Palm Springs Modernism Tour App Reviews

Once you get to the details, its very interesting. However, some numbering is off, the map isnt interactive, the map doesnt show your location relative to points of interest, and you have to go through multiple screens from map to details. This has potential.

a huge, huge file that never completely downloads (and yes I have high speed connections and available space) I just wasted so much of my day trying to get this to work, it doesnt, it wont .....be prepared for massive frustration if you buy

Make sure you have 45 min to load and open this app, takes forever to do both.

Opened up app on a whim and voila! Finally up and running and as good as I expected!

So easy to use! Very well organized and visually excellent. Narrators voice is pleasing and the video sections enliven perfectly the new and old still photography. The wealth of information is beyond what I expected - great detail and wonderful tales of the history of these properties. You really can tour with this app. Great accessory to a Palm Springs visit.

Palm Springs amazing cache of mid-century modern architecture is all here in this essential guide. My friends and I were able to access all of the citys most important architecture in the span of a weekend--and we didnt miss anything. The driving tours are chock full of content, with informative commentary from expert historians, high quality photos and video, and insider stories directly from the architects who created their modern masterpieces in the Southern California desert. Do be patient with the download. its well worth the wait.

I was excited to try it, downloading to my computer and then to my phone took about 90 minutes for each. Once on the phone it says "please wait while we check for updates" it has said that for over an hour.

I have yet to get in to the app. It only says "wait while we check for updates" and never moves from that screen.

Just as you begin to enjoy the app it crashes. It is impossible to get through a whole tour. Save your money and buy a book.

I took a chance despite the poor reviews that this would be fixed since Modernism week is only 2 weeks away. WRONG. I downloaded it the first day and in 3 days, it has never worked. Same as the others where the screen says "waiting for updates" after it took 2 hours to load onto my computer (at the Ace where the wifi is fine). Go to the visitors center and get the $5 map. They should never have released this without testing it.

Not only its >1Go, but also, it doesnt work. At all. Good luck...

Spent days following the tours! We loved every mile of it! Very well done. Lots of fun!!! We are on the road in a MH so it took awhile to download via iPhone hotspot, but it was worth the trouble.

Same experience as everyone else. Took hours to load and never worked. Just says looking for updates and never moves from that screen. Totally disappointing. And then we had to buy the map from the visitors center which had no info at all on it except the addresses. Dont sell something that doesnt work!!!

Doesnt work at all. Never leaves the loading page. :-(

Not sure why there seem to be such varying levels of success with this app. It crashes when asked to do the simplest task for me. Pretty much unusable. Too bad. Seems like a good design. Wanted the info. A waste of good money though.

Yes, it took almost two hours to download to my PC, but syncd no problem. Opened on my iPhone 4S, asked if I wanted to do the update (1mg), said "yes", took less than 20 seconds and has worked perfectly. Be patient people! Well worth the time & effort.

This Mid-Century architecture tour app features 82 sites in Palm Springs. My review is based on using the app in the field on a second generation iPad (WiFi only, no cell) running OS 6.1.3. The app divides the 82 properties into 3 geographic sections (north, south and central Palm Springs). Tours can also be viewed by architect - 12 architects are featured. The app content is superb. Along with address, map and access information for each site, there is audio narration, text, photos and videos by the following: Photographs by Julius Shulman, Dan Chavkin and others, videography by Adam Duplay Productions, text written by educator, architectural preservation advocate and tour guide Robert Imber (check out “Palm Springs Modern Tour” on Yelp) and audio narration by architecture historian and author Peter Moruzzi. Several other user reviews note long download times for this 994 MB file. Download time for me was 20 minutes at a speed of 15-17 Mbps via DSL to an Apple Airport Base Station to a late 2006 iMac. The app installation onto my iPad took less than 2 minutes. Upon opening the app for the first time, there was a brief update that took less than a minute. Other user reviews complain about the app crashing. I have experienced occasional crashing particularly when using the arrow buttons located in the upper right hand corner of the screen. This seems to happen when trying to advance quickly through a long series of screens. I have found that using the “Property List” button located in the upper left hand of each tour screen minimizes the crashing. I have no affiliation with anyone associated with the production of this app. I am an architect who loves mid-century design and have enjoyed using this app and look forward to using it again on my next visit to Palm Springs. 5 stars for content and UI, 3 stars for stability. 4 stars overall. Highly recommended.

It gets only three stars because it is HORRIBLY unstable. Using it with an iPad Mini on wifi or a iPhone 4S on 4G - it CONSTANTLY crashes. This is made worse by the fact that if you are in the middle of one of the apps "tours" you have to start all over. And as you go forward to try and find your spot… it crashes again. That being said, the content is excellent. Just wish it was possible to actually take one of the apps "tours" to completion.

Amazingly detailed and thought out. Does take a bit of time to down load but worth it! You need an iPhone with storage size to get all the detailed content.

A lot of thought has gone in to the creation of this app. A great way to learn more about the architecture of Palm Springs.