Foursquare is killing its metropolis information app to deal with the check-in app Swarm

It’s the tip of an period for one of many App Retailer’s earliest success tales. Foursquare is shutting down its signature metropolis information app in an effort to “focus our efforts on constructing a good higher expertise in Swarm,” the corporate stated in . The app will shut down December 15, whereas the online model will keep on-line till “early 2025.”

The shutdown is a notable reversal of a technique the corporate introduced a decade in the past when it, controversially, opted its famed “check-in” service right into a separate app. That app turned referred to as Swarm whereas the Foursquare-branded app turned a “” stuffed with user-generated opinions and native suggestions.

Now, Foursquare says its future is, as soon as once more, the check-in. “We’re additionally introducing thrilling new options and capabilities into Swarm all year long (👀 a few of which can look acquainted to you) in an effort to unlock new use circumstances that will higher assist your wants,” the corporate stated, including that extra updates are anticipated “early subsequent yr.”

It’s not clear why the corporate is altering its technique to elevate Swarm over its namesake app. The corporate greater than 100 staff earlier this yr in an effort to “streamline” operations. Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley, who’s at the moment co-chair of the corporate’s board of administrators, stated in a publish that the corporate is “doing superb,” although he expressed disappointment with the information. “I might be mendacity if I did not admit that I’ve been in an actual funk these previous few days over this information,” he wrote.