NDrive app gone missing

[larock]

Anyone else purchase this app and have it disappear from both your phone and iTunes?

I bought it about a month ago, used it a little, then while thinking about adding it to another iPhone noticed it wasn't on my computer any longer. So I checked my original iPhone and it was no long there either. Checked the iTunes app store and NDrive is no longer found in a search. Looking at my account I see it was purchased on June 2nd for $4.99, so I don't think I'm crazy.

So does Apple have an app "kill switch" and do they use it?

 

[xmtgx]

Yea there is a kill switch, whether or not they use it is a different story.

 

[Apple-NoEscape]

Yeah they have a kill switch, or they would still be getting in trouble for apps like the one where you shook a baby untill it died.
What was Ndrive? May have done something apple weren't happy about.

 

[Peruvian]

I see its no longer in the app store.. (wonder why?).. But it is still in my itunes app library and is still on my iphone...

 

[Peruvian]

What was Ndrive? May have done something apple weren't happy about.

It was a navigation app which cost £4.99

 

[Blorzoga]

I just checked and mine is still there. Maybe it's gone from the AppStore because they're updating it to function in the vbavkground with ios4'S quasi multitasking.

 

[larock]

Guess I'll add some clarification here, NDrive was a GPS navigation app. I believe there are several versions for each country. The US version I had purchased has disappeared (from my phone, my iTunes and the iTunes Store).

I used the "Report a Problem" link within iTunes for that app to report it disappearing. Wonder if I might get a refund (not holding my breath).

 

[metsgiantsfan]

This is pretty interesting:
http://www.phonenews.com/did-apple-flip-the-ios-kill-switch-on-ndrive-11579/

 

[dsb411]

My Ndrive USA app has vanished from my itunes and my phone. About the same time my ipod app went belly up so i had to do a fresh install of ios4 which inturn wiped the perfectly fine ndrive app from my phone.

I want my $2.99 back. If they have a problem with the app then fine, refund my money and tell me what the problem was. Dont just steal my property.

 

[BeyondtheTech]

NDrive was a decent product, what could have caused it to actually get killed like that? Did it drive an old granny off a cliff, or did it have POI's to terrorist safehouses?

 

[deeddawg]

NDrive was a decent product, what could have caused it to actually get killed like that? Did it drive an old granny off a cliff, or did it have POI's to terrorist safehouses?

What I read was there were questions of whether they (the ndrive publishers) were infringing on the copyrights of the owners of the map data being used.

See http://www.phonenews.com/did-apple-flip-the-ios-kill-switch-on-ndrive-11579/

 

[mlukens]

That's odd mine is still in my iTunes and on my phone.

 

[thewiccaman]

That's odd mine is still in my iTunes and on my phone.

Same here, used it the other day.

I sent them an email via their support form about 2 weeks ago. The response was 'they were having technical difficulties'!

 

[mkss55442]

Have you read thru this post: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/921425/

The disappearance could be a combination of things including not knowing how to run a promotion without alienating customers. The weird thing is NDrive's website still has a link to iTunes.