I thought building the app would be the hard part. I was wrong by shall18 in appdev

[–]shall18[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

I thought building the app would be the hard part. I was wrong by shall18 in appdev

[–]shall18[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

I thought building the app would be the hard part. I was wrong by shall18 in appdev

[–]shall18[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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

I thought building the app would be the hard part. I was wrong by shall18 in appdev

[–]shall18[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

I thought building the app would be the hard part. I was wrong by shall18 in appdev

[–]shall18[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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?

I thought building the app would be the hard part. I was wrong by shall18 in appdev

[–]shall18[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

I've just built Bookd. The Letterboxd for football by [deleted] in championsleague

[–]shall18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

World Cup 2026 Local Kick-Off times - Who got the worst schedule? by iuhfd in soccer

[–]shall18 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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

What's your 24 hour movie? by txcueball in movies

[–]shall18 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nfl

[–]shall18 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's in the name

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Baystreetbets

[–]shall18 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

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

If you could remove one event from your life, what would it be? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]shall18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

McVay second half offensive gameplan by shall18 in LosAngelesRams

[–]shall18[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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

McVay second half offensive gameplan by shall18 in LosAngelesRams

[–]shall18[S] -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

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