StoryFun
Consumer and social
children's storybook app
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How HN took it
10 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 3 critical, out of 18 comments about the project. Thread score +0.31.
Idea: 4 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Looks slick and polished
From 2 comments
Beautiful project. I think you might be on to a winner. One would imagine that parents of young kids would feel very little objection to dropping money on an app that is both…
5hoom on HNThis looks great! I think it's really important to show that these devices expand creative potential, rather than just fretting about the loss of paper books. Something minor: in…
tobobo on HN
Good idea for parents who want kids reading instead of TV
From 2 comments
That is a great idea. Brilliant app for loving parents who don't want their kids spend time in front of TV. Perfect for introducing kids to books and encouraging to read. I…
jacek on HNBeautiful. This is one project I'd like to grow big (so that there is always enough supply of story books.) appstore reviews suggest that it is making few people very happy. :)
random42 on HN
Good price points
From 1 comment
This looks good. But, in general, we've seen competing with Apple on their own platform (ibooks, which have read-aloud capability now) as perilous. Your price points are great,…
gdilla on HN
Objections
Competing with Apple's iBooks on its own platform is risky
From 2 comments
This looks good. But, in general, we've seen competing with Apple on their own platform (ibooks, which have read-aloud capability now) as perilous. Your price points are great,…
gdilla on HNwhy would you want to compete with ibooks?
gdilla on HN
Flash homepage is blank on iPhone and iOS devices
From 1 comment
Congrats on the launch. Wondering why you decided to put a big flash animation on the homepage while your target audience is iPad owning parents. It showed up fine on my touchpad…
ramanujam on HN
Android Nook display only fills a quarter of the screen
From 1 comment
If it was last year, the market penetration of the device was probably a big part of the reason. In the longer term, you might want to look at multi-platform tools like PhoneGap.…
glimcat on HN
Very competitive space
From 1 comment
Verrrrrrrry competitive space. Good luck.
EponymousCoward on HN
Requests
Android version
From 1 comment
Love the idea. Any plans to bring it to Android? I use an Android based Nook Color and would really like to have something like this for my son to play with.
jimmyjazz14 on HN
Science-oriented stories
From 1 comment
This is a wonderful project. I'd love to see science-oriented stories on it. When I was 4-5 I used to read a lot of stories about kids curious about things around them and that…
bbgm on HN
JS fallback for the homepage animation
From 1 comment
Congrats on the launch. Wondering why you decided to put a big flash animation on the homepage while your target audience is iPad owning parents. It showed up fine on my touchpad…
ramanujam on HN
Questions
Can you make money in the long run and what are the advantages over iBooks
From 1 comment
This looks good. But, in general, we've seen competing with Apple on their own platform (ibooks, which have read-aloud capability now) as perilous. Your price points are great,…
gdilla on HN
Can you launch apps while working full time for a company
From 1 comment
Just Curious, Can you launch apps while working fulltime for a company? Is there any legal issue with this approach.
omfut on HN
Alternatives named
iBooks
From 2 comments
why would you want to compete with ibooks?
gdilla on HNThis looks good. But, in general, we've seen competing with Apple on their own platform (ibooks, which have read-aloud capability now) as perilous. Your price points are great,…
gdilla on HN
Living Books series
From 1 comment
This reminded me of Living Books, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_Books_series , which were some of my favorite childhood memories.
superfamicom on HN
JomyBooks
From 1 comment
Check out https://www.facebook.com/pages/JomyBooks/226339094085452 from this weekend´s 48-hour Garage48 hackathon.
jkaljundi on HN
Smartots
From 1 comment
I'm at an iOS start-up that is a platform for apps just like yours. Apps integrating our SDK (<1 MB), give parents can reports so they can see which stories their kids are…
xiaoma on HN