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Niantic Campfire App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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✓ I know it’s early access but …… it’s really bad. Every time I open it, it just asks me to enable location and notifications again (their question form, not Apple’s). Sadly, all the menus are really slow and it doesn’t support back swipe gestures etc as well. Don’t think they’ve written it properly like most apps do. It seems like something else faking being an app..Version: 1.43
✓ Garbage appNiantic is garbage, can’t even create an account on the app, constant error of “something went wrong please try again “ then I get a notification saying I need to be invited to the app? Garbage app. Garbage company..Version: 2.8.0
✓ RaidsCan’t even get people from different places adding me spent 2 hrs trying to get an invite and talked in chats. But no one seemed to even add people.Version: 2.46.1
✓ Why launch ?Niantic’s consumers (players) have been asking for some of these features for years but instead of incorporating into the current Pokemon Go platform they create another separate app, that is only “invite” only for all of Niantics buddy’s to gain more unfair advantages to the rest of the players. The most scary thing about this app from what I have heard (given I can’t even use it) is there is no messaging parental controls. If you are a parent with children DO NOT allow your children to use this app..Version: 1.40
✓ Seems to be broken at the momentAs above.Version: 2.46.0
✓ New update ruined the appBefore the update it was great I would use it everyday. After this update it’s horrible so hard to coordinate yourself through the app and coordinate with others. horrible after update.Version: 2.25.1
✓ Campfire Nerf?Although difficult to navigate this app fills a void that players have been waiting years for. An actual way to communicate with other players. Or at least it did until recently. The general chat was a way to connect for raids and removing it makes Campfire that much less useful. And don’t bother with the team up button. Supposedly it randomly connects players with an open raid. I don’t want a random raid and if it’s a Pokémon I don’t want, there goes a $2 raid pass just for looking at it. I don’t know personally however, because after multiple attempts I’m still waiting… The raid map and chat feature are useful, if years too late. With raids being a money maker and one of the huge draws of the game, the recent Campfire nerf is confusing and unpopular to say the least..Version: 2.25.1
✓ UnlikablePretty rubbish app, user UNfriendly and a poor attempt at Niantic’s monopoly. I’ll be sticking with Pokegenie.Version: 2.25.1
✓ UselessHonestly, there is no use for this app when FB/Discord exist..Version: 2.12.0
✓ DOESNT WORK ON THE MOST IMPORTANT DAYS!Today was Mega Garchomp day and not once during the 3 hour event was i able to host a raid. You have a limited number of remote raids which worked just fine today, but when i try to use the limitless amount of in person raid invites it never worked. Not a single person was ever found to join my raid group. Towards the end of the day it didn't even give me the option to host period as it said i had to be on top of a gym which i was. I could’ve gotten so much more out of today but nope. And i wont even bother mentioning the semi regular connection failures when trying to join a remote raid on any other day. FIX YOUR APPS NIANTIC!.Version: 2.44.0
✓ Can someone helpFirst of all, when I saw the pictures I was like oh my god this is better than the Interaction that you have on Pokémon go where you just send Gifts to each other it was so cool but every time I log in AND sign up with the same email it kept saying you need a invite thing or something I hate it.Version: 1.49
✓ Copying DiscordSince the launch of Campfire it’s been a buggy up and down experience. It’s main purpose is served when you need to track down raids. Other than that, the UI is undoubtedly similar to Discord. The community I’m involved with has used Discord for years, and sees no reason to move to campfire other than the ambassador promo codes. The codes are clearly a desperate attempt to get people on their app but it’s too much of a hassle. Even if we decided to move over to campfire we would keep our planning on Discord. It’s just better. Now while campfire is very similar to Discord they’ve made their own changes which do not make the “Groups” customizable. It’s just sad that they have very little originality..Version: 2.28.0
✓ A half cocked idea with lazy follow throughThe raid processes in Campfire are extremely frustrating. There is no way to communicate with raid groups if a Campfire name doesn’t match with the in game name, there is no guarantee or consequence if a person in the lobby does or does not accept the friend request or the raid invite, and the entire process feels very half baked. I’ve hosted three raids in Campfire, and of the three I’ve only had one where everyone in the group joined the lobby and everyone’s name matched their in game name. There are much better remote raid apps out there..Version: 2.31.0
✓ Needs more work - has potentialFinally started to open up. Still more work to be done for it. Has potential to be a great app for any niantic games. ingress has had a lot of difficulties to group up since Google Plus went off line..Version: 2.12.0
✓ Ruined the game for me.I do not know how you get an app so wrong that it makes people want to never touch the game again, but they found a way. Remote raids do not work, joining is completely broken, and there isn't even a functional chat system, just pre-made messages that don't communicate anything specific enough to get help from others. Came back to enjoy a community day with others after not playing for a long time, and it was such a mess that I uninstalled the game..Version: 2.31.0
✓ Don’t use for raidsAbsolute rubbish it doesn’t select players that have Pokémon strong enough to do the raid just puts a bunch of low levels so you’re doomed to fail.Version: 2.31.0
