Excited to finally release our iOS app, created by the amazingly talented David McKinney (http://davidmckinney.com/). This version is still very early and we're working through some bugs but you gotta ship sometime, right? :)
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I ask because this was my experience: I just tried to download the app on my iPhone 4s and I couldn't download it because my iOS version is too old. My Nexus 5, obviously, won't be able to download it either because it's an Android device.
Unless you're doing something majorly different in native than you are in the web version, I don't understand the iOS lock-in and the need to have the most recent iOS version. I mean, I do get it from a developers point of view...it's less devices to test...but it comes at the cost of a lot of people not being able to use it.
The first version of the app admittedly looks very similar to the web experience. We wanted to get something out sooner, rather than later and the most requested feature since Product Hunt launched, has been an iOS app. Our most dedicated fans visit the site multiple times per day so we wanted to make it more accessible.
Although our mobile web version isn't terrible, the native app is faster and easier to use. More importantly, it sets us up to do some interesting things later on, such as interactive push notifications.
The most valuable real estate is the homescreen of your phone. A website bookmark isn't likely to get that placement. A website bookmark that you can download from the App Store on the other hand...
The sad thing is, it's incredibly easy to add a website to your home screen.
Is a crashreporter integrated so you get a report of all the ways I broke it?
Also: Who built the landing page? Also great.
Also a top weekly and top monthly would be good IMO.
EDIT: looks like we ran out of Twilio credits. Just reloaded!
Don't know about the app, but whats with the lame attempt to sound as unpretentious as possible. It still comes off as pretentiousness.