Couchsurfing: Stay, Meet, Host

Their new App design and structure is a disaster: confusing, complex, contradictory. Canceled my membership due to that.

How to kill a community. Visionless upgrade (downgrade) of the app. Events that are not events and more useless extra’s that no one is waiting for. Just give us the old app back

I love this! after being a pioneer in this app and I almost didn’t use for the past eight or 10 years now we have an upgrade in the app and we can meet new travelers all around the world and share amazing stories but the most important to create a safe and trustable community for everybody! thank you Couchsurfing because I have been using this app for the past five months and has been such a great experience with ups and downs, but I’m very grateful! Let’s keep growing this community with respect!

App is repackaged website.
Doesn’t work fully. Essential things such as viewing a request simply doesn’t work.
Whole app is slow, sluggish, and was not created for small screens.
Required to pay a subscription.
Terrible app. Used to be a good place. Not any more.
App looks like generic ai-generated app

Sinds the new app is there I can not schedule availability for hosting.
In the chat strange messages come in, I think they are fishing ones.
What happend Couchsurfing platform?

Sometimes when you log in with phone to get verified it ask 34 and with laptop 19 euro/22 god knows, hate the new version as its full of unnecessary options,
But this community is my emotion, meet many fantastic people from here . Love couchsurfing

It’s getting not understandable and I used to often using it and now barely open it.

Im using Couchsurfing for 8 years. It used to be a great app. After the redesign it’s not fun anymore. It’s hard to find communities, hard to get in touch with people and the hangouts are not working anymore. Im considering to cancel, if it won’t get better. Unfortunately.

I used to enjoy the app a lot. It was simple, well structured and had a good overview
Now it feels more like commercial and pushy. Way too many things moving snd not so well structured as before. Also the ‘verified’ is more pushed in your face
Anyway, I am not a fan of the way pictures are shown. It is more difficult to find an overview and some pictures are cropped in weirdly. Please bring back the overview
Also it is difficult to see if someone is actually hosting people. Before it said that very clearly and now it’s more difficult to find that
So not a fan. Also aware that it will probably not change back to the old version but these things I miss and find valuable.

Ik dacht dat deze app gratis was maar je kan geen account aanmaken zonder abonnement

Sadly the recent overhaul killed it. It really pains me to say but i am leaving, after ten years of making friends.

Stupid app, i stopped using it a year ago but can’t easily stop the payment of my account. It’s an unfriendly app iff you want to stop using it!

It is the worst update which can be possibly imagined. They ruined the app completely. Before it was simple and clear. Now it's just a mess. It's almost impossible to find a host/surfer now.

Lousy platform. Can't fi d anything and I have no option as host to clearly choose not available, maybe available, or accepting guests. I pay to have people stay with me for free. At least make it easy and give me the option. I'm not interested in "chats" just in potential guest. Change back to the old format which was perfect. If it's not broken..... !

Played for the subscription but I only get an error message and app doesn’t work. I want my money back

most things don’t work example hosting and getting hosted request, unnecessary features like visiting any place triggers, “create a trip “ any seems like everyone left

This 2026 platform update is so disappointing… The user experience is horrible, core past functionalities have not been carried into the new version. The interface is confusing and bleak. Whoever was in charge of this app update - you failed!

This app is updatet 2026 and the website too… the whole programm and spirit (sleeping at someones couch) is suckt up. Many mails and advertisements aboutall kind of not usable stuff. Many people are leaving the group now. It s very sad.