Lloyd of the Flies AR Bug Hunt User Reviews

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⭐️

Worked brilliantly -great fun!

Disappointing — when it worked 🙁

When it did work, the bug flew away most of the time. However, for the first time in years, my phone locked up. Couldn’t use the app, switch apps nor sleep phone (original iPhone SE). Had to force restart it.

So the developer response, 10 months later, is basically to blame me for using their app on a phone that’s not powerful enough - without putting that requirement in the “Works on this iPhone” section here.
It still says Requires iOS 15 and iPhone SE 1st Gen.
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Response from developer

Hello Katy Three, Apologies for the delay in replying but thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We're sorry to hear that you experienced issues with the Bug Hunt app. Due to the nature of the AR technology the device used does need to be above a certain specification. It has been optimised for Apple officially supported devices running iOS 16 and later (see iPhone models compatible with iOS 16 – Apple Support (UK). However the app should still work on devices from iPhone 8 and iPad 2017 onwards as long as they are running iOS 15 or above. Lack of phone memory can also affect the performance of the app. We are committed to improving our app and ensuring it works smoothly for everyone. We appreciate your feedback and your patience and hope the updates we have implemented will resolve any issues you experienced. If you need any further support feel free to email us on feedback@aardman.com

Couldn’t get it working

Didn’t work at Rosemoor at all. 2 disappointed kids. Just don’t produce something and promote it across a site without making sure it works 🙈🙈

Response from developer

Hello NickyNoodles1, Apologies for the delay in replying but thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We're sorry to hear that you experienced issues with the Bug Hunt app. We thoroughly test all our apps before they are made public and we had some excellent feedback from other locations. Due to the nature of the AR technology, the device used does need to be above a certain specification. It has been optimised for Apple officially supported devices running iOS 16 and later (see iPhone models compatible with iOS 16 – Apple Support (UK). However the app should still work on devices from iPhone 8 and iPad 2017 onwards as long as they are running iOS 15 or above. We are committed to improving our app and ensuring it works smoothly for everyone. We appreciate your feedback and your patience and hope the updates we have implemented will resolve any issues you experienced. If you need any further support feel free to email us on feedback@aardman.com

Sweet app

Although the UX could’ve been better, the app was sweet and well pitched. Good work Aardman

Response from developer

Hello Simonotone, Thank you for taking the time to review Bug Hunt. Since this trail completed last summer and we have made some fixes and tweaks to enhance and optimise the app. We've also added a little demo that can tried when you're not at a Trail Location. Hopefully next time you use it will be even better!

Poor - unless you have a new phone and good signal

Great idea and when it works it’s sort of OK. Forget it if you’re in a weak reception area (like most of RHS Hyde Hall); the app just hangs and there’s no ‘back’ button to get out to a homepage, you have to kill the app and reopen it. Beware - some of the AR features don’t work on older phones (such as the hand-me-downs that younger children might have), so in our case big sister was able to see some of the features that younger sister couldn’t. There’s also very little help or guidance in the app so it takes some prodding around to find some of the fun things in there and that’s not the point when visiting a garden and trying to follow a trail. Other than that it’s great fun when working and has some innovative features, such as stacking insect poo (likely to be a hit with most kids!). Needs better development and testing before release.
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Response from developer

Hello Bananabarry, Apologies for the delay in replying but thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We're sorry to hear that you experienced issues with the Bug Hunt app. Since this trail completed last summer and we have made some fixes and tweaks to enhance and optimise the app. However due to the nature of the AR technology the device used does need to be above a certain specification. It has been optimised for Apple officially supported devices running iOS 16 and later (see iPhone models compatible with iOS 16 – Apple Support (UK). However the app should still work on devices from iPhone 8 and iPad 2017 onwards as long as they are running iOS 15 or above. We are committed to improving our app and ensuring it works smoothly for everyone. We appreciate your feedback and your patience and hope the updates we have implemented will resolve any issues you experienced. If you need any further support feel free to email us on feedback@aardman.com

Pointless

Just kept opening the camera app with no clear instructions. Frustrating

Response from developer

Hello Frickaholic88, Apologies for the delay in replying but thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We're sorry to hear that you experienced issues with the app. It sounds as though the camera was ready to scan a marker that you should have found on the trail. We are releasing an update for use this summer that should ensure the app is clear and easy to use. We are committed to improving our app and ensuring it works smoothly for everyone. We appreciate your feedback and your patience and hope the updates we have implemented will resolve any issues you experienced. If you need any further support feel free to email us on feedback@aardman.com

Doesn’t work

The camera doesn’t react at all to any of the markers.

Response from developer

Hello Jamesbrkr, Apologies for the delay in replying but thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. Due to the nature of the AR technology the device used does need to above a certain specification. It has been optimised for Apple officially supported devices running iOS 16 and later (see iPhone models compatible with iOS 16 – Apple Support (UK). However the app should still work on devices from iPhone 8 and iPad 2017 onwards as long as they are running iOS 15 or above. We are committed to improving our app and ensuring it works smoothly for everyone. We appreciate your feedback and your patience and hope the updates we have implemented will resolve any issues you experienced. If you need any further support feel free to email us on feedback@aardman.com

Seems pointless

It just seems to open a camera and there are no clear instructions what on Earth is supposed to happen or what we’re supposed to do. Very frustrating and led to very fed up kids.

Response from developer

Hello spt111, Apologies for the delay in replying but thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. Our goal is to provide an enjoyable and seamless experience for all users. We're sorry to hear that you experienced issues with the app. It sounds as though the camera was ready to scan a marker that you should have found on the trail. We are releasing an update for use this summer that should ensure the app is clear and easy to use. We are committed to improving our app and ensuring it works smoothly for everyone. We appreciate your feedback and your patience and hope the updates we have implemented will resolve any issues you experienced. If you need any further support feel free to email us on feedback@aardman.com

Not even sure what it’s meant to do

Downloaded for the bug hunt trail at RHS Wisley and it just basically did nothing! Not even entirely clear on what it’s meant to do but regardless it didn’t do anything to do with the trail so unsure of the point or purpose of it.

Response from developer

Hello Charly2306, Apologies for the delay in replying but thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. Since this trail completed last summer and we have made some fixes and tweaks to enhance and optimise the app. We've also added a little demo that can tried when you're not at a Trail Location so you can get to grips with it. We are committed to improving our app and ensuring it works smoothly for everyone. We appreciate your feedback and your patience and hope the updates we have implemented will resolve any issues you experienced. If you need any further support feel free to email us on feedback@aardman.com

Rubbish

Couldn’t get this to work properly. Not clear what you are supposed to be doing and kids got completely fed up after 2 attempts.

Response from developer

Hello, Apologies for the delay in replying but thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. Since this trail completed last summer and we have made some fixes and tweaks to enhance and optimise the app. We've also added a little demo that can tried when you're not at a Trail Location so you can get to grips with it. We are committed to improving our app and ensuring it works smoothly for everyone. We appreciate your feedback and your patience and hope the updates we have implemented will resolve any issues you experienced. If you need any further support feel free to email us on feedback@aardman.com

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