Untappd
If any of photograph, of videos of six seconds, from food and even from animals, why not from beer? The creators of Untappd must have thought something like this, a social network focused onjuice of Egyptian origin better known as beer. A tool created to socialize with other lovers of this alcoholic drink and discover all kinds of beers and customs from anywhere in the world.However, this application has a few more tricks up its sleeve.
As we say, it is a social network, and it is directly derived from others such as Foursquare to offer a similar service, but focused on a single product. In this way, by creating a public profile, it is possible to register the location of the user for different establishments to let other contacts and friends know your opinion about the local, of the beer that can be found in it and without losing the opportunity to post photos All this intuitively if you are a regular user of this kind of social tools. It also has a correct design although with the drawback that it is still in English and barely localized in Spain
As soon as the application starts, the user is asked to create an account in Untappd A process that can be done by filling in the typical fields of username, password and email, but it can also be expedited if you want to sign with the data of the account Facebook In this second case it is necessary to give the permissions pertinent to access the different corners of the profile and post on behalf of the user. Questions that can be denied during the same process with the buttons at the bottom.
After that you already have access to all corners of Untappd As we say, it has many similarities with Foursquare, in addition to being linked, being able to record the passage through different locations and publish it directly there.But, in addition, it has a curious system of rewards for users, rewarding them for discovering new places, trying new beers and adding friends And the fact is that the social aspect is one of the strengths of this application. Thus, it is possible to add contacts from the Friends tab to find out in which bars they have been and which sparkling liquids they have tasted.
All this is recorded in the first tab, where the user activity is reflected and the closest environment. But, in addition, there is a tab to discover In it it is possible to find the users of Untappd breweries that are close to the user, the distilleries or any place where serve a specific brandAll of this displayed on a map to find out how to get there. Once in the place or having tasted the beer, it is always possible to do Check-in to register the visit, value with up to five caps bottle and add photos
In short, a curious idea that many users will be delighted to try. The biggest problem is its lack of location and early development, which makes it difficult to find places, types of beer and other users currently close to user Hopefully all this will improve over time. For now Untappd is now fully downloadable free for Android, iPhone and Windows Phone from their respective stores of applications: Google Play, App Store and Windows Phone Store
