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MP iPhone App Officially Released

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Nick Wilder · · Boulder, CO · Joined Jan 2005 · Points: 4,098

After thousands of hours of coding (mostly by MP user Sam Vanderhyden), thousands of hours of testing by about 100 volunteers, and weeks of review by Apple, and it's finally alive!

Get it here

We're pretty psyched - we got a lot of great features built in and it is more powerful than we first hoped. When you first actually use the app at the rock (or trying to find the rock, and using the GPS mapping system), it all clicks that this is a pretty big game-changer.

We hope you enjoy it, and welcome feedback as always!

Before you ask, YES, Android will be coming later this fall.

Morgan Patterson · · NH · Joined Oct 2009 · Points: 8,945

Badass... Awesome work all! The fact that it's free is way way way awesome!

Edit: Oh wait - u guys want $5 per year... hum... obviously a lot of work but i guess u don't have to buy a guide book maybe if ur gonna travel...

TJ Esposito · · San Diego, CA · Joined May 2011 · Points: 95

Awesome... but is there a plan for a native iPad version? (Don't have an iPhone only an iPad so for cragging it's clearer to just take screenshots of MP pages to get full-size photos).

Ty Morrison-Heath · · Bozeman, MT · Joined Mar 2011 · Points: 2,053

You haul your iPad to the crag? The fact that you can download routes without a wi-fi connection is what makes it so awesome to me! Hope we can add photos via our phones in a couple of releases...I think a lot more of the routes would have pictures if it were more frictionless.

Mostafa Noori · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Sep 2011 · Points: 601
Morgan Patterson wrote:Badass... Awesome work all! The fact that it's free is way way way awesome! Edit: Oh wait - u guys want $5 per year... hum... obviously a lot of work but i guess u don't have to buy a guide book maybe if ur gonna travel...
The $5 allows you to install all the locations, routes etc onto your smartphone...and if you cancel your subscription you just dont get the updates but you do retain all your installed data right?
Nick Wilder · · Boulder, CO · Joined Jan 2005 · Points: 4,098
Mostafa wrote: The $5 allows you to install all the locations, routes etc onto your smartphone...and if you cancel your subscription you just dont get the updates but you do retain all your installed data right?
No. If you cancel, the app will warn you for a while, then eventually not allow access to routes and areas that you have downloaded. Note that no personal information is lost.

The app is a shitload of work, it has no ads, and supplying all the data costs us real money. If you don't find this worth $5/year, that's okay with us - please use the site for free and we're still friends...
Zach Wilson · · Aurora, CO · Joined Jun 2007 · Points: 0

Awesome, just downloaded it on the new iPhone 4S. Works like a charm so far.

One note: When downloading routes onto the phone, it would be nice to have an option to download the whole state instead of having to download each individual area. But definitely not a big deal. Thanks a lot for putting this together.

Morgan Patterson · · NH · Joined Oct 2009 · Points: 8,945
Nick Wilder wrote: No. If you cancel, the app will warn you for a while, then eventually not allow access to routes and areas that you have downloaded.
I would pay the $5 if I could retain the info... or like a $5 for the Eastern States, $5 for SW, $5 for NW, etc. And then to update the info you'd pay a yearly subscription...

But otherwise yes we're still friends and a proud MP user!
Peter Franzen · · Phoenix, AZ · Joined Jan 2001 · Points: 3,730

This is really outstanding guys! Having a pitch-by-pitch breakdown of long trad routes in Red Rocks right there on my phone is fantastic.

coop Best · · Glenwood Springs, CO · Joined Jan 2005 · Points: 485

Any news on the droid version?

Steve86 · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jul 2011 · Points: 10

Great work. Downloaded and subscribed. $5/yr for unlimited offline access to the MP database is a great deal. I wish had this during my CO trip this summer.

Travis Nelson · · Spokane Valley · Joined Mar 2006 · Points: 20

I'm with Morgan on this one. Revoking a users ability to access already downloaded data if they don't keep a current data subscription is a deal breaker for me.

I understand that supplying data costs money, but does it cost anything more once a user already has the data? And if not why not just let them retain access to the already downloaded info?

Andy Laakmann · · Bend, OR · Joined Jan 2001 · Points: 1,990
longroper wrote:I'm with Morgan on this one. Revoking a users ability to access already downloaded data if they don't keep a current data subscription is a deal breaker for me. I understand that supplying data costs money, but does it cost anything more once a user already has the data? And if not why not just let them retain access to the already downloaded info?
I think Nick covered that with... "shitload of work". Allowing clean offline access to the vast amounts of data available on MP is a far more complex task than appears. And this work will continue forever into the future. Any good software, app or website, is a constant effort... good software is never one and done.

But fear not, the site is free and always will be.
Phillip Tearse · · Denver, CO · Joined May 2008 · Points: 80

wooT! insta-subscribed! been waiting a while for this, good job guys! only app I've ever paid for

Zach Wilson · · Aurora, CO · Joined Jun 2007 · Points: 0

The "search my areas" function seems to crash a lot and is pretty slow on my iPhone 4S.

Should there be a new sticky thread for bugs and suggestions for the app?

kirra · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Feb 2006 · Points: 530
Phill T wrote:wooT! insta-subscribed! been waiting a while for this, good job guys! only app I've ever paid for
now this may be worth getting an iPhone for ('s' of course)
Cory Harelson · · Boise, ID · Joined Mar 2008 · Points: 2,410

Stoked! Downloaded and subscribed! Thanks for all the hard work, this app is saweet! Totally worth $5/year!

Mike Crandall · · Superior, CO · Joined Jul 2007 · Points: 5

Downloaded! Subscribed! So far so good!
Would love to see a tablet version. Contact me if you want help developing it!

TJ Esposito · · San Diego, CA · Joined May 2011 · Points: 95
Ty Morrison-Heath wrote:You haul your iPad to the crag? The fact that you can download routes without a wi-fi connection is what makes it so awesome to me! Hope we can add photos via our phones in a couple of releases...I think a lot more of the routes would have pictures if it were more frictionless.
Only for places that I don't have a guide for and that have short approaches, real cragging not backcountry stuff.
Simon H · · Oakland, CA · Joined Apr 2010 · Points: 200

Does the app work for Ipod Touch? If so, what functionality is compromised?

Nick Wilder · · Boulder, CO · Joined Jan 2005 · Points: 4,098
Simon Hatfield wrote:Does the app work for Ipod Touch? If so, what functionality is compromised?
Definitely the mapping (no GPS), and that might be it, but try it out and tell us! It comes with the Grand Teton area and routes installed, so you can test it without committing five bucks.
Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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