Kestrel LiNK (Legacy) App Reviews

The UI format is outdated. Need a general update. Clumsy at best in Iphone X. Does its job well earns 4 stars.

Seems to work ok under iPhone 11 iOS 13, but took a few tries at first. Not sure why. Worked on the second drop unit right away. Never got my iPad Pro with the new iPadOS to export. Had to use my iPhone.

I was not happy with this app. Then I downloaded the new Kestral app - which is terrible. I need only to know the temperatures in my two garden plots, and to track/plot those temps over time. That works on this app, over time. The new app is not intuitive and the wait for historical data is interminable.

It looks like the latest updates changed the UI to a fixed size that no longer accounts for different resolutions/aspect ratios. The interface looks absolutely terrible on my 6s plus.

I am really happy with the Drop D3 for my needs. I am using it on backpacking trips to keep a log of temperature changes overnight. Having an app in my phone to visualize the log is great. Unfortunately, the app leaves a lot to be desired. It is very buggy. It has layout issues in various phone sizes. It has issues with crashing when data is cleared on the device. It has state management issues with some of the custom UI elements. I would give the Drop D3 five stars and the app one star. I loo

Needs updating. Specifically for supporting newer devices such as iPhone XS and iPad Pro. Developers: Unfortunately, if you’re going to offer an app for iOS devices you need to accept the fact you will need to maintain and update it. This is not something you can set up and forget it. The functionality of connecting my device to iOS devices was certainly a factor when making my purchases. Now that it’s become clear the app is lacking even basic maintenance and updates I am becoming frustrated

The drop works well, the kestrel app is easy to use, but it crashes with the new iOS update, no export functionality.

I love the D3, wish I could say the same about the app. Dashboard wastes most of the screen with massive black blobs only allowing 3 different sensor readings. A better layout would allow easy viewing of all readings. On my iPhone X, the icons at the bottom of the screen interfere with the iOS swipe up making them very difficult to access. There is only a single setting for imperial or metric views. There should be a setting for each sensor. For example I’d like to view temperature in Fahrenheit

App is nearly worthless now. I love this device but you can’t get much from the app since you have to guess at most of the selections.

I have toiled away in frustration for years with the apps used to support the Kestrel Drop, itself a decent product. Thankfully, this app was replaced, with one having greater functionality but only marginally better. Hopefully they will release an app worthy of its product.