Leave a Review Abandoned World
Ehhh
I love the idea for this and was super excited to see what it was about. However the actual experience is weird, only a handful of places on here in my city of 1 million people and one of those was a can of soup. A CAN OF SOUP.
This app has so much potential but it’s just not there yet. I also think it is hilarious that every review mentioning how the places on here aren’t abandoned or don’t make sense, just gets an auto-response about thanking them for their input. Way to make your user feel unseen and unheard.Show lessCommander Sisgo
Developer Response
Hi thanks for reaching out. Yes some old locations needs to be deleted (renovation, new owners, collapsed, etc) If you think that location should not be listed please send us a report (button at bottom of the detail screen) and we will review & remove the data. Did you know the « Feed » screen? It contains the most updated locations. Finally all user feedback is crucial to me. There’s no automatic system other than me. Please use the following email to get in touch: contact@itsabandoned.com Thank you, stay curious 🔦Pretty cool app, just one question
It’s a really cool app and everything. I just am wondering if you could add a feature to where you can search by description or something of the sort?GAJeepers
Developer Response
Hi thank you for the review. Yes searching by keywords is part of the long list of features that will be done in the future. I will update this reply when this is done. Keep exploring 🔦Nice
Pretty good but could you add a satellite view?Fdcisdcnfgdkcvkd
Developer Response
Hi, great suggestion. It’s in the backlog and that would be helpful 👍 In the same time you can open GMaps and have the satellite view there as well 🙌Concept is good
I like the concept but i don’t understand the “listings” in my city. One of the “abandoned” places is an open restaurant, another was pictures of a man sitting on a bench and stickers on a light pole. These are not abandoned locations i’m not sure what is going on hereniightshade
Developer Response
Hi thanks for reaching out. If you think that location should not be listed please send us a report (button at bottom of the detail screen) and we will review & remove the data Thank you, stay curious 🔦Good Start but Needs Work
Abandoned App:
This is a helpful tool that I’ve used when in an unfamiliar area with some time to kill, but it needs some improvement in areas.
The issues:
1. Inaccuracies. As far as I can tell, this app looks for keywords with GPS data and adds them to the map. The result is a LOT of inaccurate or irrelevant information that you have to sort through.
2. No ability to comment (more of a suggestion than a complaint) or edit locations. I think this ability would help a lot so that other people can correct some of the errors that are posted.
3. This app would be far more useful and save a lot of time if the map included an option to view in satellite view. As it is currently, to view in aerial/satellite (like to see if the place is even still there), you have to exit the app to do so. This is a huge pain.
I would suggest either more (human) curation of the locations and/or allowing the users to interact in more useful ways with the locations that are posted.
As it stands, perhaps 30-50% of the posted locations seem accurate or interesting enough in reality to be worth looking into further. But, hey! That’s something at least.
Despite the above issues, I would say it’s worth a download if you’re new to exploring or a stranger in a new land. This is one of only two apps that I’m aware of that cater to this niche.
Last but not least...
The new pop-up ads are intrusive and need to go! There is no feature in an app that will make me delete it faster off of my device than pop-up ads that keep unexpectedly popping up and forcing me onto their site.
Nope!
Cheers,
DA
*UPDATE: The devs did actually include an edit (after review period) option for specific locations it looks like, so hopefully that’ll help with some of the issues listed above!*Show lessDeeashley
How do you add places?
I wanted to add some places near where I live but I have no way to view my account or see my submissions. Also the pictures crop a little much. So far I like the ideaS-WangA
Developer Response
Hi, thanks for reaching out. The account feature is currently prioritised and in active development. Expect to have an account overview in the coming releases. In the meantime, I have no budget for marketing/growth so feel free to buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/zclFinJ (or share the good word of this App with your friends/groups) Thank you and happy exploring 🔦It used to be great
Years ago it used to show these house symbols which represent abandoned places and now there’s none at all but there was a lot of them I think this app is having problems fix it nowbigdog1199
Developer Response
Years ago this App didn’t even exist. I think you’re confusing with another one. If points are not present anymore you can report them using the button at the bottom of the detail screen. Regards.Good so far
It’s a good app found a couple of cool places and documented them on my YouTube channel but it would help if it had updated places in California near gold country hopefully some abandoned mine locations? That’d be a cool add onMobile V Gaming
Contact email no go UPDATE
Good ideas but when I tried to get a hold of some support the emails do not work.
Update!!! Awesome feedback very quick as well. Look forward to adding more local places.Tdragon50
Developer Response
Hi, you can always reach me directly to the following email: contact.itsabandoned@gmail.com Thank you and happy exploring 🔦Pretty good
I do really love the concept of this app and still use it but it needs a bit of work around the edges. It’s just kinda rough cut and feels flimsy in an app making sense. It’s hard to scroll at times and it’s a little annoying to add places and photos and text. Some images and places aren’t existent or just some random person putting and image there. But I do appreciate the report button for these purposes. It’s a little hard to use since it’s a tiny bit broken but honestly it’s a pretty good app if you’re looking for new abandoned places to find. And a lot of it is pretty accurate.Show lesskinokokid
Developer Response
Hi, thank you very much for this review. Good news, now the pictures that doesn't exist anymore are automatically deleted. Which results in better data to present. In the meantime, I have 0 budget for marketing so feel free to buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/zclFinJ Or share this App with your friends or groups. Will keep working on it! Thank you, stay curious and happy exploring 🔦
