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Show HN: Famigo helps families find iOS and Android apps

7 点作者 codypo超过 13 年前
As a parent, it's really hard to find good mobile content for your kids. Not only is there an issue with quantity, with over a million apps between iOS and Android, but there's also a quality issue, in that so many of these contain ads, in-app purchases, or content that's not completely kid-friendly (looking at you, fart apps). We're working on the solution to all of this at Famigo - http://www.famigo.com<p>At Famigo, we've built a system to help find and recommend great apps for families. We approach this problem in a lot of different ways: our staff reviews every app on the site, our rankings are crowd-sourced based on what parents actually find helpful, and then we throw some machine learning in there based on app trends over time. The result is that, if you want a free, educational, iOS app for a 5 year old, we've already got those identified.<p>We've learned so much from the community here at HN and would love to hear what folks have to say. The URL again is http://www.famigo.com.

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CameronHickey超过 13 年前
I've found a number of fantastic iPad apps for my 2 year old. Our favorites at the moment are the ABC series by Peapod labs. I complete agree that it is hard to find them -- in particular because Apple doesn't have a "Kids" category -- they have "Education" and "Entertainment".<p>I think Famigo is a great idea -- though it would help if you had a "How old is your child?" prompt on the homepage, instead of burying it in the "Power Search" because I could care less about great apps that aren't appropriate for my kid.<p>I also feel like the most important thing I want to see in an app is some kind of educational experience. I'm not going to give my kid the iPad just to pacify him with a game -- I wish your site presented me with a straightforward way to filter by educational value, as opposed to "free/paid" since I'm willing to pay for an app if it is well rated and educational, but won't download a free game. I know the power search gives you a checkbox for educational, but that's not the same thing. Further -- does it count as educational just because they say so?<p>Some other concerns I have with Famigo:<p>* I can't see how to rate an app on your site.<p>* If I could rate, I'd like to be able to rate by the quality of educational content i.e. does this app do a good job of teaching ABCs or Counting?<p>* I couldn't find our favorite app "ABC Music" by searching, nor could I find "Cat in the Hat" what gives?
callmeed超过 13 年前
This is very interesting. I have 4 kids, ages 3, 5, 6 and 17. Finding good iPad apps and games for the 3 youngest is HARD.<p>I'll take a closer look later today but this is definitely a pain point for me and (I'm guessing) other parents.