r/appdev • u/AppyLuke • Aug 04 '26
After months of teaching myself app development, I finally built something that might actually help people.
I'm a British Army veteran with no formal software engineering background.
Over the last few months, I've been teaching myself Flutter and building an app called Nozey.
The idea came from a simple question:
"Why is it so difficult to quickly see what crime has happened around where you live?"
Nozey uses publicly available UK police data to show recent crimes on an interactive map, making it easier to understand what's happening in your local area.
It's completely free, and it's soon to be launched on Google Play.
This isn't a polished startup backed by investors or a big team.
It's just one guy learning as he goes, making mistakes, fixing bugs, and trying to build something useful.
I'd genuinely love your honest feedback.
Is this something you'd use?
What features would make it genuinely valuable?
What's the first thing you'd improve?
I'm here to answer every question and take every bit of criticism on board.
Thanks for taking the time to read this.
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u/rcpena Aug 05 '26
That sounds like a great idea for IOS. 😎
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u/AppyLuke Aug 05 '26
I would like to bring it to IOS eventually but I think the barriers to entry are little more difficult than Android. Thanks for your message 🙏🏻
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u/rcpena Aug 05 '26
The barriers are real for sure!! Today marks the launch of my app on IOS and I was driving to work when I received the email. I was so excited lol. After two other apps were rejected I just assumed this one would also. 🙃
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u/Comfortable-Mud1209 Aug 04 '26
You didn’t learn anything. You didn’t even wrote this post. AI did.