Common Sense Media Review
By Chad Sapieha
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Foursquare-type social media app meant for older audiences.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 18+?
Any Positive Content?
Where to Download
Videos and Photos
Gowalla
Is It Any Good?
Similar in design and function to the popular Foursquare app, GOWALLA has users check in at various “spots” (restaurants, stores, bars, landmarks, etc.) and post their location on the app, as well as to Twitter and Facebook. Some differences between the two include Gowalla’s ability to let users post photos of the locations they visit, find directions to spots via Google Maps, and create “trips,” which are groups of spots created by one user for other users to visit, such as landmark tours or pubcrawls. Like Foursquare, Gowalla’s location-sharing features and inclusion of mature spots and trips makes this app best used by adults.
App Details
- Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad , Android
- Pricing structure : Free
- Release date : June 17, 2010
- Genre : Social Networking
- Publisher : Alamofire, Inc.
- Version : 2.1.4
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 3.0 or later
- Last updated : March 10, 2020
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