If you’ve ever wanted a big red button with a cover on it, you’re going to love this app. It won’t fire nuclear missles at your enemies, but it will send your GPS coordinates to your friends. Once you’ve rallied them all to your location, maybe then you can figure out how to get your hands on those nukes, or have coffee, whatever you decide.
From the time you set up Twitdar, to the time you send your first location update to Twitter, this app proves to be very user friendly with it’s easy to understand instructions, and even easier to use one-button interface. Keep in mind that this is not your standard Twitter app, but rather an enhancement to your mobile Twitter experience. Once you’ve connected Twitdar to your Twitter account, you’ll start to see a whole new aspect of Mobile Social Networking. Twitdar may even encourage you to get outside and find new and interesting places to send location updates from.
Twitdar has two basic functions, the first of which is to allow you to update your Twitter followers with your current GPS position on Google Maps. The second function allows you to send waypoint “Tracks” to the GPS Visualizer website so your twitter friends can see your current route of travel. Your GPS position and current tracks can be sent from Twitdar in a variety of ways which are all fully customizable from the options screen, and everything is explained nicely in the included instructions menu.
From the options menu you can customize a message that will be sent along with your current GPS location or set of tracks. Through customized messages you can not only show your location, you can also give a short description of where you are or where you are going. With personalization such as this, the possibilities are endless as to ways you can use Twitdar. Whether you’re showing the location where you live, or showing the route you take when you go on vaction, Twitdar will pinpoint every move you make.
Features:
- Twitter Update Function
- In-App Instruction Manual
- One Button Operation
- Easy To Use Settings Menu
- Google Maps Integration
- Show Tracks On GPS Visualizer Website
- Customizable Preset Messages
Not only is Twitdar a great app, but it is backed by a great Development Team. I’ve had the pleasure of communicating with Serenity Integration through emails and Twitter, and I have to say that they are a great bunch of guys, with lots of patience, and I’m very impressed with their level of customer service and technical support. These things rank high in my book, and I can honestly say that you can’t go wrong when dealing with Serenity Integration. I highly recommend picking up Twitdar today from this outstanding development team.
Overall impression
★★★★★★★★★☆
Value for your money
★★★★★★★★★★
Category: Utilities
Type: Social Networking
Cost: 99cents
Rating: 4+Current iTunes Reviews: 8 ratings, 4 1/2 stars
Description:
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*** Route and FinalRoute tokens are currently not working due to a change in the Twitter API. We have determined the fix and the update is forthcoming.***
“Very useful when you’re traveling and you want to update your location to your friends/family” – amib75
“With personalization such as this, the possibilities are endless as to ways you can use Twitdar.” – AppGirlReviews
Twitdar is a location-integrated Twitter client that allows you to share your precise GPS location as well as your status with all of your Twitter followers all without having to sign-up for any additional services. Additionally, Twitdar will only transmit your location when you want it to and not continuously so you can always maintain your privacy. You have many customizable options to choose from including:
* A timer that will countdown for a specified number of minutes before sending out a tweet.
* Ability to customize preset messages for quick status updates.
* Choose from either time or distance intervals between automatic updates.
* Twitdar will automatically send a tweet with your new location if you’ve moved X number of meters or X number of minutes have elapsed.
* Option of sending latitude/longitude coordinates, a Google map link to your location, or a link to the route you’ve taken.The potential uses for Twitdar are limited only by your imagination, but here are just a few of what we could think of:
* For runners/bike-riders/hikers: see how far you’ve gone in X number of minutes, how long it took you to travel X number of meters or let people see your route and current location during a long race, ride or hike.
* For parents: kids can let you know they’ve truly arrived safely at their destination (or secretly track them by hiding the iPhone in their car).
* In an emergency: let your friends know where you are immediately so they can send help.
* For the bar-crawl: tell people which bar you are at complete with mapped location or set the timer so your designated driver knows where to pick you at closing time.
* For vacation: ensure jealousy by sharing beautiful locales with your friends.
* During a disaster: share real-time eyewitness reports, evacuation, shelter, or other disaster information along with your own location.
* If you get arrested: instead of just one phone call, quickly let all your followers know what happened and where you are (and how to get you out).
* For your favorite places: share the location of your favorite places and activities.We’re an indie developer and wholly welcome your feedback. If you have any suggestions on how to improve Twitdar, please e-mail us! And if you liked playing, please leave a positive review for us!
** This app is designed only for the GPS-enabled iPhones 3G/3GS **
What’s new
- New GPS token, Final Route.
When the Final Route token is used, GPS coordinates are stored depending on your settings and a update is only sent when you hit cancel. All other tokens are ignored when Final Route is being used.
- If GPS signal is not found after 5 seconds, less accurate tower triangulation will be allowed.
