Toresto Updates its iPhone app, Adding User Generated Content Feature

I thought Toresto was no longer maintained when I tried it in February. This website, which related to information on restaurants from iOS and Android platforms and developed by Gits Indonesia, was running for about a year. Errors were popping up everywhere.

To be honest, then it seemed like Toresto would follow in the footsteps of Tasterous – a similar application that even the website is no longer existed. Apparently, just the other when I idly peeked into this application, in between my browsing around the App Store, there is a new update by early April. Fortunately, there are those of care for Toresto and it now offers a new feature related to user generated content (UGC).

Now, user can add their own restaurant venue and write reviews about various dining places they visited. This is reasonable because curated content with a list of restaurants in a city will be a tough homework, especially for startup that does not have many employees.

To use this UGC feature, user is required to log in first. If you do not have a profile, you can register directly on this mobile application. Required details for new user actually are just username and password but it will not refuse if you give information about your email, full name or gender. After going through this process, adding the restaurant venue or writing a review will be much more comfortable. Simply touch the button in question and feedback can be given directly.

The iOS version is much more “advanced” than its brother on the Android platform. Last update of this app in Google Play was in February. The thing is, Toresto proven to be able to remain exist and can increase the number of its users on the internet – without being inferior to similar application like Foodspotting.