A new TFF app

[Clive]

We have an option of creating a new TFF app - the current Tapatalk app is no longer available (although some are still using it legacy when you change phone or need to update it will die) we never had any control over eth tapatalk app so could not support or fix issues reported which was frustrating and we have concerns pushing our members to a 3rd party re data and account security

We know a lot of people want a replacement and have got what we think maybe a really good solution BUT we can not afford to do it for free

So the question is if we got a new app sorted would you be willing to pay a small amount for it ? if so how much is reasonable do you think?


@Derrick Hughes I know this is a subject close to your heart ? what do you think ?

 

[Johnnyboxer]

99p

I am using TT still and works fine

 

[Clive]

99p

I am using TT still and works fine

TT will die eventually so without replacement it will be browser only

I also do not trust tapatalk with user data and security, there are a lot of bad things said about them online , its not a app i would use personal

 

[mo!]

I'd give a fiver as long as it looks nothing like the website. Look at what makes the tapatalk work and leave off all the "features" that clutter up the website.

*Anything* gets in the way of content should be binned.

 

[Wombat]

I like the app as I find it easier to login and out make a post, upload photos etc so a couple of quid would be fine for me.

 

[Andrew]

Haven't used TT for years, works ok on Safari on iPhone so not sure I'd pay for anything else. Just fix the photo zoom issue on Safari and it'd be perfect

 

[24/7 farming]

Pretty much what mo! said above. I'd pay a fiver, but not if it ran the same as the website (maybe a 7 day free trial to make sure users liked it before having to pay).
I cannot fathom the website using a browser on the phone, I nearly always use the 'new posts' option to view threads, so for example I scroll through and find 'today at work', I open it catch up on the 5 pages I've missed, then i want to go back and find another thread, if I use the back button i hav go back through the 5 pages I've just read, to avoid that I have to scroll back to the top of the last page I've read open the menu and hit the new posts link again, which brings me back to the start of all the new posts and then have to scroll down again to where I was!
On the app, when I've read today at work, whatever number of pages, and hit the back button once it takes me out of the thread back the the new posts list at the point I left it!
I do use the website on the laptop and its spot on with a keyboard and mouse to steer with, just doesn't work right on a phone size screen, the website shows too much info for a phone size screen

 

[Chris F]

I'd give a fiver as long as it looks nothing like the website. Look at what makes the tapatalk work and leave off all the "features" that clutter up the website.

*Anything* gets in the way of content should be binned.

That’s the plan. It’s a chat app. Nothing else.

Things like Farm Compare or classified’s would need to be by a browser. If you wanted classified’s, that would eventually be another app and so on. The TFF app would be designed simply to be able to chat and run faster than the website version.

 

[Clive]

Good feedback- we will continue to look if this is viable

had a demo of something similar to what we want to fo last week and it was really neat / simple

 

[Mc115reed]

Still using the. App here id probably pay a fiver for it ... when the app stops working though I’ll probs stop using it Iv used the browser on my iPad in the past and don’t like the layout

 

[Clive]

Doing some more work on this and looking at a subscription model for the app to make it viable

it would costs something like 99p per month but be free to download


Still needs a lot of users at that but willing to give it ago if enough interest

Much as I understand reluctance to pay the web browser always provides a free option and 99p a month is a lot less that Farmers Weekly at £3.50 a week ........ which do you spend more time reading / which is more useful ?

feedback please ? Will need to make a decision soon on this

 

[mo!]

Doing some more work on this and looking at a subscription model for the app to make it viable

it would costs something like 99p per month but be free to download


Still needs a lot of users at that but willing to give it ago if enough interest

Much as I understand reluctance to pay the web browser always provides a free option and 99p a month is a lot less that Farmers Weekly at £3.50 a week ........ which do you spend more time reading / which is more useful ?

feedback please ? Will need to make a decision soon on this

99p with no ads?

 

[Clive]

99p with no ads?

not sure but probably not as app space is limited to do it well


there is already a TFF add free option that a few members subscribe to but not many which makes me think most are noty all that bothered by the adds that do fund the sites existence

https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?account/upgrades

 

[Johnnyboxer]

99p with no ads?

Good [emoji18] idea

Farmers don’t like spending much and love a bargain more

 

[Clive]

I guess we could maybe do x2 options at different sub rates - one with ads and one without ? Users choose ?

 

[Chris F]

I guess we could maybe do x2 options at different sub rates - one with ads and one without ? Users choose ?

That's a good idea, so Adfree option that already exists includes the use of the App use as well. App with Adverts is a quarter of the price.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

We have an option of creating a new TFF app - the current Tapatalk app is no longer available (although some are still using it legacy when you change phone or need to update it will die) we never had any control over eth tapatalk app so could not support or fix issues reported which was frustrating and we have concerns pushing our members to a 3rd party re data and account security

We know a lot of people want a replacement and have got what we think maybe a really good solution BUT we can not afford to do it for free

So the question is if we got a new app sorted would you be willing to pay a small amount for it ? if so how much is reasonable do you think?


@Derrick Hughes I know this is a subject close to your heart ? what do you think ?

And Idea why neither app is working tonight, have you chucked a stick of Dynamite through the door ?

 

[Derrick Hughes]

I've got Taptalk back by reloading it but looks like my other ones has gone

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Why does it take so long for averts to come on in classified . Has he in charge lost his starting handle @Clive

 

[br jones]

why ,the desktop version works fine on the phone ?personally dont bother much with apps as the main sites are better