Tapatalk or Forum Runner?

[Grant Johnson]

Hi,

Quick poll - which do you want to see us implement:

Tapatalk or ForumRunner?

Forum Runner integrates well with vBulletin, Tapatalk just does it's thing.

Forum Runner is free to me, or for a branding free version US$599, Tapatalk is also free to me but includes ads, or 799 for a version with no ads.

Price to you:

Android App Store:
Tapatalk is 2.99
Forum Runner is either free (read-only, can't post) or 2.09.

Apple App store:
Tapatalk is 4.99
Forum Runner is either free (read-only) or 1.99

Any thoughts / comments appreciated!

[ilpo]

Neither, simple www is enough with laptop and Android.

[Chris of Japan]

Is there any major functional difference? Or is it just a matter of price? :confused1:
If it is just price, cheaper is better!

[Grant Johnson]

That's what I'm asking users - I don't use either, don't even own a smartphone, so it's up to you guys! I know some of you use these apps, and have been asking for something for some time, so now's the time to decide

[TurboCharger]

Seriously I think the most important thing is having redesigned the website to consolidate the inforamtion and make it easier for navigation. This has already gone a long way to making the mobile experience a lot better!

IMHO, there is not a big community that will pay for an APP to connect to HU/HUBB from their smartphones.

When you say some of us have been asking for some time. Can you give an order of magnitude?

Save money, drink .

[mattcbf600]

Hi Grant - I use TapTalk a great deal on the iPhone - and whilst I do, and can struggle with the www page - TapTalk does rather make keeping up to date easier.

To give you an example when ABR introduced TapTalk I found myself checking the forum and replying about twice a day rather than about twice a week... I'd love to be able to do that on HUBB - the very heart of Adventure Biking.

m

P.S. TapTalk also has a free version of their iPhone app that is arguably better than the paid version .

[Farkles]

There are two people in my household (including myself) who would probably use Tapatalk (or Forum Runner) if it was available. I don't have any real technical insight in terms of which is better -- Forum Runner or Tapatalk but I suspect that Tapatalk is more ubiquitous.

Besides the ads, it sounds like the major advantage to the paid (server side) editions is around Google Analytics and customization, including the client side app. Do I really require a customized app which only connects to the HUBB (at a fairly high price to you guys/HU)? Nope. I would happily pay a couple of bucks for the Tapatalk or Forum Runner app (actually already purchased the Tapatalk a while back hoping that I could use it for the HUBB).

As long as either app doesn't negatively effect "things" -- create security holes, create site instability, use a lot of resources or add significant admin overhead (i.e. Grant's time), I think a mobile app would a great addition. For those who are not interested, they don't have to use it.

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I would like to say thank you for all of the work you have put in here. The new site looks great. Being a sysadmin, I know what it is like being "behind the scenes" and rarely receiving acknowledgement for making things work...well!.

[JustMe]

Originally Posted by Grant Johnson

Hi,

Quick poll - which do you want to see us implement:

Tapatalk or ForumRunner?

Grant,

HUBB behaves on my Samsung Galaxy as countless other BB´s - I need to zoom in, out, scroll etc. to read one single post. That´s one of the probs one hates when standing on a border crossing in the rain with minimal signal and hoping to find a quick answer to an imminent problem. So if Tapatalk or ForumRunner will eliminate this, it´s a good feature to implement.
Which version comes cheaper to us out here should not matter in the end, as I assume many of us use other BB´s as well which use either of the above. We´re talking a couple of bucks for the user only, anyways. Lesser use of bandwidth / traffic will be more user-friendly to those of us who have to rely on data transfer via phone connection in remote areas, so bf&u hi-res "sponsor" advertisements with naked girls may be cheaper for you but expensive for the user, so depending on the size/frequency of the ads it may in the end be a bad choice.
Cheers
Chris

[Senno]

I use Tapatalk currently but I'm more than happy to give Forum Runner a blast if that's chosen.

Both are very useful to avoid the zooming/scrolling about stuff mentioned in the last post

[becsta]

I have just started using tapatalk and so far reckon it is great I have 4 forums on it at present and I now read and post a lot more on those forums because of the ease to access them.

[sparco]

i use both, both are good, tapatalk is a little bit cleaner , better overview of threads , so go for it, this forum definetly needs one of those !

[rbcathlos]

Tapatalk makes forum reading much easier on my Motorola Razr Maxx. The format of www. doesn't fit the screen making it difficult to read. The smart phone was purchased to streamline my packing by carrying one device instead of carrying a separate phone, computer, camera, mp3 player, chargers for all the above and reading material.

I have no experience with Forum Runner.

[Farkles]

I'm in. Found my way in by searching in travel. Initial redirect from the browser didn't work for me.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2

[Grant Johnson]

That's great!

I'm faffing about with an old Android phone, and even I managed to get it to work, so cool!

Seems we're now listed in the Tapatalk Forums listing, under motorcycle / other, or just search horizonsu does it.

Please let me know if you have any trouble!

[*Touring Ted*]

Awesome.. I'm replying to this using tapatalk