I initially thought Findo was good, but there are too many bugs right now, and customer support needs to be better. I’ve sent a couple of questions requesting support in why notifications sometimes work, and then goes days on where it doesn’t work for geofences; but no response from the developer. Also, when the refresh button is pressed, it doesn’t always refresh. Yes, location is always on, notification alerts in settings are on. If the developer actually responds to questions, the star rating would be higher.
Update 13SEP19: customer support say they responded to all of my requests, but if that’s the case, only two came through (and yes, I did check the spam folder). Even with the two responses, the responses were almost exactly the same, just worded differently. Both responses stated that Findo uses GPS, and be sure that location is on....yes, I know....that’s why I stated in my initial review location is on. That’s not the issue, the notifications not working is the main issue, and refresh updates is the other. Doing several tests with other phones with Findo , and ALL the same settings, notifications are not working consistently in locations with strong Signals. Other people left the geofence area, called to see if I could see them on Findo out of the geofence area. Yes, they were out of the geofence area....but NO NOTIFICATION that they left. Only knew by opening Findo . For the refresh updates, areas with strong signals, Updates still vary. Sometimes it works, other times it doesn’t refresh for hours. I know, because the other people text if it refreshed, and they haven’t left the same location. In your response, please address the Notification issue.
Update 17SEP19: After doing some of my own troubleshooting, figured out that if you uninstall Findo on all phones, reinstall, and create new Circles for people to join, it fixes the notification error (for now). I’ll raise the star level to 3 (since Findo is great when it works), and will change it to higher if this fix holds; but recommendation for customer support: actually address the issue, and don’t have canned responses for all location issues. Also, it would also help if you put some of the customer support responses in the reviews (beyond “send an email to customer support”), so people can see it upfront to see if their issue can be fixed.