mileBlaster ($5.99)
Version – 1.3
REVIEW – “Manage your rewards all in one place!”
While I’m probably not necessarily the target audience for this type of app, I can definitely see how it could be useful. mileBlaster is an app that is designed to help you manage and view your “points” and air-line miles on all of your various rewards programs. Are you
tired of wandering what your balance is on accounts while on the go? Well this app will allow you to enter in all of your account passwords once and then be able to manage them all by just logging into one account!
When you open up the app for the first time you’ll need to set up an account thankfully the process only takes a few seconds and can be done from within the app. Once you have an account set up the next thing you’ll need to do is add all of your rewards accounts to it. If you haven’t already signed up for web access to your accounts you’ll need to do that and make sure you have all of your username’s and passwords for them.
Adding rewards programs to your list is fairly easy. All you have to do is select the program you want to add, and then enter your username and password. Once you have all of your rewards programs you want entered into the app it is extremely simple to get a quick overview of all the current points/reward miles that you have available. All you have to do is touch the “Totals” tab at the top of the screen and you’ll get a list.
If you want more detail about your account you can touch on any of your accounts to get a detailed 
overview. You can also handle a few simple tasks from here, like editing your account info if it changes, updating your rewards information manually and deleting a rewards program that you no longer use.
Another great feature of this app is that you can search for special rewards offers that are available for a trip that you plan on taking. All you have to do is touch the “Bonus” tab at the top of the screen and then enter in your point of origin and destination in the small boxes at the top of the screen. Obviously there will not always be rewards points to where you want travel, but this app does have a variety of different programs and offers to choose from.
The major gripe I have about this app is that it feels more like you’re using a website instead of a native iPhone
app. The load between pages is slow, and the screen always totally refreshes when you switch from tab to tab. You can decide whether or not that is a dealbreaker, but keep in mind that if none of the app is native, that means that you are having to load all the pictures and images over whatever internet connection you’re using. If it is a little bit sluggish over WiFi then there is a good chance it will be even slower over 3G or EDGE.
With that said, if you are tired of always having to log in to each individual rewards site to check balances and/or status, this app could be the fix that you’ve been looking for. The interface, while not beautiful and speedy, is simple, and does keep you from having to remember tons of different username’s and passwords all the time. The app seems a little pricey to me, but in the end that’s a call you’re going to have to make. If you have a lot of rewards programs to keep up with, and are constantly on the road, then $6 is probably worth the convenience that this app has to offer so check it out!
- David H.
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Developer – CTM Holdings, LLC
URL: https://www.mileblaster.com/
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