✓ Doesn’t link up with Pokémon Go!Downloaded app and can’t even log in! The usual stupidly complicated Niantic system leaving you with a million user ids and hundreds of passwords, then not being clear which one they want this time. Not worth the hassle trying to get it set up..Version: 2.28.0
✓ HopelessHopeless. New update says download Pokémon go. Why would I need campfire if I didn’t already have Pokémon go installed. Worked ok before this update.Version: 2.25.1
✓ I can’t use it.It’s telling me to link my account to it, But I can’t link my Apple to go. Every time I try it says something around the lines of ‘you cannot link Apple to Pokémon go’ or something like that. And if I can’t link it then I can’t use campfire even tho it’s in my news. So if you can tell me why it’s not working then hopefully I can download it but for now it’s just staying deleted..Version: 2.25.1
✓ AwfulAn app for people to come to together and support each other but you have to be invited by someone who already has the app is completely contradictory! How the hell are you supposed to strategise and work together with new people if you can’t even get the app to start with. Should be called chocolate teapot rather than campfire as that’s about as useful it is to people who want to use it.Version: 2.18
✓ Please stop asking for my birthdayEvery time I haven’t opened the app in a while it logs me out and asks for my birthday, accept terms, etc.Version: 3.10.0
✓ Needs work, and lots of itWe initially recommended our local community to use this app to help build up in person raid groups. But following a series of crimes revolving around it, including it being used to lure people for robbery. I’ve recommended everyone delete the app for their own safety and we’re using the tried and tested methods of using our Facebook group to find raiders in our area and set up chats accordingly. So much potential danger with this app and that needs addressing before its used for something worse..Version: 2.11.0
✓ SubparWhoever made this probably didn’t get paid You’re telling me a game sponsored app can’t get 5 people on this entire earth to do a raid? Trash.Version: 2.46.1
✓ Update Software & ServersAs a fellow business owner and computer science major I recommend taking in these users feedback. In my experience I would like to see users allowed to choose which raid they can go to. For example, choose a raid in another continent. Also if we decline a raid it’s because we don’t want that raid just so you know..Version: 3.10.0
✓ Set up to make you waste Premium Battle PassesI’m getting so frustrated with how Niantic has chose to run their “party” systems in game. First it takes on average 5 minutes to find a mandatory group of 5 more people. Only for 3 of the people not to join, making you try and find a new group. The new group joins, and right before the timer hits 0 and starts the raid, the majority of the group leaves and the games horrible refresh system doesn’t tell you that people have left in time. Therefore it throws you into the raid, complete unprepared and not enough people to complete the raid. Which also results in you wasting a raid pass you spent your hard earned dollars on! So much fun!!!!.Version: 2.32.0
✓ AnnoyingWhenever I’m playing it an alarm Pokémon go it says you need to download Pokémon GO but then when I go onto it and then go back to the app, it says download Pokémon go.Version: 3.7.0
✓ It’s a bit buggyIt won’t let me use the “team up” and map features as it says “download Pokémon go to use” which I already have done but the rest of the app is good.Version: 2.25.1
✓ Keeps getting worse and worse. UninstalledUsed this app since beta, but now uninstalled (Dec 2023). So many forced updates for no reason and UI keeps getting worse. Really don’t understand what direction they wanna go with this app!.Version: 2.49.0
✓ Practically uselessEvery time your lobby fills it automatically closes wastes time..Version: 2.45.0
✓ It’s par-functionalIt’s a great idea for an app. It’s not executed as well as it should be. Finding people to raid with is cool but it’s only locally unless you find friends elsewhere and ask them to send you invites to raids. But that’s if they’re playing and if they get your message even. It’s a great idea but needs to be cleaned up. More organization in the app, better chat and group chat usage and would be nice to expand playability when raiding..Version: 2.43.0
✓ Exclusive App to make Whales betterSo you only have access to this app if you paid to go to a Go Fest months ago and these events were only in the northern hemisphere. The app allows to to communicate and coordinate meet ups and get help with raids etc. Shouldn’t this be for all the people who can’t travel, have accessibility issues, live in rural/remote locations as they struggle to engage in aspects of the game due to some form of limited access. But instead of helping those who need it it’s locked behind an exclusive “whale wall” which only increases the inequities in the game, thus enhancing the pay to win/engage aspect of the game. I love Pokemon Go but Niantic you are excluding the majority to please the minority who are whales. If you want longevity in the game, make it inclusive and bring people into the community not shut them out..Version: 2.4.0
✓ Snoozer14I’m frustrated I used this Campfire before and it was great. Since the update I can’t use it. I go to the App Store hit get ( which I already have ). And it takes me back to the news !!! I play alone and a senior don’t understand all this technology. This campfire is perfect for me . Please help me.. Sue (snoozer) HELP. Please call me 289 -404-1649.Version: 2.28.0
✓ LAbsolutely dog poo.Version: 2.14.0
✓ Horribly unreliableSometimes you will be looking for people to join and the number will freeze at whatever it’s on and PRETEND like it’s still searching. However, you would never know this unless you cancel the raid and it tells you there’s an error. I’ve lost so many raids *waiting* for the last 2-3 people to join. And then after the raids gone and I cancel, it tells me there was an issue all along. VERY FRUSTRATING 😃.Version: 3.7.0
✓ Not available in your locationMyself and my community have been getting campfire to work once in every blue moon as apparently sometimes it’s not available in your location yet other times it works perfectly Niantic have really bodged up with this one.Version: 2.36.0
