If you're asking a friend for a last minute favour I think it's only good manners to at least bother to phone them about it. I also find the notion of tracking who'd done favours for whom rather awkward.<p>A favour is a personal request from a friend, I can't see this is an area that needs to be made more efficient...
I dont get this. I need a favour so I log into an app to ask for it - rather than email, call my friend?<p>Secondly - I have to pay 1.99 before even asking for a favour - I take it my friend needs the app too?<p>Hey I want a favour - can you first download this app for £1.99 and then I'm going to send you a favour request.<p>I might be missing something - I can't see how this works in the real world.
I might be alone in this, but I absolutely hate landing pages like this. Your copy is absolutely correct: it IS a bait and switch.<p>I was ready to pay for the app to try it out, and now I can't give you money? I understand the data you could gain from this is valuable, but is it really worth it? I'm not going to throw my email address to you for an app I'm mildy interested in trying, especially after that.
Nice idea but it seems strange to have this as a separate app, if I'm always forgetting about favours, I'm going to forget to load that app all the time and respond to items.<p>What about a layer that adds this to my current ecosystem (gmail todos?, RTM, twitter bot?)<p>I like the MVP of the site but I think you could do with a bit more information on how the app looks and works UI wise.<p>Good luck mate
If there's a real market for this kind of app, that's great and I hope it does well. But it's not something I would ever use. (This is intended as feedback -- think of me as the type of user you'd have to work hard to win over. Maybe it's a problem you can solve somehow.)<p>I already have several communication channels available for contacting my friends, and the cost of adding another isn't worth the slight benefit I might get from an app that targets such a specific problem.<p>In general, instead of managing accounts on 50+ apps, I've reduced most things down to a few spreadsheets and shared documents on Google Docs. It takes so much less effort and mental energy when I can just keep track of everything, however roughly, all in one place.<p>So, ask yourself, what would make Por Favor the exception to this rule?
I'm not sure I understand this correctly. After buying the app and then asking someone for a favor - now they need to plunk down for the app to view the favor? I'm not sure they are going to want to do the favor at that point.
The website looks nice (but Lobster is a little overused at the moment).<p>Your idea is good, but not great, not £1.99 great.<p>If it were free, it'd be awesome, if it was 69p I could see a very very very small niche for it but what you're asking is that me and my friends each pay you £1.99 so that we have another way of nagging each other to get tasks done.<p>Ask yourselves "what value does this bring to people?".<p>Would be cool to try it out though! Maybe you could find a way of selling 5 licences at a time or something for £1.99, so that I get one and get 4 to give to friends?
Por Favor's a to do app with a bit of a difference. Instead of you adding tasks to it, it's populated by your friends + family.<p>A lot of the time, people ask for favours and I say "Yeah sure" and forget about it instantly. With Por Favor, I can say yes when they ask me, and it'll automatically remind me when the task needs doing.