5.8.3
2024-03-26
Big update for the early Spring as pilgrims are already walking.
It adds 123km of alternate paths suitable for bikes or pilgrims on foot in very muddy conditions.
This update contains many small bug fixes (albergue closing times), better visibility of maps using dark mode, and a critical fix that caused the app to crash when you tried to auto-scroll to your closest location.
It also includes gps track updates.
5.8.1
2024-02-27
Big update in anticipation of the upcoming year.
Commenting fixed, thank you everyone for submitting bug reports, it was invaluable to getting this fixed.
5.7.5
2023-07-20
Improved navigation, content updates, and bug fixes.
5.7.1
2023-05-10
In this update, the last major one of the season, I have improved the way to navigate between adjacent towns along the way.
I have also fixed some map-related bugs, thanks to all of you who have written to help me diagnose them.
5.6.4
2023-04-19
MAJOR BUG FIX
5.6.3
2023-03-29
Content update.
Minor bug fixes, including a few albergues which did not appear on the map view.
5.6.0
2023-03-03
This update does two things at the same time.
It introduces the ability to send updates 'Over the air' meaning that if there is a change in telephone number, or price, or opening hours of your accommodation I can get them to you faster. The is important at the moment since the hiking season is beginning and many albergues are making last minute changes.
New routes will still be delivered via app store updates.
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It eliminates a minor bug that annoyed me greatly.
Everything else remains as awesome as always.
5.5.1
2023-02-14
New feature shows whether an albergue is CURRENTLY open, closed, or about to open/close. Handy for pilgrims walking in the shoulder season and winter.
5.4.1
2022-10-11
Updates to correct no longer passable sections of the trail.
5.4.0
2022-08-10
This release introduces a dark mode for lights out albergue users. And it greatly cleans up the UX to make more content more visible.
There are a few new photos from a recent camino, and minor changes to prices and availability.
Thank you everyone for all of the comments you leave within the app!
5.3.0
2022-07-30
Content Update: Updated opened/closed, as well as prices.
Better maps: Now with the option to turn off map markers and a better selector for map types.
Feature Update: Introducing the WhatsApp Message Maker: A simple tool to help you initiate a conversation with the albergue or hotel owner to check for availability and request a reservation. It automatically translates what you need into a short request, and from their you can finish the deal directly with the property owner.
5.2.0
2022-06-27
Content Update: Updated opened/closed, as well as prices.
Feature Update: Introducing the WhatsApp Message Maker: A simple tool to help you initiate a conversation with the albergue or hotel owner to check for availability and request a reservation. It automatically translates what you need into a short request, and from their you can finish the deal directly with the property owner.
5.0.0
2022-05-24
Many changes to the content, updated pricing etc.
Introducing better communication tools: It is now much easier to initiate calls to accommodation via landline, mobile, WhatsApp, and email.
Accommodations linked to maps app, for turn by turn directions if necessary.
Bug fix: A bug crept into the last version, causing the app to crash when you tried to search the albergue directory or leave a comment. That bug is no more!
4.1.7
2022-03-23
Updated content for the 2022 pilgrims. These include many uncertain closures and reopening and new prices as well as updated contact information.
Also, minor bug fixes for:
1. notched devices.
2. a bug in the elevation profiles, which are now capable of estimating your location.
3. reading and writing comments to the new wisepilgrim.com website.
4.1.2
2021-08-03
Summer 2021 Update.
Updated opening dates and times, bed counts, and prices.
Also a bug fix for iPhone 12 users, trying to make those buttons more tap-able.
4.0.7
2020-07-07
COVID UPDATE:
This update includes updated information regarding the reopening status of accommodations related to Covid-19.
4.0.5
2020-04-05
I hope these release notes find all of you safe at home and healthy with your family, no doubt looking forward to brighter days on the camino.
This update hopes to make those days a bit easier to navigate. Here in Santiago we are all home bound so I have made the best of the situation by coding some long desired changes to the apps.
Design Changes, Functionality Additions, and a bit of bed bug fumigation:
• A completely redesigned 'region' view. This was to accommodate a new feature which allows you to set a place as your starting point, and because of that all of the distances had to be reconsidered for the best readability. It should be rather intuitive, and it is better described in the legend page. These changes also allow for the page to be a lot more readable, and of course planning your day just got a lot easier.
• Better accommodation sorting. Accommodation in a city is now better sorted, with albergues grouped by type at the top and with private accommodation options grouped by type below. No more funny business where albergues were scattered randomly throughout the list.
• Better comment sorting. In the past comments didn’t always sort by date. In the now they do.
• Better visualization for exactly how far away from the camino some of those alternate routes take you.
• A bug which caused to guide to crash if there was a comment which was empty has been fumigated.
• Most users will now see the correct decimal separator for distances, with periods and commas appearing where they ought to.
• Generally better typography. Some missing characters were fixed, sizes were adjusted, that kind of thing.
Stay safe, and I hope to see you all later this year.
4.0.3
2020-03-05
Happy days fellow pilgrims.
This update fixes a small mapping bug which caused the map to fail along some stretches of the Camino.
4.0.1
2020-02-24
Big code update, and some significant changes to how the maps are accessed. The map icon in the upper-right now opens the map to that location, and the compass in the upper-right zooms to your location.
The app is finally rotatable, which has been requested by a few pilgrims along the way.
3.0.6
2020-01-26
This is the big 2020 update. The app will continue to get bi-monthly updates during the year but this is the biggest one, and it brings the apps up to date with the 2020 printed guidebook which was just published.
Thanks again for all of the great support!
3.0.5
2019-05-17
3.0.5 Brings a few new albergues to the guide, and renames a few others that have changed owners. It also removes an alternate route that has been regularly denounced by pilgrims as being overly dangerous.
3.0.4
2015-04-11
3.0.4 brings a minor bug fix for some links.
3.0.3
Much ado about maps!
1. Two more types: Apple Maps and Apple Satellite view.
2. Better map markers: Not quite perfect, but getting closer. They load a bit faster now and use less memory.
3. Improved offline map downloader, now with the ability to delete offline maps to get back space.
Plus a smattering of little adjustments here and there.