Warmshowers App

WarmShowers used to work OK. Then they updated it and completely ruined it. The website and App are both horrible. I’m exclusively a host in Coos Bay, Oregon. Complaints: 1. Constantly soliciting for money - I understand that it takes money to run a service like this. But this is so horrible, I won’t donate. At least until it works properly 2. The third party thing - I’m performing a free service for WarmShowers and touring cyclists and I’m told third parties are privy to my info!? 3. Workings of the entire website & App are atrocious - failed notifications, expired requests after a few minutes, in ability of host to contact other hosts to coordinate, long periods of apparent outage (got only a few requests all summer and now getting lots in the fall). If there were an alternative, I’d happily switch. If anyone with tech expertise is thinking of starting one, sign me up. If I could award no stars I would. That being said, l love my guests. I seldom turn anyone away (I’m sometimes out of town) and 90% are international travelers - I really enjoy them. A very dissatisfied WarmShowers host on the coast.

App charged me 4 times upon registering and I’m still unable to sign in. We’ll see how talking with customer service goes…

Had so many network errors I couldn’t even register. May the browser works better??

The Warmshowers idea and general service are great; I used it from 2013 to 2016 for my first long-distance tours. But the app and recent redesigns (two over the years?) are embarrassingly amateur level and have made the experience much worse, with technical problems galore. Considering it is now a paid app for full functionality, this is unacceptable.

I am really getting excited about the new app updates. I was very reluctant with the new website and app but I have to say KUDOS!!! It has come a long way and I am excited to say I have hosted 8 cyclists so far this summer. Clicking on message tab will bring up my messages rather than just having it say “0”. It is not without its errors but much improved. I look forward to all the updates and growth to come. WarmShowersHost

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.

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.