Students can now write and read reviews of professors on their iPhones.
MTV Networks and MtvU executives announced the popular Web site RateMyProfessors.com is now available as an iPhone application.
“I use the site all the time,” said iPhone user David Norgard, a fourth-year in economics. “I would download it if it was free.”
The app costs 99 cents, a price tag that is supposed to distinguish the app from not-as-useful free applications, said Carlo DiMarco, vice president of university relations for MtvU.
Although the app has only been available in the iTunes Store since Jan. 6, the app is in the top 10 of the “paid education category,” DiMarco said.
The RateMyProfessor.com app has a two-and-a-half star costumer rating in the iTunes App Store.
“We’ve received a lot of feedback on the functionality,” DiMarco said.
While the Web site is similar to the app, “there is some confusion because the app navigates differently than the Web site,” he said.
One snag with the app is that the companion site of RateMyProfessors.com, ProfessorsStrikeBack.com, which relies on flash video, cannot be displayed on iPhones.
DiMarco stressed that within the next 30 days, MtvU will release a statement to address the perceived problems of the app.
