App Brainstorm - FBU (Omotara, Brad, Annalice)

5 chosen ideas

* Carbon Competition
* talks about one sustainable thing you can try to achieve in one day/week/year and has a carbon counter on the way you move throughout your day to compare to your friend and averages all over the world
* Meme sharing App
* reddit, twitter, instagram lookout, this meme sharing app lets you create and save your best memes by categories and lets you quickly search for them by keyword or theme
* All in One News
* search your national news by story/categories and YOU decide what kind of spin you want on it, whether it be left, right, or somewhere in the middle to make the best informed decisions
* AR puzzle hunt
* different puzzles are located in certain locations around the world, multiplayer race to finish them
* Activity Tinder
* if you want to do a specific activity or go to a specific event but don’t have immediate friends to do it with
* get a group together, meet people
* Have a group of friends and unsure what to do, use this app to see what activities are nearby in your area and filter by category, amount of people, and price, plus the app will get you contact info and information on how filled the event is

Apps we like to use

* Reddit
* Twitter
* Cam Scanner
* Youtube
* Dominoes
* Uber/Uber Eats
* Pokemon
* Co-Star
* .io games
* Layout (by instagram)
* Slack
* Venmo
* Flo
* Fitbit
* Lyft link
* Jetpack Joyride
* Clash
* Messanger
* Google Maps
* Alto’s Adventure
* Pokemon Go
* Google photos (sync!!)
* google translate
* Reigns
* wikipedia
* Gmail
* Monument Valley
* Quizlet
* Instagram
* Amazon Shopping
* Netflix
* Wish
* Cash App
* TikTok
* WhatsApp Messenger
* Pandora
* Walmart
* Venmo
* Bank of America
* Post-mates
* Skype
* Blue-bikes

Evaluation Protocols:

* *Mobile:* How uniquely mobile is the product experience?
* What makes your app more than a glorified website?
* Try for 2 or more of these: maps, camera, location, audio, sensors, push, real-time, etc
* *Story:* How compelling is the story around this app once completed?
* How clear is the value of this app to your audience?
* How well would your friends or peers respond to this product idea?
* *Market:* How large or unique is the market for this app?
* What's the size and scale of your potential user base?
* Does this app provide huge value to a niche group of people?
* Do you have a well-defined audience of people for this app?
* *Habit:* How habit-forming or addictive is this app?
* How frequently would an average user open and use this app?
* Does an average user just consume your app or do they create?
* *Scope:* How well-formed is the scope for this app?
* How technically challenging will it be to complete this app by the end of the program?
* Is a stripped-down version of this app still interesting to build?
* How clearly defined is the product you want to build?

Our Picks:
Jetpack Joyride:

* Mobile:
* game that can be played over and over to pass a high score
* push notifications to award player to come back to game daily/weekly
* leaderboards to allow you to compete with your friends
* microtransactions
* Story:
* value is entertainment, can be played online or offline to pass time
* friends would find it fun and competitive
* Market:
* design of characters and animations geared towards younger audience of kids but anyone can play
* preteens and teens likely to download
* gamers
* Habit:
* once a day for likely 10-20 minutes
* average user consumes app and may choose to purchase in game items
* Scope:
* 5 weeks seems like too short to make the full game, but basic game mechanics and some items can be there
* Yes, a stripped down version would still be fun since competitiveness would still be there
* the product of the game is very well defined

Flo

* Mobile:
* Push notifications to remind you to log your period
* Can link to your cell phone calendar
* Story
* Very few ovulation/menstruation apps out that have an added community aspect
* Emphasis on health
* It can also log the best times of the month to get pregnant
* Market
* Anyone who menstruates
* Many people use the app of all ages
* There’s a big broad audience from people who want to get pregnant to people who just want to keep track of (ir)regular period cycles
* Habit
* The app isn’t addictive, but it’s not meant to be?
* There’s a community aspect that one can take part in to further use the app, but most people may use it once or twice a menstruation cycle
* Average user just consumes app
* Scope
* It could definitely be completed in 5 weeks
* It would be interesting to build especially utilizing other apps built in to the phone, but making a copy of it may not be that useful
* The app has potential in terms of having the option to possibly linking the information with your doctor to talk about issues that you may have during your cycle/pregnancy

