Here is an app every Boy Scout, hiker or Survivorman fan (at least the newbie’s) will love.
MyNature Animal Tracks is (as the name reveals) a basic reference to animals footprints in the soil, which can be very helpful if you suspect that a black bear or mountain lion is roaming your back yard.
What I loved
MyNature provides various images of what some of these tracks look like in real life, although many animals only have a basic sketch with a brief description detailing what they could look like in the wild.
As an extra bonus, MyNature includes the sounds of a few ferocious beasts, which makes it an excellent tool for inspiring young geeks to explore their world–beyond the PC.
What I disliked (with suggestions)
In order to make up for the lack of images accompanying animal tracks, the creator asks users to submit their own images via Flickr.
While this is a novel approach, the fact that this is not built within the app is disappointing (especially since Flickr supports image uploading via iPhone from within).
It would be also cool if iPhone 3GS fans could submit video of their findings as well via YouTube (which has an API for iPhone geek freaks).
Last but not least, I think the creator needs to rethink the Journal feature, as most people don’t want to keep their thoughts locked within one app.
Outsourcing that feature to Facebook (perhaps by having it post to Facebook notes) might not only be wiser, but help this app go viral.
Conclusion
The app costs $7, which is expensive in my honest opinion. I would probably pay $5 for this app (and perhaps $6 if it had more social features built-in).
Overall this app is quite useful, one which I plan on using to help teach some of the young boys (at my church) how to track animals (which will be helpful as many of their dads hunt).
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