Research for new app

Group: Julia, Connor, Breanna

App: Geology


Possible names: Southern Utah Geology, Snow Canyon Rock Guide, Rock Finder

There are other applications that exist for parks such as Zion National Park, Grand Canyon National Park, and Arches National Park. However, there are little to none for state parks. There are 43 state parks in Utah alone so the market is large. We would start with a smaller park like Snow Canyon and then expand to other parks over time.


Many of the apps that already exist show hiking guides, and maps. Our application will be able to identify rock formations which the others can not do. It will show users what the rock is and why it was formed the way it was.

Swim Note App

Swim Note is a free application that can be downloaded for your smart phone or tablet. I Googled swimming apps and it was farther down on the list but it seemed to fit my needs.

 Front page when you click on the app. It tracks all of your activities whether they are workouts or swim meets. Pros: shows date and place and is very straightforward. 

Click on the work out and it breaks it down into a pie chart to show you what strokes you actually swam. You manually enter every yard you swim. 

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 Statistics tab is located at the bottom of the opening screen. It shows how many yards you have swam broken down into months and weeks it also shows a chart. 

You can choose where you want to swim to anywhere in the world. I choose this one because it showed progress better than the other options. 

Overall it is a good app and was pleased with the app. I liked that it kept track of the total yards that I have swam. I also liked that it broke it down into a pie chart, I know I swim a lot of freestyle but having it actually shown on the chart shows me just how much more. Another fun feature with this app is how you can pretend to swim anywhere you want. It is something I haven't seen on any other swim app. Some flaws are it can be hard to add in all of your set's and the app won't let you scroll down sometimes. I also wish they showed actual percentages.