✓ Worst app yetWhy do this to us #maybe pal world.Version: 3.4.0
✓ Broke my Pokémon goDownloaded this app and now I can’t stay in raids keeps booting me out each time.Version: 2.44.0
✓ Near PointlessWas good for about a week but no one uses it anymore already it seems, you go on expecting loads of people to be on and theres 1 person sat waiting in the queue. It would be better if your could search for a raid your looking for and team up with anyone globally rather than sitting at a gym raid for 15/20 mins waiting to see if anyones even interested. Plus its buggy.Version: 2.30.0
✓ Good idea, hard to navigate, few people use itDon’t get me wrong campfire is a great idea. Issue is it came out 7 years after launch so we all formed our own communities or use other raid hosting apps. Meaning that the community is still dispersed over multiple apps and you typically still need to have messenger, discord, poke genie and campfire to raid in your surrounding areas. My other critique is as an App campfire is clunky and isn’t very helpful. For example I get a ton of app notifications from my friends, I click on them, brings me to update the app, after updating I open the app then can’t find the messages lol. It’s just like if you want to make this a social app make the feed a bit easier, and if you want the raid community back give some incentive so we are using 4-5 mostly 3rd party apps to coordinate in game raids. 2 stars as I know they can and will do better but for now it’s just kind of annoying lol.Version: 3.2.0
✓ Not safe…I’ve been playing Pokémon since 2018. I’m not too fond of the campfire app allowing people to chat; there is no privacy anymore, it’s now too easy for predators to get to women and children and see their locations and it’s now too easy for people to cheat on one another. Too easy for people to be bullied and singled out. It’s no longer just about Pokémon anymore. It’s now more about people “connecting” in equally negative ways as positive. I personally feel this app is dangerous..Version: 2.25.1
✓ Pikmin BloomPikmin Bloom is the only Niantic game that I play, this app serves no purpose to me until it supports Pikmin the same way it does other games. It acknowledges that I play Pikmin, but there’s no section in the app for it..Version: 3.7.0
✓ Dirtbag nianticThis company doesn’t care about its users. Stop playing anything made by niantic.Version: 2.12.0
✓ Utterly useless.App has been available for like a year now and we still can’t get access to it without an invite from someone who already has access to it. What’s the point in making an apps available to download if you can even use it! Sort yourself out Niantic!.Version: 2.22.0
✓ SucksYou had one job smh. USELESS.Version: 2.35.0
✓ Just put it in the games no need for a seperate app.Title.Version: 3.5.0
✓ AwfulIt wouldn’t even let me go on view all it said I had to download Pokémon but I already had done.Version: 2.41.0
✓ Site goes down every eventNo matter how many bug fix updates they do everytime there’s a Pokémon go raid event the app does down. For everyday raids it’s fine, but when there’s an event it’s useless.Version: 2.44.0
✓ This app is badMore times than not this app is glitched out. Right now it shows no active raid or gyms or anything it literally just looks like google maps. On top of that when you use the small amount of 5 remote raids passes it will randomly take away the ability to host a raid despite the fact that your not using remote raid passes anymore. These are just the issues I run into the most. This app needs massive improvement before it could even be considered decent..Version: 2.44.0
✓ Doesn't workThis app use to work great to take down legendary raids, light a flair and people show up, but after an update about 2 months ago I wanna say the app doesn't work at all, to use anything it says "you need Pokémon go downloaded" when it already is, I've tried uninstalling this and Go and still doesn't work. Please fix this.Version: 2.31.0
✓ Another failed experiment by NianticThe app keeps freezing, crashing, or making me sign-in again whenever I try to use it. If doubling the price of remote raid passes wasn’t enough, this app will be the final nail in the coffin..Version: 2.12.0
✓ It’s Niantic qualityThe app is inferior to nearly every other raid group finding app out there. The map is nice to locate raids as I no longer have to drive around to find raids but it’s clogged up by people posting stuff on it so it’s hard to see the actual raids sometimes. Overall it’s the quality that most have come to expect from Niantic as its par for the course!.Version: 2.46.1
✓ It’s brokenIt says that I need Pokémon go to access the app but already have it.Version: 2.25.1
✓ BrokenIt keeps on saying I need to download Pokémon go to use the map feature and I downloaded it twice and it still says I need to download it.Version: 2.29.0
✓ Right Direction, Needs ImprovementThe latest we update with raid queues is a step in the right direction but the match making system needs improvements. The matchmaking process isn’t clear on what is happening. Over the past couple days I’ve only been able to host/join a raid on about 20% of my attempts.Version: 2.25.1
✓ Nav buttons??Y’all forgot to add navigation buttons to get back to either the previous screen or the home screen when you’re looking at a group. I gotta close the app then reopen it to get back home. Glaring oversight if you ask me. Additionally, it’d be nice to have a button to check our notifications. I’ve had a notif badge on the app icon for ages and I have no idea what the notifs are from. Otherwise, I dig this app’s potential. I’ve been waiting since 2016 for something like this. 🙃.Version: 2.43.0
✓ What happened?Been on campfire for few weeks. Was good app different groups and subject sections easy to navigate and then since latest up date you lost all that. What the point of read only. Can’t interact with other players regarding raids, scatter bug cards etc what is the point? Can see what raids or near by or what will hatch? But other than pointless. Get back to how it was before the update! What you playing at Nianntic!!!!.Version: 2.25.1
