Interested, but hard to use
Very excited to download when I heard of this, but it seems rather clunky in which it is also hard to obtain relevant results. Eg on my iPhone the animal marker disappears if I zoom in or out of the map even slightly which is frustrating. It would be great to be able to see, eg all white storks rather than having have to favourite each bird. I also hoped the app might show animals actual journeys ie from ‘here to there’. Will stay with it for a while though - it’s a wonderful idea!
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update
i found a bird and it was in that place 41 years ago…
PLEASE UPDATE MORE OFTEN WE’RE STILL HERE
So, I’m writing this in regards to the app itself and the animals. I had went to go check on freedom, the eagle born near me in captivity and etc. and went to see he hasn’t been active in 2 years which ultimately broke my heart. Also, if there’s a way to make it easier to click on the birds on the map it would be amazing because the first 5 minutes trying to work the app it had me thinking all the animals weren’t updated in about 2 years or so and I was about to seriously sob thinking either the birds had their trackers taken off, or they had all passed away which is just… couldn’t bare to think that … just. If there’s any way to update the app to perform a little better, and I just wish someone would explain what’s up with freedom ☹️🥲
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Stork
Stork
Calm down, grumpy reviewers. This is a great app.
It takes time to tag the animals. What are you doing to help with that effort? Birds happen to be the most interesting because they often travel great distances to surprising locations. I love the app because I learned about a bald eagle named Freedom who was born in captivity near me in NC and now flies 100s of miles up to nearly Canada. I’ve seen his parents who are still in a zoo. How cool. Suggestion: Find a favorite bird, save the bird as a favorite and watch his/her movements. Find a child to share your interest. Great app, great fun. Thank you to all the people who made and support this educational and fun app.
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Disappointment
Doesn’t appear to be active for many animals. Not impressed
I don’t exactly know how to use this.
How do I use this? I am sort of confused. I can only see birds. I am trying to save the animals and I would love if you could make it so we can see other animals! But overall it is pretty good!
Great app
I love the ability track animals and also report sightings. Superb visualization of movement. Thanks Max-Planck-Gesellschaft!
Love this app!
I can spend HOOOOOURS with this app. It’s amazing. I love the live updates of the animals. This is GENIUS!!!
No search function.
Without a search function there is no way to add birds that can be seen in the Android version of the app. That makes it pretty much useless to IOS users.
Since I wrote this review the search function has been added and the app is now useful again.
Since I wrote this review the search function has been added and the app is now useful again.
Latest update
Nearly back up to a 5⭐️ from my last review which was a 1⭐️. Satellite imagery & Osprey individual details are back which is great. Still needs species detail & filtering for it to be user friendly. Then it would be back to 5⭐️. The 2 week/yearly movement imagery is an excellent improvement however.
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Update doesn’t work
Since this app was updated I have lost ALL my favorites and see NO way to even find them :-(
Can’t find Osprey Beacon currently in Cuba
...just to let you know that I’m so sorry that I installed the latest iPhone update for the AnimalTracker tracker app... it’s changed completely and certainly not user friendly at all... and to top it all there is no record of our Osprey Beacon currently in Cuba 😫 I’m so upset about this update... so please be wary of the latest update is all I can say for now... 😢
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Great app
I like it! I use it to track the osprey that visit us each year.
This is so freakin' stupid
I doesn't work. I looked up white tail deer, but nothing came up. Only works for birds, not all wildlife. Poor scientist. They have to use this piece of crap. 👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻
Meh
It has potential but only if they expand the species list by a lot. Currently it just follows about twenty or so birds such as Ospreys, vultures and herons. I would like to see sea creatures (whales! Sharks!) and land creatures ( bears, wildebeest and such) added.
Also the maps are really slow to load so you see the bird tracks moving around with no reference point until the map finally loads.
Also the maps are really slow to load so you see the bird tracks moving around with no reference point until the map finally loads.
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Impossible tomuse
Navigation is terrible. I have tried this on my iPhone 5, for which it is supposedly optimized, and on my iPad. It doesn't work on either. I tried the tutorial and couldn't get out of it. Even closing the app and reopening it didn't get me out. I'm dumping it. I'll try it again in a year, maybe.
Kitty girl
Cool
