Good news about Camino -Ninja

[wayfarer]

This info is from a Facebook group:

"Do you remember the genius app Camino-Ninja? Well, the developer was Andy, and he sadly passed away last summer. Things were technically complicated, but very recently we were finally able to save all the wonderful data of the app and upload it into the existing app CaminoCamino. Search for it, and you will find all the albergues in this app already (and forgive us some missing translations - they will be repaired with the next update in a few days, when the app will be available in 8 (!) languages).

But not only the data of Camino Ninja, but also the app itself was genius and loved by 100,000 pilgrims last year alone. That's why we keep trying to bring this app back into the app stores.

Unfortunately Andy has not not left a manual for us... But we are almost done reverse engineering everything, and hopefully the app will be back for new downloads in a matter of some weeks.

This is the two good news I want to share with you. Spread the word!

Buen Camino!
Peter

PS: Who are we? We are Jakobsweg-Zentrale from Germany (www.jakobsweg.de), the central office for all german speaking pilgrims. From now on also slowly serving a broader audience."

 

[Kirkie]

Thanks for finding and sharing.

 

[trecile]

I found it.
It looks like this in the Google Play Store.

 

[trecile]

Just installed it. It doesn't function the same way that Camino Ninja did.
Maybe they will add features, but it doesn't seem very useful to me.

 

[natefaith]

I just installed it as well and they've listed out accommodations on many of the Camino routes, as well as places to get pilgrim stamps and major attractions along the trails. Hopefully at some point they can also add in starting and ending towns and kilometer information in an easy interface like the Camino Ninja had. In any case I wish this group the best as they try to recover and offer Andy's work again. Hopefully they can work out the kinks and it can function well for a new generation of pilgrims. Thanks for sharing this good news @wayfarer !

 

[Lindy Loo]

This info is from a Facebook group:

"Do you remember the genius app Camino-Ninja? Well, the developer was Andy, and he sadly passed away last summer. Things were technically complicated, but very recently we were finally able to save all the wonderful data of the app and upload it into the existing app CaminoCamino. Search for it, and you will find all the albergues in this app already (and forgive us some missing translations - they will be repaired with the next update in a few days, when the app will be available in 8 (!) languages).

But not only the data of Camino Ninja, but also the app itself was genius and loved by 100,000 pilgrims last year alone. That's why we keep trying to bring this app back into the app stores.

Unfortunately Andy has not not left a manual for us... But we are almost done reverse engineering everything, and hopefully the app will be back for new downloads in a matter of some weeks.

This is the two good news I want to share with you. Spread the word!

Buen Camino!
Peter

PS: Who are we? We are Jakobsweg-Zentrale from Germany (www.jakobsweg.de), the central office for all german speaking pilgrims. From now on also slowly serving a broader audience."

thank you so much

 

[JohnLloyd]

This info is from a Facebook group:

"Do you remember the genius app Camino-Ninja? Well, the developer was Andy, and he sadly passed away last summer. Things were technically complicated, but very recently we were finally able to save all the wonderful data of the app and upload it into the existing app CaminoCamino. Search for it, and you will find all the albergues in this app already (and forgive us some missing translations - they will be repaired with the next update in a few days, when the app will be available in 8 (!) languages).

But not only the data of Camino Ninja, but also the app itself was genius and loved by 100,000 pilgrims last year alone. That's why we keep trying to bring this app back into the app stores.

Unfortunately Andy has not not left a manual for us... But we are almost done reverse engineering everything, and hopefully the app will be back for new downloads in a matter of some weeks.

This is the two good news I want to share with you. Spread the word!

Buen Camino!
Peter

PS: Who are we? We are Jakobsweg-Zentrale from Germany (www.jakobsweg.de), the central office for all german speaking pilgrims. From now on also slowly serving a broader audience."

That's great news. Andy's app was astonishingly good, one of the most practical and user-friendly of all.

It kept me on the right track for the (very short) spaces between mojones on my Ingles last April and I was delighted to be able to tell him that before his untimely passing.

Well done for keeping his flame alive.

