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I'm the developer of "Best Wishes". It is an application that will pull down your list of friends from Facebook along with their birthdays. It neatly organizes the birthdays into an intelligent list. Once your friends are loaded you can configure Best Wishes to post notifications when birthdays occur. You can put a widget on your desktop to see upcoming birthdays too.
The real reason I developed the app was to automate birthday wishes. I don't visit Facebook very often, so I wanted a way to automate birthday wishes. The automation is very customizable. You can configure a time range for it to post. The app will randomly pick a time within the range. It comes with 10 "canned" birthday wishes. You can edit these "canned" wishes or add your own. You can select the ones you want and it will pick from them randomly. You can specify custom wishes for your close friends. Plus it is easy to exclude or include which friends you want to send automated messages.
Of course, not all friends put their birthday info on Facebook and some have their permissions set so that 3rd party apps can't access the birthday information. For these cases I've added manual entry so you can use Best Wishes for all your friends.
Check it out and let me know what you guys think. I'm open to feedback and feature suggestions. The full version costs $0.99. The Lite version is free.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.unchained.bestwishes
MOD EDIT: FREE VERSION CAN BE FOUND HERE
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.unchained.bestwisheslite
The main difference between the lite and full version is the level of customization that you can perform. The full version allows you to enter custom birthday wishes, include/exclude friends, and it has ten pre-defined birthday wishes that are editable. The lite version only has one birthday wish ("Happy Birthday!"). The rest of the functionality is the same.
Thanks!
Against the rules to have paid apps up without a free version or trial. Better fix that before you get reported.
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I didn't realize that was a rule. I'll put up a free version to go with this when I get home tonight.
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I didn't realize that was a rule. I'll put up a free version to go with this when I get home tonight.
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Cool, just looking out for you.
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I added the free version. Let me know what you think.
Cool application, I purchased it from the marketplace. Works well on my phone, but craps out hard on my tablet. Just a heads up. I sent the crash report in, if it's any use.
Best of luck!
Great app! So much more useful than Facebook for birthdays. Love all of the customization in the paid version!
I love the idea, but have a question. Often when I use an app to post to facebook, there is a little tag line that says it was posted via a particular program. Is this going to do something like "Happy Birthday, Phil" "automatically posted by Best Wishes"? I love the idea of automatic posts, but don't like the idea of them knowing that it was some automatic process and not personal.
I have a couple of quick suggestions. First, can you ad an option to search and/or sort the list of people by date so that you don't have to scroll through hundreds of names to find the right person? Second, I see canned messages containing the person's first name. Can you add an option to replace the person's Facebook name with something else? Third, how about including their age, if known, in a greeting?
For example, I have a friend "Worker Bee" and I'd love the canned message to say "Happy 50th Birthday, Brian!" and I'd like to be able to find him in the list by searching on "Brian" *or* "Worker Bee" and see the list sorted by first name, last name, or birth date. Make sense?
Yes, it will say "post by Best Wishes" at the bottom of your post. I didn't like that either when I first realized that. Facebook does that for accountability reasons. Otherwise you wouldn't be able to know if you posted it or some third party application posted it. There isn't any way to remove that message.
I don't see it as a problem though. I made sure that Best Wishes has the capability to just remind you and then make it easy to post from within Best Wishes. If you click on the person it will take you directly to their profile page. If you have the Facebook app installed it will take you to their page in the Facebook app. If you don't have it installed it will take you to their page via the browser. From their you can post your birthday wish.
The privacy constraints can be a pain, but I guess they are there because enough people requested them.
djeaton, thanks for the feedback.
First, can you ad an option to search and/or sort the list of people by date so that you don't have to scroll through hundreds of names to find the right person?
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You can search and it is sorted by date. The date sorting expands the current month by each day you birthdays. Then there is one group per month. You can quickly collapse the groups to jump around the list.
Can you add an option to replace the person's Facebook name with something else?
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I didn't think this would be useful as a canned phrase because it would be too specific. I had envisioned that most people would just create a custom birthday wish. I will keep this in mind though. It is definitely a possibility for a future version.
Third, how about including their age, if known, in a greeting? For example, I have a friend "Worker Bee" and I'd love the canned message to say "Happy 50th Birthday, Brian!"
