Mobile App Dev - App Brainstorming
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## Favorite Existing Apps - List
**1.-Instagram**
2.-Snapchat
**3.-Spotify**
4.-Twitter
5.-Tinder
6.-Whatsapp
**7.-Youtube**
8.-Discord
9.-Facebook
10.-Reddit
11.-Tiktok

## Favorite Existing Apps - Categorize and Evaluate
### Instagram
- **Category:** Photo & Video / Social
- **Mobile:** Website is view only, uses camera, mobile first experience.
- **Story:** Allows users to share their lives in pictures and enhance their content with filters
- **Market:** Anyone that takes pictures could enjoy this app. Ability to follow and hashtag based on interests and categories allows users with unique interests to engage with relevant content.
- **Habit:** Users can post throughout the day many times. Features like "Stories" encourage more candid posting as well. Users can explore endless pictures in any category imaginable whenever they want. Very habbit forming!
- **Scope:** Instagram started out extremely narrow focused, just posting pics and viewing feeds. Has expanded to a somewhat larger scope including "Instagram Stories" (a la SnapChat) and messenger features.

### Spotify
- **Category:** Music / Social
- **Mobile:** Search any kind of music, playlist, podcast or download to phone to use offline
- **Market:** Anyone that likes music could enjoy this app. Ability to follow and see statistics on interests and categories allows users with unique interests to share the content their listen to.
- **Habit:** Users can listen music throughout the day. Users can explore endless songs in any category whenever they want.
- **Scope:** Spotify started out as an app to listen music. Has expanded to a somewhat larger scope including seeing what other users are listening to, see yearly statistics and download songs so you can listen music even when you aren't connected to internet.

### YouTube
- **Category:** Entertainment / Social
- **Mobile:** Search and share any kind of video or music
- **Story:** Allows users to share their lives in pictures and enhance their content with filters
- **Market:** Anyone that make or record video could share it or simply watch any videos. Ability to follow based on interests and categories allows users with unique interests to engage with relevant content.
- **Habit:** Easy to binge videos, especially food.
- **Scope:** YouTube started out video version of an online dating service. Now has expanded to be even monetizable and a useful way to make a living for.

## New App Ideas - List
### Daniel's list
1.- What part of the car is broken
* The app will listen the sound that car makes and will try to tell you what part of is broken. Helps the user to find what is the problem, even if you don't know anything about your car.

2.- Pet's tinder
* In this app you will find a partner for your pet. Sometimes the people are very fussy trying to reproduce, so, you now can find the perfect match for your pet.

3.- Timezone comparison
* Select your actual timezone and someone else to now the right time and see the differences.

4.- Adopt here!
* You can share the newborns of your pet to someone can adopt them. It's a social media because you will can share pictures, videos and reply to. It's not a market, so you don't need a credit/debit card.

5.- Watch a movie with a random people
* You can watch a movie with someone else (random) from anywhere. You only can write but you can add to your friends list and chat. In this app you can see public movies, so, anyone can join it but if someone is bothering you, it's possible to block it.

6.- Everyday it's a new random survey
* It's like a BuzzFeed tests but much better. Everyday you will receive a new survey that will tell you some random fact or try to tell you if you are or not like some famous or what kind of food or beverage you are. The posibilities are infinity.

7.- My horoscopes daily
* This app will try to tell you your fortune based on your solar, moon, ascendent horoscope. Maybe can write to someone similar to your horoscope.

8.- Best outfit
* You will add two or three outfits and the app will tell you which you should suit up! This app is the best when you don't know which outfit use.

9.- Personal courses
* In this app you will find people can help you with your homework or some regularization of something. The instructors will set a price first before to met the student, so, there will no money confusion.

10.- Newest meme
* In this app you will see the newest and more popular meme nowadays.

### Shannon's list
11.- College Roommate Finder
* can create profile with info like personality type, major, ECs, like/dislikes, also budget for rent, ML for recommended compatability

12.- Vacation itinerary planner
* Input the dates of your trip and a list of locations/activities that you want to visit/do, uses an algorithm to create daily itineraries to organize those activities to optimize distance and also weather (i.e. checks weather reports and puts indoor activities on the days with bad weather), can also recommend additional things to do based off of input

13.- Social media/q&a forum/matching service for new dog owners
* consolidated platform for people to post about their puppies and also ask questions/give advice for taking care of a new dog, matching service based on location and temperament for puppy playdates

14.- Social media app for fitness and health people
* platform for users to follow and share their fitness and diet plans, can customize based off of fitness goals/calories to see other users in the same boat as you, can also create private sharing to share only with friends, (kind of like a social myfitnesspal), allows other users to see your progress and give recommendations/reactions to increase motivation

