Foursquare or Yelp? See which app is the best recommendations – Globo.com

Foursquare and Yelp have always been “rivals” on the recommendations of local users by phone. However, now, this rivalry is still fierce with the new edition that Foursquare recently launched, becoming more focused on the state service establishments. Therefore, TechTudo made a comparison between apps

Foursquare:. Learns to use the new version of the application

Platforms

The new Foursquare is available for Android and iOS, and should get to Windows Phone soon. Yelp has no version for the Microsoft operating system. Both can also be used on the web. Their characteristics do not change much from one system to another, with only minor changes of interface. All are free applications.

Features

The division between the Foursquare application itself and the Swarm made him passed to have a different focus. Now, he is basically a service recommendations of places, which has always been the style of Yelp. However, now there is a simple difference between them: the check-in

Former Foursquare brand, it is no longer in the app – which was relocated to the Swarm.. Yelp continues to function, beyond adding photos and reviews options. You can also do reviews on Foursquare, but no longer with check-ins.

The “intelligence” between apps is also different. Yelp is based only on geographic location and have a search for your user try to find what you want. Foursquare already has a mechanism that is able to suggest locations according to user’s taste. It also shows the very best around, but the styles of the individual filters.

Another important difference is that Foursquare already has on its home page a tab for tips on users locations. And most interesting: the app shows ratings by the users friends. This creates a more social and personalized experience, not just being a general service, but something made for each user individually.

Interface and Usability

Visually, both on the web and on mobile, Foursquare is more enjoyable. Besides very intuitive, its interface also helps in usability. Everything is organized and provide a seamless navigation. For more pictures, look more clean and modern touches in layout.

Yelp, meanwhile, is a more traditional application, without great visual appeal. Works, is simple to use and is available in Portuguese as well as the “rival”. The difference is that it draws so much attention. It has many sites without icons and text prevails over the images, which ends up being a bit tiring to navigate.

Conclusion

Foursquare is present on more platforms, is more intimate and features a more beautiful and intuitive visual. For recommendations, your differential is to allow each user to register their likes and receive suggestions based on them. Yelp lets not be desired and it works very well, but still seems a step or two behind.

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On the other hand, for those who, in addition to recommendations also want to check-ins, it now appears that Yelp is the best option to unite all in one app. The idea of ​​Foursquare to split into two with the Swarm was interesting, but eventually fragmenting the resources, so the user will need to download two apps instead of one.