Supermarket Check In 4+

Great idea, but unfortunately there just isn’t enough of an active user base for this app to be useful. I suspect most users will download the app for information only, with no intention of adding data. Currently, most will probably delete the app once they discover that their local stores have not been “checked in” recently.

This app could be effective if individual supermarkets (or workers in those supermarkets) signed up to it in order to add data at regular intervals. It would help those supermarkets manage queue lengths and the experiences of their customers.

Another function to add could be a predictive function, based on asking the user if they intend to visit a particular store (and at what time) - to gauge how busy a store is expected to be at that time. When the number crunching / algorithm returns a result to the user, they can confirm whether or not they intend to proceed with their visit.

This could be a v. useful app, but unfortunately it’s only as good as the data that is added (which at the moment is not very good).

When my wife heard about this app from a friend, we downloaded it straight away as it sounded a brilliant idea.
Sadly, it will only become useful once people actually start feeding their data into it. Most times I go to look at one of the local supermarkets, the app gives me a queue time but, if you look closer, the last check-in was a day or even two days ago. Not much use there.
Are people using the app but not entering their data? Or are not many people using it at all? And the queues are maybe too could to reall represent accurately. We went to a supermarket recently and when we went in there was no queue or wait at all but by the time we left we could see a couple of dozen people queueing to get in. So what do I enter there - our experience or what it looks to be like now?
Maybe the overall data could be pooled to show a graph with queue length against time, so at least you could get an idea of when generally we’re the busiest times.
The app is a really great idea for these strange social distancing times but unless loads more people use it AND feedback their data, it really isn’t proving that informative.

This was pretty accurate when used the other day, but like a previous review notes, it needs more users to up the accuracy. It’s a great idea.

I note the update which is good to identify duplicate stores ... As a user you can report a duplicate store for the App admin to review.

But it would be helpful to be able to have the duplicate store ‘greyed out’ on the phone - so it’s no longer active on a individual’s phone list while the App Admin look into it.

There also needs a way of differentiation between a number of stores in the same area that are in the same shop group.
For example a Tesco has a number of stores Tesco Extra, Tesco, & smaller Tesco locals. When these are very close together it does make it difficult to ID. Perhaps a road name or something to identify?

When opening the App it would be helpful to get a notice of any App updates.

I dislike the fact I cannot get rid of the Instagram add on the bottom of my list.

It is a great idea and has been useful so far but can be so much better 😁