Comments on: Troop Badges

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:01:56 +0000

I would also like to have some sort of overview as to which scouts have what completed/partial etc. perhaps u could add an “all scouts” option in the menu which would display the number of scouts that have completed each merit badge on or next to each badge icon. Another number could signify in progress badges. This would be extremely useful as cross checking each scout one by one is a bit of a managerial mess. I suggest that when u click on the badge icons in “all scouts” mode that it brings up a list of which scouts have completed and which have it partially completed along with the requirements. Ideally you could also list the number of I completed sub requirements inside the badges too but I don’t want to go too crazy with this idea.

Bottom line is some sort of top down viewing option on how many scouts have or are working on stuff is a necessary feature to keep this app useful for larger troops.

Thanks for listening

By: Scuba Steve

Scuba Steve — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:25:28 +0000

Kevin,
Might I suggest that you come up with an update schedule – say 2 to 4 times per year. Your product is nice, and acceptable for my purposes, but MUST be updated to keep track of new BSA opportunities are it is worthless. The folks who would use your product are likely the folks who might jump on new opportunities in scouting and would want their go-to application to have the details available quickly. You charge a premium for your application, and folks expect prompt updates for a premium price. It has been over 8 months since the Robotics MB was released, and still no update. I understand that you have a major task in front of you to update the features of the application for synchronization, but I would expect you to continue to update the application for things it already supports in the mean time. I’m afraid that your effort here is starting to look very unprofessional.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 01:57:48 +0000

Sometimes it felt that way, Steve.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 01:56:14 +0000

Working on it, Mark – thanks for the patience, and sorry I’ve been trying the patience for so long.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:01:39 +0000

Have you abandoned your supporters????? Please update your products

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:08:56 +0000

Kevin – Are you dead?

By: John Krejcha

John Krejcha — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 02:43:35 +0000

Will an update be coming with the new merit badges including the chess one

By: Jon Irish

Jon Irish — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:32:32 +0000

Hi Kevin,
Any idea when the update will be available? My Son already completed the Robotics MB

Jon Irish

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 22:55:08 +0000

Sorry for the delayed response to comments – I got really buried by my full-time work. I really appreciate the comments and suggestions. I’m putting up a new blog post about status & plans for the next release of the apps. As you’ve seen, sync & online access are top priorities, but also adding additional content and improving multiple scout support…

Thanks for your patience!

By: Jake

Jake — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:40:00 +0000

Huh, I just posted a pretty detailed comment and it never posted. Hope this doesn’t double-post…

Kevin, thanks for the app! I bought it a few days ago and appreciate the comprehensive detail. I do have a few suggestions.

1. Do you plan on having an ‘overview’ page? As it stands now, we choose a scout, navigate into a rank/merit badge and view if a requirement is passed off. Then navigate home, choose another scout, navigate into the same rank/merit badge and view. Rinse. Repeat. It would be very nice to be able to see all scouts’ progress for a certain badge.

2. My buddy bought the Cub Scout app on my recommendation. He likes it but found a similar problem. When he needs to email reports to the parents for the wolf badge for example, he has to navigate to the achievements, then navigate into the sub achievements, then email. Then he has to go back out, navigate into another sub achievement and email another report. Will there be a way to email a complete list instead of having to navigate into every area?

Thanks again for your work on the app. It’s so much easier than making our own spreadsheets!