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I like this idea. I'll probably add it.
I'd like to be able to find him in the list by searching on "Brian" *or* "Worker Bee" and see the list sorted by first name, last name, or birth date. Make sense?
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You can search now. Just click the search icon in the top right. If you type Brian it will show any friend with Brian anywhere in their name. The list is sorted by last name then first name.
The most friends I have seen are around 1200. The average person seems to have around 300. Extensive sort order can be added. I decided it was overkill for this first version. I'll keep in mind for a future revision.
Thanks again for all the feedback!
That's good. Just didn't want it to look like a robo-post with no personal touch. Speaking of touching the person and going to their page, could you add the option to long-press on them and be taken to their configuration page where you can enter custom greetings or select a canned one?
Yeah, I'll add that in the next release. It will be quick to add the long press options. Thanks for the feedback djeaton.
I'm constantly forgetting to wish my friends a happy birthday so this app is a brilliant for me!
What makes this app any different then this FREE app that looks like it does everything your PAID app does???
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.zixstudio.fbbirthdayscheduler
The applications are very similar, however my application edges it out in several ways.
Best Wishes:
- Allows you to pick a time range which is used to pick a random time each day to post your birthday message. This randomness is useful to make the automation more natural.
- Uses intelligent grouping to make the list of birthdays easier to read.
- Has more pre-defined birthday messages.
- Looks better (in my opinion) because it includes your friends profile picture.
Let me just say, this is from quick inspection. I have not done extensive testing of this other application.
I guess it just depends on what you like. The Lite version of Best Wishes is also free and it has most of the features above.
Hope that helps. I appreciate the feedback!
Thanks!!!! .. Seems really nice application....
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The applications are very similar, however my application edges it out in several ways.
Best Wishes:
- Allows you to pick a time range which is used to pick a random time each day to post your birthday message. This randomness is useful to make the automation more natural.
- Uses intelligent grouping to make the list of birthdays easier to read.
- Has more pre-defined birthday messages.
- Looks better (in my opinion) because it includes your friends profile picture.
Let me just say, this is from quick inspection. I have not done extensive testing of this other application.
I guess it just depends on what you like. The Lite version of Best Wishes is also free and it has most of the features above.
Hope that helps. I appreciate the feedback!
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Thanks for answering my question. I'll give your app a run and share the link to the market with my friends as well........help spread the word..hahaha
much needed i too dont visit FB much and miss out on wishing bday wishes...thanks...
First off very nice app, good idea and nice clean interface.
Now one problem I have and tours that a lot of my friends don't have their birthday in the app but their facebook does, any reason you know of why this would be happening? I don't feel like going through and adding their birthday manually.
A feature request would be to be able to set a custom birthday message as a generic message and not just one for a specific contact, I like ascii art lol just too make it a but different when I post happy birthday
P.s. I have the paid version
Hi all, I'm a Singaporean developer and I'm here to tell you that I'm sick of idiots posting/bragging their daily life on Facebook, I mean, if you want to do that, why not do it so that I can ACTUALLY use that information next time? Thankfully, I'm a developer and I can actually do something about it.
WHAT IF, those stupid FOOD pictures taken at the restaurant actually POP UP the next time I am hungry and near that area? WHAT IF those slutty clubbing pictures could actually help me pick a club when I want to go? So here's my solution.
Spawt is a location-based experience bookmarking service so now you could actually point those idiots to the app and actually end up building a beautiful scrapbook of experiences that you and your friends can mutually share and discover.
Features
- Bookmark a great experience by creating a Checkpoint.
- Contextually discover interesting experiences from fellow Spawtters based on your current location.
* Spawt believes that your friends' experiences matter more, so your Facebook friends' Checkpoints will be treated as first class citizens.
- Builds a catalog of Checkpoints that will serve as a scrapbook of experiences for when you need an inspiration on what to do next.
- No need to create a whole new social network, leverages your existing Facebook network.
* Note, we send NOTHING back to Facebook, your privacy is MY topmost concern. (I should know, I'm a Facebook cynic.)
Download the app and tell me what you make of it, and most importantly how I can go on making it better for you and your friends. Search for "Spawt Beta" or get it here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5jdHJsZWZmIl0.
PS: Oh did I mention Galaxy S2 kicks ass?
