UsynligO appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for UsynligO is 73 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

UsynligO User Reviews

Name: UsynligO
Rating: 3.7 (12 reviews)

UsynligO

Trond Benum

📚 Education

⚽ Sports

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UsynligO appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for UsynligO is 73/100.

Based on 73 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

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No clue

I know how to use a map and compass but the app is over my head. There’s no directions and it’s not intuitive.

lisahike

3 years ago

GPS tracking

This app should not need you to select “always” to enable gps tracking. “While using” should be all it needs. The rationale offered is due to poor programming or is completely bogus.

If you care about being continuously tracked or would like more battery life you will need to select “always” when using the app then select “never” when finished. This is a needless hassle, well, obviously.

Some apps, maybe all of them that use positioning data, can use or sell your location data for the purposes of ad targeting. Government agencies currently can also obtain this data without a warrant.

Something to consider.

Ubertoad

5 years ago

Response from developer

What you claim is not correct. The fundamental issue is that Apple only considers an app to be "in use" when the screen lock is off and the app is visible. There are no developer tricks to work around this constraint. Please take the time to read how Apple describes it on their support pages (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207092 for full context): * While Using the App: Allows access to Location Services only when the app or one of its features is visible on screen. If an app is set to While Using the App, you might see your status bar turn blue with a message that an app is actively using your location. * Always: Allows access to your location even when the app is in the background. This means that unless you select Always mode, an app will not be able to get location updates when screenlock is on or you receive a phonecall etc. Also, just to make it perfectly clear: UsynligO is not involved with any form of ads and do not sell any user data of any kind. The only location related data which ever leaves your phone is when it records that you have found a control. If you record your track during a race, it is only stored locally on your phone. Please feel free to contact me via the UsynligO FB page if you would like to discuss this further or if you have any other concern. Thanks.

Keep on going

The app has saved orienteering for my school team. There are so many ways to improve this, but in general, it is a wonderful start to many possibilities. KEEP GOING TROND! Don’t let this idea stagnate. You will not regret your contribution to orienteering if you continue to improve on this.

soonerjcb

6 years ago

Response from developer

Thanks!

Don’t like Facebook...

The app is great!
I wish there was an option for the organizer to turn off the hints so it could be used for competitions (within the limitations).
I wish the main communication wasn’t on Facebook as I don’t have (and don’t want to have) a FB account.

HowSuedeItIs

6 years ago

Response from developer

I am contemplating to add this, but is it not enough that the results show if hints have been used? You can also contact me at support@usynligo.no if you do not have FB account.

Love this app

This app provides me the freedom to orienteer on my own schedule and to review all my mistakes at my leisure. The absence of visual controls can be problematic, especially in dense brush and trees, where the control itself is a tree. The hint features are a great help if I’m running out of time or can’t tell which of 300 trees is the control. They can show you where your are, the direction of the control, and how far away it is. However, today when I finally asked for the first time how far I was from the control, the app had already attributed 5 such requests to me that I hadn’t made, and attributed 3 “where am I” requests, when I had made only 1 such request. I’m not really competing, so such glitches are not important to me, but they will matter mightily to someone who is.

wboneal