Simple Survival Earthships

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I grateful, just addressing the obvious. The plans have many gaps leaving question marks, leaving me to just assume most things. It's like most of the content in the app was just copied and pasted from open source material, which I had already achieved with a lot more information. So there seems there's not too much attention applied to the details, hence the question on what makes this worth $10, I would of supplied extra information that couldn't have been sourced for free!

I'm excited about the app and downloading plans. However, I can't do this from my phone. How do I do this from my PC? Please help as I look forward to adjusting my rating upon being enlightened.

Could use more descriptions for dummies like me ready to break ground

Thanks for fixing app works great now! Great app. Very user friendly and informative!

Incredibly helpful and inspirational. Answers the little behind the scenes questions.thanks

It's new and still needs work but it's very handy.

Really cool plans to start with

Still in the baby stages of development. If they fix the problem of not being able to zoom in on your phone, then it will be worth the money. Still waiting on the patch that fixes the "not connected to internet" problem. Maybe the auto update needs fixing too? Lots of great pictures, but still unable to zoom in on the plans.

I like the app. It has all the information needed to build one. The only issue is the pictures are small but are pretty good definition. I would take screenshots and then zoom on the resulting images. I thank them for making an app with the data needed.

looked great when I used it first time but now it tells me I have lots Internet connection but I haven't! How do you contact someone regarding this?

I can't access anything because of a pop-up message saying I lost connection to the Internet.

Not great at first, but as content got added, it now contains every plan you will ever need to build a survival model earthship, or inspire you to draw and build your own

Great app for building an earthship but needs the global earthship designs.

Great app

App by Earthship biotechture. Very informative and detailed. A great bargain.

I'm rooting for the Earthship Academy, now in its 5th full year. The disaster relief models that the team and students have built around the world are homes that will withstand emergencies and provide comfort year round. If you want to free yourself from utilities, insure yourself against a changing climate, and contribute to the very deserving efforts of the people who've put this earthship app and the whole idea together, i think $10 is a deal. Photo resolution is perfect if you follow instructions.

Is it just got upgraded, users have access to detailed photo albums of materials, drawings, and much more. Still a little weak on a rationale , and how everything works. Definitely worth paying the money. Massive upgrade on knowledge from Earthship books!

This simple app promised much but delivers worse than nothing. I just bought it and downloaded to my Android smartphone. It is kind of like a book, but with lots of postage-stamp sized photos and miniscule building plans that are much too tiny to examine for detail. And they can't be enlarged on my screen and there is no option to print them out. I own three Earthship design books and have yearned to build and live in my own Earthship for close to 20 years now. What a massive let-down. I'm sorry, Michael.

Great app in my opinion, you can never have too much information of course but this is a great start and well worth the $9.99. I have just become interested in the earthship concept and was initially bummed when I saw that the plans cost so much...then I realized this app had been released. The idea of the app and making the info more open source is awesome guys. I'm sure you will ultimately reach more people this way and raise more funds just due to the sheer number who will be helped tremendously by this app. Please keep adding more information and perhaps other designs and sustainable concepts. Cheers from Australia :)

I like the app. It has all the information needed to build one. The only issue is the pictures are small but are pretty good definition. I would take screenshots and then zoom on the resulting images. I thank them for making an app with the data needed.

The only holistic building system that should be used around the world!

The idea is great! With the update photos are perfect! Thank You a lot, I am planning to build one!

Everything downloadable! As an app, not so great, but all the info is there and you can download it too.

Great app for building an earthship but could use more earthship designs.

I wanted more

Bought this app for my phone and i am an avid follower of these folk. Watched all the youtube videos, bought several books and was excited to get the app. Cant enlarge any images to read any detail. Many sections very poor content. I just redeemed my fee after less than a few minutes of scrolling through what it had to offer. I like Mike Reynolds and all his good stuff. Sorry Mike. This looks poorly compiled . I feel it should be relaunched again once it has plenty content ?

I eagerly awaited this apps release but I have to agree with everyone else. It is not useful in its current form. I hope it will be updated. If not I guess the 9.99 is a donation.

I am very glad that Google Play let me get refunded for this purchase. The app does not let you zoom in on any of the images, which makes it sorta useless.

Seriously? Who vetted this before release?