We're a consulting startup who recently released our first iOS app to help you manage shared tabs and save some cash on those long nights out, check it out here http://drinklistapp.com/<p>I would love to hear everyone's feedback, also if anyone is interested I have a few promo codes around so you can download it for free.
As nice as it's presented, I can't imagine going on a night out with my mates and spending more time keeping an app on my phone up to date. I'd be too busy getting drunk and enjoying myself to be arsed about what drinks I had and how much they cost.<p>I'd say it was a solution in search of a problem. And the better alternative, I would say, is to not share your tab if you're a bit of a penny pincher.
Seems like something my mom or the local news would mention when talking about how phones can "do just about everything these days" but wouldn't actually get used.<p>"Well Cathy, theres even an app to keep track of your tab when your out on the town! Isn't that something John, now off to Simon for the weather"<p>That said, you are obviously talented designers - the site & the app look really nice & will definitely make a great portfolio piece.
The landing page design is gorgeous.<p>But really - would YOU ever use this app in the intended social setting?<p>The horse is getting beaten to death already, but the last thing people out drinking want to do is log their drinks in their phone.<p>If you're out drinking so much that you have to keep track of how many drinks you've had, I doubt you're going to care about being charged for an extra drink or two when you and your buddies split the bill at the end of the night.
Looks great, but agree with most points made around how folks might be perceived using this (unless in a group of finance/accountant types).<p>Maybe a slight repositioning as something 'practical' that considers responsible folks consume at different rates - have it know who is in the group, who is 'in' for each round (as folks consume at different rates), then when final bill comes in, it will do a proportional split of final tab based on who is in each round, (also potentially relative drink pricing if different costs beer/mixed/wine), and tipping suggestion for each based on a value you set (18% / 20% / ??). Then app is more friendly to the group, and benefit is you don't overpay/overtip individually or as a group when maybe not thinking clearly when you settle.<p>You could even add a game element on who's paying the round, or based on random, ongoing bets, ??
The presentation here is nice but it doesn't fit the reality of social drinking, as other commenters have noted. Long nights out involve free-flowing liquor and some give-and-take in buying rounds, sometimes eating a loss, sometimes getting many free drinks.<p>Drinking is about loosening up. The use of this app would seemingly inhibit that.
I think it's curious that at the top of the page it says "requires iOS 5" and at the bottom it says "iOS 5 ready."<p>It's a beautiful landing page, but I'm not quite sure I understand the problem.. Is this to split tabs? Or to show the bartender, "Hey, I only ordered these drinks, don't charge me for more!" The latter doesn't sound like it'd go over well. Confused.
It would probably be better served to just keep track of how many drinks you have. I would be more likely to use it if I wanted to quickly calculate calories, drinks, estimated BAC, etc. The estimated BAC could be pretty cool - it could do calculations based on weight and alcohol processing based on when you click a +1 or something.
Do you go out and drink much? Seems nice but in the night life the last thing people are going to be doing is using an app to find out the cost of the drinks, then adding them in. Understand its hard enough to get a drink in crowded bars, it may help with costs, but that person may look like a cheapass with his little app. _Hey everyone my app says I didnt drink those beers and its off 50 cents, can I have the costs again to every drink i bought to I can add them into my app..... If I didnt buy a certain drink I just tell the waiter, I didnt drink that and they take it off.