This is my first time rating an app. Warmshowers was a source of joy when I bike toured throughout the world in the 2010s. It was free. Now, the organization charges money - and delivers an abysmal app. The app reflects the organization’s deterioration. It’s quite sad.

The Warmshowers idea and general service are great; I’ve used it since 2013 for my first long-distance tour. But the app and recent redesigns (two over the years?) are embarrassingly amateur level and have made the experience worse, which is embarrassing considering it is now a paid for full functionality.

I have been a host about 10 years. Recently, within the last two months, I can never get into the website, the screen is always frozen. All I want to do is respond to a request to be a host for somebody inquiring about staying at my guesthouse.

After the update all is still not functioning. The website barely works but at least it works. App doesn’t load icons, navigation buttons don’t respond to taps. No visual signifier to tell if the data is still loading or if the app has fully crashed. Burn it down and start from scratch. It’s time to stop putting bandaids on this thing.

I love Warmshowers, but this phone app is awful! How is it that when Warmshowers was free things worked better?

Warmshowers is a great organization but an overhaul of the app is badly needed.

Paid for the subscription. Now the app signed me out and when I signed back in it doesn’t recognize I paid for the subscription so it wants me to repay so i can use the app. My subscription on my phone shows it doesn’t expire until 2025. So yeah make sure it doesn’t sign you out if you pay. Was really relying on this app for an upcoming trip.

Crashes constantly, doesn’t reflect actual membership status, etc. Needs serious work.

I am a Warmshowers host and guest. It is so frustrating that I have to purchase a subscription just to see my messages. I have already payed a relatively large one time fee for their website. Stop trying to squeeze money out of your users and go back to what it was made for. Free reciprocal housing for cyclists

The map of availability they show you changes drastically once you purchase. I tried to use this for Baton Rouge. They show multiple people and locations (about 8)… once I signed up the actual map only showed one- which was inactive. It’s essentially useless.