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Show HN: BurgeRadar – iOS app to find hamburger places around you

5 points by dalequi 11y ago

richerlariviere 11y ago
I think 10km max is not enough. You should increase that limit. For a good burger I'm ready to drive more than 10km.
- escaped_hn 11y ago
  This app does seem to have alot of baked in (arbitrary) limits. Why just 10 km? Why just burgers?
- dalequi 11y ago
  Hi guys! Thanks for your comments As I explain in the description of the App Store, I've created this app because when I travel I love trying the best hamburgers of the place (FYI, the best european burger I've tried is in London, Honest Burgers). About the maximum limit, I set up 10km because personally I don't expect going more than that if I'm really hungry, but it's something I want to add to the next version (a small settings panel that allows to set this value). Thanks again, it's my first iOS app and I'm really excited!
greenyoda 11y ago
Sorry, but it seems excessive to me to have to install an app just for burgers. Do I also need separate apps for sushi, Chinese food, coffee, doughnuts, bars, etc.? To find burger places near me, I can just open up my browser, go to Google and type "burgers $ZIP_CODE" (and it even gives me ratings and a map). Each new app I install will take up memory, consume bandwidth to update itself and possibly send my personal information to yet another site. From the business point of view, can you really make a profit by restricting yourself to such a tiny slice of the food market?
- dalequi 11y ago
  Hi greenyoda! Thank you for your comment. I really understand your concern about the separate apps and storage. This is not an app for everyone, it's an app for people obsessed with burgers. Before building this I used to open Yelp or Foursquare (I'm using Yelp API, btw), but this is much faster and comfortable. I usually don't know where I'm living, so the zip code option is totally discarded :) Thanks for stopping by! PS: I'm not looking for any business model, I'm just a burger lover.
paperrr1 11y ago
what do you use to find the nearest 'burger' objects? An r-tree? Some other spatial index? I enjoy the idea of your simplistic burger-ized icon. Although the colors could be more burger-esque.

5 points by dalequi 11y ago

richerlariviere 11y ago

I think 10km max is not enough. You should increase that limit. For a good burger I'm ready to drive more than 10km.

escaped_hn 11y ago
This app does seem to have alot of baked in (arbitrary) limits. Why just 10 km? Why just burgers?
dalequi 11y ago
Hi guys! Thanks for your comments As I explain in the description of the App Store, I've created this app because when I travel I love trying the best hamburgers of the place (FYI, the best european burger I've tried is in London, Honest Burgers). About the maximum limit, I set up 10km because personally I don't expect going more than that if I'm really hungry, but it's something I want to add to the next version (a small settings panel that allows to set this value). Thanks again, it's my first iOS app and I'm really excited!

greenyoda 11y ago

Sorry, but it seems excessive to me to have to install an app just for burgers. Do I also need separate apps for sushi, Chinese food, coffee, doughnuts, bars, etc.? To find burger places near me, I can just open up my browser, go to Google and type "burgers $ZIP_CODE" (and it even gives me ratings and a map). Each new app I install will take up memory, consume bandwidth to update itself and possibly send my personal information to yet another site. From the business point of view, can you really make a profit by restricting yourself to such a tiny slice of the food market?

dalequi 11y ago
Hi greenyoda! Thank you for your comment. I really understand your concern about the separate apps and storage. This is not an app for everyone, it's an app for people obsessed with burgers. Before building this I used to open Yelp or Foursquare (I'm using Yelp API, btw), but this is much faster and comfortable. I usually don't know where I'm living, so the zip code option is totally discarded :) Thanks for stopping by! PS: I'm not looking for any business model, I'm just a burger lover.

paperrr1 11y ago

what do you use to find the nearest 'burger' objects? An r-tree? Some other spatial index? I enjoy the idea of your simplistic burger-ized icon. Although the colors could be more burger-esque.