Do you use the Official City App?

Do you use the Official City App?

  • Use it all the time.

    Votes: 34 22.5%

  • Use it occasionally,

    Votes: 73 48.3%

  • Downloaded it but dont use it.

    Votes: 25 16.6%

  • Didn't know it existed/never use it.

    Votes: 19 12.6%
  • Total voters
    151
Mr Grumpy said:
Fotmob is fantastic
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IMO the City app is another example of a marketing team deciding they want an app just for the sake of wanting an app, rather than having it do anything particularly useful or better than other existing solutions.

Team news - ok fine but it’s just a reskin of the website
Lineups and in-game stats - other apps like FotMob and even the Sky and BBC Spot apps do this already, and better.
Tickets and shop - again it’s just a skin of the website

If the app offered something genuinely unique I’d use it. Off the top of my head I’m thinking they could do something awesome with AR during the game, or real time information on queues and detailed stadium map for navigating around the campus.

As it stands it’s just an app for the sake of having an app. I’ve seen far worse designed and built ones but it’s not remotely imaginative which is probably why I downloaded it years ago, forgot it existed and never opened it until reading this thread.

And that’s not a dig at City really - shitloads of businesses do the exact same thing.
 
Johnny Mars Bar said:
IMO the City app is another example of a marketing team deciding they want an app just for the sake of wanting an app, rather than having it do anything particularly useful or better than other existing solutions.

Team news - ok fine but it’s just a reskin of the website
Lineups and in-game stats - other apps like FotMob and even the Sky and BBC Spot apps do this already, and better.
Tickets and shop - again it’s just a skin of the website

If the app offered something genuinely unique I’d use it. Off the top of my head I’m thinking they could do something awesome with AR during the game, or real time information on queues and detailed stadium map for navigating around the campus.

As it stands it’s just an app for the sake of having an app. I’ve seen far worse designed and built ones but it’s not remotely imaginative which is probably why I downloaded it years ago, forgot it existed and never opened it until reading this thread.

And that’s not a dig at City really - shitloads of businesses do the exact same thing.
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Good post. Agree with most of it.
I think in the early days of the app, that was certainly the case.
Seems to be getting better but it has room for serious improvements.
 
has improved from a very amateurish effort, it's not slick but the full-match vids (when available) on City+ are worth the sub. Alli Mann plus Andy Morrison piss on other commentators
 
I use it to look at fixtures and to get the team news on a matchday, that's it.

It's annoying (maybe I should put this in the small thing that irritate you in Off Topic) that when we play away, the home team's line up comes up first and I have to press a button to get City's team. Should be set to show City's first.
 
I use it to watch video highlights and listen to matchday commentaries that aren't available (legally) anywhere else. I can't justify paying £35 a year for CITY+ when I already pay £35 for the privilege of being allowed to buy matchday tickets. I'd much rather that my citizenship gives me access to CITY+ tv rather than a scarf.
 
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