Overwhelmingly refreshing
Though limited in its capabilities, this app is very welcome in a world of instant messaging. If used correctly, the messages feel thoughtful and deliberate. The limitations of the service are also a strength. Only being able to send one picture at a time, as to not overload your pigeon, makes the experience of writing a letter with an accompanying image very thoughtful.
I think the payment side of things should be made clearer from the on. It took me a little while to realise that I did not need to pay for pigeons at the beginning. And all I had to do was add a friend.
Sharing a pigeon between the person you are sending messages to is a very nice touch, but paying for additional pigeons that are there to enable you to send more messages, twice as fast, distracts from the overarching premise of the app.
I would rather pay for my pigeon to have a fun looking hat, and individual individualised qualities, than for it to fly faster.
Currently, I am messaging one of my friends from Germany, while I am in Australia. Each message takes around 4 days to arrive.
If a pigeon were to die (an interesting addition to the app I will add) it would be a great feature to have a new pigeon be revealed (after a cooldown period or in-app-payment) to both of the participants of the conversation, showing what the pigeon looks like, and maybe some RNG type stats. For example. A standard pigeon could be your average New York pigeon, with average speed. Then a more rare pigeon could be one that flies a little bit faster. And another could be one that flies slower but can hold two or three images in a single message.
Each pigeon that you’ve used can be added to a collection and users that spend the most time on the app will be rewarded with accomplishments that can be cashed in at a pigeon marketplace to buy accessories for their pigeons, or upgrade their stats.
This will create a better user experience, while creating a broader option of revenue streams for their developers.
TLDR: good app, monetisation flawed, wish my pigeon could have hat.
I think the payment side of things should be made clearer from the on. It took me a little while to realise that I did not need to pay for pigeons at the beginning. And all I had to do was add a friend.
Sharing a pigeon between the person you are sending messages to is a very nice touch, but paying for additional pigeons that are there to enable you to send more messages, twice as fast, distracts from the overarching premise of the app.
I would rather pay for my pigeon to have a fun looking hat, and individual individualised qualities, than for it to fly faster.
Currently, I am messaging one of my friends from Germany, while I am in Australia. Each message takes around 4 days to arrive.
If a pigeon were to die (an interesting addition to the app I will add) it would be a great feature to have a new pigeon be revealed (after a cooldown period or in-app-payment) to both of the participants of the conversation, showing what the pigeon looks like, and maybe some RNG type stats. For example. A standard pigeon could be your average New York pigeon, with average speed. Then a more rare pigeon could be one that flies a little bit faster. And another could be one that flies slower but can hold two or three images in a single message.
Each pigeon that you’ve used can be added to a collection and users that spend the most time on the app will be rewarded with accomplishments that can be cashed in at a pigeon marketplace to buy accessories for their pigeons, or upgrade their stats.
This will create a better user experience, while creating a broader option of revenue streams for their developers.
TLDR: good app, monetisation flawed, wish my pigeon could have hat.
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Don’t
Worst app ever, won’t even allow me to create a profile. Don’t waste your time
Perfect, but…
…110mph for a Pidgeon??????? It’s to fast!
Commit to the bit
Cool idea and would have loved to use this app with my friend but if the whole premise of the app rests on real time carrier pigeons then the map and their speed needs to be accurate. The flight path 'arc' with sometimes change between north and south so you pigeon could be in one location once and then jump hundreds of km to a different location next. Also the speed of the pigeons is too fast. I know this would slow things down but if we're doing digital carrier pigeons then it needs to be realistic.
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well trained pigeons
Reliable carrier pigeons service. The pigeons are well trained and consistently fly to destination. We have had only a few lost in flight, but that is to be expected on today’s challenging airspace. We are considering migrating all communications to this platform
