Comments on: Chomp, iPhone Apps Discovery App – Needs To Improve Lousy Recommendations

By: Joseph

Joseph — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:30:40 +0000

Yeah, I like the social aspect of it, but I prefer the recommendations from Apptizr more.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:24 +0000

Hmmm I quite like Chomp, it's introduced me to a few apps that I'd never heard of (like 'McSweeny's' which is absolutely amazing!) but generally I just don't find it's recommendations adventurous enough. The cross button is a tad annoying too, I click it, but usually the app reappears a few refreshes later.

By: patrickj

patrickj — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:40:24 +0000

I've used both a fair bit, along with several others. I agree – it is a nuisance taking time to make up for that lack of initial import of existing installed base of apps. The fact that this is so often not done makes me wonder how much is the app developers' choice and how much is due to Apple making it difficult / impossible to gather that info.

By: sysrage

sysrage — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:31:49 +0000

In reply to patrickj.

It was probably s*x. I made a joke about it suggesting the 's*xy bikini babes' just cause you're a guy.

Anyway, my comment in shorter form:

I have both Chomp and Apptizr installed but haven't taken the time to really make use of either one. I think it would be very useful if one of these type of apps could automatically take inventory of apps you have installed and maybe even see how long you keep them installed. Would make 'teaching' these services much easier.

I had a lot more to say, but it'll have to wait for another day. 😉

By: patrickj

patrickj — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:42:42 +0000

In reply to sysrage. Ouch, sorry. There is a (pretty short) list of blacklisted words that cause immediate deletion of comments, without any intervention by me / any moderator. They include words like cas*no, black*ack, s*x, the names of several ED type products, and others. Seems unlikely you'd have had one of those in a comment, but thought I'd mention.

By: sysrage

sysrage — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:07:08 +0000

Hmmm. Well I just typed up a response to this but the second I hit submit it said this comment has been deleted by the administrator.

By: sysrage

sysrage — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:06:00 +0000

But you are male, right? Don't all men want sexy bikini girls?

Hah. I kid.. I kid.. I can completely understand your frustration. I have both Chomp and Apptizr installed, but I still haven't taken the time to actually use them. Apptizr seemed like too much work to teach it the apps I already have and which ones I like. It would be very useful if it could just automatically build a list of apps I already have installed, but I suppose Apple wouldn't allow that. The very small amount of time I spent in Chomp wasn't bad. I very much liked the 'live' reviews and I need to spend more time using it to see it in all its glory. If there are ways to 'filter' the reviews, that would be pretty powerful.