Show HN: Hot Apps Nearby – Find out the most popular new apps nearby

4 points by steiger 8y ago ↗ HN

Download on Play Store: http://bit.ly/HotAppsNearby

Find out the most popular apps in your nearby region!

* Completely anonymous - no authentication needed

* Complete privacy

* Discover new cool apps that are hot in your region.

* Install new apps directly from Play Store

* Most Play Store apps are free to download!

* Hot Apps Nearby is also 100% Free

Hot Apps Nearby are in the following social media:

* Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hotappsnearby/

* Twitter: https://twitter.com/HotAppsNearby

And in the following discussion posts:

* XDA-Developers: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-hot-...

* Android /r/androidapps: https://www.reddit.com/r/androidapps/comments/79sdt3/dev_hot...

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mb53 8y ago ↗

how does it work ?

steiger 8y ago ↗

The app Hot Apps Nearby collects a list of installed applications on the phones that have it installed. Then, _anonymously_, it saves that information with a location and shares these with people around.

Then you know every app's popularity in phones (users) nearby - of course, users that also have Hot Apps Nearby installed.

mindvox89 8y ago ↗

What did you use as a backend?

steiger 8y ago ↗

I will generalize and answer about all main technologies involved:

1. Hot Apps Nearby uses Firebase as a Backend,

2. Kotlin & Android Studio 3 (Native Android App),

3. Github Pages for the landing page (http://hotappsnearby.download), tracking pixels with Facebook and events with Analytics to optimize advertising

4. Namecheap for buying the domain.

5. Adwords, Facebook Ads.