Gowalla makes it fun and effortless to keep up with your friends IRL.
ADD YOUR FAVORITE PLACES to the map
CHECK IN when you go out
FIND YOUR CREW in the real world
It’s a social map and messenger that reminds you an app can connect you with your real friends again.
Before you go, you should know…
• Gowalla was made for you and your REAL friends
• Gowalla keeps your location safe and doesn’t share it with randos
• Gowalla loves to hear from you so we can make the map better
• Gowalla is a bit of a goofball
Version history
1.0.4
2023-03-20
See the countries and states your friends have visited with achievement Pins!
1.0.3
2023-03-16
Bug fixes and improvements including a fix that allows users to sync very large contact lists to connect with their friends.
1.0.2
2023-03-13
Bug fixes
1.0.1
2023-03-09
- Improved onboarding for easier signup and friend finding
- See your own check-in in the carousel
I’m happy to see the return of Gowalla. I always enjoyed the festive artwork of all the pins. However, the app performance has been pretty spotty. I’m not able to add a custom profile image to my account. It gives an error every time. Notifications stay unread. App crashes when trying to check in.
Hoping performance improves
Novaurora,
Good visual design, terrible UI/UX
The team focused a lot on making this app visually pretty, but the actual interface is not intuitive to use, not activity-centered, and also very buggy. I was looking forward to the promise of what the original was supposed to be, game-like where perhaps your friends could leave you objects at locations, or even a UI where you can actually see where your friends are if they’re not geographically close by. I’m not sure what problems they were solving when they designed this app, this seems like an art project not a utility.
BloatedBunny,
Forced to share contacts
Unable to complete the onboarding process without sharing contacts. Sharing location data obviously makes sense, but contacts are unnecessary - I’ll connect with the people I want to connect with.
Edit: Force killing the app seems get around the forced contact-share flow. Updating to 3 stars
amwaldrup,
Connect with friends
A safe, fun, and beautiful app to share location, connect with friends, and find interesting places to visit.
@Erik,
Bringing fun and a human touch to social
I loved the original. The art, the whimsy, the fun. Connection with friends and places is the best promise of social. Bravo to the team.
SF_G,
Gowalla is back!
South by Southwest wasn’t the same without Gowalla
👿🤬😡🙄😓,
Excitement immediately turned disappointment
I couldn't get past the intake considering it requires contact permission. We should have the option to manually add our contacts. Seems more like a data grab app for ai than loc based social media.
iConJohnCoffey,
Not the same ole Gowalla
Sorry Gowalla but I’m not going to allow access to my contacts. I really was hoping this was similar to Gowalla app from 10 years ago, but I guess I’m gonna delete.
dayone1,
Requires sharing contacts
Was psyched to check out the new Gowalla but the onboarding seemingly won’t let me proceed without enabling contacts sharing. Hard pass. Oh well.
Mnolan99,
Contact sharing required
Discontinued setup because I refuse to do this. Also their support/contact email address bounces back.