✓ Horrible after new updateBefore the update to make the app available worldwide, local raids were fun and finding / organizing them were easy. Now I can’t even load into campfire, it keeps telling me I “need to download Pokémon go first” which I obviously already have. Very glitchy and broken app. Hope they fix this soon..Version: 2.25.1
✓ Was great then…Was a great App to join into active raids and help or be helped to get either research or missions done but it has a major known bug that has no work around where you will be logged out, and then you can’t use the app again for, in my case, 2 plus months all while receiving constant notifications from said app about things happening. Don’t get it Niantic does not care and only wants people to download its half baked products..Version: 3.14.0
✓ Let us inI’ve downloaded the game within a week of release and I haven’t been able to get past the sigh in screen Ive connected my account plenty of times and fails.Version: 2.6.0
✓ Ios 14.3 not supportI am using iphone 12 pro version ios 14.3. I can't use the app without upgrading to 15.5 :(.Version: 3.6.0
✓ This app hacked my accountVery bad download if you don’t care about your Pokemon Go account.Version: 2.46.1
✓ GarbageEveryday fails to log in and no one uses it..Version: 3.13.0
✓ BigL’app est à jour, mais je ne vois plus de raid ni d’arène et plus rien ne s’affiche. C’est déroutant 🫤..Version: 2.44.0
✓ Broken updateLatest version is completely broken, it just goes to a white screen. When it was working it was quite good!.Version: 1.41
✓ GlitchyIn raid hour it showed up as only two gyms having raids when clearly every gym had a raid on. I’m already annoyed at DARKRAI so fix it before I show up to your house.Version: 2.42.0
✓ Needs Some ImprovementsI think this is a good especially for me as there isn’t to many local raids i can join so remote raiding is my main use of this..with that being said i wish this app can somehow allow the person to pick which type of raid Pokémon they want to go after i.e. select which Pokémon the person wants to raid for instead of being randomly selected into one where i might now want that certain Pokémon.Version: 2.35.0
✓ Could be betterApp is glitchy and barely functional but I guess it does the job. There should be a feature added where you can filter through tier raids or search a specific raid boss by search bar instead of endlessly swiping through the map. That would be helpful for people who are hunting a specific boss. Also campfire requiring you to zoom in really close to see ongoing raids is ridiculous. At least make it where you can zoom out a bit more within a certain radius. Why can I only see raids 2-3 streets over? If I’m doing drive-by raids or raid hour I want a bigger radius..Version: 2.39.0
✓ Avoid at all costs!Do not use this app as people can and will exploit it to cause harm to innocent/vulnerable individuals. This app is also completely useless to those like myself who live in rural areas and don’t have a community to play with. In short don’t waste your time with this app. It’s not worth it 👎.Version: 2.25.1
✓ Don’t use this trashIt’s trash when I use it take 25 minute to find a none 5 star raid.Version: 3.6.0
✓ This had promise at first, but the devs let this fall apartHonestly, the idea worked and people used it. My main issue is this is something that SHOULD’VE been built into the game. Lastly, they have made this worse with making icons smaller, but an easy way to get users on this would be ACTUALLY give in game rewards for using Campfire. Otherwise, you could’ve easily convinced users the developers are literally trying to burn Campfire, to the ground. Because, lately it feels like they’ve given up on the game from my perspective..Version: 3.8.0
✓ Why?There’s no need for this app to be separate from Pokémon go. All their other games keep dying. And they built the whole map into Pokémon go already just to school for people to install this. Then gated just the ability to communicate about where we want to go to force a second install that can’t be used without invasive location permissions. This whole app is built just to make corporate money bugs happy. There’s nothing useful to users here..Version: 2.25.0
✓ Needs ImprovementsI like the idea of what the app is trying to be, but there are some major flaws. The most frustrating one is how difficult it is to find a specific type of raid on the map. It has to be a specific distance to see where and what the raids are, but it is way too zoomed in to even be optimal. An easy way to fix this would either be adding a filter. Being able to choose what difficulty of a raid you want and only see those selected ones would completely fix the issue right away. You could even go a step further and have a list pop up showing the raids from closest to furthest and being able to tap on it and it taking you to where it is on the map..Version: 2.30.0
✓ TrashNot worth your time. No one uses it in all of Toronto there were 2 flares. Worthless.Version: 2.15.0
✓ HorribleSick of the forced player pool only to have people back out the second before the raid start. I like the old version before you forced this “hosting or looking for raid” buttons. I liked when we could communicate with each other to see who was serious about joining and adding more than your 5 limit which did absolutely nothing but make raids more difficult. Way to drop the ball. I rather use another crappy side app then this mess.Version: 2.32.0
✓ What is going on?Why isn’t it working? This is so stupid.Version: 1.43
✓ Would be nice to likeBut Niantic is a racist and sexist company that spends $250,000 a year on a DIE employee that hates me for being a Latino male that doesn’t think men are women. Slow creeping decay in this company has led to campfire being low quality as well as a massive increase of defects in Pokémon go. Don’t spend money here. They hate you if you are straight, or white, or straight, or believe in American values. Their own new DIE hire refers to straight people, Christians, families, as human trash. More so if you are white. I’ll never spend a money on any product Niantic is even remotely related to. Signed a Latino..Version: 3.11.0
✓ UnusableI used a Pokémon trainer club to sign to go but you can’t sign in with that so for me it’s unusable.Version: 3.3.0
