New York - Short Visit 1.0.0.0

Keep onto your Windows Phone a useful guide for a brief stay in The Big Apple
When visiting large cities, even if it is only for a couple of days, you should look for the most at hand locations you can see when time allows it, so as not to miss the attractions that make tourists come by the thousands.

If the next city you will be traveling is New York, then you are in for a treat as the largest urban agglomeration in the United States and one of the top at a global scale has a lot of interesting places in store for you.

To find the best locations you can visit during a short stay in The Big Apple you will certainly need some help and if you keep your Windows Phone at hand, you can try an app suggestively called New York - Short Visit.

Beautiful looks and practical interface

The utility provides a nice overview of the city's skyline as seen by day thanks to the panoramic wallpaper that serves as the app's background. The graphics are quite fine and the images that illustrate the main attractions are of a very good quality, except for those in the "Photo album" area.

The content is structured in a simple and effective manner, enabling you to easily check out the information regarding any of the main points of interest included in the database. The navigation among the various section of the application is seamless and lacking any delays or other glitches.

Quick facts about many attractions at a glance

New York - Short Visit offers you a pretty decent selection of places to see and they are conveniently split into two days, so you can make a visiting schedule starting from this arrangement.

For each of the places listed inside, the utility brings a fair amount of details and explanations, with links to the official sites of some of the landmarks.

A nice extra feature is the "Things to Do" category where all the museums and Broadway theaters are listed, so you can pick which ones to check out.

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softpedia rating

4.0/5

user rating

UNRATED
0.0/5
 

0/5

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Hits & Misses

hits

  • includes a decent amount of info for many tourist attractions
  • users can pin their favorite attractions to the Start screen

misses

  • focuses only on the cultural landmarks
  • needs access to some system areas for no good reason
Bottom Line
Design / UI9
 

The pleasant front-end of New York - Short Visit makes the whole experience quite enjoyable form the visual perspective.

Function7
 

Inside the app there are quite a few interesting places about which any tourist will surely like to learn more, but the focus is mainly on the cultural side of city, while others might want to discover other, more fun attractions.

Security7
 

As the utility seeks to look inside some secure areas unrelated to its functionality users should handle the application with a bit of extra care.

Battery8
 

There is a moderate battery usage related to New York - Short Visit because the app requires a fairly average amount of power to work correctly.

Price8
 

Since it offers all the information free of costs and without any nuisances, the application has a good value overall, even if it needs a bit of improvement especially functionality-wise.

Compatibility8
 

Those who want to give it a go can try New York - Short Visit onto any Windows Phone 8 and above handset.

Editor's Review
VERY GOOD
Reviewed by Olivian Puha, last updated on October 30th, 10:23 GMT.
Specifications
price:
100% Free
current version:
1.0.0.0
reviewed version:
1.0.0.0
developer:
6343988 Canada Inc.
category:
TRAVEL
os version req.:
8, 8.1
age rating:
N/A
in-app purchases:
No
hits:
128

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