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Localscope - Find places and people around you

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Location Browser for your iPhone

$2.99 · In-app purchases

PRICE
$2.99
In-app purchases
BUSINESS MODEL
Paid
No overall Grossing estimate available
RATING
4.1
34 ratings · Top 30%

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Feature spec

Goal: Send a clear invoice after finishing a job.

  • Add a client, line items, a due date, and payment instructions.
  • Preview the total before exporting a PDF.
  • Keep an editable draft if export fails.

Screen plan

Invoice editor: Client at the top, editable line items in the middle, total and preview action at the bottom.

States: Empty draft, validation errors beside each field, exporting, and a retry action that preserves the draft.

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Hypothesis: Contractors need faster repeat invoices more than more templates.

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AI-GENERATED OPPORTUNITY HYPOTHESES

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Hypothesis 1

Implement offline maps and caching for better user experience.

Assumption to check: Limited offline capabilities, which can be frustrating for users without constant internet.

Validate with people who use this workflow before building.

Hypothesis 2

Enhance search functionality with filters by type, rating, and distance.

Assumption to check: Difficulty in finding specific places due to lack of advanced search filters.

Validate with people who use this workflow before building.

Hypothesis 3

Encourage detailed reviews and provide incentives for users to contribute.

Assumption to check: User reviews can be sparse and lack detail.

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Hypothesis 4

Optimize rendering of map pins and improve loading times.

Assumption to check: App performance can lag with many open map pins.

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App evidence

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App Store description

Location Browser for your iPhone Localscope is a window to your world that lets you explore your surroundings like never before. Discover and find places, people and information around you using geo-tagged data from multiple local search engines, social networks, media sharing services and other apps. • Named the best iPhone Navigation app in the App Store Rewind 2011 • Featured by Apple as Editors' Choice, App of the Week, Staff Favorites, What's Hot KEY FEATURES • Explore geo-tagged information and media around you aggregated from diverse services • Intuitive dashboard view lets you see everything thats immediately around you from all of Localscope's sources • Search for anything around you and view results simultaneously from all sources • Browse your search results in an amazingly intuitive list view with realtime direction pointers and distance meters • Lay the results out on the map or look through the state of the art augmented reality view to spot the results in the real world • Flick through results from different services and experience them side-by-side using the intuitive source slider • Get rich information about places including informative badges for ratings, checkins, likes and more • Navigate and get directions to your results using your favorite navigation app • Call the place directly or store it to your address book in a tap • Book a ride to the place you just discovered using Uber • Add geo-tagged reminders for any location and choose to get push notifications on arrival or departure from the proximity of the location • Share your findings with your friends using Messages, Email, Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp or Sina Weibo • Explore detailed information about a result using the in-app browser or open it into a linked native app • Explore any part of the world by setting it as your virtual location • See POIs laid out on a map on connected car receiver HUDs or other supported secondary displays. Even works with the AppleTV over Airplay Mirroring • Works worldwide - Explore your location wherever you are • Supports 21 languages INTEGRATED SOURCES Localscope currently aggregates information from the following services:  • Google • Facebook • Foursquare • Twitter • iOS Reminders • Instagram • Panoramio • Flickr • Wikimapia • Wikipedia • Factual • Citysearch • Yelp • 2GIS • Zomato • Baidu • Dianping • Yellow Pages Australia NAVIGATION APP INTEGRATIONS Localscope integrates with the following navigation apps for one touch turn-by-turn directions to discovered locations: • Apple Maps App • Google Maps • TomTom • Navigon • Garmin • MotionX GPS Drive • Magellan RoadMate • Navfree / Navmii GPS navigation • MetroView Australia and NewZealand • Sygic GPS Navigation • iGo Primo • Waze • MotionX GPS & HD • VZ Navigator • Telenav • Geobyte GPS Navigation UK and Ireland • Denso Navibridge • Gokivo GPS Navigator • Yandex Navigator • Skobbler • AMap by AutoNavi • The Transit App • Baidu Maps App • Yandex Maps • City Mapper • Maps+ • iWayGPS • Streets - The Street View App • Tube Tracker (London) • TopoMaps OPINIONS • The first location app I've ever used that I think I'll use every day. - ReadWriteWeb • Jaw-Dropping Update for iPhone Navigation App of The Year Localscope - Cult of Mac • Rated 9/10: One of the nicest experiences for discovering locations that I’ve ever used - AppStorm • Editor's Choice - Rated 4.5 Star : Essential - 148 Apps • The interface is remarkably easy to use - Lifehacker • Localscope is easy to use and sophisticated … I continue to recommend Localscope. - TUAW • The Ultimate Find & Drive Combo - Macstories • Localscope puts local services at your fingertips - Macworld • Get to know whats around you with Localscope - AppAdvice

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