Dino Kids has no paywall, no ads and no in-app purchases. Our software company funds it as a community project, not a revenue line.
We assumed "free" would be the easy part. But free with no visible business model can read as a red flag: plenty of free apps make money from data or ads later, or simply disappear. If we were the parent, we'd ask "what's the catch?" too.
What we do today: a plain-language privacy page, saying openly who funds it and why, and not requiring an account at all. We honestly don't know which of these, if any, changes minds.
If you've built something free (open source, side project, community tool): what made people trust that it would stay free and stay around? And as a user, what makes you trust one?
You cancel a project management app and download your data. The spreadsheet has every task title, but the attachments are gone and the comments that explain the decisions are missing.
I m building Wookie Companion for iPhone and Android. You hatch a pet, care for it, play mini-games, and chat with it. Each pet has its own personality.
I m looking for feedback on the first session. What would make you want to come back the next day? Would it be seeing your pet react to your care, discovering a new activity, or picking up a conversation where you left off?
There are screenshots on the Wookie Companion site: https://wookieworld.uk/
Want to test Wookie Companion? Email wookieworld@pccorreia.uk with Wookie beta in the subject. Tell me whether you re on Android or iPhone. For Android, include the email address you use with Google Play so I can add you to the closed test. Please keep your email address out of public comments.