 

[BobY333]

This is excellent news! As much as I appreciate the other popular apps, I always found Camino Ninja to be the simplest and most straightforward. Andy saved me a few times from getting (too) lost. He also had some albergues listed that the other apps didn't have. Well done!

 

[willydp]

@wayfarer
Thanks for picking up Andy's work, hopefully you can reverse engineer it back to an App that had the ease of use as 'Camino Ninja'
Keep up the good work

 

[Silvermomma]

Great news - thanks for all the hard work.
For me the best use of Camino Ninja is the "if I start here" page - seeing how far each next town is from the hypothetical starting point.

 

[lt56ny]

This is excellent news! As much as I appreciate the other popular apps, I always found Camino Ninja to be the simplest and most straightforward. Andy saved me a few times from getting (too) lost. He also had some albergues listed that the other apps didn't have. Well done!

No app or website is 100% accurate in terms of opening/closing dates or a complete list of places to lay our pilgrim heads. I doubt that this comes as news to you . That is why I have the Buen Camino and Wise Pilgrim app. I had the Camino Ninja app but I never used it as I was so used to the other two. Also I use Gronze.com alot also. It is also impossible for the app developers to know when an albergue owner may decide to close, even for the season as it gets closer to the end of the year. I usually walk in late fall so I often will call to make sure an albergue is open.

 

[Nick Barlow]

I used Ninja for the Frances last year, and probably more for the map, distance to go, and elevation options as I did for the accommodation information. I've looked at others since Andy's sad death but haven't found one that offered that information as easily, so I'll be very happy if they get it up and running properly again!

 

[isnardj]

This info is from a Facebook group:

"Do you remember the genius app Camino-Ninja? Well, the developer was Andy, and he sadly passed away last summer. Things were technically complicated, but very recently we were finally able to save all the wonderful data of the app and upload it into the existing app CaminoCamino. Search for it, and you will find all the albergues in this app already (and forgive us some missing translations - they will be repaired with the next update in a few days, when the app will be available in 8 (!) languages).

But not only the data of Camino Ninja, but also the app itself was genius and loved by 100,000 pilgrims last year alone. That's why we keep trying to bring this app back into the app stores.

Unfortunately Andy has not not left a manual for us... But we are almost done reverse engineering everything, and hopefully the app will be back for new downloads in a matter of some weeks.

This is the two good news I want to share with you. Spread the word!

Buen Camino!
Peter

PS: Who are we? We are Jakobsweg-Zentrale from Germany (www.jakobsweg.de), the central office for all german speaking pilgrims. From now on also slowly serving a broader audience."

Can the app be used offline???

 

[trecile]

Can the app be used offline???

Download it and see. I couldn't find much utility in it - yet. It sounds like they have plans for more updates.

 

[trecile]

Has anyone else installed it?

Here's the link for iPhone

‎CaminoCamino: St. James Way

‎"Don’t come to the Camino looking for answers. Instead, come with an open heart and you may be surprised by what you find." - Jane V. Blanchard. For over 1000 years, pilgrims have been walking to the tomb of the Apostle James in the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela. In the CaminoCamino...

apps.apple.com

And Android

CaminoCamino: St James Way - Apps on Google Play

Pilgrimage routes | Hotels

play.google.com

 

[C clearly]

@wayfarer
Thanks for picking up Andy's work, hopefully you can reverse engineer it back to an App that had the ease of use as 'Camino Ninja'
Keep up the good work

I don't think that @wayfarer is involved in the project. He just posted a quotation from a Facebook page that told about the new project being undertaken by the following group

PS: Who are we? We are Jakobsweg-Zentrale from Germany (www.jakobsweg.de), the central office for all german speaking pilgrims. From now on also slowly serving a broader audience."

 

[wisepilgrim]

It is also impossible for the app developers to know when an albergue owner may decide to close, even for the season as it gets closer to the end of the year.

This year I added a feature to the Wise Pilgrim apps which specifically warns that “today” is very close to the scheduled open or close date.

When it comes to opening or closing a lot depends on the flow of pilgrims. More so with the opening. When it comes to closing things are a bit more predictable as taxes are going to be due (for the full month) as soon as you open the doors on the first day of a month.

