Dog Friendly iPhone App
At Fido Factor we believe that life with your dog is all about getting out and exploring. Before we started Fido Factor we purchased a number of great dog friendly guide books. Those books were full of useful information but also weighed about as much as a college textbook. We decided to build a dog friendly iPhone app and mobile site that would replace all those heavy guide books once and for all.
We recently launched the second version of our dog friendly iPhone app and thought it was about time to go over all the reasons you should download it. The first version of our app focused on a few key categories in San Francisco. With version two of our app we are officially supporting national coverage. Our plan is to focus on providing great coverage one city at a time while supporting any place we have passionate users. So if you're not in one of our current cities just add a few locations and we'll jump in to help you out.
This new version also makes it easier to add information. In addition to being able to add reviews from the phone you can also add photos and new locations. So if you're out and about and you find a new dog friendly place please take a minute to add it or update the listing with a photo. Our goal is to have photos of all the key dog friendly attributes like outside tables, dog park features, or hotel amenities.
Version two of the application also includes a number of other improvements such as Facebook Connect integration, improvements to the Pooch Pics, and all of our new categories (dog friendly hotels, campgrounds, services, pet stores, vets, etc).
In addition to building out our geographic coverage, we're already planning v3 of the iPhone app. There a couple minor bugs that need fixing and while we're at it we might as well add some new features. Look out for the new version in a couple of months and in the meantime please keep adding all your dog friendly locations and reviews.
You can check out this YouTube video of the app, some screen shots, or just go right to iTunes to download it.
November 10th, 2009 - 11:24
sounds like a pretty cool app! And ofcourse i am a dog owner/lover so i will be looking for it!
November 11th, 2009 - 01:20
Hi, we are a United Kingdom based provider of veterinary advice see
Do you wish to enter the UK soon? If so get in touch.
Michael Maltby
CEO
November 15th, 2009 - 17:22
We would love to be in the UK but we’ve still got a lot of work to do in the US before we’re ready for other countries. I’d say it will probably be at least 6 months before we’re ready to make the site international. Let’s connect in a few months. Thanks!
July 18th, 2011 - 15:27
Well, what about Seattle, it is totally a dog city!