Rate my startup: Zwapp, a unique social view of the App Store

http://www.zwapp.com

by vanelsas • 15 years ago

44 21 15 years ago

zwapp.com

start123• 15 years ago

The site is down!

vanelsas9• 15 years ago

Where are you accessing it from? Seems to work fine here, although we are getting a spike in traffic now

bradhe• 15 years ago

Cool idea, but I wouldn't give you any money for this. How do you see this growing in to a startup?

vanelsas9• 15 years ago

Its a three month project that we did. The app is free and will remain free. It is born out of a frustration that finding apps is becoming more difficult and that browsing the App Store just isn't working. In real life, the first thing we do is compare apps on our phones, so why not do that on your phone too.

KingOfB2• 15 years ago

Might want to consider getting some app review people on board and feature their accounts as accounts to follow.

tled• 15 years ago

How do you get the apps list on other people's phone

vanelsas9• 15 years ago

Just connect with your friends (using Facebook, Twitter, or your contact list) and you can then browse your friends apps. Zwapp detects apps automatically on your device with a few clever tricks.

Also the real-time feed shows you the apps your friends are downloading now, reviews, likes etc.

KingOfB2• 15 years ago

By Clever, do you mean a private API? I'd be interested in how if not!

anupam_tulsyan2• 15 years ago

Nice idea. Apps are one niche it can be extended to other things utilizing social networks to get real time recommendations from friends.

gavingmiller• 15 years ago

I'm interested in what you've done to make money off of this? Is it via affiliate links?

vanelsas9• 15 years ago

We have affiliate links set up which will provide some revenue.

The site is still very clean, almost Instagr.am -ish, but we are also working on a web view where you can see and share each others app profiles (see http://www.zwapp.com/users/237 for a work in progress example).

Gimpson• 15 years ago

Thank you so much for only requesting the permissions you need when looking for friends via Facebook. I'm so frustrated by the number of apps that request permission to post just so I can find friends. (And I'll never grant that permission.)

Edit: Though it looks like you're asking permission to update Twitter, and that's making me hesitant.

jeroenvandijk• 15 years ago

We'll look into that, it shouldn't be like that. We will not actually post anything though.

vanelsas9• 15 years ago

There is only one point in the app where we ask (politely) if you are willing to tweet about Zwapp.

That is in the autoshare section of Settings. You remain in control at all times about posts. You can turn sharing to social networks on/off but everything defaults to off.

arnodenhond• 15 years ago

isn't iphone almost out of business? what about an android version?

vanelsas9• 15 years ago

We really want to do an Android version, it is a great platform too. We are working on Android already.

We want to strengthen our Android team so if you know any good Android devs they can contact us for a job!

jogo• 15 years ago

I agree. You should definitely do an Android version. The Android Market could use a social interface too.

anupam_tulsyan2• 15 years ago

why not allow login directly using facebook or twitter account?

vanelsas9• 15 years ago

because not every user wants that, and tbh we're a bit unhappy with the reliability of both FB and Twitter.

Rate my startup: Zwapp, a unique social view of the App Store

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