Allstays Big Truck Stop

Allstays Big Truck Stop is a very cool app that I'm glad I had the pleasure of testing. 

The purpose of the app is for truck drivers (and as in my case regular drivers) to find the four big brand truck stops: Flying J, Pilot, Loves, Petro and TA Travel Centers all over the USA and all are easy to spot with their own clear icon on the map, and there is no mistaking the icons as they are (without infringing on the company logos) still recognizable as the company they represent.

  As per their Google Play page this app is 100% Made in the USA, it is ready and optimized for tablets (although I didn't get to test it on one) but regardless on my Evo 4g it was stillcrystal clear and easy to look down at, and an app that is updated with driver reviews, comments, amenities, website, truck stop weather and directions consistently.

  The feature list is exceptional, especially in an app that was not only free, but also an app that is a "smaller or Lite" version of the full fledged version that I wish I had tested. It allows you to look up the US State or Canadian Provence that way you can play when to stop on your route.It has filters to select just the station that you want to see on the map. as well as a near me feature that allows one click and the map is right back to your GPS location. The last feature that I want to touch on is that the map has two views. Map which is a regular style map and a Sat which is a real view satellite map.
  This is the feature list that they have on their Google Play page.

➤WHAT'S IN IT:

✔Flying J Travel Plazas
✔Loves Travel Stops
✔TA Travel Center
✔Pilot
✔Petro Stopping Centers

➤TRUCK STOP DETAILS

✔parking spaces
✔diesel lanes
✔showers
✔restaurants
✔internet
✔laundry
✔scales
✔Transflo
✔Tripak with pick up times
✔game room
✔DAT
✔dump station
✔propane
✔Bulk DEF
✔tire care
✔road service
✔service bays
✔travel and cb stores
✔lounge
✔ATMs
✔TSE
✔Western Union and check cashing
✔UPS and FedEx

➤FEATURES

+ Truck stop ratings and reviews
+ NOAA GPS based weather for each point
+ Search for specific locations around you on a map or even satellite view.
+ Multiple types of icons to help spot things on the map.
+ Advanced filters: Only want a certain brand with parking, a store, showers, laundry, a lounge or ATM?
+ One-touch calling for places that have a phone number listed.
+ One-touch directions for all POIs.
+ GPS displayed in text decimal points
+ Provides data without service.

+ Supports a manual lookup where users can look up locations by state and city.

Also as I said before this is a lite version so in app you can upgrade to the full version, or one of their other helpful  apps like the RV park locator, Walmarts that allow overnight parking and more.

This apps current rating on Play is 5.0 and I have to agree with that 100%

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.allstays.app.truckbigstops

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Review of Slot Galaxy HD

Recently we did testing and a review for Galaxy Star Entertainment's Slot Galaxy HD. (For Android) 

Here is the review.

Eye and Ear Candy

To start off the graphics are excellent. It also not only has background music and sound effects, but also they went above that and added some voice recordings.While we're on that subject the settings allow you to not only turn off the sound and music but also the notifications. Which as we know most apps/games won't do.

The settings have a few other tidbits though, which include reporting problems, and missing coins, and the good old facebook integration.

Since it has facebook integration you can request, invite, and gift your friends, and use leaderboards. There may be more that we haven't found though I haven't heard back from the developer before writing this review. 

Gameplay

The gameplay is like most slots games at its core. But what I did notice and like about this game is it adds such a greater depth then the others I have played.

For starters, there are 13 levels to the game. All of them are as slot machines, but they are also individually themed. Starting off with the greek gods you have a wide selection to play including farms, safaris, beaches, dinosaurs, etc. To get to these other levels you have to complete the previous one though. This isn't a problem as the levels are not only entertaining, but also fair in the winning and bonus algorithms. This scoring system wasn't just thrown together. 

There isn't just a one line across win strategy as some games have. This one is built to handle the 12 line wins that the casinos have. The betting only let me do a one-to-one, or two-to-one bet but thats ok because at 12 lines thats still 24 coins lost, or a decent win.

Speaking of winning, there are a ton of prizes to win, and they are themed for their levels theme too. 

Extras and Add-Ins

There are plenty of these to go around. Not only (as I mentioned above) are there prizes in the levels, but you also get free coins every hour that also make a gauge go up to get a bigger bonus. But you also get plenty of you did it bonus coins and spins for winning certain combos, or patterns.

Improvements

This game actually didn't have a lot that would normally irritate me. There are a few improvements that could be made, mainly with the networking. I ran this off of wifi so every time I lost my router the screen would get stuck in a spinning wait bar. The positive about this is hitting the home key went back to the phones home screen and I could still use everything else while it reconnected. (Also note: If you have a phone plan there should be no reason that it wouldn't connect. This is only on wifi only gameplay)

The other things are not really improvements but more notes. This game is free, so thus there is a need for revenue, that comes in not one but two ways! First as buying more coins which to me are high. Prices range from $1.90 for 2,000 coins to a mind blowing $99.90 for 360,000 coins. They say you get 20% free but still $100 for virtual money is too much. Especially when it's rare but there are in game ads also (The second way)

Verdict

Graphics -        4

Gameplay -      5

Misc add-ins -  4

Final  Score  -  4.3

As long as you don't need huge amounts of coins, and casino games are your thing then I recomend this game all day long.

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Big things are coming!

As we said the other day there are big changes and announcements coming from JCW&GC.

The first is as you know we are releasing First Job app for Android. 
We have not finalized the date but internal testing will begin tonight on a potential release version. When that version passes I will upload it, or a variant of it, as the final Preview Version.
This Preview will be totally different from the current one as it will have: the final changed layout, Features, and more added to it. The reason it will be different also is that we uploaded the production prototype versions first to show you the idea, and the next one will be the internal Alpha we are happy with for release.

The second thing is that we will be launching the website January 1st.
We are working hard to get the site ready for a January 1st launch. We will have videos, forum, blog, app info, and more for you to tell us what you want added. And YES we will be answering you.

The third bit of news is that we are almost done with 2 more apps and will be announcing them soon!


There is more to come but we will post that in the next few weeks

In closing we would like to know what input you have, comments, and more so please leave comments. Also  we want to know what security questions you would like added as the password recovery.

EG. "What was your first pets name?"

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First Job Preview 2 is now on Google Play! New Features

We have released the second preview of "First Job" on Google Play

The Main new thing is that there is a new top menu system, and the other is the addition of a kickstarter button. Please check it out!



 



Also there will be more big JCWGC news coming soon so be sure to check back.
Big things are coming at the end of December, and in January.

If you want to have advanced notice, and a chance to be apart of the upcoming events leave a comment on this post.

We will be holding contests, and more soon.

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First Job Preview2 coming tomorrow!?

Hey everyone just wanted to do a quick update and say that the First Job Preview2 should be up tomorrow. We tried over the weekend but didn't have enough time to work on it. For now here is the first one please check it out its free https://t.co/ysiwWYc4

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Free First Job App Preview Build-1

As we posted the other day we have been working hard to set up a list of Preview Builds for you to try out! The work has paid off and the first one is published to the Google Play Store. 

 

Try it out for yourself and see what the app is all about! Please take note that this Preview is only for the functionality, and features (not all are working as we planned that) nothing in this is in it's final stage as of right now. We hope that you will like it and it will help you pledge as you can see a functioning app. This also does not affect the Beta Reward as the beta will still be separate and exclusive to Kickstarter Pledgers. You can pledge here. http://kck.st/RjaMNg

Enjoy and thank you Jersey. 

Keep an eye out for more updates. 

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