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Twitter

* Mobile
* Not completely mobile, also has a pretty good website
* can directly access gallery and camera, uses notifications fully, internal instant messaging system, can keep track of location
* Story
* built around socializing
* connects people from all different walks of life
* allows celebrities and their fans to interact
* can give regular people a huge platform
* helps causes communicate to a large audience
* character limit makes reading threads engaging and not monotonous
* young adults would respond well to this app
* Market
* pretty large market for Twitter b/c lots of famous people use it
* user base is potentially all internet users because it can help you connect to news and people
* app can provide huge value to politicians or individuals with a message to spread to a large audience
* audience isn’t super well-defined since people of all ages and backgrounds use social media
* Habit
* very easy to form a habit b/c can check app a couple times a day for news updates
* easy to spend more time than desired b/c of amount of content
* users can create and consume content on app
* Scope
* it would be almost impossible to build Twitter within 5 weeks b/c creating databases, algorithms, yikes
* stripped down version of the app that uses an api would still be interesting to build
* product is pretty clearly definedahdfs

Omotara’s ideas

* Music sharing app where you can listen to music at the same time as your friends
* A scrapbook where your friends can post pictures a shared trip together (shared gallery)
* A VR/AR app where you’re able to undergo experiences from different points of view
* AR/VR golf game
* Find by friends but for dogs that want to be pet
* An app where you’re able to stay up to date with congressional bills on the local, state, and federal level
* College Resources app for marginalized high school students
* Big Brother but like as an app game
* A coupon app
* Flixster but like including theaters in the area
* Rounding the dollar for charitable organizations
* An app that tells you which companies use fast fashion/aren’t sustainable
* An app that talks about one sustainable thing you can try to achieve in one day/week/year and has a carbon counter on the way you move throughout your day to compare to your friend and averages all over the world
* An app to teach little kids ML
* An app that forces you to make a decision of the day (The Office vs. Parks and Rec) and see hoe your friends and the rest of the world adds up

Brad’s Ideas

* Meme sharing app
* reddit, twitter, instagram lookout, this meme sharing app lets you create and save your best memes by categories and lets you quickly search for them by keyword or theme
* Netflix for foods
* tired of trying to decide where specifically to get food from using Google maps, try this app where you can browse by types or popularity to settle on a place near you, don’t worry we expect this to take a while too, now its just food and chill
* All in one News
* search your national news by story/categories and YOU decide what kind of spin you want on it, whether it be left, right, or somewhere in the middle to make the best informed decisions
* Activities Decider
* Have a group of friends and unsure what to do, use this app to see what activities are nearby in your area and filter by category, amount of people, and price, plus the app will get you contact info and information on how filled the event is
* Diet Match
* you don’t know much about dieting, don’t worry just search what you are trying to do and find the right diet for you! Want to lose 20 pounds in 5 months, there’s a plan for that, want to lose 10 pounds in a year, there’s a plan for that too, find your match today
* GeoFaker
* Do you like traveling without ever leaving your door? Get the GeoFaker app to slap your face on a photo and make it seem like you’re having the time of your life with no effort whatsoever. No photoshop skills needed, just put a picture of you on one of our pictures and you’re all set.
* Virtual Cards Against Humanity
* its exactly what it sounds like
* Better MIT Transportation app
* have constant schedules and GPS updates on where shuttles and local transit busses are
* MIT Pre-Frosh
* an app that tells the freshmen absolutely EVERYTHING that they need to know, transitioning into college is annoying so get all the information in ONE APP
* Google Docs for code editing
* enough GITTING, work together live in real time to make your product as fast as possible with as many eyes as needed, GOOD LUCK

Annalice’s ideas

* recipe suggestion app that lets you input what ingredients you currently have and generates suggestions that way
* create a profile so you can get more specific suggestions
* app version of free rice or something like that
* resource app to help homeless individuals living in cities
* map-based app that shows nearby shelters, etc.
* card choose your own adventure game like Reign but for normal life
* app for prototyping/creating fast design layouts
* AR puzzlehunt app
* different puzzles are located in certain locations around the world, multiplayer race to finish them
* competitive reading app
* compete with friends over quantity read
* kindle collab?
* can be over a specific period of time
* app for meeting people to do activities with
* if you want to do a specific activity or go to a specific event but don’t have immediate friends to do it with
* get a group together, meet people
* Collaboration app where you can get together with other freelance coders to work on projects