Forum App; Free with Ads, or Low Cost with No Ads?

Dan · Mar 31, 2015

Planning the forum app.

It'll use the Tapatalk core system, but their unbranded version. I've paid for it for years but haven't used it yet.

We have a couple of options. It'll need to pay for itself somehow.

Please vote.

Discuss as you wish. But I'll be looking at the outcome of the poll mostly.

Andy78 · Mar 31, 2015

What's wrong with the current forum app ?

Dan · Mar 31, 2015

The way to go forward is to have our own branded one. So it has it's own app icon on phones. Rather than the shared tapatalk one.

Andy78 · Mar 31, 2015

Dan said:
The way to go forward is to have our own branded one. So it has it's own app icon on phones. Rather than the shared tapatalk one.

That's what I already have on my phone. I don't use tapatalk

Dan · Mar 31, 2015

Do you use that old one that doesn't fit the screen properly?

That's really really outdated.

Andy78 · Mar 31, 2015

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vbulletin.build_272&hl=en_GB

I use that one. It fits my screen perfectly, works fine, and I use it quite often. I think the only limitation is no ability to like or thank a post, but as a forum browser it's simple and easy to use.

Dan · Mar 31, 2015

Last updated August 2012!!

Yeah that's quite an old app now mate. We can keep that one live for a while if we have users of it.

The same Apple iOS app hasn't been available in the app store for a while now.

Generally, rather than me work on that one, which is made by vBulletin, I'd rather work on the Tapatalk one, which is the one that's most used on all our forums.

We'll also eventually be porting the forum software away from vBulletin, which isn't working on our forum version and hasn't been for some time.

We're quite outdated in general over here!

pennychew · Mar 31, 2015

How low is low cost?

walsh builders · Mar 31, 2015

I use the same app. Will the new one have likes etc?

shanky887614 · Mar 31, 2015

would rather have no ads and pay dan

Dan · Mar 31, 2015

pennychew said:
How low is low cost?

I think the lowest tier on apple's app store is 79p, so either that or the £1.29 or whatever the next tier up is. (To be honest I need to work out the costings etc)

If it's ad-supported, perhaps we try and get both working. So have a free and ad-free version. Not sure if that's possible though I'm looking into it.

walsh builders said:
I use the same app. Will the new one have likes etc?

Looking into what's possible.

Dan · Mar 31, 2015

Can people vote on the Poll that's added to the thread?

The irony: if you're using a current app you wont see the poll!!!

pennychew · Mar 31, 2015

Dan said:
I think the lowest tier on apply is 79p, so either that or the £1.29 or whatever the next tier up is. (To be honest I need to work out the costings etc)

If it's ad-supported, perhaps we try and get both working. So have a free and ad-free version. Not sure if that's possible though I'm looking into it.

Looking into what's possible.

In that case i've gone for 'low cost - no adds'

walsh builders · Mar 31, 2015

Dan said:
Can people vote on the Poll that's added to the thread?

The irony: if you're using a current app you wont see the poll!!!

What poll

I'll pay the pennys for no adverts.

IrishSpark · Mar 31, 2015

No ads. Although only a new member I be on this page a few times daily and it would suck to high heaven with ads. Even at £2-£3 it would still be worth it to have it adless!