EveryBlock review

EveryBlock is an iPhone app that helps you get updates and track events happening in your city, neighborhood, and more precisely, your block. Enter any address to see nearby crimes, restaurant inspections, media coverage and more.

After you launch EveryBlock on your iPhone, you can let it use your current location or enter your location manually. You will then get a simple timeline of what’s happened in that area recently, from relevant newspaper articles and blog entries to crime reports, building permits and more. Filter the list of news by category. Get a citywide overview of news by category, then click on topics to find what you’re looking for.

Using hundreds of various sources, EveryBlock brings you lots of updates in these categories:
– Business licenses (new businesses in your neighborhood)
– Crime
– Fire alerts
– Foreclosures
– Local deals / coupons
– Locations in the media (places in your neighborhood that have been mentioned in the news and in blogs)
– Real estate listings
– Restaurant inspection results

Some things you can do with the EveryBlock iPhone app are:
– Get recent health inspection reports for restaurants nearby
– See which crimes have been reported on the street you’re walking down
– Find out what places in your neighborhood have been covered in the news
– Get a sense for property values in your area

AppSafari review of EveryBlock was written by Joe Seifi on July 7th, 2009 and categorized under App Store, Local, News, Reference. Page viewed 4663 times, 1 so far today. Need help on using these apps? Please read the Help Page.