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The G-Park App for the Apple iPhone

The G-Park App for the Apple iPhone

Summary

For anyone that has problems parking, it is definitely a crazy thing that the iPhone has not developed an app like this sooner. However, G-Park App for iPhone is here now and that means that anyone that has the chronic problem of forgetting where they parked can say goodbye to that problem as a thing of the past. Right now, your Apple iPhone will become your lifeline in the parking arena, remembering where you parked and letting you know exactly what to do in order to get back to your car.User Interaction

Interaction with the G-Park app for the iPhone could not be any easier. All you have to do is press the button entitled “Park me!” when you find your parking spot and then tap the button marked “Where Did I Park?” when you are on your way back to the car from wherever it is you were parking to get to. It is easily one of the simplest Apple iPhone apps around to utilize and for that reason it is somewhat amazing that something so simple could at the same time end up becoming something so useful.

User Interface

The user interface for the G-Park application for iPhone is one that is very easy for a person to understand. The Park Me option is one that does not require anything at all aside from the pressing of a button, allowing you to actually get the chance to record the exact location of your parked car. Once you press the Where Did I Park button however, all you need to do is follow the directions that flash on the screen. It is very similar to following the directions that a GPS device gives you and for that reason the iPhone app is one that is very easy to understand just as it is one that is very easy for you to use.

Utility and Productivity

Rating

All in all, G-Park app for iPhone gets a rating of 8.5 out of 10. The main reason that it did not get into the 90% area is because not everyone travels in cars and/or has problems with parking. This is really more of a niche app wrapped in a presentation that seems mainstream and that is why it loses some marks in the details:

Distance Meter Pro iPhone App

Summary Distance Meter Pro

Distance Meter Pro is definitely the best iPhone app for the hardcore hiker that wants to get the most out of their hikes. People can take a stopwatch, a calculator, a pencil, a map and a notepad along with them on their next hike, or they can take Distance Meter Pro and their iPhone in order to get the exact same end result.

User Interaction
User interaction with Distance Meter Pro is actually quite difficult by iPhone standards, although this has more to do with the overall raw power of the interface than it does with the actual difficulty of using the program. Distance Meter Pro allows the user to bring up different maps of terrain and topography while at the same time tracking their position along the trail they are currently following. Apple iPhone users can bring up statistics such as their speed and the number of calories burned as well, before importing the entire set of information to another location. If you are really interested in just what you get out of your hikes physically, Distance Meter Pro will give you the maximum amount of power to calculate it.

User Interface

The interface on iPhone Apps Distance Meter Pro operates like most GPS applications, although it is a little more sophisticated. You can fit the map, the trail, your pathway along the map and all of the real time information like trip duration, distance traveled and instantaneous speed onto the same iPhone screen with an interface that is intuitive. Unfortunately, the size of the screen combined with the number of features displayed does mean that the screen can seem somewhat cluttered with information, but it is about as good as it can get on a screen as small as the one on the Apple iPhone.

Utility and Productivity
Distance Meter Pro iPhone application is one of the slower ones to start up because of the sheer amount of information that needs to be accessed. On the other hand, this iPhone app will allow you to set up a tracking session quite quickly to the point where you can be off in just a few minutes. Compare that to the 25-30 minutes it would take with the equipment mentioned in the summary and you can see just how much more productive this app will make you. Furthermore, there are at least five different calculations going on in real time simultaneously on this application. That is extraordinarily productive.

Rating
In the end, the best thing to do about the Distance Meter Pro was to give it a score of 8.5 out of 10. As far as usefulness is concerned, this is easily one of the best iPhone applications around. That having been said however, some considerations do need to be made.

The most important of these is that a large part of the iPhone using population is not interested in fitness apps and even fewer people are interested in hiking-specific apps. That makes this not a widely used app and really much more of a niche product and that is reflected in the score given above: