The Falconry App 4+

I gave this app 2-stars because looks promising, but in reality it may as well be a 1-star review because it appears to be unusable for USA falconers. Furthermore, the info in the App Store fails to specify in any conspicuous manner that this app is designed exclusively for UK falconers. I say this because in order to function at all the app requires, as mandatory, the entry of certain information that isn’t required in all cases for USA falconers. For example, the app will not let you even enter a single bird unless you enter a band number and a microchip number. However, in the USA these items are not mandatory requirements for all types of birds, therefore I have no such numbers to enter; and, unfortunately, I cannot utilize the app unless I enter data that I don’t have to enter.

Sadly, I have no way of really knowing whether the app is even as promising as it appears. The unnecessary mandatory fields will render this app unusable for most USA falconers. I would ask the development team to consider making a USA version that does not require certain fields as mandatory in order to access and use the app.

This app is really the only one that I can find for iPhones, it could use some improvements, for instance: why do I need to choice what weight measurements I’m using each time? Let me choice one and change it to something else when needed for a one time entries. Why doesn’t let me indicate important weight entries like “trap weight”, 1st time eating, flew hard on game weights? These “special” entries could show on graph as a horizontal lines for reference. Speaking of the graph, it should be labeled, vertical lines should be dates taken from entries not just 1,2,3,4 without connecting correlation to the entries.
I’m sure I’ll have more “issues” later as I just started using it a few hours ago

Been using this on an iPhone for a month. I live in America and the mandatory input like band number and microchip I just put in “none-Wild caught”. It had no problem with this input so I’ve been able to use with my first bird a red-tailed hawk. I gave it 3 stars cause I cannot print any reports that would bring all my input together. Which is a shame cause the potential for this app is big! It’s an easy way to log quickly that details of food/weight/exercise and other notes about training etc. But I have to look at each one separately. So I still have to write it all down in excel or paper if I want to see it all together on one sheet. Please add a way to print a report that brings all the data info onto one paper to keep in a binder. Thanks!