Pup & A Way - The App

A Work in Progess...

We're so excited to be able to launch this app, and hope that you enjoy using it and are able to benefit from all the great features!

The is the first formal release and I wanted to write a little disclaimer as Pup & A Way is not a big established company, or remotely organised in any way!! It is just one man's hobby that has evolved from the website and got out of control, and now I'm trying to make the features all the more accessible to everyone!

Given this, the app has been built on a budget! I had a whole host of features that I wanted to include and whilst I'm really pleased with the first release, there are still parts that I am aware of that need improving, so I please ask for your patience and kindness especially if leaving reviews and take this into account!

It has taken a crazy amount of time to get to this stage, so now that we've got to where we are hopefully we can get more people using the app, and if I can generate a little revenue from advertising then I can re-invest and improve and add as we go!!

So contrary to standard sales pitches I am going to list known things that are wrong with the app! Just so you know we are aware too, and if you have any additional suggestions we'll happily take those on board so please get in touch.
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• Reward Points. Currently the whole app is Free, but further down the line there will be premium features for paid subscribers only which will be a small annual fee, including a donation to a dog charity (TBC).
  However, contributors will earn reward points for each walk they add, they can use these points to pay for the annual subscription. Initial plans are that if you add 5 walks, this will be enough for an annual subscription so for regular contributors there will be nothing to pay for premium features, and will increase the walks on the site and quality for everyone.
  Even now though, Reward points can be collected by users for submitting walks and will roll over whenever the launch of premium features are ready!
• Adding Way Points & Photos En-Route. This is a really important feature that I do think works well, so when you're adding or viewing a walk you can see specific locations of Way Points (hazards/stiles/view points etc.) or pictures taken in that spot. However I would like to improve this by combining the two, so being able to add photos with comments on, and a clearer key on the map view to quickly be able to identify and view.
• Tide Times & Secure Fields. These are two features currently on the website but not yet incorporated into the app - watch this space
• Improved Camera Functions: When adding pictures you can either use your phone camera, or the camera through the app. When using the camera through the app the functions are a lot more limited, you can't use portrait or special modes for example. You can still add them from your gallery, but means having to use your main phone camera so leaving the app. If we can improve this it will mean less skipping around between apps.

Thank you!

If you've got this far, then thank you for reading my How-To guide in how not to market your brand new app!!

It's a project of passion though and I want to make sure it is the best and most functional it can be, this whole idea started as I wanted to find an app exactly like this but couldn't, so as long as I'm not the only one who feels like this then I can keep working on it and improving!!

Thanks, and hope you enjoy!!

Paul & Hank