15.- Most insta-worthy locations to visit
* uses a map layout to shows places that are the most viral, uses data from instagram and its location tagging

16.- App that helps you pack

17.- App that helps you plan hangouts with your friends
* app syncs with each users calendars and when you want to plan something with other users, it analyzes all the schedules to find optimal times to hang out and also recommends activities

18.- Social media for friends to share their recent books/movie lists and for movie recommendations

19.- Building identifier
* takes a picture of a building and it sorts through a database of building pics and compares it to them through like CV and names it

20.- Uber for last minute tutors
* interactive map for closest locations and availability, includes info for each tutor and student such as areas of specialty and problem they need help with

### Erick's list
21.Spirit Match
* Get matched with people whom you share spiritual perspectives with. Either you believe in horoscopes or personality types, everyone can find their Spirit Match!

22.Poisonous Herbs Identifier
* Take a photo and share it so everyone in the world can help you identify it's characteristics. It may be deadly tho.

23.Favorite Pizza Place Map Creator
* Mark on your personal map your favorite pizza places so you can share them with others. Write your personal reviews and share photos of your visits.

24.Parties Info Sharing
* If you want to ensure people come to your event, just post it! Everyone in a certain km radius with a certain designed creteria by you will be able to see it and assist if they want to!

25.Personal Recipes Sharing App-
* Share your family's recipes with the world, personalize photos, instructions or even put a brief description of what this recipe means to you, while having all of it recorded in your account for a later consult!

26.Travel Schedule Helper
* Assign times, dates, tickets and places to visit with this helper. Be able to share your schedule with your entire family or friends when traveling in group.

27.Promos and Discounts Info Sharing?-
* Just saw an amazing discount on baby towels while doing your weekly shopping at walmart? Post it! Now everyone in your country can make use of said promo and praise you for your service. You could manage your coupons too, and write your shopping list with photos if you want to.

28.Excercise Routines Social App?
* Share those shredding routines your instructor just gave you last week with your friends and dare them to complete them themselves! You can also record videos of you guys doing said routines just to be sure!

29.Therapists Reviews & Experiences App-
* Find and post reviews on therapists in your area so you don't waste time (and money) on those who don't deserve it. See if they are queer-friendly, depression oriented or use hypnosis on their consults, jeez you could even add a picture of you crying just to show how great your therapist is!

30.Spare Parts e-commerce App
* Having an old mic you no longer use? Share the model and some pics so other people can get in contact with you and acquire them if needed. It's a win-win!

### Mindy's list
31. Create an art ref board - creates a moodboard based on keywords and/or a photo ref example, like a "recommendation" page but on steroids
32. promoting a healthy lifestyle - similar to that studying app that grows plants
33. handwritten notes uploader - learns your handwriting, and then turns photos of your notes into files where the words can be searched
34. curates a music playlist based on books you've read
35. recommends shops based on keywords and past purchases
36. app for better posture - uses photos and keywords to tell you how terrible you are
37. art app like procreate / fresco
38. reference board app to store photos
39. see size now - project objects into real space using the phone and camera
40. solve a puzzle - using a photo of the finished puzzle and current puzzle, take a photo of the puzzle piece you're stuck on to find possible locations to place it

## Top 5 New App Ideas
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* **Adopt here!**
* You can share the newborns of your pet to someone can adopt them. It's a social media because you will can share pictures, videos and reply to. It's not a market, so you don't need a credit/debit card.
* **Handwritten notes uploader**
* Learns your handwriting, and then turns photos of your notes into files where the words can be searched
* **Therapists reviews app**

## New App Ideas - Evaluate and Categorize
1. Student Behavior Tracker
- **Description**: Allows teachers, students and parents to stay up to date with student behavior in real time. Teachers can acknowledge positive student behavior when it happens, students can receive instant positive reinforcement and parents can be more tuned in to how their child is doing at school.
- **Category:** Social Networking
- **Mobile:** Mobile is essential for the instant logging of student behavior. Students use the app to purchase goods from the student store and other rewards. The camera is used to share images with parents.
- **Story:** Creates a team between student, parent and teacher. Allows good behavior to not go unnoticed and for students to get rewards and positive reinforcement from teachers, parents and peers
- **Market:** Any school district or individual classroom teacher of any grade could utilize this app. District wide licensing and custom features could be used for monetization.
- **Habit:** Teachers are using this constantly throughout the school day. Students are using the app daily to check their performance and cash in on rewards.
- **Scope:** V1 would allow teachers to access a roster of students and input behavior logs. Could actually be tested by a real teacher with a class of students. V2 would incorporate a student facing version for students to see their performance. V3 would add a way for students to earn and obtain rewards for goals met. V4 would incorporate a parent facing version.