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Re:Show HN: We built an app for reading articles saved for l... by shkliarau on Monday December 27, 2021 @02:13PM (#29705728)
One day :) We’re a 2-person team with 1 dev, so resources are quite limited, but hope to get there.

Great suggestion! We have auto-tags for that right now, but of course it’s not perfect yet. But could be nice to suggest similar ones at the end of the one I just read, like you suggested

Re:Show HN: We built an app for reading articles saved for l... by vbo on Monday December 27, 2021 @02:29PM (#29705883)
Alfread looks great, congrats. I'm going to give it a spin, but I would desperately need a web app to go with the iOS one.

I usually just open a myriad tabs on my computers and my phone and hope I recall there was something I meant to read later. Doesn't work too well. Google Keep comes close, but the UX doesn't really do it for me.

What I'd love it a simple (think HN) interface where I can scroll through article titles. And being able to save articles seamlessly from anywhere (app, bookmarklet, maybe even email to a custom address).

Any other apps I've tried were sadly bloated.

Re:Show HN: We built an app for reading articles saved for l... by WalterBright on Monday December 27, 2021 @06:19PM (#29708173)
> What I'd love it a simple (think HN) interface where I can scroll through article titles. And being able to save articles seamlessly from anywhere (app, bookmarklet, maybe even email to a custom address).

Text file. Use cut&paste to put the desired URLs in. Annotate with more cut&paste or type your own.

Re:Show HN: We built an app for reading articles saved for l... by shkliarau on Monday December 27, 2021 @04:41PM (#29707112)
Thank you! We do have a list of articles to scroll through on the Search tab :) Seamless saving is on our mind but have to rely on Instapaper/Pocket for saving on the desktop
Re:Show HN: We built an app for reading articles saved for l... by mywacaday on Monday December 27, 2021 @02:34PM (#29705933)
As a android user I see a lot of IOS only apps on Show HN but can't recall an Android only one. Is there a business reason for this given that android has over 70% of the market.
Re:Show HN: We built an app for reading articles saved for l... by awill on Monday December 27, 2021 @02:43PM (#29706009)
for paid apps, it's because iOS users are more willing to pay real money when compared to Android users. As for free apps, I suppose it's more complicated. For a small team of 1 dev, if that dev has iOS, then that's what they'll build first.

I don't build mobile apps, but I hear generally people prefer building for iOS. Plus, they can use the latest APIs and not worry about supporting a 6 year old OS.

Imagine testing your iOS app. You get a small number of iPhones and you're done. Now compare to Android.

I'm an Android user who constantly wonders whether he shouldn't give up and switch to iOS.

Re:Show HN: We built an app for reading articles saved for l... by smoldesu on Monday December 27, 2021 @02:39PM (#29705983)
The people who use HN frequently are startup fiends, and Apple is an expert at extracting value from their users. The rest of the story writes itself.