Name: Freedom Trail Boston Guide
Rating: 4.78081 (2418 reviews)

User Reviews for Freedom Trail Boston Guide

4.78 out of 5

2.4K Ratings

3 years ago, ShevaP

Just what I needed!

I was coming up on the end of my trip to Boston and had booked so many group activities (whale watching, day trip to Martha’s Vineyard, etc - all highly recommended) and yet still felt I hadn’t soaked up enough history in Boston, itself. This app was recommended just as I was about to book a bus tour, which I was just feeling wouldn’t have been intimate/involved enough and it was just perfect! It was about a 2-3 mile narrated tour of the freedom trail plus some extra historic sites, I learned SO much, got some good exercise in, and got to see all the sites up close and personal for a fraction of what any other city tour would’ve cost! I would highly recommend this app. The one thing I will say, (which does not take away from my 5 star rating at all) is that the map isn’t as “smart” as your google maps app. I often used google maps as a supplement/ to navigate. Other than that, this was perfection!

3 years ago, Buddha bill

Benefits over tour group guides

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 the app 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. This app is Freedom on the Freedom Trail.

12 months ago, thesimpleHOUSE

Excellent App!

As most reviewers have said, this APP 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.

5 years ago, kindsoldier

I think you can skip this app for now

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 the app 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 this app could have done that. It required me to do way too much and offered much less than a simple guidebook would have.

1 year ago, Grahamw105

Lots of Empty Space

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.

1 year ago, Teedubveedub

Great resource for self guided tour

Found this app 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 the app 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

5 years ago, OceanStateOfMind

Excellent stories, must buy

Used this app 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 the app 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 the app’s fault. (It settled back down in a few blocks). Overall a great resource!

9 months ago, Littlejayjay

Great, But Battery Drainer

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

1 year ago, hmbarbier

Excellent tour!

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.

5 years ago, TravelingJess

Worth considering

Did Freedom Trail using this app and no tour-guide. This app 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. This app 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 this app (used Google Maps!), but would honestly recommend just watching the iconic red brick trail to know where to go next. Overall would recommend.

5 years ago, Dave Keplin

Historic Audio Guide

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 this app. I have walked Freedom Trail when I was in the school. With this app, it was a greatly different experience. The app 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!

4 years ago, David Becks

Flexible and Informative!

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!

4 years ago, Ali and Zane

First Time Visitors

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!

3 years ago, abramjacob

Fantastic app. Worth the paid audio tour!

Really do I actually rate an app, much less write a review. I downloaded this app 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.

3 months ago, Chgray123

wonderful app; worth well more than the price

my wife and i took a walking tour of Boston using the app; 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 the app far exceeds the cost

2 months ago, TheBerad

Great use of technology and a wonderful tour

This was better than expected. The Freedom Trail is cool anyway as a path through Boston but the geofenced navigation in the app 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.

6 months ago, Khgfcbhedcv

Frustrating Functionality

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.

3 years ago, Linda blmr

Informative but needs work

The information the app 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 the app 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.

1 year ago, CStekeur

Good for Self-Guided!

It was an interesting approach to a tour! Pretty good price compared to all other guided tours and allowed for flexibility. The app 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.

5 years ago, c v shah

Great Way to know Boston’s History!

Really loved using this app. 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 this app as well as food stops along the way. This App offered rich history Boston has and would recommend to all who enjoy hearing History.

1 year ago, freakbradley

Excellent alternative to a person-led tour

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.

3 months ago, DrTrpk

Better than a Tour Guide

We used this app for the Freedom Trail in Boston. We set our own pace, stopped for lunch and had an amazing narration all along the trail. Insightful and not long winded, 1-2 minute explanations with prompts for simple directions. The map integration was seamless and extra info if you want. Well worth the price of $9.99.

6 years ago, Bill Callahan05

Saved Guide’s High Cost

It was cold but we decided to walk the Freedom trail. We were three friends. The hotel guide was very expensive. So we looked for an alternative. This App had a free demo. We liked it, So we tried it out and worked out very well for us. We enjoyed the narrated stories and best of all, it was easy to take beer breaks whenever we got too cold.

12 months ago, Kazeman2

A slight learning curve required

but overall really excellent. I wouldn’t mind a feature that let’s you go to one of the narrations without having to click through starting at zero if your app crashes. Still highly recommended.

5 years ago, Greenie109

Really good content

A pretty good tour guide app overall. The best info was actually in the little “learn more” at the bottom. I was able to walk the whole thing in a couple hours, but I didn’t actually go inside any of the sites since it was a beautiful day out. I’ll probably go back to see those tomorrow.

