Could never figure it out
I downloaded all of the apps when they were offered for free. but now I am only allowed to have them on the original ipad. I could never figure it out there were no templates available.
To Many versions
I Purchased one version. And when I went to another version that I had used in the past instead of merging the two I am now being asked to purchase another version. Even though the multiple versions are supposed to go away I don’t like having to buy more than once. So now I’m using a version that I haven’t paid for because it has the data and history that I want . Should only have to buy once and use any version. Be careful you may purchase a version that will not be supported in the future.
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Been using daily for a year and love it!
I use this to track my workouts and exercise minutes- I love that it gives me a daily and monthly average of how long I train for. So even if I don’t work out every day, the tracker has showed me that all together I average about 60 minutes a Day by doing more exercise on some days than others. It also helps me track which body parts I’ve worked and need to work. You can track anything you want, really! I love it.
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Fraudulent rip-off. Seems impossible to unsubscribe
Seems fraudulent - I subscribed, but found it didn’t add any value, and yet now it is “subscribed” for an annual fee, and I can’t seem to unsubscribe. I saw their response to another review saying to go into your “manage subscriptions” settings in your Apple ID, but when you do that this rip-off app doesn’t actually give you the option to unsubscribe.
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Comments for developer - seems like you care! :)
Just started using the app, and it has a lot of potential. I don’t mind being a paying customer if the app proves to be useful, and this is the first app I found that even remotely does what I want it for. There are a ton of apps here that are highly rated (dubiously?) having to do with calendars and trackers that are bloated, worthless junk with expensive upsells and memberships. This one is not such.
However, some glaring shortfalls right off the bat: the UI is hideous, and allows for no customization. As a visual person, this is a big deal; the icon library is very bizarre, is not practical, and ugly as well - would like more icons having to do with different fitness activities; would like to have a full screen month and week view option, as a calendar, that could give a visual overview of certain events.
I think you are on to something here and are filling a huge void in the app world. If you could invest in a good UI designer and an artist, you would have a #1 bestseller!
However, some glaring shortfalls right off the bat: the UI is hideous, and allows for no customization. As a visual person, this is a big deal; the icon library is very bizarre, is not practical, and ugly as well - would like more icons having to do with different fitness activities; would like to have a full screen month and week view option, as a calendar, that could give a visual overview of certain events.
I think you are on to something here and are filling a huge void in the app world. If you could invest in a good UI designer and an artist, you would have a #1 bestseller!
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Wish I had known
It would be nice if the developer was honest about the cost of the app BEFORE installation... Instead the developer chooses to put that tidbit in the bottom of the description...
Cancel
So where in settings do you cancel? Very well hidden!
Rip Off
How do you cancel this garbage. Initially said cancel in settings but of course there is no option. Now have to call Apple.
Avoid this junk. Keep track in calendar and save $13 per year.
Avoid this junk. Keep track in calendar and save $13 per year.
Sort of a rip-off with a good concept
It’s a nice little planning app with many possibilities for all sorts of planning from fitness to finance, it’s a decent mobile planner. BUT, to pay £9 a year for something I could write down somewhere for free, no thanks.
Counterintuitive interface, confusing nonfunctional buttons, very versatile and useful
This app is a bit fuddy-duddy, and has not been updated in a long time. However, it gets the job done, albeit with some very confusing nonfunctional buttons and limited, counterintuitive entry methods. I am trying to use the "bedtime" template to track my rise time each morning. However when I tap the "Add current time" to the journal entry field, this does not update the time field in the upper right-hand corner. The user is forced to manually click and type in the time. Otherwise, the time will not show up on the monthly calendar view for tracking purposes. Unfortunately, the task of manually entering a time presents new challenges and limitations. For example, if I type in 500, this gets interpreted as minutes, converted to hh:mm format and shows up as "8:20". Or I would need to type "7" ":" "0" "3", to get 7 hours, 3 minutes. There is no way to indicate a.m. or p.m. for these entries, which I suppose is not crucial, however it would be nice. After all, it is possible to get a.m. and p.m. in the journal entries, so why not in the main data entry field in the upper right-hand corner? The plus and minus buttons do not serve any function in this template, which is confusing. When I press them, my data entry gets deleted and replaced by a "+" or a "-". It is a steep learning curve for such a simple app, and the functionality is still lacking in many ways. It is a promising app because of its versatility – it is a great idea to have an app that can track just about anything. However it needs some re-tweaking of the user interface, as well as some serious rethinking about the various ways in which people would want to use an all-purpose tracking app. With a few small changes, this app could become much easier to use and tracking could be made seamless and effortless.
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Response from developer
Thanks for the note. The two timer categories in Lumen Trails are designed to track lengths of time e.g. how long do you sleep. It sounds like you'd like to track "when" something occurred and plot it on summary graphs (e.g. when do you wake up). There is no "clock" category for that. As a workaround, you could create a simple number tracker and use a [1-3] scale corresponding to say, on-time, late, very late (whatever you decide), or you could use a timer category (like the one you're using now) and input your data in 24hr format e.g. 8:00, 13:00 etc. If you decide to use the latter, you might want to turn off "Include Entry Times" in Category Settings (since you're not tracking length of time and thus the entries included automatically in the notes section are not needed). Regarding the notes sections - this section is completely free-form and you can type anything there (that's why typing in that section does not update the actual counter value). Feel free to email us at support@lumenspark.com if you have any questions, or visit our 2-min intro guide at: http://lumentrails.com/2-minute-tutorial.
My most-used app. Tracks and organizes almost everything.
It's been on my home row for several months.
It's already very good, and the developer continues to upgrade the app.
