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Location finding is not reliable
The concept of this app is fantastic! Every 9 square meter area of the planet has a unique three word combination. Very useful to find precise locations, EXCEPT.... it can never quite find me. It’s the only map-related app I’ve used that keeps bouncing around to try and find me. I don’t know why this problem exists. Until it’s fixed, I have to find my desired location on the map myself and choose it. I can’t rely on the app to do it. So until then, three stars.Show lessRaj 'em
So easy
It is the fastest way I know of to give a specific location to anyone, on any platform. Everyone should have this on their device, and be able to help family members download it onto theirs so that they can be found in case of emergency, or just a social meet up. So easy to use.LordZaphod
Huge leap forward for safety
Imagine being able to describe exactly where you are, anywhere you are, to emergency services by saying 3 words. For instance, if you’re in the middle of the woods, or in an unfamiliar place. It’s an amazingly simple and powerful tool. Every parent should have it, and every emergency service should integrate with it.Show lessMe...2
Another “disruptive” technology
An immensely important app that everyone should download. This has the capability of being another “disruptive,” game-changing technology. This simplifies a desired address to a 3x3 meter square. This could improve navigation for regular commuting, ride sharing, delivery services, search and rescue.... The possibilities are endless.
My only recommendation to the developers would be to allow the app to access your Contacts List to search those addresses for their 3 words. Otherwise, wonderful work! Kudos!Show lessWizzzzit
Developer Response
Thank you for your review! Please share about us with your friends and family.Needs improvements
This is a very good idea and concept. The app though needs some improvements:
1) A way to actually copy the three words without all the extra text copied with it. Maybe this is in the settings maybe this is a separate ‘copy’ selection.
2) A way to pronounce the three words. Yes there’s a microphone to listen for input but there is no output.
3) selecting neighboring squares around your Geo location is very clunky. The app should have accessed all of the neighboring square data. It should be much quicker than it is.
4) when absolute precision is not necessary, it would be great to have a list of the three words surrounding you. That way it would be easy to find an easy, pronounceable, & fun three word combination. This would be useful for finding a word selection for your house or business when it is acceptable to be off a little bit.Show lessReitveld
Developer Response
Hi Reitveld, Thank you for the review and feedback. Just FYI, you can copy & paste 3 word address with the press and hold function. Other feedback will be informed to our Product team. Thank you.Still useless, only map app that only runs in Portrait mode
Seriously, how hard can it be to make What3Words run in Landscape mode? This is coding 101 stuff, but apparently not for this app. A Map app that doesn’t rotate is not a map app at all.
I have a 12.9” iPad Pro with attached keyboard that I normally use in Landscape mode. Since the app only runs in Portrait mode, I either have to use it sideways with my head tilted 90% left (causing great pain), or unplug my keyboard, physically rotate the screen to Portrait mode, and replug/re-rotate when done, no thanks! If it ran in Landscape mode would be a great app, really - how hard can that be???
Please recognize that some of us run apps in Landscape mode, as this app is truly painful for iPad with keyboardShow lessToborThe8Man
Developer Response
Hi! iPad users are important to us, so we are working on the best way to optimise the experience for landscape users in the app. In the meantime we suggest the https://map.what3words.com map site as that supports ipads.Not bad but not disability friendly
I like the idea of this app but did noticed a couple of problems.
My husband is blind and when the bus lets him off at the wrong spot I need to know where to go pick him up. While the words themselves work with voiceover the map does not. It provides no fees back at all beyond error beeps.
The next problem is I clicked my location 3 or 4 times and it gave me different locations each time, one time it even showed me in my neighbors kitchen. Not overly accurate if you ask me. If I am waiting for the emergency responders and it shows me 15 squares from where I am it could be troublesome
I really like the idea of this app and I will update as I play with itShow lessNytetears
Great potential, but.......
This app has great potential to get to a much more accurate location than normal GPS, but it has a couple of shortcomings that need to be addressed. First, if you decide to save more than a few locations you will have a hard time finding the one you want since there isn’t any way to sort them. They are just listed in the order you saved them. Until app makers like Apple add 3words to their contact app this is a problem. 3words could at least list them in alphabetical order using the name you set for the location. Second, the voice recognition is useless. I set 3 words to US English and it never locates the correct address. It always finds addresses that aren’t even in the US and the street numbers and names aren’t even close to what I am saying. One other small thing is when I copy an address from Contacts that includes an apartment number or suite number, 3words isn’t smart enough to parse out the apt or suite info so it can’t find the address. I have to edit it out myself manually. Since voice recognition doesn’t work, the app is kind of useless if you are in a hurry. It will also be much more useful if Apple and others add support to recognize the /// as a link so you don’t have to copy and paste the location.Show lessBaseballbum
OMG!!! Great app
I’ll tell you one thing, get this app on a stand-alone GPS device and you’ll put TomTom and Garmin out of business. I’m going to try this app on my iPad mini 2 for my part time job driving for Uber. I think this is not only the coolest idea but if it works out for my part time work with Uber and Lyft I’ll buy a new bigger iPad for 1 and I’ll tell all my friends and family to get this for 2. Thanks for the great appShow lesshrldott
Critically Important App
I just told my family members to download and install what3words. Everybody should have it. This app can save lives. Don't get stuck in a situation where you can't communicate your exact location except in the most circumstantial fashion, by numerical coordinates, or by saying what you see around you, or by walking to find the mile marker while other drivers are zooming by at 65mph. What if you are trapped in earthquake debris, or are on a rooftop in a flood, or have lost your way walking in the Pine Barrens like Paulie and Chris in The Sopranos, or had a bad fall while hiking? Three words is all it takes for people to locate you with a precision of a 3x3m square.Show lessMinimus inter alios
