Big Island Hawaii Gypsy Guide for iPhone

Being a native of the Big Island, I was curious if there was anything new that I could learn about my beloved home. I liked the facts mentioned and the accuracy of the gps directions. HOWEVER, I was appalled at the narrator’s mispronunciation of ALL the Hawaiian words and place names he used!!! HOW CAN WE CORRECT THIS??? It needs to be done immediately to not continue to spread misinformation!

Excellent historical and sightseeing info and out-of-the-ordinary locales. We used both the O’ahu and Big Island tours. Paired with our windshield mounted GoPro made for awesome touring videos we were able to show our friends and family once home. Just wishing they’d expand their coverage to our neck of the woods (US Mid-Atlantic region). Perhaps one day...

This app is amazing! We have found so many hidden gems and gotten so much great advice listening to the guide as we drive around the island, and learned so much great history.

We have now bought two tours(Road to Hana was the first one, and The Big Island, the second) only wish we had known more up front about it being a package when we did the first. All in all still was the best $15 spent on any tour! Narrator is amazing to listen to, enjoy his stories, and in depth knowledge of Hawaiian history. His storytelling tempo of the tours is very nice, and his sense of humor appreciated! Very easy to use! Absolutely love this app!

My sister recommended the app and knowing there would be some extended driving on the Big Island, I decided to buy it. It has been very educational and the touring tips have been spot on. We just finished the history of Hawaii segment. Fascinating!

Covered 95% of the sites I wanted to see on the Big Island. Saved tons of hours of research and supplemented the long drives with relevant histories and added even more stops than I originally planned to do.

My family and I are avid travels and love road trips, we are not planners and typically just go where the winds blow us. This trip however we downloaded Gypsy and I’ll NEVER travel with out it again. We drove the complete island and hands down the best parts were where the app sent us. Not to mention we learned so much US history and local history. The story telling is great, the narrative is amazing, and it’s fun. If you’re on vacation this is a must have 10-star app.

This app is amazing and would consider it a necessity for any trip to the Big Island. Was able to take a self-guided tour around the island using the app and learned about Hawaiian history and saved money by going at it on my own verses using a bus tour! I definitely plan to use Gypsy Guide again!

The voice is pleasant. Reminds me of Tom Bosley. Cadence is great. Information is good. There are MANY UX/UI problems. 1. You can’t scroll around the map for an upcoming point or a point you passed. The map refocuses on where you currently are. 2. When you pass a point on the map going the opposite direction of the tour, autoplay of that clip doesn’t work. Ok I know it will be problematic if the clip says “the little blue church is coming up on the left.” And I’m traveling the opposite direction. I’m smart enough to know “oh, I’m traveling the opposite direction, so the little blue church is on the right and maybe I just passed it. Do I want to turn around?” Thats MUCH more useful than nothing. 3. If you want to play a clip ad hoc without being close to the waypoint, the UX is super glitchy. You tap on a green dot and nothing happens, or maybe the audio player pops up but nothing plays. Super Aggravating. Workarounds: You can run this app in a simulator and fake your location information- it’s the same way people used to cheat at Ingress before ninantic figured it out and added protections. The thing is, why would GypsyGuides make it so hard just to play an audio clip? Just let me scroll the map and play the clip I want. :(

If you are visiting the big island this is the best app I ever seen I did compare to others nothing came close on Feb 14 my wife and I celebrated our 38 Anniversary we are very active using this app was such a blessing not only did we travel the entire island but the information and education was far the must informative I ever heard about the history of the Hawaii and the island, it also gave reference point to all turns even described what was around the turns, I Connor say enough about good this app is. We drove over 800 miles in 4 days. The only thing it did not have was the southernmost point Naalehu, Big Island, Hawaii but we founded ourself my advice get this app it’s great.