iOS App Orphaned ….No iCloud Drive … Why?
This review is a followup to the previous review (see below)
It seems to be asserted in subsequent reviews that purchasers of Clear+ (iPhone & iPad) around 2014 were wrong in claiming that the Clear (or Clear+) updates broke the iOS/OS X link. This is untrue. I purchased Clear+ (OS X & iOS) back in 2014, and the update did indeed break the sync. I tried (recently: Jul 19, 2015) to acquire the asserted iTunes available update and it failed again with "App Not Available in the Canadian Store.”
To review: I purchased Clear back in 2014 for OS X and iOS X and was very pleased with the sync and the app itself (frankly if you are confident you can get the sync to work, then buy the app). I use a number of ToDo apps (among them Things which I strongly recommend) and had segregated my tasks into personal & business categories: using Clear/Clear+ for personal ToDo’s. It worked beautifully until the update late 2014 - when, for iPad iCloud the sync just failed and for iPhone I got and still get “App Not Available in the Canadian Store.” So, I occassionally still use Clear between Mac’s, but for iOS sync i have given up. The sync between Mac and iOS (early editions) remains broken, and I find it infuriating that I should need to buy a new version of the app to restore functionality that I had.
I do not write reviews frivolously. If I write a review claiming that the app broke, then it broke. I want to be able to use Clear/Clear+ - I generally like it, ok really: I like it - *but* it is broken on iOS updates (from 2014) and I will not buy an app twice for a single platform because updates failed. If the sync (after update) worked, I would use the app and remove this review.
Specifically: OS X sync works fine. iPad detects a new version and updates but (painfully) fails to sync under iCloud. iPhone, even with an App delete and reinstall in Canada (for Clear+) states (Jul 19. 2015) “Update Required” which causes a (App Store) redirect which declares: “Item Not Available - The item that you’ve requested is not currently available in the Canadian Store.” So whatever I bought in 2014 for iPhone does not update nor sync with whatever exists in 2015.
I like the app; I do - but it just needs to work (on iOS iPhone: launch as-is and sync, and on iPad: sync). The previous review stands. I purchased an iOS application - and it simply does not work anymore (in less than one year’s use).
From the receipt: Clear+ Tasks & To-Do List, v1.0.5 (4+) - REALMAC SOFTWARE LIMITED - iOS App Mac App - $4.99 - 1 February, 2014
Previous Review:
From Canada: I *really* liked Clear (Clear+ back when) because it was cool to use and sync-ed well between my Mac and iOS devices. I bought both the OS X and iOS versions. But with iOS 8, all that happens when you try to enable iOS iCloud sync is that you get redirected to the App Store which then announces that (the required App is) “Item Not Available. The item that you’ve requested is not available in the Canadian Store.” The seller previously sold the old App in Canada; why not in courtesy maintain it in the Canadian Store? Clear+ does not sync with the new iCloud Drive across iOS 8 (in Canada) and is useless without sync. Please fix, and I’ll like it again. Until then, I do not recommend.
Near as I can tell (speculatively), the Retailer removed the old application for IOS (Clear+) and expects the consumer to buy the updated version, simply called Clear. The App Store tries to tell me that I do not own the application despite having it on my iOS devices and having a receipt for it. The situation occurs on an iPhone 6 running iOS 8.
Simply not impressed with the apparent customer treatment - independent of the niceties of the app. No future purchases for this from me.
The review is here because I apparently do not own the iOS versions (which are somehow installed on three iOS devices) but do apparently still own the OS X version. Because I do “not" own the IOS versions, I can not review them there.
rac@iTunes about Clear – Tasks, Reminders & To-Do Lists, v1.1.6