PSS: Oh also, if the app does crash, and it will, please click Report so I can fix it so you can swear a little bit less when the next update comes.
nice
great idea, am going to test that
thanks kuroshn, tell me what you make of it
I Like it because you call Facebook users Idiots...
haha thanks. unfortunately its a necessary evil though
Yeh im up for testing hate facebook. . Is this a worthwile altrrnative? looks like it
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Why do you need to log in with facebook? nooooo sorry uninstall
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Hello all!
This is my first post on this forum so if I'm posting this in the wrong place, let me know! I would like to show off my latest Android App that I've been working on for the last few months. It has been a long path of changes, changes, and more changes! I've really enjoyed how far I've come with learning development. So here it is!
Planets is a educational app that is centered around providing users with information about the planets in our solar system. It also has info about other objects like the Sun and Pluto. I recently redesigned the app to make the content easier to scan and make it a little more fluid like. I have a community[1] set up with Beta testing for the people who want to test stuff before it's released to the public. I am looking to gain a larger user base but my main goal is just making the app look nice and easy to use. You can download[2] it on the Play Store and feedback/ratings are appreciated. So far, I've got about 1,400 downloads and I'm hoping to get more! Also, you can view the full source code for this app[3]!
See attachments for screenshots.
Links:
Google+ Community [1] http://goo.gl/gVpeOd
Play Store [2] http://goo.gl/Cv0UAR
Github Source [3] http://goo.gl/DLz2Ea
Note: This app was featured on xda-developers on August 4th, 2014. http://goo.gl/dffA1N
Wonderful application, always been an admirer of Astronomy and this is just brilliantly put together. Will come back with a decent feedback soon .
I know it is easy to pick on any application but knowing how much effort might have gone in does help (through your github post).
Is it possible to convert the given units into scientific units (e.g. mass of sun = 1.9891 * 10^30 kg)?
Hi, I'm a fan of astronomy but I'm also a graphic, web-designer/developer... I love you app and, if it is possibile, I want to make some themes for this app!
Very nice app. Informative and yet easy on the eye. Looking forward to further updates.
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I'm always up for more astronomy. Great work, keep it up. :good:
Very nice! Love the UI, looks very intuitive.
Some suggestions:
- use translucent bars on KitKat
- make the back animation consistent with the open animation. For example, when you tap a planet, the card zooms in to fill the screen; but when you hit Back, the screen kind of fades away (the default Android exit animation). It would be nice if it zooms back out.
- like @orville87 said, it would be easier on the eyes to express the units in scientific notation.
- Pluto isn't a planet anymore, right?
I would have asked for info on extraterrestrial moons, but it would seem too outrageous a request.
Subscribed, awaiting further updates
Which of those are the app that is being shown here:
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=Planets&c=apps
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Is it this one:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andrewq.planets
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where are the links to download and also see the source code ?
AndroidDeveloperLB said:
Which of those are the app that is being shown here:
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=Planets&c=apps
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Is it this one:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andrewq.planets
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where are the links to download and also see the source code ?
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Dude, check again the OP. There are three links given... Link #2 is for download, link #3 is for source code.
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Is it possible to convert the given units into scientific units (e.g. mass of sun = 1.9891 * 10^30 kg)?
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I will be adding this in the next update! Thanks for the suggestion.
aureljared said:
Some suggestions:
- use translucent bars on KitKat
- make the back animation consistent with the open animation. For example, when you tap a planet, the card zooms in to fill the screen; but when you hit Back, the screen kind of fades away (the default Android exit animation). It would be nice if it zooms back out.
- like @orville87 said, it would be easier on the eyes to express the units in scientific notation.
- Pluto isn't a planet anymore, right?
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I'll be adding this in the next update! Thanks for the suggestions!
Note: Pluto is just in there because it's an extra thing to give info on.
Clear95 said:
Hi, I'm a fan of astronomy but I'm also a graphic, web-designer/developer... I love you app and, if it is possibile, I want to make some themes for this app!
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Send me a private message if you like. I'm not too familiar with theming apps. Perhaps you can give me some details!
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I'll be adding this in the next update! Thanks for the suggestions!
Note: Pluto is just in there because it's an extra thing to give info on.
