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Show HN: glassList, my weekend project/first iOS app

1 points by japiccolo 15y ago

_ankit_ 15y ago
Why would someone pay $1.99 for this app?
- gharbad 15y ago
  I agree. You make several statements about explicit lack of features in the description. This begs a qeustion. What, _exactly_, am I paying for? What do you differently from free apps that justifies a cost (and one more than $0.99, too)?
- japiccolo 15y ago
  Excellent question, and I think it's something that I didn't address very well in the site/app description. The main problem I was trying to solve when designing the app was to make something that was really easy to use, while still having the features that are missing from many free apps (drag-and-drop reordering, lack of iAds). In my experience, I haven't really found any other apps out there that can say this. That said, I think you may be right that $1.99 is more than most people are willing to pay for it just because it's easy to use, so I lowered the price to $.99 through iTunes Connect. It doesn't look like the change has been reflected in the App Store yet, though. The $1.99 was a bit of an experiment, since this is my first app. Also, thank you very much for the feedback.
  - _ankit_ 15y ago
    Much better feature list. I think it is a good idea to drop the price to $0.99. Why not have a video demo instead of the screenshots? That will give a much better sense of the user experience and that it is really fast and easy. Good luck with the app. I have my first app waiting for review in the App Store :)
Jun8 15y ago
I really like the name. The site is minimalistic, though. You're wasting an important resource, tons of people from HN will go there to have a look and they will not see much. You have to list the advantages, why the this is the best to do list ever.
- japiccolo 15y ago
  Thanks for the feedback, and I think you're right. I updated the site to focus a little more on the specific benefits/advantages of the app. I guess it's a little difficult to market something like this that has deliberately few features. The main reason that I love it is because of how fast and easy it is to use, as I don't even have to think when adding something to a list. Unfortunately, it's hard to communicate that via the web...

1 points by japiccolo 15y ago

_ankit_ 15y ago

Why would someone pay $1.99 for this app?

gharbad 15y ago
I agree. You make several statements about explicit lack of features in the description. This begs a qeustion. What, _exactly_, am I paying for? What do you differently from free apps that justifies a cost (and one more than $0.99, too)?
japiccolo 15y ago
Excellent question, and I think it's something that I didn't address very well in the site/app description. The main problem I was trying to solve when designing the app was to make something that was really easy to use, while still having the features that are missing from many free apps (drag-and-drop reordering, lack of iAds). In my experience, I haven't really found any other apps out there that can say this. That said, I think you may be right that $1.99 is more than most people are willing to pay for it just because it's easy to use, so I lowered the price to $.99 through iTunes Connect. It doesn't look like the change has been reflected in the App Store yet, though. The $1.99 was a bit of an experiment, since this is my first app. Also, thank you very much for the feedback.
- _ankit_ 15y ago
  Much better feature list. I think it is a good idea to drop the price to $0.99. Why not have a video demo instead of the screenshots? That will give a much better sense of the user experience and that it is really fast and easy. Good luck with the app. I have my first app waiting for review in the App Store :)

Jun8 15y ago

I really like the name. The site is minimalistic, though. You're wasting an important resource, tons of people from HN will go there to have a look and they will not see much. You have to list the advantages, why the this is the best to do list ever.

japiccolo 15y ago
Thanks for the feedback, and I think you're right. I updated the site to focus a little more on the specific benefits/advantages of the app. I guess it's a little difficult to market something like this that has deliberately few features. The main reason that I love it is because of how fast and easy it is to use, as I don't even have to think when adding something to a list. Unfortunately, it's hard to communicate that via the web...