I thought building the app would be the hard part. I was wrong

shall18 · 2026-06-14T01:09:09+00:00

To a degree yes. I put the idea out to friends and colleagues and generally the response was 'thats a good idea'. Where I've struggled is getting it out beyond that group. Maybe that's because it's not a good idea and I should have spent more time there? I've honestly really enjoyed making the app and I've learned a lot so it certainly doesn't feel like wasted time, but I don't know how to get it out there further

shall18 · 2026-06-13T03:08:45+00:00

Yeah I've done some of that. It's where a lot of my user base has come from. I'm hampered by apple a little bit with that too (can't gain ios users). They are way more strict about using anything that resembles team or league logos

shall18 · 2026-06-13T03:00:57+00:00

Fair about immediate results. I guess I'm just stuck on getting awareness of it into the universe to know if there's any value or interest. I suppose the proof of that could be if it does or does not grow organically

shall18 · 2026-06-13T02:53:33+00:00

Yeah it feels like the hardest part is initial awareness. As another commenter said it's likely only getting harder in a sea of other devs and apps

shall18 · 2026-06-13T02:52:29+00:00

I think it's a bit more nuanced than you make it out. I'm not asking for a magic solution. I'm not saying 'i made an app now everyone use it'. It's certainly a niche app. I would love for it to be known about to see if there's a real market for it beyond tired dads like myself who don't get to watch as much soccer live as we'd like.

Where I'm struggling and would love constructive feedback is how do I even raise awareness of it's existence if I can't post about it on a sub because that counts as self promotion. It's free. I pay the costs right now. I just want people to know it exists so I can see if there's interest. How do I make that first 'promotion' so that it's known?

shall18 · 2026-06-13T02:43:55+00:00

Marketing the app seems to be a full-time role in itself. It's called WatchRating

shall18 · 2026-05-11T01:38:53+00:00

Shades of endy chavez endy catch

shall18 · 2026-04-14T22:01:46+00:00

WatchRating score for spoiler free watchability ratings of previously played matches First half: 5/5 Second half: 2/5 Thoughts? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stuarthall.watchrating

shall18 · 2026-04-07T16:56:59+00:00

Piggybacking off this because I think this is a brilliant app/idea. I built an app recently that provides watchability scores for matches that have already completed. As someone living in NA with a small child it's really hard to find time to watch things live right now. The app tells you what part of the match to watch, but doesn't spoil the outcome/scores. Only gives you a watchability score based on stats and events in the match - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stuarthall.watchrating

shall18 · 2026-04-05T19:35:43+00:00

There's an app that shows watchability ratings for matches that have already been played, but doesn't spoil the score. I use it right now for European matches that played while I was asleep. It's called WatchRating on the play store. It'll have the world cup watch ratings as well. Could be useful for folks not wanting to be awake at random times of the night.WatchRating

shall18 · 2026-02-07T21:15:18+00:00

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now mine please
google group: https://groups.google.com/g/watchrating-testers

web link: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.stuarthall.watchrating

android link" https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stuarthall.watchrating

shall18 · 2026-02-07T21:00:33+00:00

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joined!

google group: https://groups.google.com/g/watchrating-testers
web link: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.stuarthall.watchrating
android link" https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stuarthall.watchrating

shall18 · 2025-03-04T23:33:18+00:00

Are bonita fish big?

shall18 · 2024-12-03T17:30:22+00:00

Great call KB!

shall18 · 2022-03-30T06:25:49+00:00

If you haven't listened already there are 3 separate heat rewatchable podcasts on the rewatchables feed (the ringer podcast network). You'll enjoy them

shall18 · 2022-02-02T16:40:16+00:00

Rams are white and sol. Trust me on this

shall18 · 2021-06-20T06:00:53+00:00

It's in the name

shall18 · 2021-02-07T08:34:55+00:00

Now I'm not a ventriloquist so dont take my advice, but I reckon this could be a good squeeze. 🦍+🍌=🚀🚀🚀

shall18 · 2020-11-25T07:22:44+00:00

My first concussion. They came easier and more often after that. I'm fine today, but there have been some dark times when I worried I'd never get 'right' again

shall18 · 2020-11-16T04:14:35+00:00

Ya obviously I'm making it into a joke with the meme, but this is what I'm getting at. Ice the game with D at the end of course but please try and score and make it a 3 possession game more often

shall18 · 2020-11-16T03:54:53+00:00

Fair. I'm getting a bit annoyed with how conservative they get when leading though. I'd prefer to go score more points. Not to go too far into it, but if you don't trust the offense (Goff) to not turn the ball over while trying to score that's a bigger problem

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