Good news about the FindPenguins app!

[trecile]

I received a notification from FindPenguins that the app is now completely free - it's no longer a two tiered system with basic free accounts and premium accounts.

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[MikeJS]

I could never get it to work so stoped trying!

 

[J Willhaus]

We used it for our Alaska trip to share with Family and friends and order a coffee table book of thr trip for ourselves when we git back. I liked it.

 

[Bill's_Walking]

It is one of my favorite apps. I've made memory books for both my partial Camino walk with my daughters as well as our vacations. I do hope they have improved the tracking from the start and end points of the day's walk. It will make the new 3d mapping stand out.

 

[WalkingJean]

It’s working well for me - I’m currently on the Camino.

 

[WayWalker]

I upgraded to premium while traveling because I wanted to post more than the free allowed 6 pictures. They never notified me. Wonder if they are still charging me monthly. Our books are our cherished souvenirs of our caminos.

 

[trecile]

I do hope they have improved the tracking from the start and end points of the day's walk. It will make the new 3d mapping stand out.

Here's a FP video I made from one of my "foot prints" from this year's Camino.

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I upgraded to premium while traveling because I wanted to post more than the free allowed 6 pictures. They never notified me. Wonder if they are still charging me monthly

Check the notifications/messages in the app. Mine said that they were automatically canceling recurring payments for premium accounts.

 

[AllisonMarie]

We used it for our Alaska trip to share with Family and friends and order a coffee table book of thr trip for ourselves when we git back. I liked it.

I did the same for my first Camino. It was a great way for family and friends to follow my progress and for me to remember my stops.

 

[CWBuff]

I upgraded to premium while traveling because I wanted to post more than the free allowed 6 pictures. They never notified me. Wonder if they are still charging me monthly. Our books are our cherished souvenirs of our caminos.

The previously free allowed was 10 photos and 1 video per footprint (the caveat was that the number of footprints are totally unlimited so if you were so inclined as to have more pics on the same spot, all you had to do is created another footprint and name it *2)
With premium it went to 20 photos and 2 videos per footprint, and yes sometimes even that was not enough (IIRC I had like 3 or 4 in Burgos Cathedral alone!)

I would think that if they were charging you monthly - you would absolutely see that charge on your monthly CC statement. Unless of course you opted for annual subscription to begin with in which case you paid in full 1st time around (not to worry @trecile pointed out - you should get a refund)

 

[Bill's_Walking]

Here's a FP video I made from one of my "foot prints" from this year's Camino.

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Check the notifications/messages in the app. Mine said that they were automatically canceling recurring payments for premium accounts.

Love it!

 

[Sue127]

À great app. Having made a book from my Mozarabe camino, I then made a retrospective one of my two weeks on the Frances with my grandson. That was much trickier to do as I insisted on adding the path manually. It was worth the many hours as he loved it as a special 18th birthday present.

 

[ArleneLaskey]

I used this for my last Camino and love the book at the end, will certainly use it again, and will enjoy the previously premium features!

 

[Jeff Crawley]

I have mixed feelings about it especially that it's a different experience on a PC to the one on a smartphone - I like to see more of the map than the letterbox slot you get on the phone and not being able to edit the route on the PC? Why not?
Maybe it's just me so I'll keep on trying.