3 years ago, Wes "BluJ" Burson

Great companion!

Used for the Freedom Trail tour, only time it has issues was during the Granary Burial Grounds. I blame very poor weather causing issues with GPS as we had GPS inaccuracies with Maps all day. Just manually started those parts with any issue. Was great to be able to go at our own time instead of having to go at a tour groups chosen pace. Narrators voice was loud, clear and wonderful to listen too. App has a sample of the narrator before purchasing the tour which was a great touch. Have to 100% recommended this if you want a tour at your own pace!

3 years ago, J9godfrey

Enjoyed app, few kinks

Mostly enjoyed this app. A few times it shorted out and would start over on its own or go back to the previous place. But overall easy to use and good information given. Also enjoyed going in reverse and felt like it avoided some of the crowds this way. So thanks for that option.

5 years ago, Nut3119

Great app for the Freedom Trail

This was an amazing app to use on the 2 and a half mile walk. As you walk, it tracks your progress and gives you an audio track upon arriving at certain locations. This is great to use as a self pace tour so that you can make stops at other locations on the trail.

3 years ago, Babybear75

Great tour

The only thing I didn’t like is that it starts automatically when you get to a location. So if you are already listening it starts over. It would be nice to be able to disable that, or if you can I couldn’t figure out how. But it worked great and was well worth the money.

3 years ago, PlasticMan70

Helpful but not worth the price

While it was nice to help us get around the Freedom Trail and learn the basics of each site, we really wished we had more in-depth information given. Most of the descriptions at the roughly 20 or so stops were only 1-2 minutes in length and we were usually left wanting more. I’d expect this from a free app but one that is $7 should have more IMO.

3 years ago, Some guy from afar

Well worth the money

Excellent tour for the price. We really appreciated being able to go off the tour to eat and shop and pick up where we left off. One nice add might be to note where public restrooms are located, but otherwise fantastic.

1 year ago, JMD/MDD

A wonderful tour

My husband and I did this self-guided tour and really enjoyed it. We could move at our own pace and found the information given was the perfect amount. Easy to follow and we’ll done. We highly recommend.

1 year ago, Lou 2000

Super cool self-guided tour

This was really neat and we went at our own pace. My only feedback would be to have some audio while you cross the bridge to Bunker Hill. It’s a stretch and having the guide point out a few things as we walked would have been cool.

2 years ago, Lalalala4963

Great App

Wanted the flexibility of a self-paced tour so purchased this app and it was well worth. I loved the GPS feature and being able to delve into more detail if I wanted. I purchased the bundle and look forward to using the app for the other spots.

1 year ago, Diabetic Supporter

Informative

I could walk at my own pace and learn everything I needed to know about each point of interest. I will use the app for future travel since this was a great experience.

3 years ago, JoeyF-NYC

Excellent

Totally worth it. You could just walk it yourself but you miss out on some great narration, and to do one of the organized tours you are spending 3x more easily. Highly recommend this for a nice diy walking tour at your own pace.

5 years ago, JennLS

Worth the $4 to download the Freedom Trail tour

The app will guide you through the Freedom Trail (follow the red brick path) in downtown Boston past 16 historically significant sites. At each site, the narrator will provide information about the site and, in some cases, will link to additional information. Guided tours are much more than $4....the app is totally worth it to tour the Freedom Trail at your own pace.

1 year ago, blurfixer

Sparsely Narrated

I found this walking tour to not have robust enough historical information or detail. I also like walking tour narrations that will give you landmarks and descriptors of where you’re at so you can just listen to it versus constantly looking at your map to tell if you’re going the right direction. Each historical site only had a minute or two of narration if that.

5 years ago, HewittFam

Great self-paced tour of the freedom trail

My family and I used this app for both the freedom trail and Harvard Yard. It was a great self paced option for the freedom trail and offered extra information at some areas. The gps was great and made it easy to follow and the audio guide as soon as you approached the locations.

3 years ago, Megmiester

Amazing option

I am super impressed with the app tour. It is well done and is really nice because I didn’t want to do everything so I was able to pick and choose.

4 years ago, Careful Reviewer

Superb stories!

I did not know a lot about the American civil war and without overwhelming me, it brought the events of the time to life for me. The app worked as advertised and was easy to use. I would recommend to other users.

2 years ago, Pastor JamesK

Worked well

Fine work for the self guided tour. I liked the interactive map. The gps letting me know where I was. Enough information with links for more. Well done.

5 years ago, Zach Pratchard

Zach Pratchard

This app was so helpful!!! We initially bought an actual walking tour but were very disappointed, so we purchased the app on a whim. The information and GPS navigation was fantastic!!! So glad we used it!!

