Good Idea, But Needs Several Fixes
I like being able to take pictures that help with the university’s research, but whenever my photo is approved or declined, it sends me around three of the same notifications per photo. Also, many of my photos that obviously have cicadas in them were declined.
Science!
I understand photosvideos take forever to get approved, but mine never popped up on the map, not even within the 48 hour window after approval, which was disappointing. I hope my photos can be used for study, but the execution of this app quickly made me lose interest. So, although my property is deafening right now with Cicada screams, I will not be submitting anything else.
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Started off great
Started off great, then all the sudden stoped showing where the cicadas were being reported. Only very few reports are showing now where as initially there were way more. Would be nice if they got it fixed before the end of the hatch.
Unusable
The app provides useful information about cicadas, but the workflow of using it is unclear. I cannot figure out how to submit photos, or maybe I did submit photos…I don’t know.
SLOW, and must be in app to use.
This app is nearly unusable because it is so slow. You also have to take photos and videos on-site and through the app. I took both with my regular phone camera, not knowing about the app. Was hoping I could upload them later when I found out about the app but that is not the case. I hope I can find a different way to report the cicadas I found, since I will not be back in the area again.
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Microphone access issue
Gave app permissions to access microphone and camera. App is not properly asking for permission to use the microphone. App message says it can’t access my camera and microphone.
Want to save my videos
Is there anyway I can download onto my iphone or to Photos the videos that I post with this app? They seem to be lost once recorded with the app.
hangs after clicking a cicada
click the cicada icon on the map. view the picture. cannot return to the app. the back button, top left, does nothing. shutdown the app. uninstalled.
GREAT idea, I’m guessing they are massively understaffed though
This idea is excellent: a user-driven, real-time map view of the great 2021 cicada invasion. However, they obviously can’t keep up with the sheer volume of submissions. I have several pictures and videos that never made it out of “pending approval”, and by the sound of other reviews, this is the norm. To be fair, who would have thought that watching bugs would be so popular?
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Fun!
This is such a fun an awesome app! Props to the researchers and developers!
