Just released an iPhone app for travelers. Looking for feedback and advice

2 points by frenky ↗ HN
Having traveled with my older brother in Italy, I realized there is no good app for finding travelers who speak in your language. At Naples, nobody speaks English, almost.

So i decided to develop an app.

The app is now live at https://itunes.apple.com/app/flipthetrip-travel-chat-enjoy/id1049015937

Basically it is a simple app connects people who will be in the same place at the same time and speak in you language with the locals or other travelers.

We're in a public beta phase so we're looking for some feedback. Thanks in advance!

https://youtu.be/Z1TwIyJWbNo

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Works decent, some things I noticed:

App Store nitpicking...

- App Store screenshots waste a lot of space on explanatory text. Show me the app!

- Screenshot color scheme is very blah.

- If you must use text, don't use a thin orange italicized font that is difficult to read.

The App itself

- No way to un-check in (correction: just found it, no obvious way to un-check in). The button looks like it's part of the logo.

- Clicked Message, saw "Some Errors, Try later".

- Messaging working. Gray text on yellow background?

Feature requests

- Geolocation sharing for meeting up

- Profile photo beyond Facebook (I know you're working on this). - Hire a designer

Basically, it works as advertised but the feature set is limited and the design needs improvement.

Thanks a lot, i will try to fix
"Some Errors, Try later" - it was in anonymous mode?