Text Me Apps

Hey guys, @timbjones and I built this project over a couple days while we are waiting for Apple to review our app. We love playing with new apps but really good ones are so hard to find. We decided to build a service to help people discover new apps by delivering one really great iOS (for now) app over SMS everyday. We deliver a GIF preview of the app so you can check it out before heading over to the app store to download. We'll be surfacing apps from a variety of genres including games. Most of the apps will be free but we're not limiting ourselves to that. We are also going to try and partner with a lot of paid apps and bring them to you free for one day via our service. Let us know what you think - we'd love some feedback from the PH community. Thanks!

@nalin Awesome work! 👍 When are you planning to launch it in other countries? And would it feature only apps? Or other cool products too?

Hey guys! Congrats on the launch! This is an awesome idea. A lightweight product hunt. I am curious how you plan on monetizing an SMS service like this? I've looked into using services like Twilio, but for someone strapped for cash it could get a little pricey. Curious about your thoughts regarding this?

Great concept, really interested in it. Not sure SMS is best delivery method, I reckon it would annoy me. How do you find good apps to feature?

I love this idea! Referring to the question above - it would be awesome if you could be open to non-US phones + promote apps that are in every App Store :)

Another addition to my Invisible Apps collection. We're releasing an update to our Product Hunt iOS app to include push notifications shortly but I've also been itching to build a dead simple app similar to this. It would send a push notification recommending one app a day that's highly upvoted by the community. It's not the most creative app and many have built something similar but combine the community + some cute branding ideas I have, I think it could be a fun and useful app to experience Product Hunt in a new way. Great work, @nalin, and nice use of GIFs as quick demos. 👏

This is really cool. A nice, lightweight way to help with app discovery. Will definitely discuss on this week's Weekly Product Roundup on upclose.me/matt