Great Value / either free or upgraded
I did add the upgrade though for s few months when looking for houses to buy. Found addresses of owners who didn't live in the properties and was able to contact them when a listing was expired so we could work together without hassle of multiple parties in between.
Really handy tho, free version looking up phone #'s on my call list to see if they've already been reported as junk calls!
Options
You killed the app on money issues it not use full as it once was
Not happy
Response from developer
Thanks for the detailed review. Saving contact information to your phone is still possible. When you open a listing in the app, locate the business/person name, and find the phone icon with the blue plus located next to it. This will allow you to save it to your phone, assuming you have permissions enabled. Regarding the business searches, I'll notify our developer team so we can examine improvements. If you have other examples where we can do better, please email appfeedback@whitepages.com and a technician will reply.
Developer Response is great
I still miss the old one but can work with this one. For most of what I need it still functions the same - getting from point a to point b in town.
My own personal data is incorrect, but that may have been true with the original and I never was inclined to look up my own name. (I assume the database accuracy is independent of the shell overlay created by an app.) It would be nice to have an easy way to alert someone to correct it. My current address is correct but it is placed below an address in another state I’ve never lived in. There’s also some address data errors for a friend I checked as well. As soon as I learn how to correct mine, I’ll tackle hers.
All in all, if we were rating developer response I’d give it 5 stars. But 3 is the best I can give it based on the app itself because I compare it to the original — nothing is an improvement for me.
Response from developer
Thanks for the updated review. We did actually implement some changes based on your last feedback, including the auto-complete on city names. Please continue to let us know what can help you most. In regards to your comments, if location services are enabled on your phone, the area filter should default to your current city. To help you quickly change cities as necessary, there's a grey "X' button on the right side of the area filter. You can quickly clear the city, instead of having to backspace. In regards to the map, our developer team is examining the best way to solve this request. We hope to add a solution in one of our future updates. Lastly, I'd like to understand your comment about "re keying" the Business and Person search. Would you please send an example of that to appfeedback@whitepages.com for technician review?
Seriously?
Inaccurate info at best
I have a fictional person listed as living at my address with his age now done to the exact year rather than a 10 year range. This is a bad choice as scammers continue to attack everyone, especially seniors.
My middle name is listed as my spouse’s first name.
Of 5 listing for my number only 2 are correct!
I constantly get scam calls that Whitepages lists as low chance of scam because it’s a no fixed VoIP number such as Skype or Google. Those are the numbers scammers at using. The no longer use the same number for months. Now it’s short term. A few days at most as call blocking services make the number useless to them.
Doc
This new version is terrible you took a good app and messed it up! some of the features that were great on the old version were the four categories that you could choose from to look up people, businesses, reverse phone numbers and reverse addresses, also the history part of the app where you could look up things you were looking for in the past.
I don’t know if you can change this app and put it back the way that it was but if you can please do so because you’re going to lose a lot of users with this new version.
Response from developer
Thanks for the feedback. You can now do all of your people searches from the same page in the same search box. Just input a name, phone number, address, or email in the search box on the Find People tab, and you'll be able to see any information we have. If you're searching for a business name though, you'll want to do that on the Find Business page. When you do a name or address search, the city you are currently in will be selected by default, or the USA if you have location services turned off. However, you can change the search location at any time by tapping on the blue city name and entering a new city.
Color Search screen (shown) now upgraded to B&W!
Agree...if it ain’t broke...
If it’s not broke, don’t fix it!
The original version, or just prior to the latest update, had four categories which enabled you to search for a residential listing, business listing, a reverse phone number search, and a reverse address search. The business listing gave you the option to search by a list which sorted by proximity, or you could view a map that used location services to show what was closest to your position. You could easily expand the distance to look beyond your locality. The reverse phone number and address enabled you to find a a person, business or place, that you may only have some, but not all of the information.
Everything worked great. And now, not so much. Confusing, limiting, not user friendly. Maybe there’s a learning curve, but like I started with, if it’s no broke, don’t fix it!
Response from developer
We made some recent updates based off your feedback. First, the primary person search screen allows you to perform reverse phone, reverse address, and name searches, all from the same search bar. A location filter exists to narrow this down by city, state, or zip code. We recently made improvements to the business search too, which should help organize relevant options nearby. If you have other ideas on how we can improve beyond the latest update, please update the review, or let us know at appfeedback@whitepages.com
