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Show HN: I made an API that lets you gamify your app in just 5 min

gamifyeverything.com

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How much has the retention and user engagement increased since you added your own API to your own App? Oh wait you don't even use your own service?!

Bullshit gamification like this does nothing for users and just annoys. If you have well integrated gamification that has a real connection to your actual system then it can work.

Your comment holds value and could have been presented constructively. Developers invest substantial time and effort into their products and genuinely appreciate insightful feedback. Rude comments neither foster improvement nor encourage meaningful dialogue; they merely inflame egos.

Since it's an API how you integrate it into your product is completely up to you, so you can attach it to the actions of your product it makes sense for. Gamify Everything just provides tools to make the process easier.

I think it is a good idea and the first comment is too rude about it however he is right in that you should integrate it into your own app to showcase it

I really like the concept. If you can secure some early adopters and showcase their stories on your landing page—particularly how they've improved their own products and retention through using yours—it would be highly beneficial.

This is pretty nice. But for the price, very small devs might not bother, and a larger app might as well roll their own. The calculations don't really seem intensive for either client or server.

I'm currently making a language learning app and I'm intentionally not gamifiyng it, as it is aimed at users who want to actually learn the language.

That's interesting, did you find that gamification attracts users that are not actually wanting to learn a language or what do you mean?

I don't see a reason to pay $9-19/mo for this.

And " 3981", whatever that symbol is meant to be, it does not display properly on Chrome, Windows 10

i wish there are case studies on where gamification worked and where it didnt. like, what factors make it stick or not. honestly curious.

There are some studies about the effectiveness at least: https://yukaichou.com/gamification-examples/gamification-sta...

Gamification hijacks the part of your brain subject to addiction and redirects your attention to some dumb bullshit you don’t need.

If you needed the app, you’d already be using the app.

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