The London Coffee Map - app review

 

London Coffee Map, iPhone app

The London Coffee Map (please check the link to it here because there is one more coffee map of London and I suspect there will me even more apps for London in the future) makes my life heaven every single time I travel to the capitol. I am sure it is useful as much for a Londoner as it is for anyone visiting, in need for a good quality cuppa. 

Let me tell you quickly why I like this app. It is simple to use and contains all the information one might need to actually find a good coffee place - not less, not more! With four tabs: nearest, list, explore and about its author, Mark Holdsworth included exactly what an iPhone owner and coffee lover needs. In "nearest" section you can simply check your location and scan the neighbourhood for quality coffee shops. In "list" section you can browse all included venues, or you can go to the overall map and do it there. I am glad to see that Mark thought of web users too and included all this data on the app website - why? Well, not every coffee lover own an iPhone;) I like this inclusive, professional approach to quite a good data set! 

 

I have already discovered few amazing places in London and I hope you will do so as well. If you do, share your experiences with me and do not forget to get in touch with the app author on Twitter or follow the app account on the same social network (I hope the app account will be re-activated, it's a great source of coffee news!). 

One more note: for coffee lovers in Paris there is now their local version of this app too!;) 

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...for coffee, tech and photography lovers, like myself!;) If you have a really boring picture - like the one above oroginally made at the Oxford Railway Station when I was waiting (yet again!) for a delayed train. I love almost everything about it - the terminology, the filters, the user interface, their website even (how often do oyu like or remeber websites of mobile apps?)! But most of all the fact that even most boring shot can be turned into something well...fun...within seconds, on the go!