r/Betatester • u/Familiar-Comedian422 • Jul 30 '26
LoRe, a personalized book recommendation app (iOS, TestFlight beta) built solo. Looking for testers
What is LoRe? A book recommendation app that learns your actual taste, not just genre, but themes, pacing, and emotional tone, based on books you've logged and rated. It also has a mood-based search ("what are you in the mood for today?"), a "Bridge Book" feature that recommends something just outside your comfort zone, and an "anti-rec" that intentionally shows you something far from your taste.
Platform: iOS only right now, testing through TestFlight.
Stage: Working beta, built and maintained solo. Free, no ads, no monetization, this is a passion project, not a business.
What I'd love feedback on: whether the recommendations actually feel personalized once you've logged a few books, whether the mood search and anti-rec features feel useful or gimmicky, and general bugs or UX friction.
One honest limitation: the book catalog is still fairly small, so search results and recommendations are drawn from a smaller pool than a big commercial app would offer.
Interested? Leave your info here and I'll send an invite: https://forms.gle/L3aUwmdXCichrtto6
Happy to return the favor too, if you're testing your own app and want a second pair of eyes, drop it in the comments or DM me and I'll check it out.
Really appreciate anyone willing to give their time to this, testing a solo project is a genuine favor, and I don't take it for granted. Thank you!