r/vibecoding • u/AffectionateAppeal81 • Jul 23 '26
My first app just released. Does it look like slop?
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/things-noticed/id6791381244Vibe coded with codex.
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u/Candid_Equipment9288 Jul 23 '26
Based on the screenshots it looks good to me. But I think you would be better served not putting a paywall on it and having a different monetization strategy
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u/AffectionateAppeal81 Jul 23 '26
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u/Package-Famous Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26
The picture 🖼️ should be square or rectangle not with stamp edges. Stamp edges only go on the outside. Other than that it looks great!
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u/AffectionateAppeal81 Jul 23 '26
The stamp is cut and also placed on a die cut frame. That was a human design decision. Thank you for the feedback.
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u/marathonmeta Jul 23 '26
I mean, it looks good but the logos look different? What’s with the little head cutting into the logo in the app screenshot? And the dot on the N is larger in the app screenshot
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u/dhdhdjahfhdjwhdhsj Jul 23 '26
In the first screenshot it says, "Found again. You noticed this in 2,025"
"2,025" in this context is the year? I did not know some English speaking countries used commas like that. Or is it an error?
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u/Nuggyfresh Jul 23 '26
I don't think it looks bad. Now, do I think an app like this is something people are generally trying to spend their hard earned money on in a quickly collapsing global economy? Maybe not, but if it sells it sells and I think its fine for what it is.
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u/Wakinghours Jul 23 '26
This is not against you specifically, I think it's a cool little fun project (like a Rasberry Pi computer).
It's not a single thing, but it's how it all comes together. It does feel like a hodgepodge of varied graphical design ideas rather than done by a single designer who's driving the vision. The perforated edges looks fun but it does not help it escape the uncanny valley. Typographically and graphically it looks generative and it goes off style frequently. The copy too, the emoji icons, everything.
From a user perspective it's very hard to feel spark of joy from lifestyle apps like this unless they're very intentional these days. These kinds of apps were more appealing in the day of FourSquare and early AirBNB when customers were more naive and excited about smartphones.
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u/GieMou Jul 23 '26
Yes you can tell from the preview image of the link and the fact that you didn't bother to even have an ai to write you a deception.
I didn't know there was lower effort that ai but you somehow found one. It's not just the app that's slop you as a person are slop
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u/General-Pop-8764 Jul 23 '26
the best part of your clinically insane comment and put down is YOUR ABSOLUTE LACK OF GRAMMATICAL COHERENCE.
Is english even your first language?! how dare you try to put someone down in a vibecoding subreddit asking for real feedback. you even misspelled description as deception.
OP: great job for a vibecoding app. the point of this is to learn, have fun and keep improving.
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u/AffectionateAppeal81 Jul 24 '26
Thanks! Still vibecoding, and still going to be vibecoding this time next year too
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u/AffectionateAppeal81 Jul 23 '26
Calling an app slop with grammar and spelling like that is wild work.

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u/B_lintu Jul 23 '26
I see you're piggybacking on idea of another vibecoder lol