Graffitio has launched! Download it from the iPhone App Store today. Here’s the description:
Attach conversations to the places you go and the things you see! As soon as you open Graffitio, it looks around you for Walls created by other users at restaurants, bars, stores, parks, events, or anywhere else you could imagine.
Read what other people have to say, and leave your own thoughts behind for others to find later. You can even create your own Walls. Graffitio connects you to people who have been there before and those who will follow.
Now on to more substantive posts…
I really like the idea of this app, but I am wondering about a few things. First, the app does randomly crash for me. I have reinstalled it a couple of times both from the app store and my Mac. Is this typical of the release version? I just want to know if you’re aware of this and its being addressed?
My second question - which I have seen a LOT of people ask is - what is the distance of the zone that the app uses to show walls? I am experiencing what seems like at least a couple of miles. Is this correct behavior? If so this seems way too large for a heavily populated urban center. I would have expected a zone of a quarter mile at most.
Thank you - looking forward to a new version!
I’m really excited to see how far this app progresses. I feel that it needs some updating, ability to delete walls you’ve created or the expiration of a wall 24 hours after it’s been created if it has no posts, maybe a slightly smaller range of wall location detection (I feel like I’m getting walls that are fairly far from my location).
But overall it’s probably one of the most unique apps out there. I’ve been describing it to friends as “leaving virtual post-it notes everywhere you go” and it has made plenty of friends excited about getting an iPhone.
Please do not abandon this app!!
I absolutely love this app! I would like to maybe see an option to limit distance to a very small area and maybe a 2 mile max distance– I do like chatting with random people on a whim and this is easy and VERY safe. Thank you!
I agree w/ the other posts… First off, let me say that I love the idea of this app. I use it EVERY day! I try 2 find walls EVERYWHERE I go, & if there aren’t any, I create them… The thing is, I live n an urban area where many things are close 2gether. With the range of the walls they way they are now, I pick up walls like 2-3 miles away. This is WAY 2 large 2 easily realize where u are & what wall ur looking 4. Another thing I would like 2 see is maybe a way u could “pin pictures up on the wall” or even have some type of “tag name” for the graffiti wall (instead of #348 or whatever). U could just make that an option, so the people who still wished 2 remain anonymous could. I can’t wait 4 an update! I love the new iPhone & all the great apps! Thanks 4 creating this App, and I’m looking forward 2 the next version! (jer) San Antonio, TX
I like the app but when I return to the main page the app feezes because of the infinite wall being to clogged. I think it should be refreshed every day or at least bi-weekly. That’s just me though is anyone else having the same problem?
I was pleasantly surprised to see the “go-to-maps-first” workaround you mentioned, that was my experience as well. It really doesn’t play very nice with EDGE (I know, I know! I was saving batteries!)
One wonders if there could be user control over the radius, rather than something set by admin. That is, those of us in urban areas would probably prefer a tighter radius (and I’d almost say narrow it down to hundreds of feet, even 1/4 mile could be too dense). But as you move into areas with fewer walls, it might be nice to be able to dial up the range. If users could set the range themselves, that might cover all the bases.
Way I see it, the minimal amount of extras is a feature, not a shortcoming. I don’t need to use Another search tool (i.e. Google Local, Yelp, etc.) but I see this as a very useful backchannel to point me in directions. If I’m hanging around a city and I’m not all that familiar with it, but I see an unfamiliar wall name lite up in a 1/4m radius, but it’s got a bunch of tags on it “Best burrito in town,” well THEN I can jump over to the browser or something to look for phone numbers or more specific location data. I don’t need Graffitio to do the heavy lifting on that, because what I want the app for is to show me the subtle, human side (or the underground, even!) of things. The safety of anonymity is also a great feature.
I suppose maybe the app could automatically add location data at the time of wall creation? Tighter integration with maps that maybe puts a link on the wall page back to a maps location and if I want, I could work my way to the center of a wall’s radius? But that may be doing too much. The other issue with such integration could be disruptive people (or mistakes) putting walls centered in inaccurate locations.
I sense that this will work best when people use it once they’re already in place. It’s like –we don’t need another service telling me where to go, there’s tons of things that do that already. I prefer the idea of a service that gives me quick, up to date inside dope once I’m there. Also amusing chat, etc.
I just like seeing what people do when given a blank slate.
I think this is a terrific app and I’m super excited to be on the ground floor as a user. I’m deeply amused by reading stuff on the infinite wall like “how does this app work?” and “I don’t get it!” Haaaa. Keep trying, kids!
Great concept guys. The initial implementation is very good. I’m looking forward to the updates.
Could you please add a radius feature, so that one could select the radius in which to view walls?
As well, the Infinite Wall seems like a place where some just leave profane and disrespectful posts. I would get rid of it.
Again, this app is great and thanks for making it free!
hey I was thinkin you could make it like a wall and be able to draw on it or sumthing. It would be cool to draw next to messages that are left.