About this app

Dinner? Movies? Friends? Shopping? Get Poynt and get there.

Welcome to the totally redesigned Poynt for Android. The new version of the app features a tiled, high-res User Interface to help you find what you need faster!

We’ve taken Poynt to the next level with a new set of engaging features and enhancements, including:

Reworked interface design with tiled dashboard taking advantage of screen real estate
New drawer-style navigation allows users to show/hide menu options
Enhanced battery life, memory management and network bandwidth use
Optimized for Android 4.4 (KitKat) devices
Increased settings options for enhanced customization
Supports high-resolution displays

Poynt for Android allows you to interact with your search results through placing calls to businesses, mapping directions, viewing show times and movie trailers or reserving a table at a local restaurant.

Business – Ever wonder, “where’s the nearest…?” Finding what you need has never been easier with Poynt’s Business Search Feature – your mobile version of the yellow pages.

Movies – Poynt’s Movie Search Feature is your personal movie guide – it’s one part Hollywood insider and one part box office!

Restaurants – Think of the Restaurant Search Feature as your own personal culinary assistant; get great tables at the best eateries in town.

Gas – With the Gas Search Feature, know where to find the cheapest fuel in town – and never run out of gas again (US and Canada only)!

Events – Being an insider has its advantages – with Poynt’s Events Search Feature, get the most up-to-date details on the hottest events in town (North America, UK and India only).

Weather – Get short and long-term forecasts, never get caught in the rain without an umbrella again!

Poynt asks for permission to access your calendar, contacts and location in order to deliver an integrated 
experience:

Accounts & Contacts – You can add listing results directly to one your contact lists.

Location – Accessing your location allows you to quickly search for nearby businesses using your GPS or cell-site location.

Please note: at no time do we access or share your personal information.

New features

Movie section fixes

App Permissions

Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows an app to access approximate location.
Allows an app to access precise location.
Allows access to the list of accounts in the Accounts Service.
Allows an application to write the user's contacts data.
Allows an application to write the user's calendar data.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
This constant was deprecated in API level 21. No longer enforced.
Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Allows access to the list of accounts in the Accounts Service.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows applications to change Wi-Fi connectivity state.
Allows enabling/disabling location update notifications from the radio.
Allows applications to connect to paired bluetooth devices.
Allows applications to discover and pair bluetooth devices.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.
Allows an app to access approximate location.