Reviews of Louvre Visit & Guide

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Total ratings

4.30 (Rating count: 357)

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Review summary

Users find Louvre Visit & Guide useful for photo-based navigation and saving time, and it’s cheaper than the Louvre’s audio tour. It can help first-time visitors orient themselves. But the app is plagued by bugs and instability, frequent crashes during purchases, and unreliable audio playback (low volume or downloads failing). Some descriptions feel outdated or incorrect. Overall, it offers valuable wayfinding when it works, but stability, audio quality, and content accuracy must improve for a reliable museum companion.

Pros

Photo-based navigation with clear exhibit directions helps you find exhibits quickly.
Saves time and is cheaper than the Louvre's audio tour.
Helpful for first-time visitors to orient themselves.
When it works, the navigation is clear and easy to follow.

Cons

Frequent bugs and instability; app crashes, especially during in-app purchases.
Audio playback problems: downloads fail, audio is too quiet, or narration sounds robotic.
Content inaccuracies or outdated exhibit descriptions.
Navigation UI can be hard to use and some features are behind paywalls.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 2.20

All time rating average: 4.30

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59% (19)

Date	Author	Comment
2025-07-11	Me*****	I have tried every which way I can imagine to try and purchase any tour, all or single ones and app glitches and kicks me off every time. So disappointing as this app is a genius idea if it would work I’m sure I would be a big fan. 👎🏽
I have tried every which way I can imagine to try and purchase any tour, all or single ones and app glitches and kicks me off every time. So disappointing as this app is a genius idea if it would work I’m sure I would be a big fan. 👎🏽
2024-10-22	wa*****	While the navigation with photos is helpful, the exhibit descriptions all sound like they were AI generated or copy/pasted from Wikipedia. The app helped us navigate perfectly to our first exhibit but, the audio guide for it sounded like ChatGPT generated it and it described features the statue definitely did not have. Almost every exhibit description tells you that it is located in the Louvre in Paris, as if you have no idea where you currently are. 😂 Disappointed.
While the navigation with photos is helpful, the exhibit descriptions all sound like they were AI generated or copy/pasted from Wikipedia. The app helped us navigate perfectly to our first exhibit but, the audio guide for it sounded like ChatGPT generated it and it described features the statue definitely did not have. Almost every exhibit description tells you that it is located in the Louvre in Paris, as if you have no idea where you currently are. 😂 Disappointed.
2023-10-06	Dr*****	Well made great directions, made our trip worthwhile and cheaper than the audio tour offered at the Louvre.
Well made great directions, made our trip worthwhile and cheaper than the audio tour offered at the Louvre.
2023-06-28	Wi*****	I’ve checked every setting I can find. The audio quits when the phone screen locks. Useless app. Don’t buy.
I’ve checked every setting I can find. The audio quits when the phone screen locks. Useless app. Don’t buy.
2023-06-03	Bm*****	Saved us a ton of time and frustration throughout the museum. You can’t really navigate on paper so this app was a huge help.
Saved us a ton of time and frustration throughout the museum. You can’t really navigate on paper so this app was a huge help.
2023-05-24	Fr*****	Booked my reservation a week in advance for 09:30. I’m still in line at 11:30. Nuff said….
Booked my reservation a week in advance for 09:30. I’m still in line at 11:30. Nuff said….
2023-05-04	Je*****	Apps could use some help not easy to navigate. Directions or tour path was not clear but somewhat manageable. App does not play audio when not logged in very very annoying.
Apps could use some help not easy to navigate. Directions or tour path was not clear but somewhat manageable. App does not play audio when not logged in very very annoying.
2022-11-04	ma*****	This looked like it would be such a great app. What a waste of money. The narrator must have been narrating in his bedroom beside a sleeping child because you can barely hear him. Don’t plan to use this in the Lourve. The Lourve is a large museum with thousands of people, and stone walls. The people are all talking at the same time. Therefore you get a lot of echo. I had the app at the highest volume setting and could not hear a thing.
This looked like it would be such a great app. What a waste of money. The narrator must have been narrating in his bedroom beside a sleeping child because you can barely hear him. Don’t plan to use this in the Lourve. The Lourve is a large museum with thousands of people, and stone walls. The people are all talking at the same time. Therefore you get a lot of echo. I had the app at the highest volume setting and could not hear a thing.
2022-10-22	Se*****	All of the sculptures they talk about in the Richelieu French sculptures tour are wrong. Not sure when the tour is from but the museum has changed the collection. Information is useless
All of the sculptures they talk about in the Richelieu French sculptures tour are wrong. Not sure when the tour is from but the museum has changed the collection. Information is useless
2022-09-15	Ul*****	I did the 2 hour tour and it definitely helped make my time at the museum more enjoyable.
I did the 2 hour tour and it definitely helped make my time at the museum more enjoyable.