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8

apps reviewed

3.63

average rating
Reviews by Stablemind - 8
  • Great App...then it becomes a game!!!
    This App is insanely helpful in these days of off the wall gas prices. It also lets you see just how good, or in my case in NY, bad you have it! You'll report prices and not think anything of it at first...BUT THEN IT BECOMES A GAME! It is absolutely brilliant on the part of the App designers...they set up a forum and human nature kicks in and makes it a success! All the awards and status levels and points you build up become addictive! You find yourself seeing the same names over and over in certain areas and then when human nature takes over, you just start treating it like a competition! BRILLIANT psychology on the part of the App designers! People's natural sense of competition "drives" this App to deliver constant moment to updates and a truly mind boggling amount of information. *******ONE HEADS UP: that "competitive nature" seems to take over a bit too much for some members and they seem to simply scrolling around a map re-entering existing prices to "get the credit". I only noticed this because I was traveling one day and stopped to fill up my tank outside of Boston. I TRAVEL A LOT. Naturally, addict that I am, I entered the gas prices and noticed the name of one user who happens to frequently report near my home...five hours south of where I was at the time. As I scrolled around a bit I noticed this user, who routinely reports along their commute in the Westchester County, NY to Fairfield County, CT, seemed to also simply scroll up and down major highways on the map re-entering already posted prices to rack up points!!! Because there is no way they routinely reported their commute AM & PM between NY and CT and are able to report up to fifteen different stations on I95 between Massachusetts and Maine or Rhode Island to New Hampshire at the exact same times and days!!!! If you live someplace, glance at who the usual reporters are for your area stations. You'll start to get a feel for the most accurate reports. But they are rarely too far off regardless.
    Stablemind over 10 years ago
  • VERY BASIC...BUT THINGS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW
    This is very, very basic info, but it is the basics everyone should know at the very least...even if it only keeps people from doing more harm than good! You have to start somewhere and this is good, solid, simple information presented as easily and understandably as it could possibly be presented. Just make sure anyone you know knows this info inside and out and everyone will be better off!
    Stablemind about 10 years ago
  • IT'S A CLASSIC! STOP CHANGING IT!
    I love this game. It's become a household name and a piece of Americana. SO WHY ARE THEY SCREWING IT UP! Go ahead, add levels...but don't change things we already love and add levels that live up to this gaming icon!
    Stablemind over 10 years ago
  • Nightmare!!!! Seriously, read this!!!! (Review w/update)
    *****11pm: am an actual, real life, horse trainer...and this is a very cool game! I could easily be addicted to it and WISH it was my new favorite...***BUT*** I have no idea how it's gotten this many stars! They must be mostly from before thus epic "update" everyone on here complains about... FIRST, it crashes constantly! I COULD EVEN IGNORE THAT, BUT!... ***I can't afford to play the game!!! OMG!!! **SO much REAL $$$$$$ needs to be invested to really enjoy this game.*** You make like nothing from winning races and doing barn work compared to how much things "cost" in the game...and there's no other way to actually keep playing the game than to spend real money buying game money. I blew through $50 easy the first day ? NOT SUSTAINABLE! That's already like buying a new video game every single day...and I could easily have spent MUCH more so quickly! ***They really corner you...you HAVE TO PAY TO PLAY... it's no fun at all with no money, it grinds to a halt, and there's not even a way to earn it in a reasonable amount of time and be patient (like in HayDay). ***The "cost" of most things in the game is not in proportion to what you can earn simply by playing (ie $300-$600 for "repairing" EACH of the $3,000 boosts for endurance, burst, etc after each race...it's crazy! And you have NO CHANCE to win without them!). The horses you breed have stats so much lower than those of their site and dam and ***YOU CAN NEVER GET YOUR STAYS AS HIGH AS THE HORSES IN THE GAME YOU RUN AGAINST!*** They are all almost perfect in every way and nothing you can do from any angle can ever get you stats that high no matter what you do! The arrow used to move your horse right & left on the track ***only works half the time, causing you to lose races.*** and seems to only work immediately after you use the whip and are mid "burst"...never as you're just galloping along without using the whip...so if a horse in front of you slows, you can't just gallo by! You have to use up one of your "whips" just to pass even if you really don't need a burst of speed. You get boxed in among horses very easily if you aren't constantly using whips to allow you to simply move around. It seems no matter what combo of training, equipment, breeding, etc you use on a horse, that you are always either stuck with a horse that has speed ("burst"), "endurance" and is a "closer" OR you can get one to be "competitive", a good "starter" and be a "leader"...BUT NEVER ANY OTHER COMBO AND DEFINITELY NEVER ALL SIX! It seems to be that those two sets of three traits are stuck together and you end up with a barn full of the same horse over and over as a result. I may be alone, but I couldn't help but notice this! I'm struggling to give two stars because beneath the fact you have to spend a fortune AND the fact the stats will screw you AND knowing it will crash, etc...there is actually a pretty cool game under there. ***But this game isn't fair: it's pretty cool, but then they make it almost unplayable! VERY FRUSTRATING! This is after all just a game, BASED on the "sport of kings"...it shouldn't cost as much, or be as frustrating, as a bad day at the real track! --------UPDATE--------- *****1:15am: GAME JUST TOTALLY CRASHED!!! Everything is wiped out! Will not even boot up and all in app purchases are wiped out along with my entire game!!!! Just dropped rating to one star!!! I emailed the company...I want a refund for all my wasted money. Very expensive waste of three hours!!!*****
    Stablemind over 8 years ago
  • TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE!!!
    I'm fluent in Spanish, Italian and German, BUT stuff comes up all the time you're just not totally sure of...like the name of an obscure little item like "gyroscope" came up the other day!!! I swear by the written version of this app already and this just makes it better! INDISPENSABLE IF TRAVELING AND YOU DO NOT SPEAK THE LANGUAGE...lightening fast communication that can save you and make life so much easier. Get the written version as well as this one!!!
    Stablemind over 10 years ago