MapQuest Vibe

MapQuest Vibe
(Developed by MapQuest)
Available for: iOS
Price: Free

MapQuest Vibe seamlessly fuses local search, recommendation tools and social media interaction to offer consumers a neighborhood-centric overview of what's hot and what's not in their immediate vicinity. Spanning an exhaustive 27,000 U.S. cities and roughly 50,000 different neighborhoods, MapQuest Vibe identifies nearby restaurants, retailers, activities, services, spas and lodging--an orange "Vibe Score" applies a proprietary algorithm combining social signals, user intent and research to rank the area's overall character, broken down by factors like "popularity," "walkability," "edgy" and "burby." Users sign in to Facebook to vote local destinations up or down, with feedback shaping recommendations in real time--areas of concentrated coolness, dubbed "hotspots," even materialize or disappear in response to the whims of hipster tastes, complete with Neighborhood Walls compiling rants and raves.

But MapQuest Vibe isn't simply another recommendation engine. It also functions as a traditional search and navigation app, leveraging MapQuest's signature geo-database to provide comprehensive business information like addresses, phone numbers, click-to-call functionality, website access and map views. Wherever you are and wherever you're going, it should be a go-to app.