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Ask HN: Interesting iOS App Ideas?

11 points by nalidixic ↗ HN
I'm looking for something fun to work on in the evenings these days. I figured I'd give iOS development a try but really have no idea what to build.

I'm not really too good at graphics so games are mostly out of the question. Other than that I'm open to pretty much anything.

So lets hear it. What ideas do you have?

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DanBC
"Drink Diary" - give a rough calculation of the alcohol drunk over one week. Users input the strength (if known) of the drink, and the size (if known) of the drink.

The app returns a rough estimate of Units drunk over the week, and links to sensible drinking advice.

(http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19509434)

(http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-1954...)

(http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19554316)

(http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19512420)

Safe drinking advice: (http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/846.aspx?CategoryID=87&SubCa...)

nalidixic
That's a really interesting idea!
kennywinker
Postal rate calculator. Calculate postage given a package dimensions / weight, tells you which carrier to use (USPS, UPS, FedEx, etc.). There is one app like this already in the store, but it's not very good (and USA only).
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pitsocial
Clipboard... an iPad/iPhone app for inspections. All documents you need to go walk around a property or things to look over all in one place (ie Docs, Photos, Notes) but with the flow of actual paper & the ability to just type over or write over anything on the clipboard.
avalore
We've been working on something along those lines: https://www.lettingcheck.com/

There's a long awaited, universal, update coming soon too.

nalidixic
Looks like you guys are doing some nice work there.
pitsocial
nice really like it... could one do something along the lines of hotel rooms?
shreyansj
Could you describe the use case? Do you walk in to the room and document the condition so that you don't get charged with fraudulent damage charges later on?
avalore
I think it would be more suited to hotel management. Not to be used per guest but on a periodic basis to keep track of the conditions of all rooms.
avalore
Thanks. Sure, you could definitely use this to keep a record of the condition of any number of rooms in a hotel. Care to expand on what exactly you'd want that's specific to hotel rooms?
sixQuarks
an app that analyzes someone's voice and tells you whether they're lying or not. Doesn't actually have to work, but use some mombo-jumbo scientific language to give it an air of legitimacy.
alid
For a viral quick-win...'Ryan Gosling Memes' - a meme generator friends can quickly create and share. Or 'Party with Ryan Gosling' - Ryan photobombs your pics (like a hilariously bad photoshop job). (Could be fun, and who am I kidding I'd buy it. Don't judge!)
tstegart
The open source software we use for our magazine is always looking for people. If you want to learn Newsstand and create a new branch there might even be an opportunity to make money eventually. http://bakerframework.com/