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Show HN: I made an app discovery app, any feedback?

4 points by jbonniwell 15y ago

sumukh1 15y ago
Are the applications manually curated or are you using the top lists? (or something else?)
- BrandonMTurner 15y ago
  Definitely not the top list. I opened the Health category which I follow very closely since my application is in that category. I study the top 100 app positions of many apps in the category to see how they are changing each day. I scrolled through about 15 apps in the discovery app and didn't recognize a single one. If it is hand curated, I would say it is poorly done.
  - jbonniwell 15y ago
    What's your application?
- jbonniwell 15y ago
  Random selection of all apps fitting a given critera (device, category, price, country)
BrandonMTurner 15y ago
1) The screenshots you show on apple.com / itunes / app store are showung apps I have never heard of / don't visually look that good. First thing I would do is improve the quality of the the app screenshots in your app screenshots. 2) When you click an app, it should show the name and a few of the recent reviews, not take you out of the app to the app store, it is to much of a context switch from a user standpoint when you do that. 3) However you are picking to show the applications needs to be improved. All the apps I saw are boring low quality apps.
- jbonniwell 15y ago
  Thanks Brandon: 1) Agreed 2) I've had a review that said something similar. I'm reluctant to show too much, because I'm trying to keep the overall use of the app to a very simple experience, and leave the "buying decision" as it were to the App Store. The piece of data I've come closest to including is a star rating... I'll revisit this with some more thought. 3) Agreed, right now it is choosing randomly from a database of all apps fitting criteria (price, device, country, category). Ideally, I would want to have a click through ratio on an app to determine the "most interesting" screenshots, but I haven't implemented all the data tracking to make this happen yet.

4 points by jbonniwell 15y ago

sumukh1 15y ago

Are the applications manually curated or are you using the top lists? (or something else?)

BrandonMTurner 15y ago
Definitely not the top list. I opened the Health category which I follow very closely since my application is in that category. I study the top 100 app positions of many apps in the category to see how they are changing each day. I scrolled through about 15 apps in the discovery app and didn't recognize a single one. If it is hand curated, I would say it is poorly done.
- jbonniwell 15y ago
  What's your application?
jbonniwell 15y ago
Random selection of all apps fitting a given critera (device, category, price, country)

BrandonMTurner 15y ago

1) The screenshots you show on apple.com / itunes / app store are showung apps I have never heard of / don't visually look that good. First thing I would do is improve the quality of the the app screenshots in your app screenshots. 2) When you click an app, it should show the name and a few of the recent reviews, not take you out of the app to the app store, it is to much of a context switch from a user standpoint when you do that. 3) However you are picking to show the applications needs to be improved. All the apps I saw are boring low quality apps.

jbonniwell 15y ago
Thanks Brandon: 1) Agreed 2) I've had a review that said something similar. I'm reluctant to show too much, because I'm trying to keep the overall use of the app to a very simple experience, and leave the "buying decision" as it were to the App Store. The piece of data I've come closest to including is a star rating... I'll revisit this with some more thought. 3) Agreed, right now it is choosing randomly from a database of all apps fitting criteria (price, device, country, category). Ideally, I would want to have a click through ratio on an app to determine the "most interesting" screenshots, but I haven't implemented all the data tracking to make this happen yet.