Hi All,
Will here - I have been into pop culture and self-development for most of my life, and I’m looking to build a new book tracker app, and for it to be different from existing apps in the following ways:
RPG Theme
- Random book discovery is framed as Random Encounters
- Books are like allies you can recruit
-- Either partially (by progressing through the book) or fully (by finishing the book)
-- The higher your progress, and the more thoughts and quotes you link to the book, more things are unlocked
- Users can find people near them or who have the same goals, and form support groups / parties / masterminds
-- Party balance
--- Finding people with different reading patterns and expertise than yourself
- Depending on your reading history and patterns, you receive different status effects - both positive and negative
-- E.g. “Echo Chamber”
--- Condition: If your reading list becomes too one-sided towards a certain stance
--- You see relevant quotes, such as
---- "I never allow myself to have an opinion on anything that I don't know the other side's argument better than they do." --Charlie Munger
--- There are advice on how to deepen or resolve the status, including book recommendations
Self-Development Focus
- The app is goal-oriented, rather than reading for reading’s sake:
-- People can add Purposes like Career / Business / Family / Spirituality / Hobbies for their reading goals
--- There will be specific sub-categories (sub-purposes) to choose, e.g.
---- Getting over burn-out
---- Becoming a better parent
---- Stop feeling “stuck” in life
--- This can be changed at any time, and users can indicate
---- Purpose achieved
---- Purpose no longer important
---- Etc.
---- Which book/s helped them get there
-- This helps the app recommend books and users for them
-- On finishing a book, people can mark it as Helpful or Favourite for specific Purposes, and this can help inform others who choose the same Purpose
- Stats and functions are focused on self-development, e.g.
-- Radar graphs for visualising strong and lacking areas
--- Main purposes
--- Sub-purposes
--- Genres
--- Sub-genres
-- Activity-tracking for when / where you used a book’s concept or quote to help with a decision or issue
- The app aims to help people become more informed, balanced, and levelled-up, by introducing them to perspectives which they may not have considered, e.g.
-- For a school-leaver
--- Recommendations for
---- Mainstream careers, blue-collar careers, gap years, entrepreneurship, volunteering, etc.
---- Different types of lifestyles
---- Biographies of different types of achievers
-- For someone who reads too much about hedonic pursuits (e.g. food, sports, travel)
--- Recommendations for mastery, Monk Mode, philanthropy, legacy-building, etc.
-- For someone who reads only about work or their industry
--- Recommendations for different hobbies, financial freedom, spirituality, mentorship, health, etc.
Your Favourite Book Tracker Functions, In One App
- Gathers the features that people love about existing apps, into one app, e.g.
- Can add and search tags
- Can give ½ and ¼ stars for ratings
- Genre-specific rating scales
- Stats for books read - not just for current reading
- Social component
Tracking For The Perfect Time To Get The Book
- Clicking on Book Details will show you
-- Current availability at local library
-- Prices for
--- Physical
--- Digital
--- Audio
- Tracking for book availability and price, e.g. filter books by
-- “Currently available at local library”
-- “Lowest price”
-- “Recent price drop”
- Helpful for
-- Book clubs members to choose next book to vote for
-- Tie-breaker decision for next book to read
-- Saving money and time, with comparisons in a single view
Potential Source of Income
- Users can add their own affiliate information (e.g. for Amazon)
-- The links to bookstores on the app, then becomes the user’s own affiliate links
-- Can make money by pointing people to their reading lists
-- Easily copy links for multiple affiliate sources from one place
---
The above are just ideas for now, and can change depending on what I can build, and what people want
I don’t know if this app has legs yet, so I’m putting the idea out there first, to see if it’s worth pursuing
Please give me any feedback about this app:
- How much would you want to use this app?
- When would you use it?
- What features are you most excited about?
- What extra features would you like included?