✓ Okay but not greatPokemon go user- The app is good for certain levels of raids, but rubbish for others. Eg. Primal kyogre or groudon seems to require at least 10 players. The app allows for max 6 and you then can’t invite any additional people to the raid. Either Pokémon go needs updating so people can invite their friends to campfire arranged raids once in, or campfire needs updating to reflect the correct amount of people. Otherwise this is just a remote raid pass pit with failed raids and wasted passes. Won’t be using it for anything above basic legendarys until it’s updated. Disappointing really..Version: 2.32.0
✓ Broke pogoSince this app rolled out and was intergrated into PoGO, pogo just crashes and freezes all the time. useless..Version: 2.25.1
✓ From ok to uselessWas ok and mostly worked for awhile with a few new hiccups with each update…. But now it keeps telling me to download the pokemon go app… over and over and over again….Version: 3.14.0
✓ ProblemThe app can’t see my pogo account since the update!.Version: 2.30.0
✓ Cant use itBecause of the new update i need a new phone just so i can have the right ios gen fix it please.Version: 3.10.0
✓ Terrible for raidsTrying to host raids on this app is terrible, even after long wait times to get trainers in, rarely does everyone join, and on the rare chance that everyone joins, when the raid lobby counter gets to 1 second, someone always leaves. I’ve had 7 people ready to go in a lobby, on the last second I even saw that all 7 were still in, but when I loaded into the battle, there were only 4 people with me, meaning 3 people left in the last second. This app is full of trolls, and people that don’t know how to use it at all, and this ruins the raiding experience and literally wastes peoples money..Version: 3.10.0
✓ Just terribleThis app is useless and glitchy and fact its neccessary for raids if you live in a remote area, makes it super frustrating. Sort it out niantic.Version: 3.7.0
✓ Waiting patiently.Can’t wait for the access limitations to be lifted. This has a lot of potential to bolster the social aspects of Pokémon go that up until now have been forced onto Discord and Facebook..Version: 1.27.0
✓ Good but almost never worksThe app can be useful at times but the amount of times ive waited 30 minutes to do a raid is ridiculous..Version: 2.32.0
✓ Capitalistic companyNiantic only views their users as data for capitalism. go on twitter and search #hearusniantic to see how they ignore their users.Version: 2.12.0
✓ UnderwhelmingI cant believe that this is the app which Niantic have been hiding away and working on for so long. Ever since I heard about this app, I have been trying to get access to it and now that it’s available worldwide, I am so disappointed with it. The ergonomics of the user display are awful. Nothing is clear, nothing is concise. To be honest, the only useful thing I can note about it is that it’s handy to see if there are any raids happening in surrounding areas… that’s it. It still doesn’t really help with coordinating raids in my opinion. Certainly does not even begin to counterbalance the needing of remote raids. I hope future updates have more success..Version: 2.25.1
✓ Reverse Terry!Zooming out is not an option, you have to be looking so close for a raid to actually show up in the UI (User Interface). This is an issue for rural players like myself because our gyms are very separated, it takes a lot of energy and zooming in and out to find the raid I want to go to. I know it’s not hard to implement the dynamic view at a more zoomed out aspect ratio. Y’all entirely redesigned the app, but it doesn't matter because I can’t find a single Deino raid. Add a search function and a wider lens to view raids, then you have an app worth promoting..Version: 2.25.1
✓ Can’t connectI used this app for the first time on Sunday with no issues. Looks like it has been updated and now I’m not able to use it. It has my log in info but keeps telling me to install Pokémon Go (which I’ve had for a few years). I’m not sure why it’s not pairing the both apps. I’ve already uninstalled both and tried and nothing. This new update or change just messed everything up and I can’t use it..Version: 2.25.1
✓ TrashJust decides randomly that ive met my “daily raid limit” and doesn’t allow me to host in person raids. Try it if you have no community around you but I certainly wouldn’t recommend it otherwise.Version: 3.9.0
✓ Buggy, uselessComplete waste of time, lighting flares does nothing, no one joins..Version: 2.12.0
✓ It’s good for something’sThe raiding is a little tricky to navigate by that I should say bad . For 1 if you use the random join up feature it takes for ever to get in and there is 2 queues it’s just really awful but if he hears the groups with rays, people will tell you their codes and you can read that way so so great because you can see the entire maps and where what’s located Besides that though the app is really hard to navigate..Version: 2.27.0
✓ Trash AppYou can’t find what you want, your friend post something and you will never find it, it will only show you ‘nearby posts’ , what a joke..Version: 2.49.0
✓ New UI as of June 27, 2023 is awfulHow do you take a perfectly fine, simple, functional app and create so much unnecessary clutter and add so many convoluted steps for simple functions? Niantic, do you guys WANT people so stop using your products? Because that’s how you get people to stop using your products..Version: 2.25.1
✓ Bugged, Glitched ,and maybe Banned???Literally cannot join any groups as soon I try just bugs out saying cannot join group at this time and then at that point it just glitches the screen to where I can’t do anything?? And I’ll be honest I do not think even without these mishaps anything would change. I remember talking to the group in my area saying if they wanted to do anything for a community day or global go fest or a shadow legendary raid and no one ever responded. I think discord and facebook groups work better. Failure of an app that could’ve had so many possibilities..Version: 3.10.0
