TOKYO (Tom Bluewater) – It rains quite a bit in September. We hardly see the sun this month. Anyway, I have one iOS app to introduce before this month ends. A new iOS app that I submitted to App Store a few minutes ago is called Ride Watch.

When you take a cab ride, you never know that the driver will take the shortest route. Who knows where a stranger will take you if you fall into sleep after a long night of parting? Ride Watch lets you monitor your ride, recording GPS positions. With an in-app purchase, Ride Watch will send you a local notification when your ride deviates from an expected route. The app will even let you simulate your ride in the past.  

Tom Bluewater

Tom Bluewater

Features

1. Create a list of ride destinations.
2. Select a destination from a list. And let the app monitor your ride with a tap of a button.
3. Let the app estimate the ride duration and travel distance.
4. Save or not save ride data. (in-app purchase)
5. Let the app send you a local notification when your ride deviates from an expected route. (in-app purchase)
6. Let the app send you a local notification when your ride nears the destination. (in-app purchase)
7. Select distance units – meters or yards and kilometers or miles.
8. Select one of the distances from a list as to when the app decides your ride has deviated from an expected route.
9. Select one of the distances from a list as to when the app decides your ride has neared the selected destination.
10. Select one of the distances from a list as to the maximum ride distance you will take.
11. Simulate your ride in the past. (in-app purchase)
12. Select a map type (standard, hybrid, satellite).
13. Languages: English
14. Application file size: 47.8 MB
15. The app comes with a built-in 9-page user’s guide. Tap User’s guide in the Home screen.

System requirements

1. iOS 10.0 or above
2. iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad

Limitations

1. In order to let the app monitor your ride, your device must have constant access to the Internet.

Version history

Version 1.0.3 (Released on October 1st, 2018)

1. When the user selects an impassable route to a destination (i.e. middle of a lake) in taking a ride, the app will show an alert message.

Trial/Demo version

There is no trial or demo version available since it’s available as freeware.






Ride Watch is a product of Tom Bluewater.
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