# Altimeter Watch — user reviews

> 5 indexed App Store user reviews of Altimeter Watch by JBVD Industries LLC, rated 3.95/5 from 39 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/altimeter-watch/id1301685741/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/altimeter-watch/id1301685741.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 22 · 4★ 5 · 3★ 5 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 5

## Most critical reviews (5 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Broken Watch App and crazy battery consumption

*2018-08-30*

This app drained 59 percent of my battery using GPS over just 9 hours. And the watch face always is forced to be displayed even if app is closed.  The watch app is laggy and slow when there is no good reason for this.  Also the paid purchases do not remove the ads, buggy misleading application. One star - I believe the other reviews are fake

**Developer response:** Hey CraneDomain, sorry you had a bad experience!  Thank you for the feedback.

For me, this app works best if you set it up as a complication at this point.  Eventually, the app will stop persistently sitting on the foreground of your watch.

It seems to be a bug with watchOS for apps that use the GPS in the background.  I am unable to control it, last I checked.

Once it calms down on the foregrounding, the battery usage reduces too in my experience.  I have a Series 3 LTE, and my battery will last about two days, when I use this app as a complication.

There are no ads in this app, other than my request for your in app purchase on the oxygen history screen, so perhaps you got that confused with another app?

Anyways, I hope Apple allows me to have better control in upcoming watchOS releases, so I can give everyone a better experience!  I will try to find some time to improve this app for the upcoming ski season, which is the time of year that I use it the most!

Hope I can earn more than 1 star from you in the future!  😁

### 1/5 — Fake Reviews Probably

*2018-04-13*

Not a good app. Inaccurate and you have to pay for everything. One of the review says the developer answers questions quickly, but there are no questions. Don’t get.

**Developer response:** Hey CreeperTechHQ, thank you for the feedback.

The only thing that is paid in this app are the oxygen percentage features, you do not need to pay to see your current altitude or your altitude history.

If you're trying to use it without an Apple Watch, then it currently won't work, perhaps this is what you're experiencing?  I would like to support using this app without an Apple Watch in the next release.  Hopefully I'll make a new release before the ski season!

The questions that I answered quickly were sent via email, that's why you don't see them.

### 2/5 — Why No Update For Apple Watch 4

*2019-03-24*

This is an excellent app with lots of valuable info.  But it won’t work as a complication on the watch face on an Apple 4.  This needs an update!  Have to give it 2 stars because it should have been updated as a watch face complication on Apple’s latest watch.

### 3/5 — Altimeter on watch

*2018-10-30*

Continuously appears unasked for. Drains battery. Accurate enough for general purposes.

### 5/5 — Best Altimeter App our there!

*2018-03-23*

Hands down this is the best Altimeter app for the Apple Watch. Has great complications for all Watch faces and has an update time on the display as well. I have tried every other one in the App Store and this is the best you can get. The developer is quick to answer any questions you may have. Oh and believe it or not it’s FREE!!

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