Comments on: Loopt vs. Whrrl

By: My Town vs. Foursquare iPhone apps | Notes from the Trail

My Town vs. Foursquare iPhone apps | Notes from the Trail — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:02:19 +0000

[...] always been enthralled by the ability of the iPhone to allow you to use location-based apps. I wrote an early entry about Loopt vs Whrll. Since then, there’ve been a series of great apps out using the phone’s capabilities [...]

By: Christopher Tholen

Christopher Tholen — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:14:59 +0000

I am a developer at a similar service, ZKOUT. You can keep track of where your friends are and what they are up to, as well as broadcasting what you are doing and where you are :)

check it out at http://www.zkout.com

By: dMo

dMo — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:46:05 +0000

On whrrl I like mark the places I’ve been and then use the filter to only show me the places I haven’t been yet – that way I can try a new places

I like how whrrl can show you what the popular people think of places and by popular I mean they write a lot of reviews. That way I can see stuff while I wait fpr friends to join

By: Blake

Blake — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 05:12:03 +0000

The thing I like about Whrrl is it’s not just a friend tracker: it shows you all the places around you on a map, and the ones your friends like are colored green. There’s also a lot of power there — like you can filter to see just the places that are open now.