Not worth it
Complete waste of money. I found nothing useful here.
A good start but not well organized
I bought this app after my Camino group split up in Burgos and I was left guide less. With some heavy pre-planning at the albergue I can map out tomorrow's course, but it requires taking snapshots of the map and checking other sources for distances. A few suggestions:
1) I'm in Leon. This app tells me I am only 245 kilometers from Santiago, but every other guide, including my Camino Passport, puts me at about 300. The difference is worth TWO DAYS of walking. distance from current location is useless if it's not Camino distance, but as the crow flies.
2) The stages should be broken up into 25-30 kilometer sections. 30 kilometers is a pretty aggressive day for the average pilgrim, but would still be functional for planning. Most guides follow a 20-24k plan. It would be helpful if this guide had similar stages. Also, the total stage distance should be shown on the stages page.
3) A distance calculator would be very helpful. It would help with planning if I could enter the names of cities and receive a total distance. Or if I could enter a start point and a kilometer total and receive an end point, or the nearest city with an albergue.
4) The map is the best feature on this app! Please make it accessible offline.
You're off to a great start, please keep up the good work!
1) I'm in Leon. This app tells me I am only 245 kilometers from Santiago, but every other guide, including my Camino Passport, puts me at about 300. The difference is worth TWO DAYS of walking. distance from current location is useless if it's not Camino distance, but as the crow flies.
2) The stages should be broken up into 25-30 kilometer sections. 30 kilometers is a pretty aggressive day for the average pilgrim, but would still be functional for planning. Most guides follow a 20-24k plan. It would be helpful if this guide had similar stages. Also, the total stage distance should be shown on the stages page.
3) A distance calculator would be very helpful. It would help with planning if I could enter the names of cities and receive a total distance. Or if I could enter a start point and a kilometer total and receive an end point, or the nearest city with an albergue.
4) The map is the best feature on this app! Please make it accessible offline.
You're off to a great start, please keep up the good work!
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Some additional features would make this more useful
I'm on the road right now trying to use this app - without a data plan. I am relying on wifi at albergues and bars for my iphone and ipad.
First of all, this app has a lot of info. That's great! But it's hard to use because there is just so much and at times it's confusing.
I would like to suggest the following:
Quick links
- ability to bookmark albergues/stages
Cacheable maps/Distance
- so you can take a look a town or a stage easily.
Ability to leave notes about a town/stage to give the heads up to pilgrims.
Ability to download latests notes for a stage you are looking at so you can make the right choice for albergues (if you have a choice!!)
Maps to point out route changes more clearly.
First of all, this app has a lot of info. That's great! But it's hard to use because there is just so much and at times it's confusing.
I would like to suggest the following:
Quick links
- ability to bookmark albergues/stages
Cacheable maps/Distance
- so you can take a look a town or a stage easily.
Ability to leave notes about a town/stage to give the heads up to pilgrims.
Ability to download latests notes for a stage you are looking at so you can make the right choice for albergues (if you have a choice!!)
Maps to point out route changes more clearly.
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Extremely Helpful
Has all the information you need.
Fantastic
No review,the proof is in the pudd'n!
Had everything needed and more!
Had everything needed and more. It even included old and closed albergues, which saved me a bit of unnecessary walking at the end of the day. I will carry it next year when I walk the second half.
Very good app - straight forward
Very good app. Easy to use and follow. Good info. Like it a lot.
Not working on iOS 7.1
Downloaded latest upgrade onto my iPhone 4s. App now doesn't work. When trying to access Albergue info app immediately closes.
Camino Francés
There is a lot of information in the app, but the route isn't broken down into stages, and every time I try to look at detailed information for the various options for lodging, the app crashes...every...time. NOT worth the money.
Does not work
Program keeps re-booting whenever you try to access anything. It is worse than completely useless. A total waste of money. (this is the first app I have ever given a negative review!!!)
