My favorites are “Hidden Gems” and “App Dating” for originality and fun. But to me, the one that is most sorely needed is just a simple venn diagram engine.
Simply put- based on all the apps I have on my phone, show me apps that I don’t have, which other people who have my apps do.
So, for example, if everyone who uses Readdle’s Calendar’s 5, Evernote, Pocket, Deliveries, and Twitterific also have app X and I don’t, show me that. Clearly app X has something appealing that people who have my “taste” in apps like and I probably would as well. Don’t try to understand why- just show me the trends.
The worst kind of recommendations? Amazon-style; where everything is a variation of the thing I already bought. (Seriously, if I just bought an Watch stand, why, Amazon, do you flood my front page with other Watch stands? That purchase was made.) By the same token, if I recently downloaded a calendar app, quit showing me more of them. I’ve made my choice. Show me what I’m missing.
None of this is easy, I’m sure, but as more and more Apps are becoming the hubs of our connected lives, finding the good ones needs to be a better process.
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