Kickball iPhone app is a Foursquare client with maps, photos and more

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Do you like the idea of Foursquare, but aren't in love with the Foursquare iPhone app? Maybe Kickball is more your speed.

This new iPhone app is a Foursquare client with awesome mapping of nearby venues and friends' locations, and it makes Foursquare both more interesting and easier to use. It's available for free ("for a limited time") in the App Store.

Kickball uses Twitter's GeoAPI to handle the location data, but it brings more than just maps to the table. You also get an "I'm here, too!" button for one-click checkins at your friends' locations, along with photos and detailed data about any spot on the map (including hours, specials, and the all-important happy hour). It's still the same old Foursquare game underneath, though: you still get to play for badges and mayorships, and do everything else you can do with the basic Foursquare client.

Kickball is definitely worth a look, especially while it's still free. Word is that it's going to expand to other location-based games, like Gowalla and Brightkite, soon.

[via Webmonkey]

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