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I ask because this was my experience: I just tried to download the app on my iPhone 4s and I couldn't download it because my iOS version is too old. My Nexus 5, obviously, won't be able to download it either because it's an Android device.
Unless you're doing something majorly different in native than you are in the web version, I don't understand the iOS lock-in and the need to have the most recent iOS version. I mean, I do get it from a developers point of view...it's less devices to test...but it comes at the cost of a lot of people not being able to use it.
The first version of the app admittedly looks very similar to the web experience. We wanted to get something out sooner, rather than later and the most requested feature since Product Hunt launched, has been an iOS app. Our most dedicated fans visit the site multiple times per day so we wanted to make it more accessible.
Although our mobile web version isn't terrible, the native app is faster and easier to use. More importantly, it sets us up to do some interesting things later on, such as interactive push notifications.
The most valuable real estate is the homescreen of your phone. A website bookmark isn't likely to get that placement. A website bookmark that you can download from the App Store on the other hand...
Is a crashreporter integrated so you get a report of all the ways I broke it?
Also: Who built the landing page? Also great.
Also a top weekly and top monthly would be good IMO.
EDIT: looks like we ran out of Twilio credits. Just reloaded!
Don't know about the app, but whats with the lame attempt to sound as unpretentious as possible. It still comes off as pretentiousness.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/productind/id891384124?ls=1&...
Perhaps Tinder needs swipe because there's more downside of an error; but I'd think a Hot and a Not button would be faster and still reliable enough for general product liking.
In our app we have both swipe and buttons. When I show the app to people (in person, I mean) what I usually see is that as soon as they discover swiping, the switch using that.
As I said, it's just a limited and in person experience, I have no data, but I'd be interested if anyone could support/confute my thesis.
This app is seems to be feeding the fear of missing out, rather than fighting it.
Yeah, my first impression is that this is most useful to people with discretionary income burning a hole in their pockets, looking for something to spend it on. Not what I'm looking for, personally.
Am I missing the point?
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The app itself looks nice and clean as well, with some great animations (the pull-to-refresh one, for example).