✓ Hear Us NianticThis company does not care about user experience. They’re not a gaming company. They are a data collection agency who continue to treat their rural trainers like trash. They need to reverse their terrible decision to limit remote raids to 5 per day. Doubling the cost of remote raids was just mean spirited. Niantic does not deserve this IP..Version: 2.12.0
✓ Still issuesI installed this 4 days ago as I play Pokémon Go and it seemed to be very good until I found that I hadn’t seen a Gym raid since I installed. Read a few forums and others had issues so I’ll be uninstalling this till they get it fixed..Version: 2.25.1
✓ Needs revisionsSuper clunky user experience for Pokémon go. When you want to join first you have to wait to even be shown a raid. Then when you are sometimes it shows what Pokémon the raid is for and sometimes not. If you decide to join, then you have to wait more time for others to join. Once there are enough players then you have to hope the host is still paying attention and accepting people. Once that happens then you have to hope you actually get sent an invite to join the raid. Then when you are invited you hope that everyone else joins and or sometimes even though I was invited I can’t join. It’s a great concept, but right now it is just a bad user experience..Version: 2.31.0
✓ Can’t invite friends/Can’t Host Raids you wantWhy can’t our friends invite their friends, it make it so much harder to party or to find ppl, yet only host can invite. Sometime you can invite friends to a raid and sometimes it doesn’t give you the option. My friends and love ones want to join me while they are far away and I can’t invite half the time or selected raid only. It should always give me the option and MORE TIME. Please fix this.Version: 3.4.0
✓ Have to add this stupid app to play a different gameI don’t want to use this stupid campfire app but apparently I have to. To play a different app..Version: 2.31.0
✓ Not allowed a account?I installed this due to the struggles that have been forced apon Pokémon go players just to be told I need a invite to make a account and cannot create one by myself, the app for players without a community… requires a community so u can make a account… how many mistakes can niantic make?.Version: 2.15.0
✓ TerribleApple isnt allowing my review to be published. this app is garbage and a total waste of time. everything niantic touches turns into garbage. cant even log in properly.Version: 2.27.0
✓ Terrible companyWhat kind of company wants to make it harder and less equitable for people to play their game? It just doesn’t make sense. Niantic, please try listening to your players for once - and really listen. Don’t just make vague promises that you’ll abandon after a few months this time..Version: 2.12.0
✓ The app works for me but only because of my local communityIt allows you to see raids outside the range you would usually see them but it’s impossible to do 5 star raids without having to use remote passes. If you want to get invited to raids just find a discord server they work better. The first thing I mentioned is the only good side of this game. Flares don’t work and nobody sees them..Version: 2.23.0
✓ Disappointing support to player networkHead to twitter to and search the #HearUs Niantic hashtag which tells you all you need to know about why Niantic has let its playing community down.Version: 2.12.0
✓ MehI used this app first since it’s supported by Pokémon go more than any other app, but when I started using it there were many flaws. For instance, there was no incentive for players to stay in your raid lobby, most of the people I found just joined and left when there was 10> seconds left ruining my chance for beating it and wasting a raid pass. The messenger part of the app is useless, even if you do get a raid group going you can only say the predetermined things they want you to say. Lighting a flare for a gym doesn’t do anything either it probably just annoyed the people around getting the notification. The only reason I use it is to see if there are any raids that are out of sight. Use Poke Genie if you want to host raids, use this app to find where the raids are, and use battle simulator to see who to use in the raids.Version: 2.39.0
✓ Why is this app so hard to use?All I want to do on Christmas is find some Pikachu raids, but this app is impossible to use. It only displays the pokemon if the gym is visible on the map. And only then if you don’t zoom out too far. Why can’t I just search for a specific pokemon and have the app show me the locations within a certain radius? Why do I have to keep scrolling around the map hoping to MAYBE find what I’m looking for? This isn’t one of those seek and find puzzles. This is extremely not user friendly..Version: 2.49.0
✓ Potential but needs actual developersNiantic has to put time into this after doubling the price for remote raid passes and making it harder and less accessible for people living in more rural areas to enjoy the game. this app could be a shining light but is so buggy. when I host a raid and invite people using copy paste only a couple of the people from campfire actually show up in the invite area, no matter if I try to only type the names that aren’t coming up or whatever. Other times I’ll try to host and campfire won’t find anyone to join for over 10 minutes of waiting. joining is also painful as it doesn’t update with how many people have made it into the lobby. you also have to decline a bunch of raids you’re not searching for as the app doesn’t allow to you to search for people only hosting X raids. put work into the app, hire me I’m a software dev idc I’ll fix it.Version: 2.28.0
✓ BrokenSay’s i need update but wont update, even from the App Store.Version: 3.6.0
✓ Fiddly and flawedVisited a rural city this Easter during in person only regi raids, so I downloaded this app to see who was around, surprise surprise, no one. But I decided to use the app to figure out where the raids were and just hang out and see if anyone joined, and at first three raids were showing up as starting soon, then all but one disappeared. I hung around for about 25 minutes when I got a notification saying someone had sent a flare, but when I opened the app there was nothing in notifications, and then another raid showed up with 4 minutes left on it, and I was a four minute drive away. Didn't make it..Version: 2.12.0
