You are working on the new app but a lot missing and progress slow too. And arc timeline seems been abandon? so there will be no more feature updates for the timeline app?
I know you said before that the location status bar is something ios problem, but arc timeline works mostly fine on my side without status bar. I don’t want to using the app with status bar always so I want to stick with timeline app. But if you’re not planning anything feature update to the timeline app and only focus on the new editor app. I will need to consider to find replacement cause there will be one day that the timeline app not work.
I still think you can put a setting in the editor app to let user control if they want the old tracking mode without status bar(compromising some accuracy) or the newest one.
Arc Timeline isn’t getting any more updates. If it breaks I will fix it, but it gets no new features, and will eventually be removed from the App Store, once Arc Editor is ready to replace it completely.
Arc Timeline uses the oldest APIs for location recording, and Apple have been making changes that make those APIs no longer workable. If you have the status bar indicator turned off in Arc Timeline then there’s a higher risk of the app being terminated (due to Apple’s changes), and it will also use more battery than if turned off.
If you can’t accept the status bar indicator, then either protest to Apple or start looking for a replacement app from someone else. There’s nothing I can do about that from my side, and pushing for that change with me isn’t going to make it happen.
What do you think will happen if you push me on it? Do you think I will go to Apple’s offices, bang on the windows and doors, and demand they change their decision?
That status bar indicator is not my choice, not my decision. That is something that Apple have decided, not me.
I also hate it. I think Apple made a really bad decision there. But I don’t have the power to force them to change it back. That’s not something I can do.
I’ve been a lifetime customer and long-time supporter. Over the past years, Arc Timeline has received almost no meaningful new features, while development kept cycling through different app names and rewrites. From a customer’s perspective, that looks like motion without progress — different apps, same limitations.
My request is simple and entirely on your side: add an opt-in toggle in Arc Editor for the legacy tracking behavior without the status-bar indicator, clearly labeled as “unsupported / higher battery / higher termination risk.” Many developers ship such advanced/experimental switches with warnings. That respects Apple’s constraints and respects user choice.
What’s disappointing here is the stance. Telling paying users to “protest to Apple or find a replacement” reads as dismissive. Customer communication and product choices are still your responsibility, regardless of Apple’s rules.
At this point @o1x I recommend you request from Apple a refund on your Lifetime purchase.
I am a solo developer, working on all of this on my own. All of my energy and time goes into building these apps. I’m not slacking, and I can’t go any faster.
Arc Editor is a more reliable, accurate, and faster app than old Arc Timeline, and is in public beta. I’m proud of the work that’s gone into it and how it’s turning out. If you’re not happy with the results or progress, then we’re not going to find a middle ground, and it’s best for you to move on to a different app.
No, you’re not going to get the toggle you want. I’ve already told you the situation, which is not going to change because you demand it. And telling me I’m not working hard enough is certainly not the way to go about asking anything here.
I’m locking this thread now, because I have programming work to do (probably shipping a new Arc Editor build today), and don’t intend to spend more time debating this on the forum. As I said: at this point I recommend you request a refund from Apple for your Lifetime purchase.