Texas Historical Marker Guide App Reviews

This a thorough and indispensable guide if you live in or are planning to visit Texas. It gives you great information on almost every Texas historical landmark! It will also help you locate it on a map and lead you there. You can also take your own pictures and tie them to whatever landmark you visit. This is a great app! Thanks!!

By far, this is THE BEST of all the TX historical markers apps... If youll just add the little blue dot that shows you where you are in the map (you know what I mean-- the gps thingamajig) then this will be the ONLY one to use. Right now, its too labor intensive to flip back and forth between the map app and this app. Add that blue dot and this app will be GOLDEN!!!!

When trying to view on map, app crashes. You can see map if start with directions. Would be useful to be able to see markers in area on a map.

Love this app when I travel around the state of Texas. Must have for any road tripper and history lover!

I wanted an app that I could use while driving. This one gives search by “title or subtitle” but not by number. If you want an app to search by number—this isn’t it.

Very excited about this app! Unfortunately it crashes when doing almost anything + major lag on tap-to-screen interactions (including keyboard typing). Please consider an update or fix! 🙏🏼

Driving down the highways of TX for the last two days and literally none of the historic markers we passed we in this app. Waste of money. Plus it crashes when I try to refresh the map.

This is a really great app! Only issue is with location. After first installing it would never show my location. After deleting the app and reinstalling it will show my current location but the “Nearest Markers” option always returns “Cannot find - check that location services is enabled” - which of course it is. Tried toggling between “Always” and “When Using App” but no love. But I generally use the Geographic Regions mode which works great. And have learned a lot of Texas History! Interestingly when using the map in Geographic Regions mode, the app has no problem showing where I am on the map!

Can’t look up by marker number. I’m probably asking for my money back

Needs updating. Keeps crashing! Otherwise a great app. This is a Texas necessity. A Texessity!

I've tried repeatedly to contact this site. No response. I love it, but there MUST be a way to turn off the incessant alerts

wish the location would refresh faster and figure out, when driving, what markers are coming up ahead .. am passenger trying to give interesting narrative to what is coming up

App is extraordinarily dense and difficult. Virtually useless. Unsatisfactory experience. Do not recommend.

We are not able to do visit check ins or flag sites as described in app. There is no button or option to check in at a location.

There isn’t a way to add pictures of markers that are not on the list and no way to add a physical address. When you add a picture it doesn’t show up.

Searching marker by geolocation is a boon to the traveler. Easily fining monuments, markers, etc while moving about. Lots of data points and and history. My favorite new app! Very understandably, not all markers have narratives or the text from the marker. Quickly saw that a good number have “don’t know where this one is” despite having street location in app. How might the app user assist with app database update? Might there be future ability to crowdsource or add photo URLs in info? (Obviously the app would be overwhelmed with inclusion of over 1000 images, but links would be nice added value.)

I guess I’m an idiot. I can’t even get off of the guide page. I just want to view markers we come across while driving. This looks way too complicated.

We thought this app would have a way to search for historical markers by NUMBER! You can’t search by number, only by the names of the sites which are in alphabetical order. Useless for searching for numbers you see on the highway signs! I hate that I had to PAY for a useless app!

I can see all the markers but I cannot see my location on the map now.

I enjoy driving the backroads. This app helps me find new places to check out that I would never have known about otherwise. SUGGESTIONS - 1) make a way to “mark” each one that you have visited to keep track so when you look at a list of markers in an area you can see which ones you’ve missed. 2) make a way for photos to be shared with others who use the app 3) after you develop #1 - maybe have a contest to see who has visited the most markers in a certain area - coordinate with little towns to “sponsor” each contest and drive business to that little town. Coupons ads whatever.

Update: the app doesn’t work well in sparse coverage areas (read West Texas). Once I was back in populated areas, it was much better. So I changed my rating from 1 star to 3 stars. First time I’ve ever spent money on an app, but was excited to think we could read historical marketers as we drive around Texas! The app worked fine for the first 2 markers, then shut down. Every time I try to open it, it closes. It won’t do anything! Doesn’t even stay open long enough to type the marker number!!! Bad waste of money!!!!!

I love history. Reading markers help the long trips go by faster.

Whenever on a road trip through Texas I always see the Historical Marker signs. Now I can look them up by the code on the sign and find out what happened in that area.

I had been looking for an app like this for a long time. Glad I found it.

Drive by site seeing of historical markers, so cool.

We use the app while traveling around the state and this makes the hunt much easier. Any excuse to get out on the road and see more of the state. Bravo, this is a wonderful tool.

Not at all user friendly. Please develop a location tracker that shows all the markers in the location. Having to scroll around a map is a buzz kill. I want to know what’s around me. Not search for map locations. Having the ability to see what the history on the marker is, is nice!

A bit slow at times but overall I love this app.

Would be a five star app, if you could hear a narrative as you pass by. Can’t drive and read or can’t always stop.

Love this app - I used it extensively on a recent road trip. With DH driving, I can search for the number at the bottom of the "marker ahead" signs to see if it's worthy stopping for. I just installed the 11/16 update, and unfortunately the search box is hidden under the top banner and I can't type into it. Pulling the page down just refreshes the data and still doesn't let me type into it. I have an iPhone 5S, iOS 10.3.2. Please fix it before my next road trip and I'll update my review.

Can’t add photos

Crashed before first use

We use this all the time as we make our way around TX. If it were just a bit more stable...

Travel a lot across Texas! Great app to help kids learn true Texas history!

This apt should have voice enable so when on the road it will talk toy you about upcoming markers. Funny that android phones app can do it

The historical markers are meant to serve as reminders of the past, but today's generation for the most part are unappreciative of the past. I love to stop at markers every chance I can, but I think most people are desensitized how common they are and they've become invisible to most people. This app is great and I can't believe it hasn't been available longer. Nothing could serve these markers greater than this app for those who don't have time to stop, want to learn more about the greatest country and state of all time, and/or have wondered about that one marker they've never had time to stop at. Thanks for creating this app!

The app is nice and clean on the screen. Easy to use. I like the information displayed and how it's presented. This version appears not to work with GPS updates so I can't give it 5 stars. If it gets corrected I'll update my review. Overall tailored and fun to use. GPS functionality will make this app "the must have".

It is filled with what looks like all the markers however the location services do not work which leaves you digging through all of them versus the ones nearby.

By far, this is THE BEST of all the TX historical markers apps... If you'll just add the little blue dot that shows you where you are in the map (you know what I mean-- the gps thingamajig) then this will be the ONLY one to use. Right now, it's too labor intensive to flip back and forth between the map app and this app. Add that blue dot and this app will be GOLDEN!!!!

This a thorough and indispensable guide if you live in or are planning to visit Texas. It gives you great information on almost every Texas historical landmark! It will also help you locate it on a map and lead you there. You can also take your own pictures and tie them to whatever landmark you visit. This is a great app! Thanks!!