Highlights IPA 1.1
Highlights IPA 1.1
Description
★ #1 Paid iPad Travel App in UK App Store ★
★ Top 20 Paid iPad App in UK App Store ★
★ Featured in "New & Noteworthy"&"What's Hot" in UK & US ★
---Reviews---
★ "Highlights can help by highlighting the places you should definitely check out." - AppAdvice.com
★ "For 69p, there is no doubt that this will be invaluable to anyone travelling." - enoda.co.uk (App of the Week - 21st August 2011)
★ "The ability to create an itinerary makes this indispensable for planning visits to other cities" - UK User Review
★ "Already found somewhere nice for lunch by using this app" - UK User Review
★ "A must for travelling to unknown destinations!" - UK User Review
★ "Wow, what a great way to easily view the best places to visit around you" - US User Review
-- Highlights --
Finding the best places in an area can be difficult. How do you know the best place to eat in a new town or find a really great day out for the family? Introducing Highlights, the crowd sourced recommendation app that lets you find the very best places around the world. Whether you're trying to discover the nicest bar in your town or looking to plan your next vacation, Highlights will have you covered with its advanced recommendation engine.
-- How does it do it? --
Highlights uses data from popular check-in services Gowalla and Foursquare and then pushes it through our custom ranking engine to work out the very best places around the world. This isn't just the places near you sorted by most check-ins, but ranked in popularity based on data such as photographs, comments, business listings, user activity, Foursquare tips, Gowalla highlights, and other social network activity.
-- Features --
For less than the price of a cup of coffee, you get a Universal app that runs on both the iPhone and iPad with all of these great features:
★ Browse - Finds the best places in any area around the world. You can filter results by some of our preset categories (e.g. "Great Days Out", "Food & Dining", "Art & Culture") or by Gowalla Highlights (such as "Steak" or "Celebrity Spotting") as well as choosing a search area up to 50km. All results can be sorted by distance or by popularity using our custom popularity filter that gives you only the very best places
★ Recommended - A beautiful panel showing you the top 10 spots in the current area in each category. This is your one-stop shop to seeing the best places in any area
★ Details - Every location will show a number of details (where available) such as description, phone number (with call button on iPhone), Twitter details, address, and opening hours. In addition, there are links to open the location in either Gowalla or Foursquare depending on which app you have installed on your device. Finally, every location will list any similar places nearby
★ Reviews - If you want to get the lowdown on an area, the reviews tab will give you everything you need to know. By combining Gowalla Highlights and Foursquare Tips, you get the best overview of every location
★ Photos - So you can see how a place looks before you get there, we've included a photos section on every location. This will show you photos from Flickr, Gowalla, and Foursquare so you can be sure to see every angle!
★ Planner - It's all very good finding places, but what do you do next? By adding a spot to your planner, you can create customised plans that allow you to pre-plan your next trip whether it's a 14 day vacation or the next pub crawl!
-- Support --
We take app support very seriously. If you have any problems at all, just email help@highlightsapp.com and we'll get in touch as soon as possible (usually within 24 hours). If you have any suggestions for features you'd like to see in the future, drop us a line at ideas@highlightsapp.com
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App coding / design and Web API by Ben Dodson
Location imagery by Gowalla
Social Media icons by Paul Robert Lloyd
With special thanks to Superfeedr
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What's new in Version 1.1
★ Last.fm Events - When looking at a theatre, park, or music venue, Highlights will show you the upcoming events and let you tap through to Last.fm to find out more and list yourself as attending.
★ Gowalla Trips - Each location can now show you every trip it has been added to on Gowalla. This isn't just the featured trips, but every single trip ever created. When you're looking at a trip, you can choose to add it to your planner with one tap making it really easy to plan a day out in a new town. Additionally, you can find trips near you via the planner and also search for trips around the world.
★ View plans on a map - In the previous version, you could see your plans on a map if you were running the app on an iPad. With version 1.1 we've bought this feature to the iPhone as well. Just look at any of your plans and you'll find a new toggle to switch between list and map.
★ Review Translation - When browsing reviews, you may come across some that aren't in English. Just double-tap the review to have it automatically translated!
★ Faster Navigation - If you find yourself jumping from location to location via the trips or nearby spots features, you may find you have to go back through lots screens to get back to the first location you were looking at. You can now just hold down your finger on a back button anywhere in the app to be taken back to the first screen.
★ Report a Problem - Sometimes mistakes are made and old or incorrect data is pulled down through Foursquare or Gowalla. You can now tap a "Report a Problem" button on any location page to have it automatically flagged for us to fix it.
In addition, there are various speed improvements and bug fixes (including an issue with the iPad app not showing all of the screens in certain situations) - there is also the option to send us your crash reports anonymously in the unlikely event that the app crashes.
IPA size 1.8 MB
LANGUAGES: English
REQUIREMENTS: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.2 or later.
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