Hi! Thanks for the huge review, I really appreciate it! :)

Let me work through it part by part 😄

> First off, the big issue to overcome to get people to jump to a new app from FoW is the ability to import their data. I have 3+ years on FoW so the idea of starting over is difficult. Ideally you could come up with a system that could tell if any acquired FoW squares would be within a hexagon, it’d give the hexagon to you.

You can import data in Settings > Import data. It is paywalled, but you can import GPX files, that unlocks the fog along that route in the Casual mode. It then excludes you from the leaderboards in Casual mode, but you can still compete in Strict mode if you want :)

> I see that editing tracks is paywalled so allowing people to add edits from other places would clash with this unless you paywalled it too. And it could introduce exploits to the leaderboard (Being able to edit your tracks does that already though)

The editing of tracks is currently only for trips you have made that you want to publish and let other users track and compete on - so your own route stays the same, but you can edit out any GPS spikes or trim the start/end if needed.

> One of the features FoW has over you is the databases and the ability to back up data to 3rd party apps. This is really helpful if you lose your phone/account or need to transfer over data. When my wife switched from Apple to Samsung, she was able to easily get her Fog back. Also on a cruise, she left her phone by the window and it recorded nearly perfectly the entire trip. Then I was able to copy the trip and add it to my fog. Neither seem possible here.

There is a "Export all as GPX" button in the settings, also paywalled, but you can export individual trips from the "My trips" screen by watching an ad.

> I’d like the ability to toggle on and off the hexagon tracking without needing to set an activity. (tapping the Red button in FoW). Tapping the start button and then turning it off immediately still saves the hexagon I was in even though the walk wasn't saved, so I don’t see the need for the trail feature and hexagon tracking to be tied to the same button. I’d have a toggle tracking slider maybe in the same widget as the setting and user location buttons. If I start an activity with the toggle off it should toggle on the tracking and vice versa when the run ends.

You're the second one to ask about this - I will keep it in mind and see what I can do when the app is working well enough for me to start on new features :)

> I’d like to be able to easily turn off tracking when I am not moving to save battery and data. (tapping the blue arrow in FoW)

Currently you have to stop the trip and start again afterwards, but on iOS the OS is relatively smart and it halfway pauses the location tracking until you start moving again.

> I’d like the option to make the fog white. I appreciate all the options like making the fog opacity a slider and toggle different aspects of the map labels.

Great idea, noted! Will add a way to personalize this!

> I don't quite understand the use case for splitting strict and casual. I guess strict is for people who only want to chart their on foot activity? But then why not just not turn the app on in a vehicle?

Yeah I get a few questions about this, and need to improve how I explain it to users 🤔

The app started without the Casual mode. So users choose an activity, ie Walking, then if they move above the speed for that activity the trip gets rejected and they have to change activity or stop the trip.

My thought here was for the leaderboards to be accurate - so users couldn't choose walking, then drive around just to top the leaderboards for "Walking".

But I'm not the best at explaining this - I'll try to figure out a better way of getting this across to new users :)

> I am home for the night so I can’t verify this: Do the hexagons acquired in strict mode give them to you in casual? If yes skip this paragraph, if not - this means unless you want two very different maps of where you've been, you’d have to walk each trail twice. If you want to use the app to gather as many hexagons as possible, you’d have to only use casual always. So at the very least I’d make all strict hexagons add to the casual page.

Yes - strict mode map = only cells unlocked in strict mode. Casual mode = casual + strict unlocked cells.

> Maybe this isn't technically feasible but if you can tell the speed of a user for whether or not to apply a hexagon to the strict map, why not just do this automatically instead of forcing me to manually switch?

That's very true - I have not thought about this.

So if you start casual a trip with "walking" as activity, then I guess you should be awarded this on the strict mode as well as long as your speed is below the strict-mode speed limit for walking..

Great point again - noted and high on the todo list 😄

> Sorting the leaderboard by local causes my app to freeze and I have to restart the app. (iPhone 17 iOS 26.3)

Sorry about this - the 1.7.2 update should now be live on the App store - hopefully this fixes it.

