4 Nov 2009

Gowalla and Foursquare

 

OK – I have Gowalla and I have Foursquare. Foursquare is easier to use because a location checkin can be "in the vacinity."

Gowalla, on the other hand, checkin has to be at THE spot where the location was founded. I think that the draw of Gowalla is that it’s like geocaching. The rub with Gowalla is that it can take a very long time to validate a place. And, to be honest, often I don’t want to wait around that long. But I keep coming back to the application. It's like a game.

Gowalla has some frustrations: like, how do you get items? And, to be a founder, you have to drop an item - which you can't do if you don't have any.

Let me know if you’re on Gowalla or Foursquare and give me your take.