I also made a mailing list for the idea (it’s hosted on the site for a previous idea - PastryTaxi is not the name of this app) - if you would like to keep up with news of this app idea, please join it:
https://pastrytaxi.com/rd-sifieai--jb-list
Will here - I have been into pop culture and self-development for most of my life, and I’m looking to build a new book tracker app, and for it to be different from existing apps in the following ways:
RPG Theme
- Random book discovery is framed as Random Encounters
- Books are like allies you can recruit
-- Either partially (by progressing through the book) or fully (by finishing the book)
-- The higher your progress, and the more thoughts and quotes you link to the book, more things are unlocked
- Users can find people near them or who have the same goals, and form support groups / parties / masterminds
-- Party balance
--- Finding people with different reading patterns and expertise than yourself
- Depending on your reading history and patterns, you receive different status effects - both positive and negative
-- E.g. “Echo Chamber”
--- Condition: If your reading list becomes too one-sided towards a certain stance
--- You see relevant quotes, such as
---- "I never allow myself to have an opinion on anything that I don't know the other side's argument better than they do." --Charlie Munger
--- There are advice on how to deepen or resolve the status, including book recommendations
Self-Development Focus
- The app is goal-oriented, rather than reading for reading’s sake:
-- People can add Purposes like Career / Business / Family / Spirituality / Hobbies for their reading goals
--- There will be specific sub-categories (sub-purposes) to choose, e.g.
---- Getting over burn-out
---- Becoming a better parent
---- Stop feeling “stuck” in life
--- This can be changed at any time, and users can indicate
---- Purpose achieved
---- Purpose no longer important
---- Etc.
---- Which book/s helped them get there
-- This helps the app recommend books and users for them
-- On finishing a book, people can mark it as Helpful or Favourite for specific Purposes, and this can help inform others who choose the same Purpose
- Stats and functions are focused on self-development, e.g.
-- Radar graphs for visualising strong and lacking areas
--- Main purposes
--- Sub-purposes
--- Genres
--- Sub-genres
-- Activity-tracking for when / where you used a book’s concept or quote to help with a decision or issue
- The app aims to help people become more informed, balanced, and levelled-up, by introducing them to perspectives which they may not have considered, e.g.
-- For a school-leaver
--- Recommendations for
---- Mainstream careers, blue-collar careers, gap years, entrepreneurship, volunteering, etc.
---- Different types of lifestyles
---- Biographies of different types of achievers
-- For someone who reads too much about hedonic pursuits (e.g. food, sports, travel)
--- Recommendations for mastery, Monk Mode, philanthropy, legacy-building, etc.
-- For someone who reads only about work or their industry
--- Recommendations for different hobbies, financial freedom, spirituality, mentorship, health, etc.
Your Favourite Book Tracker Functions, In One App
- Gathers the features that people love about existing apps, into one app, e.g.
- Can add and search tags
- Can give ½ and ¼ stars for ratings
- Genre-specific rating scales
- Stats for books read - not just for current reading
- Social component
Tracking For The Perfect Time To Get The Book
- Clicking on Book Details will show you
-- Current availability at local library
-- Prices for
--- Physical
--- Digital
--- Audio
- Tracking for book availability and price, e.g. filter books by
-- “Currently available at local library”
-- “Lowest price”
-- “Recent price drop”
- Helpful for
-- Book clubs members to choose next book to vote for
-- Tie-breaker decision for next book to read
-- Saving money and time, with comparisons in a single view
Potential Source of Income
- Users can add their own affiliate information (e.g. for Amazon)
-- The links to bookstores on the app, then becomes the user’s own affiliate links
-- Can make money by pointing people to their reading lists
-- Easily copy links for multiple affiliate sources from one place
---
The above are just ideas for now, and can change depending on what I can build, and what people want
I don’t know if this app has legs yet, so I’m putting the idea out there first, to see if it’s worth pursuing
Please give me any feedback about this app:
- How much would you want to use this app?
- When would you use it?
- What features are you most excited about?
- What extra features would you like included?
I also made a mailing list for the idea (it’s hosted on the site for a previous idea - PastryTaxi is not the name of this app) - if you would like to keep up with news of this app idea, please join it:
https://pastrytaxi.com/rd-sifieai--jb-list