5 years ago, Nic Cali

Boston Freedom Trail

We found the running commentary helped us appreciate the sites before and once we arrived at them. Would recommend this audio tour to all ages.

5 years ago, Pauldo91

Geo-locating is nice

Used it most to figure out where we were. I like how the app would start playing as you entered a relevant area, although I often had to pause it if I wasn’t ready to listen (in conversation with someone). Content was fine, but wish it had more stories to tell.

2 years ago, UpstateNY mom

Not necessary

You don’t need the app. The trail is marked by a red brick path. The start and end points are posted on the website. Each site has signs describing the historical significance. The app was not helpful and we stopped using it after the 2nd stop.

5 months ago, Jstar***

Great way to see a city

This was wonderful, I’ll be looking for these every time I visit a new place

1 year ago, Visitor in our hometown

Worked well

There is so much history in Boston and this was a great way to hear it all.

2 years ago, Jknightkid

Boston Freedom Trail

Really enjoyed this- I liked the initiative audio, app sensed when we were at a site and started explanation. Very well done!

12 months ago, The.Dad

Beware

There are options that say “included” but when downloaded you get charged $16. Had to call Apple to get a refund.

Description

Bring the Founding Fathers and the American Revolution to life with this self-guided walking tour of the Boston Freedom Trail! Boston’s Historic Freedom Trail: Walk down storied streets in the footsteps of the Founding Fathers. Hear the story of how the first sparks of revolution flew in Boston, and how those sparks became an inferno that engulfed the American colonies! The architects of the revolution come alive along this historic trail as you pass sights like the Boston Common and the Old North Church, where Paul Revere’s famous lanterns once hung. Learn about the Sons of Liberty and the webs of conspiracy and unrest which once threatened to shatter Boston into a thousand pieces. Uncover the truth about misunderstood events like the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party. See the city of Boston in a brand new light as you travel back to the time of John Hancock, Paul Revere, and Benjamin Franklin, all without having to fuss with a map! As you walk, audio stories will automatically pop up and start playing. It’s revolutionary history like you’ve never heard it before! Start in the Boston Common or Bunker Hill Monument and tour with total flexibility. Featuring riveting stories, a phenomenal narrator, and easy automatic audio, this app puts exploration in the palm of your hand! See all these historic sites and more along the Freedom Trail: ■ Boston Common ■ Massachusetts State House ■ Park Street Church ■ Granary Burying Ground ■ King's Chapel ■ Franklin Statue ■ Old Meeting House ■ Old Corner Bookstore ■ Old State House ■ Boston Massacre Site ■ Faneuil Hall ■ Paul Revere House ■ Old North Church ■ Copp's Hill Burying Ground ■ USS Constitution Museum ■ Bunker Hill Monument RAVE REVIEWS: “This was an amazing way to walk the Freedom Trail!!! The tracking through the GPS was spot on and it was having all the information provided on all the points!!!” “I did not know a lot about the American revolutionary war and without overwhelming me, it brought the events of the time to life for me” "The freedom trail tour was great. Wife and I shared a pair of wireless earbuds which I recommend. The tour is broken into many small sections which automatically stayed as we walked to the next point on the trail. All based on gps location. It all worked perfectly, was extremely easy to use and very informative. Very cheap for a guided tour. Highly recommend” APP FEATURES: ■ Award-winning platform The app, which has been featured on Thrillist, received the famed “Laurel Award” from the Newport Mansions, who use Action Tour Guide for over a million tours per year. ■ Plays automatically The app knows where you are and which direction you are heading, and plays audio automatically about the things you are seeing, plus stories and tips and advice. Simply follow the GPS map & the routing line. ■ Fascinating stories Be immersed in an engaging, accurate, and entertaining story about each point of interest. The stories are professionally narrated and prepared by local guides. Most stops also have additional stories that you can optionally choose to hear. ■ Works offline No data, cellular or even wireless network connection needed while taking the tour. Download over Wi-Fi/Data Network before your tour. ■ Freedom of travel Explore on your own time, at your own pace, and with the flexibility to linger at stops that interest you. You have total freedom to skip ahead, stop and restart, and take as many photos as you’d like. FREE DEMO vs FULL ACCESS: Check out the totally free demo to get an idea of what this tour is all about. If you like it, purchase the tour to get full access to all of the stories. QUICK TIPS: ■ Download ahead of time, over data or WiFi. ■ Be sure the phone battery is fully charged, or take an external battery pack. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. This app uses your location service and GPS tracking feature to allow real-time tracking of your route.