My motivation was to create a low-cost and simple to use entry to orienteering for small clubs and schools. One app, "dib", acts as a SI Card and the other, "dib HQ", acts as a collector of results which can then be presented as simple text results or uploaded to winsplits or routegadget. QR codes can be created online (i.e. are free) and NFC tags cost about 50p each. This makes for a really low cost of entry to electronic timing.
The apps worked well. I have not developed them since publishing them and I have not promoted them. Nevertheless they did accumulate some downloads - about 5,500. These were primarily in Spain as a result of an enthusiastic supporter, Daniel Mayoral, who has written a comprehensive manual (217 page) on free orienteering technology which includes a chapter on dib. This publication was supported by the Spanish Orienteering Federation.
The reason I have neither promoted or developed dib/dib HQ are time and know-how. They started as an experiment and a vehicle for me to teach myself how to build an app. I'm not a programmer by profession and I had to learn Java, the Android object model, the Eclipse development environment and a million other things. By the time I had built the things I'd had enough!
Due to changes Google's Play Store policies I would need to re-publish the apps, making some changes. They are no longer on the play store but can be downloaded from the website below.
If you're interested let me know.
- dib website is http://www.appindesign.com/dib
Daniel Mayoral's manual is http://www.danielmayoral.blogspot.com/p/manual.html - Google translate is handy!