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oh, I thought it was other screenshots, but now that I think about it, it explains the numbers he has written inside the text itself...
sorry.
wouldn't it be better to put text on the links themselves ?
something like this:
download from play store
G+ community
github
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Playstore is missing...
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Playstore is missing...
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What do you mean?
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What do you mean?
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I mean i couldn't find the link but I have it now
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AMQTech said:
Hello all!
This is my first post on this forum so if I'm posting this in the wrong place, let me know! I would like to show off my latest Android App that I've been working on for the last few months. It has been a long path of changes, changes, and more changes! I've really enjoyed how far I've come with learning development. So here it is!
Planets is a educational app that is centered around providing users with information about the planets in our solar system. It also has info about other objects like the Sun and Pluto. I recently redesigned the app to make the content easier to scan and make it a little more fluid like. I have a community[1] set up with Beta testing for the people who want to test stuff before it's released to the public. I am looking to gain a larger user base but my main goal is just making the app look nice and easy to use. You can download[2] it on the Play Store and feedback/ratings are appreciated. So far, I've got about 1,400 downloads and I'm hoping to get more! Also, you can view the full source code for this app[3]!
See attachments for screenshots.
Links:
Google+ Community [1] http://goo.gl/gVpeOd
Play Store [2] http://goo.gl/Cv0UAR
Github Source [3] http://goo.gl/DLz2Ea
Note: This app was featured on xda-developers on August 4th, 2014. http://goo.gl/dffA1N
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nice
Not enough information. Can you tell me how is this app better than the others universe related apps in Google Play? I appreciate your effort but if you want your app to be competitive he should add more features or at least more info because the info included here is common and can be found in wikipedia for example. There are also apps who also provide 3D model of the solar system with the orbits of all planets.
I'm not trying to offend you, don't get me wrong.
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Not enough information. Can you tell me how is this app better than the others universe related apps in Google Play? I appreciate your effort but if you want your app to be competitive he should add more features or at least more info because the info included here is common and can be found in wikipedia for example. There are also apps who also provide 3D model of the solar system with the orbits of all planets.
I'm not trying to offend you, don't get me wrong.
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For being a high school student and balancing life and school and this, I take pride in the work that I've done. Sure there are better apps than mine with more info and awesome 3D renderings of planets, I'm not afraid to admit that. However, I'm proud of the work I've done and if people don't recognize that it IS work from a high school student and not some average middle-aged developer, then so be it. Thanks for your feedback :good:
AMQTech said:
For being a high school student and balancing life and school and this, I take pride in the work that I've done. Sure there are better apps than mine with more info and awesome 3D renderings of planets, I'm not afraid to admit that. However, I'm proud of the work I've done and if people don't recognize that it IS work from a high school student and not some average middle-aged developer, then so be it. Thanks for your feedback :good:
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As I said in the beginning of my post I appreciate what you do because I love astronomy and physics so it's good beginning and I'm not hating. But yet you needed something to stimulate you to develop your app. I wish you all best and I'm sure that you'll keep developing this app until it becomes competitive to all the apps out there.
BIOLOGY /English / Chemistry /Maths Solution to all your woes!! Well yeah, we all sweat trying to learn those nasty chemical formula, or the weird biological names or maybe some antonyms and synonyms.Whatever it is anything which can make us learn our books better is just a boon. And when it happens automatically, its just amazing. This little appdoes exactly that. Now quickly make your own small notes for things you feel are difficult to learn.Save in the tiny I revise app,and add the widget.. You will have your study material on your home screen!!
Features::
Simple notes app
Widget which sits on your homescreen and rotates you notes.
Directly access full note from homescreen.
Backup and restore notes so u never lose them!
Share your material with friends via any text app.
PLaystore Link :
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gvm.revise
Pls do try and review... Awaiting your feedback
Nice idea of app!
Maybe you should think of adding the possibility to create some MCQ or small questions/answers lists.
I will really enjoy to see this feature to learn my lists of vocabulary
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Nice idea of app!
Maybe you should think of adding the possibility to create some MCQ or small questions/answers lists.
I will really enjoy to see this feature to learn my lists of vocabulary
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hey thanks a lot for your suggestion.. Will try to incorporate it asap by the way if ure a dev. and interested in working together, we can surely connect!
