A new app aimed at users of the MRT has hit the Singapore App Store. MobiGuide, by developer Mobiquest, allows you to find out how long it will take to get from one station to another, and how many stops it will make along the way.
Unfortunately, this app suffers from a number of problems. MobiGuide (US$1.99) uses an odd interface that makes it unneccessarily hard to use. In addition, its limited feature set disappointing, given how an older app on the App Store already does almost everything MobiGuide does.
When you start it up, you are presented with a map of the MRT system. To select a station, you tap on the map and then tap on a button that says “Show/Zoom it!” It is not clear why the developer should choose this method over the multi-touch "reverse pinch" to zoom in. In fact, it seems to a step backwards because to select a station, you have to move a tiny little box (2mm by 2mm) to the spot you want to zoom in to.
I found this app to be buggy. Sometimes, when you are asked to select your destination, you only get one option, which is the same as your starting point. Unfortunately, the app also crashes regularly as well.
The limited functionality means that this app can’t be recommended, especially since an older competing app, SG Trains, does much the same thing, and does it much better.
When you start it up, you are presented with a map of the MRT system. To select a station, you tap on the map and then tap on a button that says “Show/Zoom it!” It is not clear why the developer should choose this method over the multi-touch "reverse pinch" to zoom in. In fact, it seems to a step backwards because to select a station, you have to move a tiny little box (2mm by 2mm) to the spot you want to zoom in to.
I found this app to be buggy. Sometimes, when you are asked to select your destination, you only get one option, which is the same as your starting point. Unfortunately, the app also crashes regularly as well.
The limited functionality means that this app can’t be recommended, especially since an older competing app, SG Trains, does much the same thing, and does it much better.
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