Great idea, pretty inaccurate 😅
Response from developer
Hi, we'd be happy to take a look at the issues you're having. For some houses, if it is new construction, we may not have your building/house which can cause this. But buildings in a city should generally be found. If you'd like to send us a message via the Feedback item on the Settings page of the app, that will provide us some data on your account and we can investigate.
Good app
I’ll continue tracking my own time outside
I read about this app and figured I’d give it a go to see how accurate it was. I like the feature where it tells you the nature score of where you are… but as far as recording outside time, it’s very off. After using it for 4 days, averaging 4-5 hours outside per day, the app only recorded that I was outside for 1 hour/day. And only half of that time counted as “quality” time. I was in my (98.5 scored) yard most of the time - mostly gardening.
So, I don’t know if it just scored poorly because I was too close to my house part of the time. But I will probably not continue to try to use this app to track time.
Cool
I wish the app itself had an interactive map. You can go to the website to look at map scores by street or address, but if you happen to be in a low-scoring area, there’s no indication of where to turn to get more green exposure unless you’re already familiar with the area.
Makes you aware of outside time
It does not seem to always pick up on being in a rural area because it may not be on map yet.
Great idea - doesn’t work
Response from developer
Hi, we'd be happy to help determine what wasn't working. If you had truly zero time and were outside, this sounds like a permissions issue. Please feel free to email us (info@naturequant.com) and we can ensure things work for you.
Not accurate
Response from developer
Hi, we'd be happy to take a look at your data. Note that NatureDose is not an "activity tracker", and there can be some delay in what it shows. It is designed to preserve battery and then to show you your dose for the week (or day in the details), but the app only updates periodically based on amount of movement, network connection, etc. Feel free to send us a feedback request (go to the Settings tab and click "Provide feedback", and we can see the issue might be.
A great app
If you’re not the customer…
Result = zero hours so I’m not sure hours far off the grid you have to be to get counted as outside enough.
Beyond that I was curious and listened to the founder on a podcast I enjoy talking about how the goal was to gather enough data to get Apple to include it bundled on their app but, for now, profits come from selling data to governments and insurance companies.
Not seeing a way to opt out of such data collection, I deleted the app and my account (though I wonder if info was really deleted).
An app that does what this promises would be valuable for many people but a ‘free’ service collect and bundle user data to insurance companies isn’t something is disingenuous.
Not correctly logging outdoor time
Response from developer
Hi, the app is not an activity tracker, so it does not update minute-by-minute (also in part to save battery life). Give it a bit of time before checking after an activity/time outside, and it should be reflected properly. Please feel free to send us feedback with a date for day(s) you feel are inaccurate and we'd be happy to take a look.
