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Re: Show HN: Curiosity, a context-aware Wikipedia reader for iPhone

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Post by jeffd » Tue, Dec 08, 2015, 7:16 PM UTC

kenhaggerty wrote: post #2

Very cool. At some point I'll have to get a Watch to see what it's like having it on my wrist, but the iPhone app itself is a fun time killer. What was the most interesting / surprising / difficult part about making the Watch portion of this app?

The hardest part of the watch portion is just the testing and debugging. It takes a long time to install on the device and get a real feel for the speed of the app.

The other hard part is figuring out what feels right on the wrist, that part I'm still figuring out.

Re: Show HN: Curiosity, a context-aware Wikipedia reader for iPhone

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Post by wingerlang » Wed, Dec 09, 2015, 5:09 AM UTC

jeffd wrote: post #8

wingerlang wrote: post #4

Cool, although I really wish it was free and with an iAP to unlock it. Or a lite version. I want to give it a go for some days to see if I really use it. How do you get the items by location?

I thought about doing some sort of free version of the app with IAP, but it was very hard to find a way to do it that didn't make the app feel too restricted. I might toy with the idea in the future, are there any good examples that you like? I get the items using the GeoData extension of the MediaWiki API: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GeoData

Maybe full version for a week, month or X usages, then restrict to some kinda distance/amount of items or add ads.

Or just keep it as it is, it might yield more with less downsides for you.

Re: Show HN: Curiosity, a context-aware Wikipedia reader for iPhone

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Post by jeffd » Wed, Dec 09, 2015, 8:41 PM UTC

wingerlang wrote: post #12

jeffd wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I thought about doing some sort of free version of the app with IAP, but it was very hard to find a way to do it that didn't make the app feel too restricted. I might toy with the idea in the future, are there any good examples that you like? I get the items using the GeoData extension of the MediaWiki API: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GeoData

Maybe full version for a week, month or X usages, then restrict to some kinda distance/amount of items or add ads. Or just keep it as it is, it might yield more with less downsides for you.

Yeah it's a tough call what to do. I remember that the Reddit client Alien Blue did a pretty good job of free/paid separation.