# Atlas Obscura Travel Guide

> Discover hidden wonders

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1563250221](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1563250221)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1563250221`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Atlas Obscura, Inc
- **Category:** Navigation
- **Rating:** 4.80 / 5 (9,751 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.20.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-18
- **First published:** 2021-10-29
- **Size:** 286 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-20
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/atlas-obscura-travel-guide/id1563250221)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.atlasobscura.com/privacy](https://www.atlasobscura.com/privacy)

## Description

**Atlas Obscura Travel Guide** helps curious explorers discover unusual destinations, hidden wonders, and off-the-beaten-path experiences around the world. Browse the Atlas Obscura database on an interactive map to find intriguing places nearby or plan your next adventure.

Explore detailed stories, photos, and community tips for every destination. Create custom lists for itineraries and bucket lists, track visited locations with “Been There,” and browse by interests including history, architecture, art, and natural wonders.

## Rankings

- #17,815 — Overall
- #4 — explore
- #29 — travel
- #82 — guide

## Review summary

Atlas Obscura Travel Guide offers a vast, unique catalog of sights and a solid travel-planning edge for discovering offbeat places, with useful map features. Reviewers consistently praise content breadth, usefulness for trips, and the map overlay, while repeatedly citing core reliability and usability flaws: missing or buggy search and filters, slow or unreliable performance, a hard-to-use interface, limited ability to add new locations, and occasional navigation/map glitches. Overall, the content is valuable, but reliability and usability problems limit the experience.

### Pros

- Vast catalog of unusual sights and offbeat places.
- Great for planning trips to see the unusual or quirky places.
- Map overlay helps you find interesting spots around you.
- Content is clear, comprehensive, and well-moderated.
- Useful for exploring both cities while traveling and in your hometown.

### Cons

- Search/filters either missing or buggy, making it hard to find places.
- Performance and reliability: the app is slow, disjointed, or sometimes won't load.
- Difficult UX: terrible interface and hard to use on mobile; some features don't work.
- No easy way to add new locations; user-generated contributions are limited or missing.
- Navigation/directions sometimes don't work; map interactions are buggy.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1563250221)