FourSquare – iPhone App Review

FourSquare (Free)

Version 1.5.1

REVIEW – “Compete with your friends by earning points for discovering your own hometown!”

FourSquare is a great app because it encourages you to get out there and really explore your hometown. Every place you visit gets you points and for places that you visit frequently you might just get declared Mayor, unless of course someone else starts going there more often.

When you first open the app you will have to sign up for a foursquare account. Don’t worry it is free just like the app. Once you have your account you can start adding friends who also have the app or you can start collecting points right away.

To do this you simply click “check in” the app will then give you a list of locations in your general area. Click the place that you are at and you will start racking up points.

The more places you visit the more points you earn and the more places you visit and points you earn, the more badges you earn. The app gives plenty of opportunities and ways for you to compete with all your friends as you venture out and explore your city. But don’t forget to remain loyal to your local hangouts, unless you want someone else declared Mayor of your favorite spot.

Each week your points are compared against those of all your friends so you can see just how far away you are from the top or just how close your friends are creeping in. The point system works in a way you might not expect, the first time you visit someplace you get 5 points, if you visit multiple places in one night, you rack up 2 points.

But there are even special offers if you manage to become the mayor of your favorite spot. Check the website if you are mayor because you might have earned yourself a free drink or even a free hotel stay.

The joy of this app does not end there. It allows you to leave comments about places you visit. Know the best thing to eat somewhere? Leave a message so that when other foursquare users come to that restaurant they get your notification telling them just what to order. The same goes for you, in the location of a great burger joint? FourSquare will alert you that other members have enjoyed it and what their favorite thing to eat is.

This is still a relatively new social networking tool so you might not have many friends signed up just yet, but that’s why you should be the one to tell them to join. This can become as addicting as any game and you’ll start to known your hometown better than you ever though possible.

Stephanie S.

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