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What3words

Brilliant

Great app!

But how do EMS know whether I’m upstairs or down?

Deceptively charged me 30 pounds

So apparently I signed on for some membership just to link google maps for navigation and it’s just swiped 30 quid from my account. I used this for work so I am essentially being charged for doing my job properly. You guys ought to be ashamed of yourself, I was struggling as is and thats a ridiculous price for a rather benign service. Thanks.
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Confused

All it does is ask what language I use and that’s it! Am I missing something?

Dubois adds

This needs investigation. Potentially banning from App Store. Dodgy ads looking for payments and not responding to cancels, straight to Apple pay…..

Ruined

Wish I hadn’t updated the app. Was great… now I’ll just not bother with it. Annoying adverts, can’t use Google navigation, can’t save any more favourites. Utterly wrecked.

From good to lousy in one instant

Introduction of advertising, an exhortation to go premium and malware type phishing ads. No thanks - how to ruin a decent app in one easy lesson - for an app that might be useful in a emergency this is a very poor and retrograde step- being spammed with poor quality malware type advertising each time you open this is despicable actually.
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Alwyn Roberts BEng Pdip Pcert

Fantastic app keep up the good work👍

Spot on

An excellent app. for identifying where you live. Don’t suffer delivery company excuses that they couldn’t find your address and waste your time arranging another delivery date.

Wasn’t broken so why fix it?

This WAS an excellent app that had the potential to be lifesaving as well as being so useful.
Then the A.I. moved in.
Up until a few months ago, W3W enabled users to coordinate with Google Maps & other apps.
Now, they want you to subscribe to their own maps & for A.I. to interact with you. So much for the lifesaving element that boasted how various rescue teams were able to use W3W in order to find you accurately in times of emergency.
I used it regularly as a means to inform drivers in my logistics company to find the right location easily.
Now I’m plagued with irritating, pointless emails from W3W & the system is no longer viable.
Hopefully, this update will be revised & reversed ASAP.
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An amazing app

Never fails to get me to where I need to go would highly recommend this. I’m very old old school when it comes to technology. But this app works so so well, kind regards, Gav.

Excellent navigation part but app ruined by adverts

A google ad for an app I have zero interest in takes up the top 1/4 of the screen with no way to remove it!

Hmm no thanks, I’ll not be using w3w unless I absolutely have to. You sold out to google, shame!

Awful Scam Ads

Recently installed this app during a trip to the UK where these coordinates are sometimes used. During the setup process, it asked me to verify my account with £0.01 which I later found out was for some sham service called “fitnesssone” that wanted to charge me £35 a month for seemingly nothing. I think I cancelled in time, but beware this app. I read some reviews on the app and the idea in general and they were mostly negative. I thought it might have been unjustified, but if scams like this happen during the sign up within their app, this proves that this company is a shady joke.
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They’ve spammed the app

Had for years but not logged in as only used for emergencies etc. logged in when I needed it to find I needed to create an account and login along with spam ads appearing. Can you imagine anything worse in an emergency from an app that had such a clear simple purpose.

As a minimum keep the spam but ignore the need to login. Just creates barriers to information in an emergency. Sure you’ll earn less but you won’t be sell outs and will likely save more people who discover that same barrier in a worse situation
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Joe Bloggs

A good app that has suddenly decided changed from free to paid for as a pro edition if you don’t want ads. Why not make it an upfront paid for app?

Great app

Without doubt Contributed to saving my life

Accuracy unparalleled.

This app outstrips every other mapping system on the market, including google maps.
Especially useful for remote area or places without decent markers to guide others.

Useless, now they have lit all functionality behind a paywall.

Another app ruined by capitalist greed. Well done.

What3adverts

Totally ruined this previously great app with the adverts and subscription model.

Unfriendly update

New update stops using all navigation apps and hides the feature behind a subscription.