eSAFETY GUIDE

Foursquare City Guide

13+
minimum age according to Foursquare
13+ minimum age according to Foursquare

What was Foursquare City Guide?

Foursquare City Guide was a free, location-based social media app that helped you find restaurants and bars in your area. You could follow other people, suggest new places to visit, post reviews, offer insider tips and ‘check-in’ to the app when you visited a venue. User activity on the app was rewarded with coins, stickers and ‘superuser’ status levels. 

Foursquare City Guide is no longer operating as of 15 December 2024.

Foursquare Swarm will continue to operate.

Website: foursquare.com/city-guide-sunset

How did people use Foursquare City Guide?

Learn more about the benefits and risks associated with how people use location-based social media apps like Foursquare City Guide.

Foursquare City Guide was used for: content sharing, location sharing, messaging/online chat, photo/video sharing and screen capture.

Last updated: 06/01/2025

The eSafety Guide helps you find out how to protect your personal information and report harmful content on common social media, games, apps and sites. Entries are for information only and are not reviews or endorsements by eSafety. Before choosing to use any online service or platform it’s best to:

  • do your own research to understand the risks and benefits
  • check the age rating and requirements
  • consider privacy
  • check the permissions and other settings
  • check the in-app reporting options.

If you are a parent or carer who is deciding whether a child should be allowed to use an online service or platform, you can also:

  • consider your child's readiness for the types of content and experiences they might encounter
  • help them understand what to do if they need help
  • provide ongoing support and monitoring, for example through regular check-ins with your child
  • agree to some rules about use of each service or platform.

To find out more, you can read the App checklist for parents, as well as information about parental controls in social media, games and apps and mental wellbeing resources for families.