Foursquare or Gowalla?
Even though I’ve had a few iPhones, it wasn’t until I got my HTC Desire that I started playing about with location based social networking services such as Foursquare, Gowalla and Rummble. Having spent a few months playing with each service I’ve managed to whittle it down to 2 – Foursquare and Gowalla.
Whilst trying to decide on which account to keep, and which to bin I thought I’d put it out there to get the opinions of a few other users.
For the record, I like the Gowalla interface, the look of the icons and the overall “feel” of the experience – but I have very few UK friends using the service. With Foursquare, I like the fact that I have a few UK friends on there but find the overall interface a little lacking. Rummble on the other hand, although a nice experience and very much UK based, didn’t hold my interest and the fact I had no friends, UK based or other on Rummble, ensured it didn’t make the cut.
In terms of features, I feel they’re pretty much like-for-like with neither service offering anything unique – so it’s hard to split them on features alone.
What do you use? Which do you prefer and why? I’m looking forward to hearing your thoughts.
PS: I decided to delete my old blog and start afresh. I’ll get busy with designing a custom WordPress theme as soon as I have some spare time. Until then, the new default WordPress theme will have to do.