Comments on: Foursquare vs Gowalla

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By: How We Partner » Blog Archive » Attract Nearby Customers Via Foursquare and Yelp

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:53:39 +0000

[...] Questions: Will the fast-growing phone app start-up, Foursquare, which already has 300,000 users voluntarily “checking in” at physical locations, and broadcasting their whereabouts to their followers, movie beyond the “in” technology for early, younger adopters? [...]

By: facebook-1390356495

facebook-1390356495 — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:42:07 +0000

IMO Facebook can make a huge play here too. Facebook owns the social graph.

By: Gabe T

Gabe T — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:58:30 +0000

Yelp is an extortion scam and that is really all you need to know about it.

As for foursquare and gowalla, I would never use either due to the creep factor but they seem like equally fine services if you do not mind that.

By: Joseph Miller

Joseph Miller — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:08:53 +0000

I'm with Josh on all points here. I also think that Gowalla is more likely to win because it feels a lot less “lonely” when you don't have a large number of friends using the service.

By: Chris Treadaway

Chris Treadaway — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:48:29 +0000

Remember, the LBS landscape is already littered with corpses just a year or two into the development of the market. Foursquare and Gowalla have a new catch to get people to use, but it really remains to be seen whether or not the concept of turning LBS into a game of sorts is the way that the technology goes mainstream.

By: geomagilles

geomagilles — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:55:57 +0000

There are also new comers, such as tellmewhere (http://tellmewhere.com/iphone-app) that combines yelp & foursquare features. Already +400k users in France and coming. Main advantages over Foursquare / Gowalla: a worldwide comprehensive database & a messenging system included

By: Jenn Deering Davis

Jenn Deering Davis — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:13:49 +0000

I think Gowalla and Foursquare have done a lot more in the real-time space than Yelp; Yelp doesn't really provide any sort of real-time features in its mobile app, and that is a big part of the reason the Gowalla and Foursquare are popular. I can log into Gowalla and check where my friends are at that moment, which is fun and actually pretty useful.

But I do think that Yelp is formidable in that it has a big head start in the local business and location-based spheres and they have a huge team supporting that effort, particularly when it comes to offering specials/discounts to users.

And I'm with Josh - I like Gowalla better. It's a slicker interface, and collecting and trading objects is fun. I still use both most places, too, but am slowly phasing Foursquare out. Like you said, it's hard to keep up with both.

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By: Joshua Baer

Joshua Baer — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:59:52 +0000

I use both but I like Gowalla better. The interface is nicer, I like the virtual goods, and I like how it really checks where you are using GPS to avoid fake checkins. Gowalla is better designed for crowdsourcing and viral growth – Foursquare only works in cities that they have enabled.