Show HN: Picky Pint – Scan beer lists with a photo
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Show HN: Picky Pint – Scan beer lists with a photo
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#2I shall download forthwith! I look forward to being able to sort by IBU and screen out anything below whatever my current threshold happens to be (runs between 40 and 80, depending on the day).
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#3Bravo! The site is beautiful and unusually complete. You've put in a lot
of thought and work, and it shows. The press release for today was a
nice touch. It's great to see the choice of iOS and Android as well as
free and paid versions. I have no idea how many "beer ratings" apps are
out there with a menu snapshot feature, but it's a wonderful idea.
Suggestion #1: Describe what we get for the paid "Pro" version. At present, your site only says there's a "Free" version and a "Pro" version, but does not differentiate between the two.
(Note To Self: Do I really want the "Professional" version of a drinking app on my phone? -- Hmmm.... Decisions, Decisions, ;-)
Suggestion #2: Give a bit more information about the ratings and reviews, like where they come from.
Suggestion #3: I know there's a craft brewers association of some sort in the US (I saw it in a documentary I watched a while ago). It might be a useful source of data, particularly for the more esoteric, seasonal, and limited run, brews. I think the following is the group site:
http://www.brewersassociation.org/
Good Luck!
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#4Do you integrate with Beer Advocate or Untappd for your ratings?
Great idea, good luck!
Re: Show HN: Picky Pint – Scan beer lists with a photo
#5Pretty cool idea. I don't have a beer menu here to test with, but the search is very fast.
One critique: your website doesn't explain the difference between Free and Pro. I had to go to the App Store to find that info, which took a lot longer.
One suggestion: add other dimensions for sorting besides bitterness. There are a lot of things other than bitterness that distinguish different styles.
One feature request: Let me track my own ratings and view them later. This is the first beer app that feels fast enough to use for tracking my own beer ratings. I love tracking books I've read in Goodreads because it makes it easy to find them again. I want to do the same thing for beer, but the apps I've tried (Pintly and BeerAdvocate) have been painfully slow and hard to use.
Re: Show HN: Picky Pint – Scan beer lists with a photo
#6Bravo! The site is beautiful and unusually complete. You've put in a lot of thought and work, and it shows. The press release for today was a nice touch. It's great to see the choice of iOS and Android as well as free and paid versions. I have no idea how many "beer ratings" apps are out there with a menu snapshot feature, but it's a wonderful idea. Suggestion #1: Describe what we get for the paid "Pro" version. At p…
Agreed, and done.
Re: Show HN: Picky Pint – Scan beer lists with a photo
#7Very similar to WhatWine App (http://www.whatwineapp.com): ocr menu parsing and reviews / recommendations. Cool! (Not my app, just saw it at a hackathon)
Re: Show HN: Picky Pint – Scan beer lists with a photo
#8Do you integrate with Beer Advocate or Untappd for your ratings? Great idea, good luck!
Not yet, but there's always time in the future :)
Re: Show HN: Picky Pint – Scan beer lists with a photo
#9Pretty cool idea. I don't have a beer menu here to test with, but the search is very fast. One critique: your website doesn't explain the difference between Free and Pro. I had to go to the App Store to find that info, which took a lot longer. One suggestion: add other dimensions for sorting besides bitterness. There are a lot of things other than bitterness that distinguish different styles. One feature request: Let…
The difference is listed on their homepage, but I agree it's not super obvious. EDIT: maybe it was added just now?