✓ Garbage App After Worldwide LaunchWhen I was using this application before it was launched worldwide, it was fine. You would get flares sent to your notifications of people who were interested in the raid. Right when you enter the chat, you can immediately chat with other players and set up another flare to get more people to join. It was a 3/5 for me, and there were definitely some improvements they could develop in the application. Now the application is absolute garbage. Since the update, I have gotten ZERO notifications from the app that someone wants to do a raid. It does this cool aesthetic sonar to say that’s searching for players, but you just sit there and wait for people to join, which is a waste of time. Now I just have to be lucky enough to stumble upon a group that is willing to do these raids. All Niantic had done was remove the main functionality of this app to make it look more aesthetically pleasing to the eye. Another developer that does whatever the hell they want, ignoring the wishes of their global community. Honestly, I’m disappointed this time. Would give it a -1/5 if I could. 😞😞😞.Version: 2.25.1
✓ Hope it ImprovesUser interface is confusing to navigate and could use a more simplified method of switching between games and chats. From my observation established users are signing up but not engaging very much and sticking with whatever former method they have been using such as messenger and Telegram. This is leaving the newer users and players who are giving this app a shot with unremarkable results. The developers could benefit from considering user feedback and needs to implement features which make this app more useful for it’s players..Version: 2.27.0
✓ Needs workUseful for seeing where raids are within driving distance. But that’s about it. The system for trying to host raids is really bad, with preset chat options that don’t cover all situations, and no way of dealing with things like someone pulling out with 10 seconds to go and killing the group’s chances. It’s really rather clumsy. There are existing options and this isn’t going to make people switch to the official product..Version: 2.32.0
✓ What I would expect from NianticNiantic is so lucky they got to develop Pokémon go. Seeing how they treat their players is absolutely appalling. The shop offerings make it seem like they’re allergic to making profits. Not to mention the countless problems that never get fixed. But oh if there’s a bug that benefits the players they will have all hands on deck and get it fixed immediately. I tell my wife they make sure we can’t have too much fun. It’s insane. This company is a train wreck and owes all of their success to the Pokémon IP. This campfire app is another dumpster fire by niantic..Version: 2.45.0
✓ Wast of timeI’ve been waiting to be granted aces to this ap for 7 months and have still not been granted it, east of time thinking that it would be a good app to use for pg, just use other non niantic aps instead because they should actually work.Version: 2.11.0
✓ Great idea, crap functionalityFor the last month now the app’s “team up” function, which is the root function of the whole thing, has not been working. Not only for me but for other pogo players as well. I will give a 5 star rating once it’s fixed. Even the “customer service” is a joke because the only responses you get from niantic on this is from automated chat bots. Maybe only a 4 star rating when it’s fixed. Depends on if the players that make this app go round can get people to respond rather than the “cost effective” solution of chat bots..Version: 2.31.0
✓ Useless appHave had it several months and really haven’t seen any value. Haven’t been able to plan a raid with it. And people send out flares for areas that are too far away. Good idea bud terrible execution. And why did Niantic wait this long to develop it?.Version: 2.12.0
✓ Really dated hardly usedExtremely bad matchmaking doesn’t keep friends together or parties and only matches with people in the last 30 seconds of the raid leaving you little to no time to send the raid invites.Version: 3.7.0
✓ It just gets worse and worseUPDATE - It’s gotten worse. It now gets stuck at 4/6 players, then when it updates to 5/6 waiting for host 9/10 times it cancels. And when I host I don’t get notifications about it being full. And it doesn’t live update if I watch it either. I get notifications randomly, even when I have the app closed and not looking for a raid - got a few at 3 am. Just use Discord. At first it was great! Joined a few raids - linked with my PoGo account well. Then it was bug after bug - couldn’t access the map or list - couldn’t host - couldn’t search - stopped sending invites - constant crashes. Once bugs are fixed - it should be a 5 star though! Also need a reporting system for those who leave mid raid, or just setup raids to sit and do nothing. Only reporting options are for serious IRL issues..Version: 3.7.0
✓ Not fit for purposeNot receiving notifications despite having them set up everywhere, app needs updating and re-signing in constantly, inaccessible to half my friends. Only good thing is you can see what raids are up before heading to town..Version: 2.14.0
✓ Good if you are richAparently I can’t download the app anymore as I can’t load the new IOS in my iPhone or iPad, so definitely I am not going to buy a new phone just to use this app, to bad as many people is in the same boat. If you don’t have at least iOS 15.5 it doesn’t work so don’t waste your time..Version: 3.10.0
✓ Too many “host declined” incidences since updateUsing Team Up function takes up to 10mins sometime to find a raid group, used to be averaging a minute. Can have up to 7 trainers in queue and yet mysteriously the host “declines” If you’re lucky to get through to the chat stage where you’re waiting for the host to send through raid invites, sometimes it crashes PoGo so you’re back to square one. Preferred it when launch, got worse after the updates. NB. Don’t know if majority of the toxic spoofing crew that has plagued this game, but noticed a lack of contribution to the raiding efforts is way more common lately, so that often one or two people from raid party is carrying everyone to the finish line. It’s so selfish and takes the fun out of a group raid like this.Version: 2.29.0