This is important, particularly given that the developer is now also working on newer, subscription-based apps. The fact that Lumen Spark hasn't 'orphaned' this app shows that you can trust them not to abandon you to gradual obsolescence with any of their apps, now or in the future.
I'd give it five stars if it could integrate with Apple Health.
Lumen Trails is the best app I've seen for tracking health data and graphing correlations between things like exercise and blood pressure. Unfortunately, this currently necessitates manual re-entry of a lot of data from automatic health-tracking programs like Runtastic.
I hope to see that problem fixed, and will revise my review when it is.
It's already very good, and the developer continues to upgrade the app.
This is important, particularly given that the developer is now also working on newer, subscription-based apps. The fact that Lumen Spark hasn't 'orphaned' this app shows that you can trust them not to abandon you to gradual obsolescence with any of their apps, now or in the future.
I'd give it five stars if it could integrate with Apple Health.
Lumen Trails is the best app I've seen for tracking health data and graphing correlations between things like exercise and blood pressure. Unfortunately, this currently necessitates manual re-entry of a lot of data from automatic health-tracking programs like Runtastic.
I hope to see that problem fixed, and will revise my review when it is.
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Thanks for removing the ads!
I really like using the his app! Thanks for finally removing ads that you recently placed on everyone's app, even people like me who paid the initial full price ($20)! You've reinstated my support for this app...thank you!
Finally!
This is the app I've been looking for. I can track things, graph things, log things, add photos and set reminders all in one app. I'm still on the 30-day trial and some of the other reviews mention advertisements. I haven't seen any yet but I agree that you shouldn't pay for an app AND have to deal with ads. I might change my rating... BUT still an awesome app.
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Not free
You only get a one month free trial. Don't bother with this app.
Wrecked!!!
The old version is great, but I for one HATE ads & subscriptions even worse! I would have bought a new version without ads, but now I won't buy anything by the developer. Looking for good replacement, please advise here to help others!
Caution
Edit: now this developer is trying to bury the bad reviews from the people they ripped off. DO NOT TRUST THIS DEVELOPER.
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This app changes pricing schemes faster than a teenager changes their mind - which makes me wonder if it is run by one. First it was $4.99 one-time. Then a week later, free. Now if I upgrade, I get ads or a subscription model. I can't keep up with your mood swings, Lumen. Gorgeous and useful app - completely mismanaged.
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This app changes pricing schemes faster than a teenager changes their mind - which makes me wonder if it is run by one. First it was $4.99 one-time. Then a week later, free. Now if I upgrade, I get ads or a subscription model. I can't keep up with your mood swings, Lumen. Gorgeous and useful app - completely mismanaged.
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Unbelievable
How could a developer be allowed to "update" an app by adding adds and than asking for a monthly fee to have them removed?
Joke!
I bought this app a few years ago for £5.99. I don't use it much because it's cumbersome to setup and navigate, but every now then it's handy to get my goals back on track.
I now find that the app is ad supported and I have to pay a subscription to get the ads removed. I contacted the developer and was told the change in licensing was necessary to support ongoing app development, but in the years I've had the app it hasn't changed. No new features, apart from a bit of repackaging to try and draw in more sales.
I think this app is failing due to lack of development. It's cumbersome to navigate and far easier to use multiple trackers (that do a better job) and switch between them with the home button.
This app wasn't worth the £5.99 I paid for it and so it certainly isn't worth a regular subscription. I hope the developer is listening?
All I can say is that I'm glad I didn't buy my car from Lumen Spark, or I might wake up morning and find it looking like an F1 car covered with sponsors ads. I would then receive a letter telling me that even though I bought the car, I must now also rent it if I want the sponsors ads removed.
Stay away from this dodgy developer and all his other apps :)
I now find that the app is ad supported and I have to pay a subscription to get the ads removed. I contacted the developer and was told the change in licensing was necessary to support ongoing app development, but in the years I've had the app it hasn't changed. No new features, apart from a bit of repackaging to try and draw in more sales.
I think this app is failing due to lack of development. It's cumbersome to navigate and far easier to use multiple trackers (that do a better job) and switch between them with the home button.
This app wasn't worth the £5.99 I paid for it and so it certainly isn't worth a regular subscription. I hope the developer is listening?
All I can say is that I'm glad I didn't buy my car from Lumen Spark, or I might wake up morning and find it looking like an F1 car covered with sponsors ads. I would then receive a letter telling me that even though I bought the car, I must now also rent it if I want the sponsors ads removed.
Stay away from this dodgy developer and all his other apps :)
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RIP OFF CON ARTISTS
A good while ago, I BOUGHT (with good money) 3 versions of this app, when it was Lumen Trails. And a very good app it was too.
Then, the new Lumen Tracker was developed, along with Lumen Notes. Don't worry, we were told, we will continue to support Lumen Trails.
Now, all the apps have "updated" with ads. And an "option" to remove them by paying a monthly fee. When I ALREADY paid for the apps in the first place. In my opinion, this is nothing short of a con by greedy developers.
I intend to delete all the versions of Lumen Trails (which have now turned into Lumen Tracker) from all my devices.
Then, the new Lumen Tracker was developed, along with Lumen Notes. Don't worry, we were told, we will continue to support Lumen Trails.
Now, all the apps have "updated" with ads. And an "option" to remove them by paying a monthly fee. When I ALREADY paid for the apps in the first place. In my opinion, this is nothing short of a con by greedy developers.
I intend to delete all the versions of Lumen Trails (which have now turned into Lumen Tracker) from all my devices.
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Love it
Track how many hours I'm sleeping; Track my truck mileage for work; Track how often I water my plants; Literally anything I want. And I don't need eight different apps to do it. How could you say no to that?
