Craigslist News App Review (iOS, $1.99)

Description

Universal Edition: Bring Craigslist to your iPhone iPad, and iPod touch with this one app.

***** 5/5 - MACLIFE compares various Craigslist apps and concludes "This one is no contest. Not even close. Craigslist by Lifelike Apps blows the competition out of the water with a low cost, universal app that is just drop dead gorgeous and easy to use, with features we love and an implementation second to none. We adore the app's retro throwback design plus the ability to cross things off and circle ads we like..."

***** 5/5 - MakeUseOf.com
 compares several Craigslist apps and declares "Craigslist by Lifelike Apps is hands-down the best looking of the bunch, its iBooks-esque approach and newspaper design is eye catching and pleasant to read."


Craigslist turns your iPad into a realistic newspaper classifieds section: It combines the enjoyable experience of reading a real newspaper with the convenience of the iPad's menus, filters, personalization, etc. The screenshots below speak for themselves.


UNIVERSAL

- Works on iPad, iPhone and iPod touch

- Automatically sync your favourites and saved searches between devices using iCloud


FULL-FEATURED:

- Post to Craigslist directly from the app

- Use your iPhone or iPad 2 camera to add photos to your postings or add photos from your photo library

- Manage your Craigslist ads
- Even use multiple Craigslist accounts



BEAUTIFUL AND FUN TO USE:

- Realistic newspaper rendition of Craigslist's full content
- The new iPhone user interface takes advantage of the iPhone 4 Retina display

- Looks great in both landscape and portrait modes

- Smart display feature reformats listings to be more readable and consistent looking



SMART LOCATION FEATURE:

- It locates you automatically and displays all the Craigslist categories available for your location. 

- You can also set your location manually as well as view and save other Craigslist locations.



SMART SEARCH AND FILTERING:

- Save your frequent searches and recall them with one tap

- Search multiple location at once



EASY-TO-USE FAVORITES FEATURE:

- Easily add any listing to your favorites by just circling an ad with your finger

- View all your favorites at any time



HANDY TOOLS & MULTI-TOUCH GESTURES:
- Cross-off unwanted ads with a Z finger gesture

- View the location of any posting on a map

- Easily reply to any Craigslist ad without leaving the app

- Forward interesting ads to your friends

- Tap any image in a listing to view all the listing's images in gallery view

- Pinch-and-zoom interface to zoom listing details in and out



WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU:

- We've already added ALL the features you requested to date in this latest version. Have more ideas on how to make this app even better? Please email us using the contact email.


Customer Reviews

• Well Done

  by JohnTheMacGuy

  This app is, by far, the BEST Craigslist app out there! Craigslist does Craigslist like Craigslist should do Craigslist!

• Great!

  by rdeleon774

  Great!

• Nice

  by chan369553

  Nice app. I really love it.

• Great app, but......

  by Corn starch

  Great app, but I'm giving it 4 stars ONLY because about 65% of the time it will not load what you click on... E.g. in 'Cars & Trucks' "For Sale"; also about 75% of the time you can ONLY view the pictures of the vehicle once before you have to totally get out of the app, then you have to clear the app before getting back into the app and start your search criteria all over again. ** This seems to happen mainly when using my iPad. **

• Easy to use

  by Maddox Pride

  Much easier than other apps

• Best CL app, but still needs improvement

  by Chunks609

  I use the app constantly and it generally works well to view and post items. Pros: 1. Search save and recall is well designed 2. Display, scrolling, and photo view is excellent Cons: 1. Sort by date is hit and miss. There is no choice but to search through all the items to see if there is something new. 2. Complex searches take time to get right. The syntax is close to a regular expression, but not quite.

• Very well done app!

  by ArkadePhyre

  Better than the others!

• Love it.

  by wyattbspv

  This app is fully-featured and easy to use! I have tried a few much more expensive programs that required hours of training and the results were usually a disaster!

• Continually evolves

  by Nvdirtbiker

  Lifelike has done a great job continually refining a solid app. Very pleased with it. This is the first app I ever paid for, and its been well worth it. Absolutely fantastic for posting Craigslist ads. Love the multi area search function as well. Saw someone gripe it lists certain ads multiple times...well so does Craigslist! Hello? Anyway, I use this app daily, and it just gets better and better.

• nice

  by Robertappreview

  The ease of use is great. The options are also well designed. Overall it has been helpful.

• Sweet!!

  by Battyboyyy

  It just makes it easy. It's clean and well thought out and it shows, well done!!

• Great, but...

  by JeffesaurusRex

  Ads that you cross out should disappear for the current session. Also fix the duplicate ads please

• Could be worse

  by CaptainFearful

  I wish that it remembered where I was and restore what I was doing from launch to launch and I wish you could turn of the fake paper look because it looks terrible and makes scrolling look bad.

