Ads worried me but developer response allayed my concerns. A good app. – Terminology Dictionary Review

UPDATED REVIEW IN RESPONSE TO DEVELOPER FEEDBACK: The developers addressed my concerns about the ads, particularly about whether the ad SDK is active if the ads are eliminated thru in-app purchases. Upping my review to 5 stars for the app and the helpful developer response, and will buy the pro version. I would still advise other users: pay to get rid of the ads. Ads are evil. Really. Cough up a couple bucks, pay your developers, give the finger to the creepy ad companies. Original review: Developers who integrate an ad platform usually don't have very direct/specific knowledge about exactly how that ad SDK uses or abuses the app's permissions. So Agile Tortoise probably didn't specifically intend this thing to send my location to the ad company so they can track me and deliver ads customized to the places I've traveled in the past few weeks. But it's happening. So this app is dead to me. I could pay to get rid of the ads, but there's no guarantee that getting rid of the *display* of ads will keep the SDK from tracking me in the background anyway. The location-specific ad targeting creeped me the hell out. I would have cheerfully purchased an app like this but the "we're installing invasive adware, but if you pay us then we won't show you the ads but for all you know the adware is still surveilling you" model is not one I can get behind. Nope, nope, and nope.
Review by MousePolice on Terminology Dictionary.