I have a Free Note Taking App called Simple Notes which I need some feedback on.
The App is super easy and fast, it lets user keep Notes, Ideas and Lists on their device.
The App PlayStore link is: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simple.notes
The Feedback I am looking for is:
- Does the App Crash? And for what Reason?
- Does the App run properly on your Device?
- Does the App attract you? (Appearance and Functionality)
Any other Feedback is Acceptable.
Thanks in Advance!
AzzaMatta2571 said:
I have a Free Note Taking App called Simple Notes which I need some feedback on.
The App is super easy and fast, it lets user keep Notes, Ideas and Lists on their device.
The App PlayStore link is: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simple.notes
The Feedback I am looking for is:
- Does the App Crash? And for what Reason?
- Does the App run properly on your Device?
- Does the App attract you? (Appearance and Functionality)
Any other Feedback is Acceptable.
Thanks in Advance!
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Hello!
The App does not crash.
Yep
It does exactly what was declared It is good as a start. However, IMHO, even for the start, some improvements may be done:
Design - Add-button as a floating action button, some nice add/delete buttons, swipe-left-to-delete design, etc.
When the not is too big, you have to scroll down for a very long time. May it be useful to create some Expand button or link?
Some fast-access widget would also be useful
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Hello!
The App does not crash.
Yep
It does exactly what was declared It is good as a start. However, IMHO, even for the start, some improvements may be done:
Design - Add-button as a floating action button, some nice add/delete buttons, swipe-left-to-delete design, etc.
When the not is too big, you have to scroll down for a very long time. May it be useful to create some Expand button or link?
Some fast-access widget would also be useful
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Thank you very much for your feedback.
I will be sure to implement the things you have suggested in upcoming updates.
Thanks!
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onix.avacom said:
Hello!
The App does not crash.
Yep
It does exactly what was declared It is good as a start. However, IMHO, even for the start, some improvements may be done:
Design - Add-button as a floating action button, some nice add/delete buttons, swipe-left-to-delete design, etc.
When the not is too big, you have to scroll down for a very long time. May it be useful to create some Expand button or link?
Some fast-access widget would also be useful
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Hello,
I have just recently updated this App, could you please give feedback for the updated version?
Thanks!
Hi!
Looks prettier! But I've got the problem saving the note - there is no button to save it. At first, I thought that it is saved automatically, but when I finish editing the note, it is not saved. Could you please check?
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Hi!
Looks prettier! But I've got the problem saving the note - there is no button to save it. At first, I thought that it is saved automatically, but when I finish editing the note, it is not saved. Could you please check?
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Thank you for pointing it out, when you press the back arrow the note will save.
Maybe it will also be better if i implement an android back button press to save the note also.
Also, do you have any tips or pointers for getting more views and install?
Thanks!
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Yep, it works that way. It will be nice if you implement the Android back-button as well, and add some Toast-message "The note is saved", smt. like that.
Regarding the views and installs - if you are ready to spend some money, you may try AdWords, or order the promotion from a 3rd party company (the best price is like 0.09 - 0.15 $ per install). It is the easiest way.
If not, you need to post about your software in as many places as possible
- Create the FB page of the app and ask all the friends, the friends of the friends, and their friends as well to subscribe
- Create the landing Web-page
- If you have some blogger-friend, let him or her write about your software
- If you have some site with lots of visitors, it will be also useful to post about the app there
In general, it is not so easy as it may seem, and in most cases it requires some money
onix.avacom said:
Yep, it works that way. It will be nice if you implement the Android back-button as well, and add some Toast-message "The note is saved", smt. like that.
Regarding the views and installs - if you are ready to spend some money, you may try AdWords, or order the promotion from a 3rd party company (the best price is like 0.09 - 0.15 $ per install). It is the easiest way.
If not, you need to post about your software in as many places as possible
- Create the FB page of the app and ask all the friends, the friends of the friends, and their friends as well to subscribe
- Create the landing Web-page
- If you have some blogger-friend, let him or her write about your software
- If you have some site with lots of visitors, it will be also useful to post about the app there
In general, it is not so easy as it may seem, and in most cases it requires some money
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Thank you very much for your feedback.
Also i was wondering if you would be able to give an honest review on my apps google play listing.
Thanks!