• A proper CL app~

  by Iceblade112

  I always give nice reviews, but this one is quite ... right. It's designed to be user friendly and that's all I need!

• I love This app.

  by Jillene20

  Once you figure out how to work it, it's a great, if not the best, mobile app for Craigs list. The ability to see the pix with out having to go back to the app after you viewing them is the best up grade so far. I was beginning to hate craigs list before that.

• Thanks

  by jenpei55

  In search of news is very convenient, can learn a lot of things.

• Easy

  by sheiayie

  No matter how the software review, Journal of reading is relatively easy.

• Nice craigslist app

  by SuperBADTj

  I don't understand why I have been seeing so many bad reviews for this app but I have had zero problems with it and works perfectly and is maybe better than the web browser version! 5 stars!

• Amazing

  by Asbernal

  This app is so simple and beautiful. It works great and it's simply amazing to use.

• Best Craigslist app

  by C Salek

  My favorite part of this app is the ability to sync favorites and deletions between devices. I know iCloud sync is still beta (is it every going to be GA?) but suddenly it never seems to work between my iPad and iPhone, both iOS 7. I would have expected this feature in 5.0. Another feature I'd like is the ability to hide ads I've scratched through. After a few days, I just see pages of scratched ads. Dropping to a 4, in hopes iCloud sync will come soon. Otherwise, I'm switching back.

• Disappointing

  by Mac Muscle Nerd

  I got about ¼ inch of checkered stripe down the right side of the app down the whole screen. Will not keep me logged in to my account. That said this is the best looking Craigslist I just wish it worked properly.

• Disappointment

  by tboneiphone

  The presentation and graphics are beautiful. The usability is terrible. If you have multiple search areas selected it starts into a general search of those areas before you may enter search parameters resulting is painfully slow search results appearing. then you may enter your search text but be careful not to go back or erase all the text because again begins the extended search for nothing. aslo the results show up to 10 " results for the same item" resulting in wasted time. I would not recommend and I would definitely rather have my 2 dollars than this app

• Screw you! greedy b@stards

  by princesswannabequeen

  I can't believe you greedy b@stards put out an update to the old version that made it inoperable to use just so I would have to purchase purchase this POS app. And of course I HAVE to buy it to be able to bookmark items as favorites. Middle finger. Screw you guys. I'm going home.

• Garage sale category unable to bring up local ads

  by Wichita KS316

  Why say no local ads? Untrue. But happening repeatedly. Still will not bring up Wichita KS garage sales, only distance ones. Please fix. It worked briefly yesterday, then once again claiming no local garage sale ads. Otherwise I really like the app. It used to always find the local garage sale ads but the past couple of weeks, it is unable.

• Garage sale category unable to bring up local ads

  by Wichita KS316

  Why say no local ads? Untrue. But happening repeatedly.

• Bad app!

  by Bryan Blankenship

  I was able to use it for two minutes before it started crashing.

• So frustrating....

  by QuailTrail

  This app is fine if you just want to search a couple of ads. But if you want to review a week or so of listings, it crashes consistently making it really frustrating to use. Additionally, ads repeat often. You'll see the same string of adds multiple times so it indicates there are 50 ads when in fact there maybe less than 30 with multiple repeats. I could probably live with that, if when you finally did start to see something you are interested in, the app would work. But it's about that point that it crashes.

• Too unreliable

  by Jakeswa

  Crashes too often, takes way too long to load photos - some won't even load. I have an iPad air and fast wifi.

• I love this app but…

  by vergil666

  This app is the best there is for Craigslist unfortunately is not working when I'm going to look for something the location settings show up and when I want to select my location the page is blank !!! Please fix the app

• Never works properly

  by D-maxlmm

  This app has never worked properly for me. Filters don't work very well either.

• Crashes often

  by Linm627

  I like the interface of this app a lot . It's pretty slick, but the downside is that it always crashes. Why? And it's when I've found something nice. Need to find something else that works better.

• So slow and w so many bugs

  by sparks7758

  I can't delete my searches that I saved and the app Is so slow to load search results. Regret purchasing

• Have to wait

  by MCD4x4

  Have to wait for the bottom to turn brown before it works. Very annoying

• This app is crapp.

  by AlisaJayne

  Unless you LIKE "Error - request has timed out" messages. If so, this app is for you. I get this message when I try to view, post, or edit. Constantly. Will go back to the point & shoot camera/laptop Craigslist process. What a waste of $1.99.

