Hello /r/simpleliving ! I am a senior Computer Information Systems and would love your help designing an app!
The basis of the app is to track the amount of food you have on hand and optionally, the price you paid for that food. What I am looking for is your feedback in the form of a really quick survey about what you would like to see in an app like this. Or, if it even useful at all to you. (Any feedback is welcome!) I do understand that using an app may not fit many people's simple living lifestyle, if this is the case I still encourage you to fill the survey out and possibly list what would it take for you to use an app like this. Any feedback is important to me! The survey is 100% anonymous, unless you enter your email for the mailing list.
If you're already interested, here is the survey: http://ift.tt/2mfcovE
Below is more information about the app and the philosophy behind it.
My philosophy for this apps progress:
1) Make your life better, not hinder it. The first question that comes to people's mind is, "How will I update my pantry of food?"
My current ideas for this are:
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Manually, as you eat the food subtract it from your inventory
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As you add items to a shopping list the app prompts for an updated inventory quantity
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When you scan a receipt in, it asks for updated quantities of matching receipts/inventory items
If you have an idea for this please feel free to comment here or add it to the survey!
2) Design. I will be sticking to the full slate of design standards for the operating system that the app is on. Whether that be Android, iOS, or desktop, my goal is to make this app look appealing and seamless ad well as efficient.
3) No ads. No pay walls for main features. I am not going into this app looking for money. I am trying to solve a problem that I have in my everyday life (more on that later.) I would rather have a beautifully designed app that everyone uses for free rather than a beautifully designed app that no one uses because it costs too much money. Now, this isn't a guarantee that there won't be some kind of payment in the future. Servers do cost money (if the app ever needed them) but the core features of this app, tracking food inventory, will always be free to use, and ad-free.
If this is something you're interested in please fill the survey out where you can input your email to get more information as it becomes available!
Thanks for your time!
Submitted February 20, 2017 at 12:15PM by klutch2013 http://ift.tt/2m156iZ
