Family Friendly San Francisco Iphone Application Hits Itunes
April 14, 2010 by Travel Guide Greg
Filed under California, Family Vacations
Family Friendly San Francisco, published by Sutro Media, is deemed “unbelievably thorough” on iTunes reviews.
To download it, please visit: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/family-friendly-san-francisco/id350633781?mt=8
In “Family Friendly San Francisco,” I have condensed the city’s overwhelming opportunities into 120 top sites, over 300 photos, must-do activities, and hidden gems. The visually rich app is full of insider tips for locals and first-time visitors to San Francisco and beyond. Family Friendly San Francisco is an iPhone app for parents, with kids in mind. http://sutromedia.com/apps/SF_With_Kids
Engaging and easy-to-navigate features include:
• Photo slideshows for each entry, so that you know what you’re getting before you go.
• Concise, original text by a longtime San Francisco mom.
• Entries filtered by useful criteria like Bathrooms with Changing Tables, Eating, Parks and Playgrounds, Rainy Day Ideas, Day Trips, Attractions and more.
• Entries sorted by name, distance, price and neighborhood.
• One-click website and phone interface to buy tickets, peruse current menus and more.
• Google maps and walking and driving directions for each entry.
• Over 100MB of offline content that you an access anytime without an internet connection.
• Direct links to Yelp reviews or establishment’s web sites (whichever is most useful to the user).
• The ability to share user comments and mark and save favorites.
• Fast browsing.
Published by Sutro Media, this interactive SF travel guide currently lists the top 120 family friendly activities and restaurants, playgrounds, attractions, bathrooms with changing tables, parks and beaches, plus clothing and toy stores, day trips and hidden gems for the whole clan in an around San Francisco. There are hundreds of photos, interactive maps that use your location to show you how to walk there, drive there or even how much a cab costs. I will be adding 100 more listings just in time for summer vacation.
Check it out; it costs way less than a fancy coffee drink and it will last much longer! Users buy it once and get free upgrades for life.
As a SF mom, I have personally tested out all listings (with my kid) and settled on destinations that appeal to everyone in the family–there are even places to have a beer or coffee while the munchkins play. I’ve included plenty of local tips–parking, family meal deals, places to quietly nurse a screaming infant–as well as Muni stops, easy to access phone numbers, hours, prices, all without having to wait for a pesky webpage to load.
I am also the author of the guidebooks Northern California: An Explorer’s Guide (which has been deemed a guidebook with “Encyclopedia coverage” by National Geographic Traveler) and Great Destinations Kauai (Countryman Press)–both of which I’d love to send you review copies of. I am the SF Hotels and Attractions expert for Tripvine.com as well as the Northern California expert for Triporati. My work has appeared in the SF Chronicle, Away.com, Islands, Moxie, Girls Life, Examiner and more. Visit my website www.michelebigley.com.
My Napa and Sonoma with Kids travel app is on its way to iTunes next week!
Sutro Media is a new kind of app publishing company, one that bridges the gap between traditional print media and new media outlets. Quite simply, we are amassing the world’s largest collection of indie travel writing voices and offering them a home on our exciting and versatile mobile platform. We make it easier and more fun to explore the world using mobile phones.
Sutro Media guides have been created from the ground up. We haven’t simply taken a print guide and slapped it onto an app skin. Sutro authors write original content with users in mind. Whether you’re standing on the corner surfing for a reliable Indian restaurant or lying on your couch planning a day in Golden Gate Park, this simple but powerful app will lead you by the hand.
