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Burning the money tree
Do you wanna know how you ruin a great app and throw away some money? follow these guys cause they’re doing it well. I love this app most features anyways I paid for the best service. This whole year has been great. Start noticing the last few months. a lot of people aren’t on it any more. Come to find out they have taken away about everything there is for the free service. They wanna make more money and get it but you gotta give them something that will get people a reason to use it. Then I find out tonight that the bowling alleys are supposed to pay them a monthly fee to be a part of it. I believe it should be the other way around. what incentive does the bowling alley have for paying Lanetalk for the service? I see a bunch of incentive for lane talk to pay the bowling alleys. If I was the bowling alley, I wouldn’t give a single red scent to lane talk. I’ve been trying to decide if I was going to let them charge me for another year subscription but Im thinking that no I’m not going to. good luck lane talk your going to need it the way you have been going.Show lessErnest keeping it real
Developer Response
Hi Ernest, thank you very much for your feedback. We currently receive more than 1 million games every day so it's costly to continue to host and develop the app. We are not charging any center to use our services. It's provided for free to everyone. However, there are one scoring system that continue to charge a monthly fee to their customers to send the scoring data to LaneTalk. We don't get a penny of that. We have an increasing number of paying subscribers that enjoy the app. If you have ideas on how we can improve, please let us know, support@lanetalk.com, thanks!Waste of time
Ive had the app for the last couple years. It was a great app and wonderful to show as much data as it did. Then they switched to a subscription based model. Locking your bowling data behind a paywall.. well I can see it, and it’s not terribly expensive. My bigger concern is watching live games if you have not subscribed. Watching my nieces scores during the junior gold tournament, I’m having to wait 15 seconds every single minute because of a pop up asking me to subscribe. She hasn’t made it two frames before this pops up and there’s only 4 girls to a pair.
Getting people to subscribe because of an annoyance factor instead of the benefit of the data the app offers shows a better understanding that it’s a complete money grab app. And after reading the recent reviews, it shows.Show lessEe4213
Developer Response
Thank you for your review. We are glad that you enjoyed the free version of the Live scoring, while you had to watch some ads when you enjoyed the free service. That is a very common solution (cable tv, youtube and other apps) to get the funding that is needed to operate and further develop the platform. It's only $3/month for a subscription which is a lot less than other services are charging for live scores and similar services.Must have for any bowler
Automatically connects to the lane and records scores, shows your weaknesses and strengths to help you advance to the next average tier. It goes further than scores, it also records pocket hits and your leaves. All you have to do is go to your alley and pick your lane and name after throwing once. The app told me my weaknesses were opens, spare shooting, and hitting 9+ pins and my strengths were strike rate and carry. My old bowling app had you punch in the scores manually and you can add in all the advanced stuff like pocket hits if you want, and it didn’t have the comparison stuff.Show lessflowinglinc101
Developer Response
Thank you for your great review. We are glad that you appreciate the app and don't hesitate to reach out to support@lanetalk.com id you have any ideas on how we can improve, thank you!