Show HN: Hot Apps Nearby – Find out the most popular new apps nearby
Download on Play Store: http://bit.ly/HotAppsNearby
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Find out the most popular apps in your nearby region!
* Completely anonymous - no authentication needed
* Complete privacy
* