Coachella Official Reviews

by Diputz42

After setting my lineup on the coachella website and then setting my lineup on CoachellaOfficial , I found the option to sync. Now some of the sets I selected are showing up in the list view, but not the grid view. Probably due to a slight mismatch between the website and CoachellaOfficial . But definitely something that should have been addressed. See what happens when you don't come out with at times till two days before the festival, Golden Voice?

by Ozgurs

Why CoachellaOfficial is 1gb, and everything still loads from webpage?

by PDX

CoachellaOfficial is effective at telling you who is playing where and when, sort of...

The map doesn't list which venue is which, you have to tap on a pin that may or may not be right next to the venue (Yuma).

The Good:
It's great for sitting down in the morning, planning out your day, and having reminders buzz you when each artist is going on and telling you which stage they will be on.

The Bad:
CoachellaOfficial is less intuitive and featured than the printed brochure. It's difficult to say: "hey, I'm walking past this stage and I like what they are playing, who is it?" and find an answer.

A number of the lesser venues (do-lab, camping dome, etc) had no lineups listed said "schedule dates coming soon" for all of weekend one. The brochure had at least the Do-Lab lineup listed...

The Ugly:
CoachellaOfficial turns on your battery draining GPS and then doesn't make use of it unless you're in the map (which isn't very well done).

CoachellaOfficial should work in such a way that even if you're of an altered mental capacity you don't have too much trouble using it, other wise what good is it?

SUGGESTIONS:
Link with friends on social media and mark "meet-up points" on the map. Have venues clearly labeled on map (not as pin markers).
Have all lineups listed.

Don't have CoachellaOfficial glitch out and delete my whole schedule on Saturday night...

by Ehsuun

make sure to close it in the background as it will eat through your battery, even if you set the GPS permission to “while using”

by Samper Fi

How can you guys make this a requirement if it won't even work? I've seen multiple reviews with the exact same problem I'm having. Are you guys being paid by Apple or something? Absolutely ridiculous. At least make a website that allows you to activate the wristbands, it would be ridiculously easy and I feel like you all have to know that. I have no idea who thought it would be a good idea to force people to not only have a smartphone to attend your festival but actually download an app that doesn't even work to go to this. I don't want to update my iPhone because it was proved in court it would affect my phone's performance. Also, that shouldn't even matter because CoachellaOfficial states it works with iOS 10 or greater, which I have, which is just a straight up lie.

by DylQ

2 stars because it does what it says, just terribly slow and unintuitively

by Kajakki

CoachellaOfficial requires internet to load which is awful at a festival. Multiple features are unbaked and the GUI is awful.

by Elawn

The option to create your own personal schedule and follow it throughout the day would have been the most useful reason for CoachellaOfficial, but (at least for Weekend 2), the set times have been entered completely wrong. If that's the main reason you're downloading CoachellaOfficial, you're much better off just printing off the schedules and mapping it out yourself.

by SleepyTankGirl

I don't have the latest iPhone, but that shouldn't mean I should have to suffer. My gripe is specifically regarding the "My Schedule" and "Line up" functions. The line up contains multiple (meaning from 3 to 6) instances of the SAME PERFORMANCE (date and time), causing the same event to appear in My Schedule THREE TO SIX TIMES (or maybe more! Who kept counting??). Really crap performance for an event that otherwise has its act together. Compared to CoachellaOfficial 's proper performance on my friend's iPhone 5, I feel like a 3rd class citizen. Boooooo Coachella 2013 app. Hope I don't have to depend on you for anything.

by Lena9

So either I'm really confused or under my account where it asks what weekend I'm going to is not cooperating with me. It says I'm attending weekend one but I'm attending the second weekend. I tap on the icons until the information is correct but it changes back to me going to weekend one every time I close CoachellaOfficial and check if it's correct. Am I doing something wrong, if so can someone let me know?

