as a path through Boston but the geofenced navigation in FreedomTrailBostonGuide and the interesting information made this an easy $10. Shared an AirPod with my nephew and we did the whole thing with a few stops in between.

It was a great self-guided app and also offered some extra information at some stops. As you walk, it tracks your GPS and plays audio automatically as you arrive at the location. This tour was an excellent way to remember the American Revolution and the history. The really nice thing was that you can focus on your tour and not have your head stuck in a book or map and miss something!

Really do I actually rate an app, much less write a review. I downloaded FreedomTrailBostonGuide on a whim to give a walking tour of the freedom trail to my in-laws that are visiting Boston from out of town.
It worked surprisingly well and everyone enjoyed it.
It was totally worth the $7 cost for the freedom trail tour.

Only downside was it was hard to hear the audio while outside with all the noise. Thankfully there is a transcription of the audio, so I was able to read it aloud.
I would recommend anyone wanting to use it to either bring with a small Bluetooth speaker or several pairs of AirPods so everyone can hear the tour while walking.

This was our first time in Boston and this self-guided app was PERFECT for a day on the Freedom Trail! We loved the go-at-your-own pace idea with clearly marked points of interest along the route, audio information at each stop, and the GPS feature which helped us to hit each important stop on the trail. Highly recommend this informative and convenient app for anyone looking to explore Boston!

As most reviewers have said, FreedomTrailBostonGuide is amazing. We downloaded it and used it. We found it simple to use, excellent audio narration, great comments on the stops, and on and on.

Each commentary is only about 1 to 2 minutes long. And you can easily pause and wait for the noisy truck to go by or not disturb the other tour groups. And you can repeat the commentary if you want.

SUGGESTIONS:

• Plan on all day to really take it in. We did and were glad.

• Take your phone (or iPad) charger, because we ran out of battery by lunch time and had to buy a charger at Walgreens (which happens to be on the route at about the halfway mark). We plugged in our phone while we ate lunch and were good to go.

• If you do go all day (we walked from Boston Commons near our hotel to Battery Park), plan on taking an Uber back to your hotel. Best $20 of the whole day.

We went to Boston to see our son run the Boston Marathon. We decided to do some history sites. So me and my husband spent afternoon exploring the Freedom Trail using FreedomTrailBostonGuide. I have walked Freedom Trail when I was in the school. With FreedomTrailBostonGuide, it was a greatly different experience. FreedomTrailBostonGuide was an excellent way to remember the American Revolution. We took the extra effort to climb the Bunker Hill Monument (294 Steps) at the end. We stopped at many places. The whole Trip took 2 hours for us!

We really enjoyed this Freedom Trail tour! We started around 9am and got ahead of the big tour groups. Husband and I each put an ear bud in and it worked out so well! We did a couple of detours and loved the flexibility. Occasionally the GPS didn’t work well between the building but was easy to manually start an audio section if the GPS function didn’t automatically start it. Map was easy to follow.

Used FreedomTrailBostonGuide when visiting Boston two weeks ago. Although it was quite chilly, we walked the entire Freedom Trail (even to Bunker Hill). It’s a LONG walk so plan ahead! The stories in FreedomTrailBostonGuide made the walk enjoyable (we would walk while listening) and allowed us to flexibly choose where to stop for food/rest. There was one spot where my phone’s GPS went haywire but I don’t think it was FreedomTrailBostonGuide ’s fault. (It settled back down in a few blocks). Overall a great resource!

Found FreedomTrailBostonGuide with little research in advance, I didn’t want to pay for a tour for my wife and I and this was the answer! Started at Boston Common and loved how easily it was to use, I just started the tour in FreedomTrailBostonGuide and started walking. The timing was good for a slow paced stroll along The Freedom Trail. Helped to bring out the history from the bricks and told great stories. Lots of options to learn more at different sites with additional information in app. Well worth the cost

At $10, this was a great value and excellent way to do the Freedom Trail at your own pace. The information provided in concise, yet informative.

On occasion, the GPS feature would not work properly, but you can manually trigger the audio to narrate based upon where you are.