• Could be better!!!

  by Kristenucf

  I have the same app on my iPhone and iPad but they don't communicate. If I save to favorites on my phone it would be nice if they showed up in my favorites on my iPad too! Also, items saved to favorites never reflect that the item has been deleted from Craig's list, you have to click on original post to see that. If these 2 items were resolved I would give the app 5 stars!

• Sweet stuff

  by Mr. Too Cool

  So much easier than going to the site direct from a phone. Larger images and simple to use.

• Craigslist

  by islesjwbes

  Simple to use, and very stable. Exactly what I want out of a Craigslist app. I have another Craigslist app that I had been using, and I like this one much better. Everything works so far, which is more than I can say for the other CL apps put there.

• So convenient!

  by teaguetiffany

  Great app. So convenient.

• GOOD

  by ruijiexie

  I think this app is quite good and useful. The design is nice.

• Can't login to account

  by mandamas

  The login screen keeps me in a loop and doesn't log me in.

• YES

  by mastergothika

  So easy to find things of Craigslist, and the mobile app makes it even easier to browse listings.

• Craigslist

  by cortesov

  I like using this app to manage and filter my job posting on Craigslist, but I am rarely sitting at my computer. Now I can do it from my iPhone and iPad. I love it.

• Craigslist

  by britcano09

  I mainly use this for gigs but the other secretions are just as good i would recommend this to anyone

• Perfect app

  by MrCooper5

  Nice craigslist app. The app has beautiful and easy to use interface. It looks like you hold a real newspaper. You can post to craigslist right from your device and add some pictures from your library. Definitely worth buying app.

• kinda bad

  by Tim Ariyeh

  This app is pretty unreliable at doing the one thing it is designed to do, which is browse Craigslist. it will tell me there are no listings in my city for a category, but I can see tons if I go directly to the website.

• Nice

  by 4wordsloveletter

  Love craigslist n love this app

• This app was great

  by Sandy kitty88

  This app was great but the new update is not letting me save my favorites or filter correctly. It's so annoying.

• good

  by chan369553

  it's a good designed app. very simple yet is very easy to use.

• Great App!

  by haruharujuku

  The design is simple and easy to use! I love it! Looking through ads has never been easier!

• Amazing

  by Anita Brin88

  Love the design of the app. Works so smooth and it feels like I am reading a piece a paper at times. Best app for one of the best sites arround. Period

• Wow

  by Nathan Blum

  I always use the site because I can find everything I ever need. And now I can browse while I'm on the go. Best companion app ever. I'm really impressed

• The BEST of the BEST

  by Wonderful dictionary

  I have tried at least five CL apps. All, ALL, but this one has been totally frustrating. The best thing I like about this is it will not only filter in, but it filters out. I have been looking for a jeep cherokee. Search for one some time. Typically I get over 2000 hits in what ever city I choose, only to find out that at least 75% of them are "Grand" Cherokees. Now I can filter out "Grand" and get what I'm looking for ; jeep Cherokees. Thank you so much.

• Great app

  by MegaNova09

  Everything I need is now easily found in my phone this app really helps me find what I'm looking for in just a matter of minutes

• Easy to Use

  by MissinRanney

  Super easy to use, love the way I can customize it. Very glad I bought this app!

• Would be amazing if it worked properly

  by mikeyrox15

  This app is put together pretty well if it'd worked right. It's set up really well, but they sure can't seem to figure out how to get it to work. It has never worked like it should. I search for something and it loads ads that appear 5-10 times in one day of listings. iPhone and iPad. It takes forever to load the ads and forever to scroll through one day because of all the ads that repeat themselves.. There will be 100 ads for a day but in reality there are only 20 because of how many are repeating. Figure this app out already for crying out loud.

• Good app, bad design (seconded)

  by pope52

  The chrome is a bit too kitschy when it could be clean and effective

• Could be better

  by Bamracer

  App does not filter out like posts. Only shows so many posts when searching. Cannot save individual posts.

• Great

  by hanna1976

  This software is amazing and great, a lot of content and real newspapers close, so I felt my phone and ipad is a newspaper in his hand, like, really good.

• Crap. Buggy. Glitchy. Can't use

  by Jrn619

  Constantly asks to turn on push notifications. Can't even use the app. Total waste. Avoid.

• Good app but..

  by myujishan

  Every time I load the app it has the new template with the new design but quickly changes back to the old one. I even deleted it and redownloaded it. I'm running iOS 6.1.3 on iPhone 4s.

• One issue in my opinion

  by Ejschneider77

  Can't view pictures in any category

• Good

  by Nicodiac

  This is a nice Craigslist application. I use the service on a daily basis and this app helps me. The performance and the design of the app needs some improvement. Overall a good app for the iPad.

• nice app

  by kayla.v.night

  this is a very nice craigslist app, except for that I dislike the old school style design.

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