This eliminates the extra step of having to switch apps to check-in a second time for the venue.īeer/Venue Discovery - One of the goals for Untappd is to help users expand their beer horizons by discovering different interesting beers and locations that other users are frequenting. Updates and additions to the app are instantaneous as there is no app store approval process.Īccompanying Website - Untappd offers a full featured website that allows users to manage their profiles, friends, and comment from the comfort of their computer.įoursquare Integration - With full integration into Foursquare's API, Untappd allows users to associate your beer "check-in" with a location, as well as "check-in" to that location via their Foursquare account. Mobile, Web-Based Application - Untappd is entirely mobile and web-based, making it compatible across multiple mobile platforms, including iOS, Android, Palm Pre and BlackBerry OS6. "Using a mobile, web-based application like Untappd makes that interaction not only easy, but thoroughly enjoyable."īeer drinkers will enjoy the following features in Untappd: "Most beer applications allow you to keep notes about the beers you like and don't like and sometimes share them, but until now, there hasn't really been a real social network to share your favorite beers and bars with friends," said Tim Mather of Something More Human. Users can win "badges" for trying certain beers, beer styles, drinking at certain times, or trying certain establishments.
What's more, Untappd takes advantage of the growing trend of "gamification" by adding game-like features into the application. This interaction allows users to discover different beers outside of their normal drinking preferences, as well as different places to enjoy those beers. In response, friends can comment on or toast these "check-ins" with any questions or feedback they may have. Users can "check-in" the beer they are enjoying, add the location where they are enjoying it via Foursquare, and share this with their network of friends as well as the broader Untappd community. Untappd takes advantage mobile web technologies to create a brand new social media tool for those who enjoy sipping a pint in the pub. Los Angeles / New York – Octo– Something More Human, an agile web development house, today announced the unveiling of Untappd, a new mobile, web-based application that enables beer drinkers to share beers, beer-drinking establishments and feedback about beers with friends and other beer-drinking enthusiasts. Untappd delivers a new mobile, web-based social network for beer drinkers and enthusiasts
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