US “only”
Until last summer (2023), this was the only fire-reporting app I had or needed. But in the aftermath of the wildfires in ON & QC and their severe downwind effects in the Eastern US, this app is now effectively sidelined because of the lack of coverage of Canada. I’ll be using another that does have this coverage, which tells me that the data are readily available and that the dev just needs to incorporate them. I hope that will happen, at which point I would gladly change my review to 5*s. I have two of the dev’s other apps — Snow Report and River Levels — which are great. I expect this would be as well with inclusion of Canada. 🇨🇦
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Abandoned?
I hope this is not going to be another abandoned app. I'm not saying that this specific developer has abandoned his/her/their apps, but other developers have been abandoning theirs and I feel that I’m just wasting my time and money on them. It makes me sick to my stomach, and this is the only reason I hesitate to get any more apps than I need.
August 2023 Wildfires app.
August 2023 Wildfires app.
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App not updating
Clicking on the inciweb tab makes the whole app shut down. Fire data does not appear to be updating. I’ve contacted the developer with no responses correcting the issues. I have noticed that all of the feedback is from a year or more ago. Edit 8/8/23: thanks for the correction. The app is working fine now, and the link to Inciweb is seamless and works nicely.
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Response from developer
Hi, please update to version 1.3 and the issue you are describing has been fixed. Unfortunately I did not see your email or I would have fixes the issue more quickly. Lastly, please consider editing your review when you experience the app working again. Thank you.
Terrible for Canadian users
Doesn’t show any Canadian fire data. I want my money back!
Where is the information?
I tapped on every possible setting and layer (of which there are few to none) to set it up, and the fires currently burning are not even showing… the settings gears just links me to other apps this company offers. The informational maps cannot be drilled down into - they literally look like placeholders with nominal graphics. I cannot understand why the developer believes that their app is functional because appears to be a skeleton with nothing fleshing it out in a live interactive manner.
Please don’t tell me I need to update the version, as I just downloaded it an hour ago.
Utter facepalm. Deleting. You got my dollar.
Please don’t tell me I need to update the version, as I just downloaded it an hour ago.
Utter facepalm. Deleting. You got my dollar.
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Just not doing it
For me. This app was a bust. I needed updates on a local fire and it lagged well behind info from open sites on the web. I went elsewhere to get updates. Might be good for some but for me? Just didn’t work. Sorry folks.
Lacks incident feeds
I live in California, app always starts in Australia. We had nearby fire that was not identified. Would not rely on this app as my “go to”. Developer was kind enough to point out that I was running an older version. Update version took care of the problem and added nice features. The ability to move to incident feeds is especially nice. ThNk you
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Useful for overall weather & trends
Good technically based analysis - had to get definitions for a few weather abbreviations. I expected to see a few active NorCal fires showing on map, but did not. Maybe they’re no longer burning? Or maybe I need to learn to use this app.
Not worth it…
Bad app. Data is confusing and I think these reviews are false. I don’t rate apps unless they are really bad…this is one of those.
Canadian Data not in it
Why is this sold in Canada without access to the Canadian data? They have it on the desktop version, it exists, and yet the app only gives the contiguous US.
