Battle of The Maps, Round 3: Aesthetics

Apologies for this post being late. Round 4 is still on for its scheduled date!
Click here to check out a summary of the fight so far!

Maps are a completely graphics-based idea, with the entire idea centering around a movable picture of the ground and roadways on it. Having those pictures look nice is an important part of enjoying using a map app. Round 3 evaluates each map apps' beauty. FIGHT!

 

My app wishlist

Christmas is tomorrow in America! Every year, I get iTunes gift cards, so I always have a long list of apps waiting to be bought. This year, I have...



Geekbench 2 ($0.99)
"Geekbench provides a comprehensive set of benchmarks engineered to quickly and accurately measure processor and memory performance. Designed to make benchmarks easy to run and easy to understand, Geekbench takes the guesswork out of producing robust and reliable benchmark results."
I always love to see just how my devices perform, and Geekbench is the golden standard for iOS.

App Store Favorite: Snapseed

Snapseed (Free)

iPhone, iPod Touch, & iPad | 24.5 MB | 4.5/5 stars

"Snapseed is the only photo app you’ll want to use every day. It makes any photograph extraordinary with a fun, high-quality photo experience right at your fingertips. 

Anyone can enhance, transform, and share their photos with ease using incredibly advanced features from the leader in digital photography software. Built-in Google+ capabilities make it even more powerful to share your images with your friends and family."

 

Battle of The Maps, Round 2: Intelligence

A Battle of The Maps summary page was added, click here to check it out!

For maps to be useful, they have to know a lot and be able to adapt. Put another way, maps have to be intelligent so you don't have to be. Round 2 takes a look at just how well each map app uses its information and how wisely it uses it. FIGHT!

Battle of The Maps, Round 1: Compatibility

Click here to see more iOS map "fight" blogs.

Any good app should support every part of the platform its on. That includes working well with every supportable device, other apps, and the OS itself. Round 1 judges compatibility. FIGHT!

Battle of The Maps, Pre-Game Coverage

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Welcome to the World Wide Web FIGHT NIGGGHHHTTTTT!!! The iOS map title may be at stake. I'm here with the challenger, the brand new Google Maps for iOS, who is up against Apple Maps in the fight of the... week. Apple Maps has been ridiculed since its first release in iOS 6, and people only had the old iOS Google Maps to compare it to. Now, Google Maps is finally back on iOS, and it looks like it's ready to take back its place as the go-to iOS maps app.

Onswipe layout for iOS

Up under the logo, next to the Home link, is a new link: "iOS layout (experimental)." Recently I found a service called Onswipe that provides a more touch-friendly UI for blog sites. So, I made one for World of Tech. It only works on an iOS device (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch...) and some Android tablets, I believe. Here's an overview of what it looks like.