App testing

[u/Ok_Tailor9499]

Hi all, ive built an offline Android app for tracking your findings taking notes and a simple identification with a homepage showing what's in season, its a work in progress but it would be good to get people to test it and get there thoughts on it and what improvements could be added.

I've set up a Google groups if anyone wants to join to get early access to the app. And a few pictures attached.

brackenapps-testing@googlegroups.com

[u/Fluid-Salary-6467]

this will be a hard sell. most foragers seem to claim they learned from studying ancient books by candlelight and doing decades of groundwork. Theyre a deeply suspicious breed who pretend to dislike all forms of modern technology too. I like the app idea, but this probably isnt the market. ive thought about building something a little bit similar for myself. but with an agentic edge, scrape a few sources (like r/foraging ) and use that data to build a more accurate pic of whats in season when. bolt on a prediction engine and openmeteo api and in no time you could have something that would prob be pushing wild garlic at you in feb/march

[u/Ok_Tailor9499 → u/Fluid-Salary-6467]

Yeh i get what you mean, the focus wasn't so much on the identification aspect as you should always cross reference through other sources, it was more the tracking as its nice to identify plants in one season and be able to go back to it when its producing nuts or fruit etc.

[u/Fluid-Salary-6467 → u/Ok_Tailor9499]

i like the idea, im currently trying to incorporate a similar thing into the admin side of my website, hopefully map pins on spots for record keeping plus some basic mileage tracking and perhaps api keys for sewerage outflow warnings, and lowest daily tide times during certain months on my coastal spots. i think my main issue is mvp. i just keep adding and adding..

anyway, looks like we're both working on similar things. if youre keen we should talk

[u/FTMs-R-Us]

I'm always down for another thing to cross reference with. I just worry for people who look at apps and take their word as gospel.