 

[wayfarer]

@wayfarer
Thanks for picking up Andy's work, hopefully you can reverse engineer it back to an App that had the ease of use as 'Camino Ninja'
Keep up the good work

I'm just the messenger, it's not my work.

 

[wisepilgrim]

Great news - thanks for all the hard work.
For me the best use of Camino Ninja is the "if I start here" page - seeing how far each next town is from the hypothetical starting point.

Fwiw, most of the Camino apps do that.

 

[Teedublu]

This info is from a Facebook group:

"Do you remember the genius app Camino-Ninja? Well, the developer was Andy, and he sadly passed away last summer. Things were technically complicated, but very recently we were finally able to save all the wonderful data of the app and upload it into the existing app CaminoCamino. Search for it, and you will find all the albergues in this app already (and forgive us some missing translations - they will be repaired with the next update in a few days, when the app will be available in 8 (!) languages).

But not only the data of Camino Ninja, but also the app itself was genius and loved by 100,000 pilgrims last year alone. That's why we keep trying to bring this app back into the app stores.

Unfortunately Andy has not not left a manual for us... But we are almost done reverse engineering everything, and hopefully the app will be back for new downloads in a matter of some weeks.

This is the two good news I want to share with you. Spread the word!

Buen Camino!
Peter

PS: Who are we? We are Jakobsweg-Zentrale from Germany (www.jakobsweg.de), the central office for all german speaking pilgrims. From now on also slowly serving a broader audience."

I have the old Ninja app on my phone. Do I need to delete it and download the new one? Or will the old one update?

 

[trecile]

Don't delete it! If you delete it you won't be able to download it again. The new app does not have the same functionality, at least not yet.

 

[Silvermomma]

Fwiw, most of the Camino apps do that.

I like that it gives cumulative distances, so I don't have to add up small amounts.

 

[trecile]

I like that it gives cumulative distances, so I don't have to add up small amounts.

Wise Pilgrim and Buen Camino apps do this too.

 

[jeanineonthecamino]

Good news! And love that it will be available in 8 languages. Now I just have to remember the name of this other app. Camino Ninja was such a great name to remember. I like using a combination of the different apps.

I have the old Ninja app on my phone. Do I need to delete it and download the new one? Or will the old one update?

Sounds to me like they used another app altogether and recreated the Camino Ninja app on their existing platform. If I am correct - then you do need to delete Nina and download CaminoCamino

 

[trecile]

Sounds to me like they used another app altogether and recreated the Camino Ninja app on their existing platform

In it's current state this new app is NOT a re-creation of the Camino Ninja app. They may have used the data from Camino Ninja, but the format is not the same at all. Perhaps that will change.

 

[Former member 59618]

This year I added a feature to the Wise Pilgrim apps which specifically warns that “today” is very close to the scheduled open or close date.

I do like this feature; it’s a nice nudge to double check with the albergue.

 

[glenn6912]

Don't delete it! If you delete it you won't be able to download it again. The new app does not have the same functionality, at least not yet.

Yes, don’t delete. I did a reset on my phone and lost access to it.

 

[glenn6912]

Good news! And love that it will be available in 8 languages. Now I just have to remember the name of this other app. Camino Ninja was such a great name to remember. I like using a combination of the different apps.

Sounds to me like they used another app altogether and recreated the Camino Ninja app on their existing platform. If I am correct - then you do need to delete Nina and download CaminoCamino

It’s now named Camino Love

 

[glenn6912]

I just saw that they’re considering changing the icon for the app to:

 

[trecile]

It’s now named Camino Love

Much better name than Camino Camino, though it still doesn't have the same kind of functionality as Camino Ninja. I don't understand the collecting of "stamps."

 

[trecile]

I just saw that they’re considering changing the icon for the app to:
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They have changed it. This is what it looks like in the Google Play store.

 

[glenn6912]

They have changed it. This is what it looks like in the Google Play store.

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I haven’t checked this morning, but the change hadn’t got to the Apple App Store by the time I posted that