Ritepaw

I'm still working on my passion project: https://nextflick.tv

I'm in the process of refining the filters determining which movies will be included. And at the same time I am trying to acquire news users, which is going quite well. Slow and steady increase, I am currently sitting at around 100 visitors per day.

I love that :)

Our design philosophy is to sync as much as we can back to the OS, so that it can be picked up by other apps.

Let me take a note though and look into a manual export solution!

You are absolutely right in that we need to strike the right balance between convenience and value. We discuss this a lot internally and will certainly need a couple iterations before we find the sweet spot.

Thank you for your suggestion! I've taken note of it and we will discuss :)

We'll check it out. Thank you!

Maybe I wasn't precise enough. The data remains on your phone. Nothing is sent to us.

No need to worry then, it's merely a bug :)

Time to learn German then ;-) Good find! Let us get this fixed.

Interesting... obviously not how it should be. Can you share the browser (and version) you are using?

We'll check it out. Thank you!

Interesting! We haven't thought of it so far but shouldn't be too much of an effort to port to the web, given that we use Flutter.

Could you elaborate the particular reasons as to why you'd prefer a web app? (Would a desktop app be relevant as well?)

The way we see it is that most people want to be connected and want to be good friends. But they either

a) Lack the social skills or

b) Lack the time management skills

This is where we want to help.

Thank you for your kind words!

This is good feedback. If anything, we should all be more paranoid about whom we share our data with. And the contacts in your phone book are especially sensitive. Let me take a note and see what we can do about that. I don't see why we shouldn't allow for users to add their contacts manually.

Copy & paste from the other comment: I have to ask my cofounder about this, as she came up with the name. I remember it meaning something like "an oasis in the desert" which is quite fitting to the whole loneliness problem.

I'll send you an invite!

Everyone's favourite station tailor has no part in this (sadly) ;-)

I have to ask my cofounder about this, as she came up with the name. I remember it meaning something like "an oasis in the desert" which is quite fitting to the whole loneliness problem.

The core product will remain free. And we will never take anything away that is already out there.

We haven't quite figured it out yet. We are a business after all and need to make money at some point. Here is what we decided to not do:

* Show ads

* Sell data

In the end it will probably come down to a premium subscription, we have to hash out the details and do some research around it. Would also love to connect with someone in the industry who has experience in creating fair subscription options!

Tbh we were initially looking for a GDPR-compliant telemetry solution cause we thought we need to track something to gauge engagement and retention. I was surprised to see that Google Play Console and App Store Connect give these insights already for free (if the user opts-in).

I commend you for making this effort! It is such an easy thing to do and so worth it. Is there any specific schema or method behind it?

This looks great! Sadly I can't check it out right now, as I don't have my Android phone with me. Do you happen to have an iOS version as well?

I am paranoid about these things myself, and one of the few people in my circle who actually like being GDPR-compliant. So this was a no-brainer to me.

The only thing I can say right now is: you are absolutely correct. This is something we need to address asap (and will!)

Thanks a lot for the input! I've noted it down (and already saw some overlap with what we have in the pipeline) :)

You sound like a great person to do a user interview with :) Would you be willing to answer some questions in a private chat or call?

A shortlist from the top of my mind:

* Individualised settings per contact

* Who is this person to you?

* How often do you want to engage with this contact?

* What kind of ambitions do you have with this contact?

* More refined suggestions based on the above

* Training module to improve your social skills

* Knowledge base

* Regular blogs/videos/podcasts about the loneliness topic

* Seasonal events and designs

Some implementation details:

The whole app is built in Flutter. It was a first time experience for us. Everything went pretty fast and smooth and the Flutter documentation is amazing! There are tons of resources out there that helped us solving our problems. We just needed to be a bit careful about the plugins. Some were pretty outdated or even unmaintained. But we made sure we encapsulated every plugin so we can easily replace if necessary.

Dart is a language we felt immediately comfortable with. It didn't feel too dissimilar from Java.

For now, our app is client-side only. There is no server. Which is nice. Cause it removes complexity and we can leave all the data on our users' phones. Nothing is sent to us, or any other 3rd part. This is something we are pretty proud of and hope we can keep up for a long time.