Buggy app is unreliable
I have toiled away in frustration for years with the apps used to support the Kestrel Drop, itself a decent product. Thankfully, this app was replaced, with one having greater functionality but only marginally better. Hopefully they will release an app worthy of its product.
Better than “upgrade”
I was not happy with this app. Then I downloaded the new Kestral app - which is terrible. I need only to know the temperatures in my two garden plots, and to track/plot those temps over time. That works on this app, over time. The new app is not intuitive and the wait for historical data is interminable.
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Needs updating
App is not designed well to work in iPhone screen. Hasn’t for years and there seems to be little to no improvement whenever it happens to get updated. Very disappointing.
Needs updates
App is nearly worthless now. I love this device but you can’t get much from the app since you have to guess at most of the selections.
Terrible App
What is a good piece of equipment is let down massively by a very poor app. It doesn’t even fit my phone screen (iPhone X 3 years old). Un-clickable buttons etc.
Great Device, Awful app
I love the D3, wish I could say the same about the app. Dashboard wastes most of the screen with massive black blobs only allowing 3 different sensor readings. A better layout would allow easy viewing of all readings. On my iPhone X, the icons at the bottom of the screen interfere with the iOS swipe up making them very difficult to access. There is only a single setting for imperial or metric views. There should be a setting for each sensor. For example I’d like to view temperature in Fahrenheit, density altitude in feet, and pressure in millibars. Come on Kestrel, you can do better than this!
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More conversations options
Needs to display and export wind in km/Ph. This should be a fairly straightforward conversation process?
I use the app for fire management purposes in Australia and not having the conversions inbuilt makes it less useful and I have had to recommend other options to colleagues. Hope to see the option included in your next update?
I use the app for fire management purposes in Australia and not having the conversions inbuilt makes it less useful and I have had to recommend other options to colleagues. Hope to see the option included in your next update?
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Doesn’t always download data
According to the manufacturer of the device it should be possible to download a log of readings from the device. This doesn’t work with all listed share options (eg the Files app) but I have found it works with email. Putting aside the limitations of the app, it’s a great device.
Works as expected: Good!
Using with Kestrel D2 and it hasn’t disappointed me much. Nice dashboard customization and easy to use on the field. iPhone 10 screen optimization would give this review 5 stars.
Poor showing by Kestrel
Kestrel has a lot of nerve charging extra for the LiNK feature and then providing this half-baked app to interface with it. Data export does not work on an iPad Pro. I’ve had to resort to using my Android phone to export data.
Export working on iPhone 11 but not not new iPadOS
Seems to work ok under iPhone 11 iOS 13, but took a few tries at first. Not sure why. Worked on the second drop unit right away. Never got my iPad Pro with the new iPadOS to export. Had to use my iPhone.
Needs and update
The drop works well, the kestrel app is easy to use, but it crashes with the new iOS update, no export functionality.
In serious need of updates
Needs updating. Specifically for supporting newer devices such as iPhone XS and iPad Pro.
Developers: Unfortunately, if you’re going to offer an app for iOS devices you need to accept the fact you will need to maintain and update it. This is not something you can set up and forget it. The functionality of connecting my device to iOS devices was certainly a factor when making my purchases. Now that it’s become clear the app is lacking even basic maintenance and updates I am becoming frustrated with my purchase.
Developers: Unfortunately, if you’re going to offer an app for iOS devices you need to accept the fact you will need to maintain and update it. This is not something you can set up and forget it. The functionality of connecting my device to iOS devices was certainly a factor when making my purchases. Now that it’s become clear the app is lacking even basic maintenance and updates I am becoming frustrated with my purchase.
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Pressure scale is off chart for higher altitudes.
Useless chart for pressure. Contacted Kestrel, they stated it would be fixed 10 months ago.
Working
That apps transfer all the data so easily. I am really happy with the look also. 1 thing missing to get a 5th star. Be able to modify the graph and connect with apple home. If I record data every 30 min, it's hard to watch the graph for 1 month or a week on my screen without exporting to excel and create a graph there. Thanks!
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Need an update for UI. Does the job.
The UI format is outdated. Need a general update. Clumsy at best in Iphone X. Does its job well earns 4 stars.
Drop D3 is great; app not so great.
I am really happy with the Drop D3 for my needs. I am using it on backpacking trips to keep a log of temperature changes overnight. Having an app in my phone to visualize the log is great. Unfortunately, the app leaves a lot to be desired. It is very buggy. It has layout issues in various phone sizes. It has issues with crashing when data is cleared on the device. It has state management issues with some of the custom UI elements. I would give the Drop D3 five stars and the app one star.
I looked on the Kestrel web site to see if they published an API guide for the device. I couldn’t find one. I would love to build a custom iOS app for this device. How about it?
I looked on the Kestrel web site to see if they published an API guide for the device. I couldn’t find one. I would love to build a custom iOS app for this device. How about it?
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Abandonware
The app was never properly updated to support modern screen sizes. Previously, the app was simply stretched from the iPhone 5 screen size; now, it renders at the proper resolution but its layout is totally broken and buttons are actually hidden underneath misaligned UI chrome. Extremely disappointing since the Kestrel hardware was not cheap.
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Пользуюсь каждый день ...
Отличный девайс и программа!!!
Программу надо доработать под новые устройства выше iPhone 5S.
Программу надо доработать под новые устройства выше iPhone 5S.
Update broke the layout
It looks like the latest updates changed the UI to a fixed size that no longer accounts for different resolutions/aspect ratios. The interface looks absolutely terrible on my 6s plus.
