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Confused on cache availability on different devices


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I recently downloaded the intro app to my android device for an outing with our scout troop. As we were having two teams search for the same caches I found different basic caches in my area. When I gave them the geo codes some of the others could not see the caches without being a premium member. I thought maybe it was because they all had iPhones, but then two other participants who had android phones also had the same issue. Later I checked with my user id on my iPad and found the same thing. Some of the ones I can see on my android I can not see on my iPad. But I have not found any that I can see on my iPad that I can't see on my android. Any ideas as to why?

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Some of the caches could only be available to premium members.

 

But I'll bet everyone is using the free app go from Groundspeak. That app (unless you have premium membership) picks caches (based on certain criteria) suitable for beginners, and I think it only shows a certain amount, not all of them. Or at least you can't view all the cage pages. Anyway it's possible that there's a slight variation on the way iOS and Android choose caches.

 

This doesn't mean you can't view the caches, you can view them all on the website. There are also other apps, both on iOS and Android that you can use, some paid some free.

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Some of the caches could only be available to premium members.

 

But I'll bet everyone is using the free app go from Groundspeak. That app (unless you have premium membership) picks caches (based on certain criteria) suitable for beginners, and I think it only shows a certain amount, not all of them. Or at least you can't view all the cage pages. Anyway it's possible that there's a slight variation on the way iOS and Android choose caches.

 

This doesn't mean you can't view the caches, you can view them all on the website. There are also other apps, both on iOS and Android that you can use, some paid some free.

 

I guess an additional reason for the confusion is that there is also some info in another discussion that shows that as a basic member with the intro app I should only be able to see basic caches with a difficulty and terrain level,of 1.5 and lower. But I've been able to see some 2 and 2.5. I'm not complaining, just wondering. Anyway, I'll probably be moving to premium soon enough.

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