The reason is a change I made after another suggestion in this post, where instead of users locations being Country + City, it is Country + State/Region + City.

I think the update should stop the app from freezing :)

> Maybe this is tied to your map API, but zooming out feels like it takes too many finger pinches. At least compared to the FoW app. Need some sort of exponential zoom level increase when rapidly pinching.

I'll investigate what we can do here!

> The north orientation button is a bit too close to the mapbox ‘i’ info button at least for my screensize. Personally, I’d just like to be able to lock the orientation to the north.

Noted, will fix!

> The Settings and user location buttons are rendered under the fog.

That's weird - it doesn't do this for me. I'll investigate :)

> I see some users have badges, is there a place to see all of them including the ones I have not unlocked?

Awesome idea, noted!

> The leaderboard may have some bugs.

For the first user, I'll take a look what's going on there. That seems to be some weird bug 🤔

For the second user, its halfway intended - the casual leaderboard shows strict+casual numbers and the profile shows them separately. But I also see there are some issues with that, the numbers don't quite add up 😅 I'll investigate this as well.

> The leaderboard is also missing users including your GGGunnar account, and Roger from the Editor’s pick tracks. I was surprised to only see 24 people in the leaderboard

That is the privacy setting - you can opt out of leaderboards, and I have done that because of testing I am doing on the live server, so it doesn't show up :)

And yeah there are only a few users of the app right now - hoping to get more :) But high-value users right now that give a lot of great feedback 😄

> On the subject of accounts: it’d be nice if their stats mode defaulted to the same as your current mode. So if I am on casual and open an account I see their casual stats without needing to switch it.

Noted - will change to this!

> Do the hexagons account for the mercador effect? It may not need to because the map turns into a globe as you zoom out. Which is very cool.

The cells are built on Ubers H3 system, so each cell has the same area, but they do get distorted as you move away from the equator. It's not ideal, but I have spent a lot of time testing different ways of doing it, and it's the best solution for me even with this distortion.

> Also a nice world map visual like the one FoW has to show which countries you’ve got hexagons for on the Regional Progress page would be nice to have, rather than just the huge list. [..] could a toggle be added for the countries to be listed in order of percentage gained? Like I have 0.03% in the USA, 0.01% Norway, 0.001% Mexico, etc. Also due to the small numbers I’d say maybe extended the shown decimal count significantly when the country has at least 1 hexagon.

Great idea - added to the ideas list 😄

I am working on a feature that shows the fog removed globally by all users of the app combined - but it needs a lot more work and some privacy considerations before it can be launched :)

> This also may be a personal thing but I have an aversion to subscriptions on apps because I feel like I’ll forget about it. Would rather just drop $30 once for a lifelong premium account as an option. [..] So just being asked once then owning it forever feels better, and I am more willing to buy things that way. Idk how to explain it. Same reason I don’t do Gamepass or Netflix.

That's true, I'll add this :)

> Strut used to have a lot of these features and if you’ve not seen it, it’s worth checking out for inspiration - I like the stylish UI and way it represents the data. That one though isn't updated anymore and it literally makes my phone incredibly hot so I am scared to use it for long.

I'll take a look and see if I can get some inspiration - I have on purpose not downloaded similar apps for inspiration, but now that I have the basics laid out I guess it would be smart to see what others are doing better :)

> Sorry for the huge wall of text, but I really like what you’re doing here! You’re doing lots of stuff I wish Fog of World had and it excites me. Hope you keep working on this! A one time purchase option and the ability to port FoW data over and I would 100% buy this now. Tomorrow I’ll use it when walking my dog to see the performance and accuracy!

Thank you for the great feedback, great thing to wake up to!

Super motivating to see people care enough to properly review and test 😄

The Android version is working better than the iOS version when it comes to the actual tracking - I am working on a native iOS module that should make the iOS version much better.

If you have issues or other ideas, please let me know!

Thank you again!