✓ Completely uselessI cannot see the point of this app. It handles raids in such an incredibly poor way. You cannot choose which raid to join. It keeps linking you to the same raids even if you decline. When you do join a raid, you cannot rely on the other players. Other apps handle this functionality so much better..Version: 3.5.0
✓ TerribleTry listening to your players before releasing something like this. you might as well be on discord. This is also being used by criminals to rob people. Way to go niantic.Version: 2.12.0
✓ It worked now it doesn’t won’t load the hot or join screenNow you wonder why people spoof because you app doesn’t work good incompetent!.Version: 2.32.0
✓ Hardly a substitute for remote passes.Where do I even start, I’m from the UK and for some reason got a notification for a raid in Austin Texas. If you’re a rural player, this still isn’t an option, even if people did use this utterly terrible excuse of an app, you have to meet up with total strangers, you don’t know what their intentions will be. They bugger remote passes up and they think this is the way forward? Well done Niantic, no point having this. Game will never go back to pre covid normality..Version: 2.16.0
✓ This app is not safe.Beside this app being annoying and not working, it’s also very unsafe. Feel free to download if you enjoy being verbally abused by people across the planet. Don’t bother using it to find a raid to join, it doesn’t work..Version: 2.12.0
✓ Still not availableWhy have something on the App Store that you can’t even use as still after 7 months it’s still not available to 90% of people Only reason they haven’t rolled it out yet is probably because they haven’t figured a way to make money from it. Subpar app from a subpar money grabbing company niantic.Version: 2.10.0
✓ Far from user friendlyTook me a while to figure out what was going on. Once I figured it out it is still terrible. Simple solution would be a lobby type setting where people can see what hosts are hosting and allow people to click on the host they want to join instead of being random. My wife and I sitting side by side want to join a remote raid together and it is impossible to do. Might be great for other games but for this one it’s just bad!!.Version: 2.37.0
✓ Only allow 5 people to join?Not enough for the big raids.Version: 2.32.0
✓ Doesn’t workYou can’t find a raid group before your raid ends anymore. Awful app, no point in it at all..Version: 2.38.0
✓ PleaseLet me delete my Niantic campfire account for real.Version: 2.28.0
✓ Not eligibleHave to put your birthday in and im not eligible. Im 33........... cant check if youve put it in correctly. Cant go back and re-enter your birthday. Great start. Ill pass.Version: 2.25.1
✓ MidSkill diff mid app.Version: 2.14.0
✓ What’s the point??I enjoy using campfire an playing Pokémon go but I don’t get why there is so many updates most been pointless or makes no difference to anything? More often than not the update effects the game in a negative way! Instead of updating so many times do it maybe once every 2 months an update everything at once!.Version: 3.5.0
✓ Raid time outHas anyone one else tried to host a raid only to get enough people to join then realise that the raid has ended the have to decline all?.Version: 2.42.0
✓ @NianticThis app is not bad but has a lot of thing that could improve id love to see it advertised more in Pokémon go or built into it so that there more people using it because shadow raids are hard to do and this app is the other thing that makes that happen but still really hard to use sometimes and host raids.Version: 2.38.0
✓ Needs updatedIf you want to be left by yourself to fight a raid, or finally get a group to fight only to get kicked out because of an “error” then this is great. But if you are actually trying to win raids and catch ‘em all, this app has so many glitches. You’re better off finding a park with other players to play in person than use this. During Pokémon go fest it glitched and I was left to fight raids completely alone 6 times. Twice after that, it glitched gave me an error message and would not allow me to enter the raid. I have wasted too many remote raid passes and max revives because of this..Version: 2.32.0
✓ Don’t install this appIt really happened couldn’t log in and this app says error message. Trash.Version: 3.10.0
✓ Age limitI tried to use the app, but it wouldn’t let me. The App Store age is 12+ but guess I’m not even though I’m over the age. Most of Pokémon go players are kids and teenagers, fix age limit..Version: 2.25.1
✓ Over 3 hoursWhy is it taking over 3 hours to update? Still not updated?.Version: 3.3.0
✓ Update messed everything upAs stated above. Update broke it. Even tho it was meant to help with raids, it absolutely broke it instead..Version: 2.25.1
✓ Primal Raids need catergoryWhile making a group for a primal raid I noticed it only allows 5 members to join your lobby, this is not close to enough to beat the 90k cp bosses.Version: 2.32.0
✓ Keeps telling me to download Pokémon go to use the map etc but obviously I already have it.So the app is useless.Version: 3.9.0
✓ There’s no notification soundThat’s a pretty bad thing to leave out considering when you’re queuing for raids you need to respond within a minute..Version: 2.25.1
✓ It could be epicWith the new showcase update this could be epic and show you the places of showcases, and if you are part of it, or whatever else, but right now it just lacks. Even it’s main feature is dwindling because of how it’s run. I often want to do more of the mega raids than the legendary ones and I’m not remote raiding for anything other than regional 3 star or 1 star raids so it could be improved through the use of what you’re looking to raid too. Also it never seems to show me anything from anywhere other than my own country. A little while back the lake trio was on, but had I been using campfire I’m not sure i would have got anything other than my own regions Pokémon. This could be great but it requires improvement to get there.Version: 2.27.0
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