Highlights

Highlights - Finding the best places in an area can be difficult. How do ...

This version of Highlights is optimized for the iPad, meaning that you can enjoy the full Highlights experience on the big screen.

Finding the best places in an area can be difficult. How do you know the best place to eat in a new town or find a really great day out for the family? Introducing Highlights, the crowd sourced recommendation app that lets you find the very best places around the world. Whether you're trying to discover the nicest bar in your town or looking to plan your next vacation, Highlights will have you covered with its advanced recommendation engine.
-- How does it do it? --
Highlights uses data from popular check-in services Gowalla and Foursquare and then pushes it through our custom ranking engine to work out the very best places around the world. This isn't just the places near you sorted by most check-ins, but ranked in popularity based on data such as photographs, comments, business listings, user activity, Foursquare tips, Gowalla highlights, and other social network activity.
-- Features --
For less than the price of a cup of coffee, you get a Universal app that runs on both the iPhone and iPad with all of these great features:- Browse - Finds the best places in any area around the world. You can filter results by some of our preset categories (e.g. "Great Days Out", "Food & Dining", "Art & Culture") or by Gowalla Highlights (such as "Steak" or "Celebrity Spotting") as well as choosing a search area up to 50km. All results can be sorted by distance or by popularity using our custom popularity filter that gives you only the very best places- Recommended - A beautiful panel showing you the top 10 spots in the current area in each category. This is your one-stop shop to seeing the best places in any area- Details - Every location will show a number of details (where available) such as description, phone number (with call button on iPhone), Twitter details, address, and opening hours. In addition, there are links to open the location in either Gowalla or Foursquare depending on which app you have installed on your device. Finally, every location will list any similar places nearby- Reviews - If you want to get the lowdown on an area, the reviews tab will give you everything you need to know. By combining Gowalla Highlights and Foursquare Tips, you get the best overview of every location- Photos - So you can see how a place looks before you get there, we've included a photos section on every location. This will show you photos from Flickr, Gowalla, and Foursquare so you can be sure to see every angle!- Planner - It's all very good finding places, but what do you do next? By adding a spot to your planner, you can create customised plans that allow you to pre-plan your next trip whether it's a 14 day vacation or the next pub crawl! When iOS 5 is launched later this year, your plans will be automatically synchronised via iCloud so you can be sure you have all your plans on all your devices
-- Support --
We take app support very seriously. If you have any problems at all, just email help@highlightsapp.com and we'll get in touch as soon as possible (usually within 24 hours). If you have any suggestions for features you'd like to see in the future, drop us a line at ideas@highlightsapp.com
---
App coding / design and Web API by Ben Dodson
Location imagery by Gowalla
Social Media icons by Paul Robert Lloyd
With special thanks to Superfeedr
---
-- Features --
For less than the price of a cup of coffee, you get a Universal app that runs on both the iPhone and iPad with all of these great features:- Browse - Finds the best places in any area around the world. You can filter results by some of our preset categories (e.g. "Great Days Out", "Food & Dining", "Art & Culture") or by Gowalla Highlights (such as "Steak" or "Celebrity Spotting") as well as choosing a search area up to 50km. All results can be sorted by distance or by popularity using our custom popularity filter that gives you only the very best places- Recommended - A beautiful panel showing you the top 10 spots in the current area in each category. This is your one-stop shop to seeing the best places in any area- Details - Every location will show a number of details (where available) such as description, phone number (with call button on iPhone), Twitter details, address, and opening hours. In addition, there are links to open the location in either Gowalla or Foursquare depending on which app you have installed on your device. Finally, every location will list any similar places nearby- Reviews - If you want to get the lowdown on an area, the reviews tab will give you everything you need to know. By combining Gowalla Highlights and Foursquare Tips, you get the best overview of every location- Photos - So you can see how a place looks before you get there, we've included a photos section on every location. This will show you photos from Flickr, Gowalla, and Foursquare so you can be sure to see every angle!- Planner - It's all very good finding places, but what do you do next? By adding a spot to your planner, you can create customised plans that allow you to pre-plan your next trip whether it's a 14 day vacation or the next pub crawl! When iOS 5 is launched later this year, your plans will be automatically synchronised via iCloud so you can be sure you have all your plans on all your devices
-- Support --
We take app support very seriously. If you have any problems at all, just email help@highlightsapp.com and we'll get in touch as soon as possible (usually within 24 hours). If you have any suggestions for features you'd like to see in the future, drop us a line at ideas@highlightsapp.com
---
App coding / design and Web API by Ben Dodson
Location imagery by Gowalla
Social Media icons by Paul Robert Lloyd
With special thanks to Superfeedr
---

This is the iPad version of Highlights