Grab a free cradle / charger and £25 with confused.com

[Over Carl]

Android Play Store says between 1000-5000 people have downloaded it so this should still be open. Bug I found with the app - once you open for first time, you can't close or minimise it until you register which is dependant on having an internet connection.

How would you like a free car cradle and charger for your phone just for recording your driving style for 20 miles? How about £25 cashback on completion of 250 miles? Yes? Well, with the new MotorMate application from Confused.com, that's exactly what's on offer!

Confused.com have launched a new application - MotorMate - in association with RoSPA (Royal Society for the prevention of accidents) and My Drive that allows you to earn real rewards and understand how good a driver you are compared to a RoSPA expert driver.

MotorMate runs in the background of your Android phone while you’re driving and after each journey you are given a rating out of 5 based on how you brake, accelerate and drive at appropriate speeds. After you have covered 250 miles you'll receive your Confused.com MotorMark out of 100. This score is more reflective of your long term driving habits. The application is very similar to the Aviva 'RateMyDrive' application that we covered recently, but with the addition of free stuff.

Confused.com are also offering £25 cash back when you take our your motor insurance policy with them.

As always, terms and conditions apply (which can be viewed in full on the confused.com site), but the key points are:

• Each offer is limited to the first 5,000 applicants
• Free cradle and charger needs to be redeemed by 31/10/12
• 25 cashback on driving 250 miles to be redeemed by 31/10/12
• £25 cashback for getting a motor insurance sale with us to be redeemed by 31/06/13

Ready to get started? Head on over to the Confused.com MotorMate page on the Play Store to install. An iPhone version is also available on the App Store

[Teajunkie]

saw this earlier and thought i would give it a blast.
Now how do you get over 3 stars it must think im nigel mansell.

[mc.dodd]

can't get mine to work, won't go past the signup screen..

[Over Carl]

Hmm, maybe the bug I found wasn't just because of no internet. When I tried again it worked fine.

Also noticed the back button doesn't take me out of the app but if I long press the home button rather then getting the menu of all apps open I go to the home screen.

[DejaVu]

The sign up process is shagged.
My SGS3 is saying I have no internet connection - Bullshit, I've just finished downloaded Hirens Boot CD to my phone.

Whoever designed the app is an android app dev noob (if the error message wording is anything to go by, they are 12!) and should not have been upped to the Play Store yet.
The ratings for their app says it all.

[funkyg]

I couldn't find this on the Apple app store, so put it on my crappy work phone.
Sign up worked fine for me.

[funkyg]

I've tried it on a couple short journies got a four and a couple of fives.
I must be really slow!

Gonna try it on my commute when I'm back to work tomorrow.

[corskey]

I can't find it on the iPhone store either.

[funkyg]

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Now how do you get over 3 stars it must think im nigel mansell.

do you have a big tasche?

[Confused.com]

Hi guys,


Following feedback from the android Play Store and across the web such as digital forums, we've released an update to the app that covers issues users found with the app such as the ability to use the back button on handsets to end the app. The feature was not originally included in the initial release to avoid users unexpectedly ending the application during a journey.

[GTI]

Have we all of a sudden become searchable on Google??

[bbshark]

lol
hello confused.com welcome to the forum, please read the rules and enjoy your stay.



If you google "MotorMate - in association with RoSPA" we are the 2nd result.

[GTI]

If you google "MotorMate - in association with RoSPA" we are the 2nd result.

I must be getting old, but I though DF was closed (i.e. not visible) to non subscribers.

[Bald Bouncer]

I must be getting old, but I though DF was closed (i.e. not visible) to non subscribers.

http://www.digital-forums.com/showth...exed-on-google

[GTI]

http://www.digital-forums.com/showth...exed-on-google

Many thanks, I think I need to curb my more enthusiastic posts... I am quite well known on a number of Christian Theology forums and if my two identities every became connected, I could go to hell.

[blaggard]

Many thanks, I think I need to curb my more enthusiastic posts... I am quite well known on a number of Christian Theology forums and if my two identities every became connected, I could go to hell.

I think you're already booked on my bus. . . . .

[Fon]

Received my cradle already.

Its a good quality one.

The app on the other hand is a pile of crap. Crashes often. And even though it appears to close when you press the back button, it doesn't actually as can be seen from a task manager.

Fon

[mc.dodd]

got it working now on my HTC Sensation XE, just recording my journeys to work..seems to be working fine at the mo..

@fon what kind of cradle is it you get?

[Over Carl]

Mine has stopped uploading journeys after the first three. Total pile of wank.

[dibbler]

Mine stopped last friday night. It uploaded all the journeys on Monday.