Comments on: Geodelic Location-based Discovery for iPhone

By: Charlie

Charlie — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:06:03 +0000

I find Geodelic to be aesthically pleasing, interactive, as well as useful in everyday discovery. When I am out of town on business it is a great help in getting me custom to my surroundings based on my likes and location very quickly.

By: memyselfnI

memyselfnI — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:34:17 +0000

pretty cool. i went to the page for my bank (citi bank) and just for fun i tried pressing the thumbs up…the next time i searched for banks the citi banks were all in front. basic but i’m sure this will get better over time?

By: mantzm

mantzm — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:47:12 +0000

Does not work well in my area. Very few points of interest.

By: Claire

Claire — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:18:43 +0000

No points of interest in Europe ?! I agree with Mike, as long as the database is empty or inaccurate this application is useless. See AroundMe/Locly/TellMeWhere if you can’t wait…

By: Kamal

Kamal — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:25:26 +0000

Its very useful

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 07:36:02 +0000

Tried another search, this time for bars & nightclubs. Three of the first five listings had the same exact tavern name at 3 different residential suburban addresses. Single family homes! Right. Results can't be trusted.

The Around Me app is much more reliable and been around for over a year.

By: FUNFLYN

FUNFLYN — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:55:54 +0000

This App Rocks! Even in a small town it pulls up all of the best locations around. Love it!

By: icebike

icebike — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:28:05 +0000

Yawn. Around Me has a much deeper listing and even customer reviews. Urbanspoon too (in some areas).

Seriously, folks, this has been done to death.

By: Chi-town

Chi-town — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:46:07 +0000

This app is AMAZING!!!! I used it when I was visiting relatives in Florida. In just seconds, I found out where the nearest car wash, book store, and bank was. No painstaking research was necessary and I got to all my destinations within minutes. Hands down the most useful app I’ve downloaded since I got my iPhone.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:58:39 +0000

I downloaded this app and think it’s great. It’s especially helpful in New York. I haven’t had any problems with it, and I’ve told several friends they should get it, too.

By: Christopher cox

Christopher cox — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:54:53 +0000

@Mike: I can’t speak for the old locations problem, but as far as expanding passed a mile … It says directly in the description it shows you everything nearby. It does exactly what it says it will do and does it well. If you need A search tool, use the maps app.

By: amb10003

amb10003 — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:25:14 +0000

I love this app. It worked like a charm…no problems at all. It loaded super fast and was toatlly accurate here in NYC where there are hundreds of stores and cafes right on top of each other. ALSO, you can easily GO TO another location using the GO TO button. I not sure what Mike’s talking about but, I like this app and have passed it along to my facebook and twitter following.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:07:10 +0000

I downloaded Geodelic on my iPhone and use it for almost everything as far as search and discovering my surroundings in an area unknown to me and familiar. I came across an awesome Thai restaraunt that was literally blocks from my house that I had never been before. I dig Geodelic!

By: Tracy

Tracy — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:04:02 +0000

I really like this app! Introduces me to many places around my location and also allows me to get reviews and feedback for them.

By: ermmurray

ermmurray — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:45:41 +0000

doesn’t seem to work in uk…

By: fassy

fassy — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:54:21 +0000

@MrAnonymous

Google has something similar (and, dare I say, better) on the Android maps app; when (whether?) it comes to us via the iPhone Maps app is anybody's guess. I would assume that is up to Apple, as Google clearly wants to pitch to iPhone eyeballs and has the back end ready to go.

By: MrAnonymous

MrAnonymous — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:34:52 +0000

Very nice app. Tried it out and it was able to give me restaurants within walking distance. Isn’t Google trying to implement something similar to the iPhones Google Maps app?

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:26:16 +0000

Nice user interface but it’s database sucked. It would only bring up restaurants and businesses less than a mile away with no way to expand to a larger area. It only showed about half the restaurants compared to ‘Around Me’. Some that it listed had been closed for over 10 years and been replaced with many others that failed. It has the name of the grill there now with the same address so there are duplicates. One pizza place closed 3 years ago and opened up last summer under a different name, both are listed for the same address. It shows businesses operating at my neighbor’s home addresses in a residential subdivision like storage businesses or clinics which aren’t there. Can’t trust this at all. Back to the drawing board guys.