# MSU Guide

> Navigating Michigan State U.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id920189534](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id920189534)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id920189534`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Michigan State University Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities
- **Category:** Navigation
- **Rating:** 4.40 / 5 (15 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.2.9
- **Last updated:** 2019-09-25
- **First published:** 2015-12-14
- **Size:** 6.06 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-24
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/msu-guide/id920189534)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://webaccess.msu.edu/privacy-statement.html](https://webaccess.msu.edu/privacy-statement.html)

## Description

Guide is an exciting new way to explore and find your way around the Michigan State University (MSU) campus in East Lansing. Designed at the Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities(RCPD) to help those with visual, spatial, and mobility disabilities discover their surroundings, Guide is interactive and provides real-time location-aware information about campus landmarks while remaining accessible and useful to all. Guide is uniquely ready to help students, employees, and visitors identify important campus landmarks using 3 core tools available when walking campus:
 
● WAND - Point your phone at any building on campus to discover its name and more information including wheelchair accessible entrances.

● MAP - A map that lets you view campus landmarks. Tap to drop a pin, then click on it to view a compass that locks on to the closest landmark under the pin.

● SEARCH - Use the iOS home screen search function(Spotlight) to locate any campus building by name. Once you search and identify your building, simply select it and we'll lock onto it so you can always check where it is relative to where you are without needing a map. You can even use navigation from Spotlight results to view detailed directions to a landmark.
 
We are only getting started and have a ton of new features in the works to help you navigate campus. Stay tuned!

We welcome feedback, suggestions and any issues you may be having with the app at 

guide@rcpd.msu.edu

## Rankings

- #284,298 — Overall
- #54 — disable

## Review summary

Users praise MSU Guide for quickly locating campus buildings and showing nearby surroundings with a clean UI and generally accurate navigation. However, reviews repeatedly note crashes and instability, plus several search-related UX issues: a locked, static map during searches, inability to pan, noisy results from numbers, and missing parking-lot data. Some users also report a lack of iPhone X display support. Overall, core functionality is solid, but stability and search usability need improvement.

### Pros

- Helps quickly locate campus buildings and facilities.
- Shows whats around you / nearby areas for context.
- Has a clean UI with accurate location/navigation.

### Cons

- Frequent crashes/instability (startup and during use).
- Search UX is limited: map locks to a static view during search and cannot be panned/zoomed while searching.
- Parking data is missing or incomplete (parking lots not searchable by number; numbers can flood search results).
- Lack of iPhone X display support.

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