The Real Yellow Pages - YP

I use YP regularly and probably would have a rough time without it. It has everything I need to get me through my trips and even while at home to find phone numbers, addresses and directions. There are a few quirks that is aggravating but nothing major. The main one is trying to keep your location while looking for different names of places and so forth. I can’t explain it but use it a few times for multiple businesses and you will see what I mean. It’s nothing major but gets annoying. The other pain in the anus is every time you go back to get another listing from looking at one you have to start over. If you look up Walmart in say Lexington KY and you click on one Walmart and realize it’s on the wrong side of town, when you go back to get another listing you have to start over by typing name of business and location. Kinda goes along with the first thorn in my side but it is a different beast in itself. Even with these aggravating issues YP is still an invaluable app that can be very beneficial for home, work or vacation.

The RYP application is a solid resource for those looking up establishments that may be near them whether they are restaurants, theaters, medical care, transportation, etc. The app has a clean design interface that is easy to navigate. The app allows you to share info with others as well as make personal notes on businesses you may be interested in. The app also makes it easy to shop or get what you need with an integration of popular services such as Uber, GrubHub and Fandango. Another neat addition is of coupons and deals you can view and use from nearby local businesses. The Real Yellow Pages is a step up from past Yellow Page applications.

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It used to be simple to locate my brother, my mother, and if necessary, a friend or two who might not be on “The World’s Directory”. You know: Facebook! NOW ever since Dex “became” YP they’re good for finding a pizza or someone to plunge the toilet and fix the piping after that pizza. But don’t try finding family! And on THEIR OWN MAIN PAGE is a direct link asking you and me (grammatically correct) to “Please Write a Review. That’s How We Improve, blah, blah, blah”. That link to give them a review doesn’t lead ANYWHERE!! Hmmmm.... convenient? I sure would like to gather some addresses this (late) time of year before Christmas, so I can spend loads of money getting my late presents to the correct addresses (plural). I’ll NOW have to visit the App Store and shop for a REPLACEMENT Directory App to replace ‘this old worn out one that seems to have given all it can give in this life and just needs to be retired with AOL, Blackberry, and Prodigy’.

I like the app and the design layout. Search appears to work fine. My problem and the reason I gave it only 3 stars was my inability to verify my e-mail address. I have requested it to be sent multiple times and it never shows in my mail. I’ve checked the spam folder etc. but nothing shows. Due to this my review’s are not being published. I’ve used YELP for years and never had an issue like this. Unless I can get some assistance I will be deleted and going back to YELP.

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Completely unreliable. Refuses to work with anything less than a full-strength wifi signal. A hint to developers — lots of people want to find businesses when they’re away from home and only have a cellular data connection available. And the search is messed up. I actually spelled out what I was looking for and had numerous matches pop up. Since the location I was looking for wasn’t displayed, I hit ‘return’, and was greeted with a “No matches” error message. Tried to search for a different named business, and it kept going back to searching for the first item I’d searched for — even though I’d previously deleted it.