Sometimes I run across an app or someone shows me an app that like a train crash, I just can't look away from. If someone would have said, "hey go download the RunPee" app!" I would have thought they were crazy or even a little sick. Well my friend Wanda sent me an email about this app and I had to go check it out because I trust her opinion. First off get your mind out of the gutter 
It's not that kind of app!
The RunPee app is designed to allow you to know at what point during a movie could you duck out and run to the restroom. Every movie has those points where if you missed 2-5 minutes, you wouldn't really miss anything. That's exactly what RunPee gives you. You pick the movie that you're going to watch and it will show you a list of the times that you can run out. For example, for the movie Up, you can take a 4 minute bio break at the 30 minute mark.
It will also tell you how long you can go for and even give you a little synopsis of what you're going to miss.
You can even set a timer for when the movie starts so that you'll know how much longer you have to go before the next break.
The Bottom Line
While I probably would have picked a classier title ("MovieBreak", "Intermission", "MovieBio", "You won't miss anything"), this app does have some great applications. Also the yellow text doesn't help LOL! If you've ever taken kids to a movie I don't need to say anymore! Although the app runs on an iPod touch, It does require an internet connection. I don't know how many theaters are going to have a Wi-Fi connection for you to use. It would have been nice if the app at least cached the info so you can get the list before you leave home. If you can hold it for the length of the movie, or better yet go before you go in, then you can skip this app. You can download RunPee from the App Store for 99¢:
About Terry White
Terry is the co-author of The Best Selling "The iPhone Book" 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th editions. He has been active in the industry for over 25 years and is the founder and president of MacGroup-Detroit, Inc., Michigan's largest Macintosh Users Group, host of the Adobe Creative Suite Podcast and a technology writer - Terry White Tech Blog.
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