So I just used Cachly for the first time - primarily a Geosphere user. Here are a few things that I noticed, some of which I think would help the user experience.
very easy to use and figure out. more intuitive than geosphere, definitely a lot better than the geocaching app.
online search is faster than geosphere, and very usable
when navigating to a cache, I like to have the little "fan" showing the direction I'm looking even in (and especially in) the case where the map isn't rotating. I don't like having to switch back and forth from the compass to the map to get that.
In the case where the map is rotating, it is odd that panning the map even a little changes the mode (it goes back to non-rotating). zooming doesn't seem to change this.
There doesn't seem to be a way to switch to "rotate the map to show my direction" and not, without also changing the zoom.
crash importing a semi-large (~1000) caches. that was disappointing, but smaller lists seem to work. Geosphere's handling of very large lists quickly and efficiently is a game changer for geocaching, and is mentioned by others.
parking coords for a cache only show up when you navigate to the cache itself, making it a little harder to find parking "in the area" if not all of the caches have that extra parking coord.
My battery seemed to drop quite quickly. not sure if that was a coincidence or not.
Anyway, it was a good experience overall - every program has its share of nits, so this isn't a complaint. Looking forward to testing it some more.
So I just used Cachly for the first time - primarily a Geosphere user. Here are a few things that I noticed, some of which I think would help the user experience.
Anyway, it was a good experience overall - every program has its share of nits, so this isn't a complaint. Looking forward to testing it some more.
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