iBelieve Connect - Street Level Zoom

About a 3 weeks ago the iBelieve for the iPhone  hit the app store.  It has been exciting to watch the map populate everyday with more and more dots representing the faith of iPhone addicts around the world.  But, it has been much more intriguing to read the user reviews that rolled in requesting new features. iBelievers spoke out about what  they thought would make this app really pop. And, it was well received.

So, what was the feedback? Resoundingly, “Let us connect with other users of similar faith!”  and “Let us see all users at the same time” . So, that is what has begun tobe implemented in the release of iBelieve.

Users will be able to choose to associate their Facebook user name, Twitter user name, or both with their chosen affiliation and approximate location. Zoomed out to a world view, only the location dots of users will be seen. But, when they drill down closer to street level on the map, you will see the contact info flag next to the user’s marker.

In addition, the picker on the Map Screen will allow all faith affiliations to be displayed at one time on the map.  Each major religion category will be shown in a distinct color when the “Show All” category is selected, showing the regional mix of faiths in a glance.

I am looking forward to the release of the new iBelieve features within the next few weeks. Hopes are that this new version will help move forward social networking among and across the multiple faith groups around the world.  The world becomes a smaller place everyday.

iBelieve 1.o is free on the App Store. Until the new and improved iBelieve is available in a few weeks, please take a moment to download a copy @http://bit.ly/FK0Z9. Thanks for your help!

That idea became a storyboard, the storyboard became an app named iBelieve, that app was released on the App Store.

The first release of iBelieve allows you to pick your spiritual faith among the following affiliations:

Bahái
Buddhist (including Mahayana, Thervada and Vajrayana)
Christian (including Amish, Anglican, Assemblies of God, Baptist, Catholic, Church of Christ, Episcopalian, Greek Orthodox, Jehovah’s Witness, Latter-day Saints, Lutheran, Mennonite, Methodist, Pentecostal, Presbyterian, Protestant and Seventh-Day Adventist)
Confucian
Daoism
Hindu (including Saivite, Shakta, Smartha and Vaishnavism)
Jain
Jewish (including Conservative, Orthodox and Reform)
Muslim (including Shiite, Sufi and Sunni)
Nothing (including Agnostic, Atheist, Money and Sports)
Pagan
Pastafarian
Rastafarian
Shinto
Sikh
Unitarian Universalist
Wiccan

Once you choose your affiliation, your approximate location (within 3 miles) is logged on our server and displayed on Google Maps which is integral to the app.  In the map view you can browse the locations of all other users around the world who have logged there faith affliation through iBelieve.  As more and more users join the movement, we look forward to seeing points of the spiritual faiths of iPhone and iTouch users from countries all over the world pop up on map.

Today iBelieve is selling on the app store for $0.99.  We are trying to get the word out to iPhone users through Twitter, Facebook and Blogging.  Hopefully if you are reading this article and have an iPhone or iTouch, you will consider downloading iBelieve.

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=322141156&mt=8

Take a look at the screenshots below to see what its all about.