User
Response from developer
That is fair, and you can actually do exactly that - there is a one-time Lifetime option on the purchase screen. Pay once, keep it forever, no subscription. The reason a subscription exists at all is that the sightings feed updates continuously rather than shipping with the app, so most people are paying for the data to keep arriving rather than for the software. But if you would rather just own it, the Lifetime option is there, and I should make that clearer before people hit the paywall. If you want to try it properly first, email me at stephenhartwd@gmail.com and mention this review and I will send you a free pass. - Stephen
Thank you for the fixes
The app has numerous cool features especially location information which is helpful for knowing where to find the whales and be amazed by their behavior! Great app!
Response from developer
Thank you for spelling out exactly what is cut off. Coordinates on the left and the button on the right, on an iPhone 15 Pro, is precise enough for us to chase down. That should not happen on any current iPhone, and you are paying for the app, so it is not good enough. It is with our developers now. Two things would help us find it faster: which screen you were on, and whether Display Zoom or a larger text size is turned on in Settings. Email me at stephenhartwd@gmail.com with those and mention this review, and I will send you a free Whale Tracker promo code as a thank you. - Stephen, Whale Tracker
Very outdated
Response from developer
You are right, and thank you for saying so plainly. I checked the live feed after reading this. It is updating - there are sightings from today, including Canadian ones - but the overall number has dropped by more than half over the last five weeks as reporting slows for the season. So an autumn map genuinely does look sparse next to a summer one, and if another app is showing you sightings mine is not, that is a coverage gap on my side rather than you misreading it. Two things would really help me fix it: which area you are watching, and which app is showing the sightings I am missing. I will go and add the source. Email me at stephenhartwd@gmail.com and mention this review - I will send you a free pass for the app either way, as thanks for taking the time. I would much rather chase down a real gap than argue about it. - Stephen
Costly app and doesn’t fit on screen
Please fix this. Thanks.
Response from developer
Thank you for spelling out exactly what is cut off. Coordinates on the left and the button on the right, on an iPhone 15 Pro, is precise enough for us to chase down. That should not happen on any current iPhone, and you are paying for the app, so it is not good enough. It is with our developers now. Two things would help us find it faster: which screen you were on, and whether Display Zoom or a larger text size is turned on in Settings. Email me at stephenhartwd@gmail.com with those and mention this review, and I will send you a free Whale Tracker promo code as a thank you. - Stephen, Whale Tracker
No follow button :(
Response from developer
Thanks for flagging this, and sorry. Following is a fairly new feature, so if the button isn't showing up for you that's on us, not something you're missing. It's now with our developers to fix. Email me at stephenhartwd@gmail.com and mention this review - I'll send you a free promo code for Whale Tracker as a thank you. It would also really help if you tell me where in the app you were trying to follow from and your iOS version, so we can track the bug down. Thanks for the four stars despite it. We'd like to earn the fifth. - Stephen, Whale Tracker
