Smithsonian Eclipse 2017 1.0.1

Reviews

3 ★, on 2017-08-22
Great potential, poor implementation. Granted, this app was not the only one to get it wrong, but when the event came, I couldn't use the app, because it was trying to access the network, along with thousands upon thousands of other users. Prior to the eclipse, this app looked great, was one of two I kept to use during my trip down to the path of totality. Unfortunately, when push came to shove, because the data wasn't local to my phone, it was useless. Let's hope they get it right in 2024. Larger download size is worth it, if it works w/o a data connection.

1 ★, on 2017-08-21
This app is garbage. Only two out of the 10 times I try to use the interactive Eclipse map actually showed the times of the partial and total eclipse. I'm on a Nexus 6p that's got an octa-core processor 3 gigabytes of RAM and 128 GB of space so I should have no problem running app.

1 ★, on 2017-08-21
What a way to blow it Smithsonian. The app didn't tell me the exact time when it was going to happen here. But it did show my location. That wasn't useful at all. I know where I am I needed the time of the event too.

1 ★, on 2017-08-22
Portions of the app that tell what time the eclipse starts etc became unresponsive on the day of the eclipse ..perhaps too many data requests? But it has only 10,000 to 50,000 total downloads, so it can't be that there were too many requests.

2 ★, on 2017-08-21
Every time I reopen the app it glitches and won't load the times for my area. It needs to be deleted and reinstalled to work again, until I reopen it. I've now had to redownload three times and it's stopped helping.

2 ★, on 2017-08-22
There was good information prior to the eclipse, however, much more could have been provided considering you are the Smithsonian. The day of the eclipse, my family was definitely not impressed. Times weren't accurate, couldn't find my location, etc. Thankfully, my laptop was available to get the information we needed/wanted. Very disappointed.