what3words: Navigation & Maps App Reviews

First off, I really like the idea of this app and its potential use in different industries. Issues I have are: 1. Any slight touch or movement on the map changes the locator words (which makes sense), but could lead you elsewhere. 2. Some locator words are very humorous, while others are odd, or just plain appropriate, but some probably should be swapped out due to their connotation / meaning / appropriateness (probably a few percent if that). 3. Search.Needs.Work! For example, try searching for snoring.peppered.zucchini If you type snoring. or snoring.peppered. or even snoring.peppered.z, the results do not even appear. Would it not make sense to show the filtered results as you type? Again, interesting idea and concept, just needs a few tweaks. Heres.My.Review Hope.This.Helps Where.Are.You

Doesnt appear compatible with latest iOS for iPad. App worked fine until I upgraded to 9.3.4. After that, the app displays the title screen, waits for a few seconds and then returns to the home screen.

I think very generation we get to witness something that can change the world. This algorithm is going to do just that. The app itself has a few kinks to workout, but the idea behind it is unbelievable. If I could find out how to buy stock in this company I would immediately. This is a game changer for not only third world and developing countries its a new and better way to communicate direction in the developed world. I am amzed.

Pity, doesnt seem to work on iOS 9.3.5.

Im having the same problem that others are having: the app shuts down on my iPad as soon as it opens :-(

Terrible app, requires registration, email confirmation, and login before you can use the app, for a map app!!! Show me another map app that requires registration. The whole idea here is awful, random addressing is chaotic and makes sorting and logistics a nightmare!

What3Words is pretty cool to play with but Im not sure of its practical use, at least in he U.S., Europe, and other developed regions of the world. That said, I can visualize this as tremendous boon in less-developed countries. For me, I can visualize using this system in geo-caching competitions, locating camps in the wilderness, and other outdoor activities. For those inclined to more nefarious activities, you can set up semi-clandestine meeting locations. One addition Id like to see (maybe its already there and I just havent found it) is full integration with Google Maps and other navigation apps. I havent spent enough time with the app to give it 5-stars but it adding that integration, especially for the third-world countries, would take it there.

What3words is a truly innovative idea. It has major uses in developing areas and for software development in general. The entire worlds addresses can be stored in 10mb using the what3words system! As someone in the geospatial industry, this really excites me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Small bug to report: the satellite basemap toggle in the upper-right of the map covers up the north arrow when changing map orientation. Fix that!

My friend and I both worked the map. The app does not keep the same 3 words. For me I seen it change 4 times in a minute. I was so hyped about this concept that I was going to write an essay on this. But after trying the app out and finding out that it does not work, well I cant sell this or even brag about it. Im sure glad it was free to try out. Going back to standard methods. What a joke this is.

The commenter below is incorrect -- the 3 words do not change. The grid is 3x3 meters; if you zoom in close enough youll see the grid. At a small scale you wont have the precision to tap the same grid, so it may appear that the words "change." This is DNS for the real world. Similar to the MILS or USNG -- applications for EM perhaps. Great concept that needs wide adoption to succeed.

Apps gone downhill and they got rid of the purchasing of a custom word. Seems more a gimmick now

What a fantastic idea and so simple and highly effective. To enable a unique address to everything and everyone is inspiring. To do it with such a useable app is amazing.

Creative location place names and accurate GPS-what more could a girl ask for? Love this app. For the reviews saying it "use to be" better, perhaps the app only works for humans not bots.

I like the technical implementation of the addressing but the App needs to up its game a bit. A simple thing like supporting Landscape mode would be nice.

This app is what I needed for backpacking and hiking in the wild! Coordinating meeting points and planning your trips just got super easy! Thank you!

This is a really cool app

Mapping every terrestrial location by 3 English words, does seem to offer machine learning a "dictionary of places" to cross reference with human activity in those places. This has lots of potentially ill effects as well as good ones. Will machines recognize their Place of Birth? Will they mourn the passing of other machines? Or people who touch them?

Top, bis jetzt keine Probleme! RICHTIG COOLE IDEE.

Sadly, this app immediately crashes when I attempt to start it on my iPhone 4.

App crashes immediately on iphone 5.