by Spencer121272

CoachellaOfficial does what it needs to but it feels like a mobile version of a website slapped into an app. For a giant festival like coachella you would think it would be better but it's not? I absolutely love coachella and the website rocks but you need someone to completely redo CoachellaOfficial because it could be so* much better.

by Smith_madison90

I previously had the Coachella 2015 app on my iPhone 5c. I was able to log in - no problem. CoachellaOfficial linked my schedule I'd made on the website with CoachellaOfficial - no problem.
Now, I just upgraded to the 6. When I tried viewing my schedule it said I needed to log in. Thought nothing of it since I'd just started the new phone. Logged in. Looked like it took my credentials...still no schedule...logged in again. Same thing. Loaded like I was logged in but I still could not view any of my schedule information nor could I view wristband activation and other things requiring a login.

Also when I tried adding Peking Duck to my schedule it just said "schedule dates and time combing soon"...so confused, Coachella.

by PowerLint

It won't be my primary app, but it looks pretty good this year. Minuses on the social prompts, but that's not my thing. I actually thought I would not get set times unless I created an account or logged in, but found I could get set lists on the bottom of the screen. It is slow, maybe fetches images from busy servers right now. As far as I can tell there are no band bios which is worth at least 2 stars alone. Thanks for making it available before the show! Coachella!

by Harry525

CoachellaOfficial does what it's suppose to do as far as show a line up but in its current state the user interface and user experience and overall design look amateur. The menu looks awful and despite the dated look of last years app, at least it was clean and pleasant to interact with. I hope this is just a beta that slipped through otherwise CoachellaOfficial is subpar at best.

by Lfm5002

Useful to me all weekend. Few bugs but nothing I couldn't work around. One improvement for next year would be the ability to save timeline events locally while in offline mode. We are all trying to save battery while tracking our incredible experiences.

by Freedom4all

Overall very useful and easy to use. From setting schedule reminders to food locations and reviews. Only gripe is how long my reviews took to show up. I couldn't tell if it posted until it showed up a few days later. Hope they do this for 2014

by Homail User

Wow this thing is incredibly handy. My favorite part is using it with the coachooser where it helps you pick the shows you want to see and even can send you a reminder when the show is about to start. It's so helpful to use the grid view to see how your shows line up. CoachellaOfficial is like the secret to making the most of Coachella.

by Indssss

I must have been the only person who had an excellent experience with CoachellaOfficial. I keep searching CoachellaOfficial Store waiting for the 2016 version to come out. CoachellaOfficial notified me whenever the set I wanted to see was up in 30 minutes. It honestly made my coachella experience so much better and I didn't feel so lost for my 1st coachella. I loved it, never had any issues with it. Hopefully the 2016 one is just as good!

by Traceebee_

I used this last year and I found it so helpful in keeping track of all the set times. I hope they do this again for this year! I can’t wait to download it.

by SluggoBear

Nicely done, good design, useful features.

I've had a few quirks with syncing my lineup with the website, but I was able to fix by removing and reinstalling CoachellaOfficial .

by Ningles13

So I can’t active my wristband without downloading CoachellaOfficial , but I can’t download CoachellaOfficial because I have an older phone and don’t have the newest operating system? And I can’t download the older version that does work on my phone!? What the heck am I supposed to do!?!? This is awful and classist towards folks who don’t always have the newest phones

by Banditoelito

So if you didn’t download it before going to Coachella you cannot download it using your service provider. You need that app to activate your wristband. I’ll gladly retract my review if they implement a fix or a way to activate your wristband on the website.

by FatherKnowsBest

Worst decision ever to have to use the Ap to activate the wristbands and not allow activation via the Coachella website as an alternative.

by SpennyWamp

The Coachella App is by far the best festival app ever created. The integration with Bose Frames Audio Sunglasses is exciting! Postmates integration is going to be super convenient.

by SantaMF

Amazing compliment to my Coachella experience.