# ZOTFinder

> Find Your Way Around UCI

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id915256719](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id915256719)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id915256719`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** UCI Student Center
- **Category:** Navigation
- **Rating:** 3.90 / 5 (214 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.0.4
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-16
- **First published:** 2014-09-14
- **Size:** 17 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-22
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/zotfinder/id915256719)
- **Website:** [https://www.studentcenter.uci.edu](https://www.studentcenter.uci.edu/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://uci.edu/privacy/](https://uci.edu/privacy/)

## Description

**ZOTFinder** is an interactive campus map and navigation app for the University of California, Irvine. Students, visitors, faculty, and staff can quickly search for buildings, departments, faculty offices, and campus services.

Get walking routes with estimated distances and times, access UCI’s emergency preparedness guide, and find important campus support contacts. Designed with accessibility, safety, and convenience in mind, ZOTFinder helps everyone explore UCI confidently and avoid getting lost.

## Rankings

- #108,823 — Overall

## Review summary

ZOTFinder is valued as a campus-navigation aid, especially for freshmen, helping users locate buildings and facilities and offering acronym-based search. However, its usefulness is constrained by reliability and data issues: freezing, server errors, outdated information, and frequent route-search failures, worsened by a problematic update and some UX quirks. To regain widespread usefulness, focus on data accuracy, robust routing, and stability improvements while preserving the strengths that help newcomers orient themselves on campus.

### Pros

- Helpful for freshmen and new students navigating campus
- Assists in locating buildings, classrooms, and facilities (e.g., restrooms)
- Acronym-based search is convenient and aligns with schedules
- Overall positive impact on reducing stress while navigating campus

### Cons

- Frequent freezes and server contact issues lead to reliability problems
- Data is outdated or incomplete (missing buildings, outdated names/acronyms)
- Route finding often fails (no route found, routes not found) and some guidance is missing
- Recent updates have introduced stability issues and broken functionality
- UI/UX quirks (snapping back to searched location) can hinder use

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id915256719)