[App of the Week] Floonr

Just imagine you put a message in a bottle, put it on a balloon and let it drift wherever the winds may take it. That’s more or less what Floonr allows you to do – digitally.

It’s the commenting feature, which really makes this app a lot of fun. When you launch the app you see a map and most likely a colourful assortment of balloons. Tap any of them to see how far they travelled already. First time I used it I already had one from Kuwait with more than 11.000 km on my radar. Quite impressive!

If it’s within your range, indicated by the blue circle, you can open the attached message to comment, track its further flight and befriend the people who sent or commented it.

In map mode the app experiences occasional crashes, which can become a bit annoying but by clicking on the list icon on the top left you switch to list mode which appears to be stable. The developers are already working on this issue.

Launching your own balloon is pretty easy. Tap the balloon icon with the + sign, choose a balloon and enter the details. More balloons with different designs and longer flight times are available as in-App purchase.

You can also spice up your message with a picture. After you finished your message in the bottle just launch and see where it goes. Optionally you can share your balloon on Facebook.

To use all the features you need to be logged in. You can choose between the Apple Game Center, Facebook and a direct registration.

To make this a bit more fun for you we launched our own little Goody Balloon with a $10 voucher code attached, which is valid in all countries where print24.com is available. When you look at the screenshots it might be easier to find it. Make sure to leave a comment when you catch it!

Good luck! :)

Update: The developers kept their promise and updated the app a few days ago. It’s now running perfectly smooth. Great job, guys! :)

Datasheet

Price: – free

System: – iOS min. 3.0

Size: – 5,7MB

Language: – English

Advertisements: – no

optimized for Retina Display (iPhone4): – yes

Multitasking: – yes

Universal-App: – no

Push-Notification: – yes

Download:

[app 401418098]

Screenshots

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