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I am validating this and building in public! Would anyone pay for this service?

kren 3y ago
I need to visually see what your app does and how it is better than Anki before I can decide it is worth spending money on. And Anki is free, so spending money has to be justified.
- 0xDeveloper 3y ago
  I know you will need to see it, but I have kept the pre-orders to see if everyone wants it. I am a student, if I don't get any value from making stuff and people won't buy it there's no value for my time given. For people who don't get to watch it, I have kept the price less than $1 per month (according to yearly plan). If you want anything changed, just get back to me! Thanks for the reply!
chipuni 3y ago
And here is the source code for Anki: https://github.com/ankitects/anki https://github.com/ankitects/anki If you want to convince people to use your spaced repetition software over Anki, you need to tell us what's so wrong with Anki that can't be fixed with plugins and that's worth $10 per year. You must demonstrate value above what Anki does. I look at your list of projects in https://0xdev.gumroad.com/ https://0xdev.gumroad.com/ and they're all pre-order of things that already exist elsewhere. To me, this smacks of "give me money, and I'll give you promises." Especially the project https://0xdev.gumroad.com/l/HelpFundMe?layout=profile https://0xdev.gumroad.com/l/HelpFundMe?layout=profile You want something for free? I'll give you something for free. Anki absolutely can be improved. For new users, it's very confusing: having multiple decks, the separation between cards and notes, and the search interface are hard for new users. Combine something that is simpler for new users with a demonstrably better algorithm and you might have a minimally viable product. But you need the product FIRST before you request money. Give us something that we can run for one week and know that it's better than the free software that is Anki.
- 0xDeveloper 3y ago
  Thank you for the advice! I have pre-orders for ideas to be validated. I start building it in public on Twitter after even one pre-order. Because wasting time over something people wouldn't pay for doesn't make sense to me. If you don't like the thing, you can always get back to me on discord server I add you to after the purchase. I basically want to make anki the beginner friendly way.

kren 3y ago

I need to visually see what your app does and how it is better than Anki before I can decide it is worth spending money on. And Anki is free, so spending money has to be justified.

0xDeveloper 3y ago
I know you will need to see it, but I have kept the pre-orders to see if everyone wants it. I am a student, if I don't get any value from making stuff and people won't buy it there's no value for my time given. For people who don't get to watch it, I have kept the price less than $1 per month (according to yearly plan). If you want anything changed, just get back to me! Thanks for the reply!

chipuni 3y ago

And here is the source code for Anki: https://github.com/ankitects/anki https://github.com/ankitects/anki If you want to convince people to use your spaced repetition software over Anki, you need to tell us what's so wrong with Anki that can't be fixed with plugins and that's worth $10 per year. You must demonstrate value above what Anki does. I look at your list of projects in https://0xdev.gumroad.com/ https://0xdev.gumroad.com/ and they're all pre-order of things that already exist elsewhere. To me, this smacks of "give me money, and I'll give you promises." Especially the project https://0xdev.gumroad.com/l/HelpFundMe?layout=profile https://0xdev.gumroad.com/l/HelpFundMe?layout=profile You want something for free? I'll give you something for free. Anki absolutely can be improved. For new users, it's very confusing: having multiple decks, the separation between cards and notes, and the search interface are hard for new users. Combine something that is simpler for new users with a demonstrably better algorithm and you might have a minimally viable product. But you need the product FIRST before you request money. Give us something that we can run for one week and know that it's better than the free software that is Anki.

0xDeveloper 3y ago
Thank you for the advice! I have pre-orders for ideas to be validated. I start building it in public on Twitter after even one pre-order. Because wasting time over something people wouldn't pay for doesn't make sense to me. If you don't like the thing, you can always get back to me on discord server I add you to after the purchase. I basically want to make anki the beginner friendly way.