Two iPhone apps in a pissing contest
Talk about addressing a basic human need! Restroom finders Have2P and SitOrSquat are two relatively recent additions to the hundreds of thousands of apps on the iTunes App Store for iPhone. They both do the same thing (and there are others!), but each of these two has a very different attitude.
As a designer and as a marketer, I was interested to see how differently they treat their users.
Have2P is what I expected. Its interface is simple (a little ugly, a little funny), the listings are clean and straightforward. It seems to work fine and do what it says it’ll do. Just dandy for a free application.
SitOrSquat turns out to be a promotional app….for Charmin toilet tissue! Funny idea, perhaps even brilliant. Except the user experience is in-your-face annoying.
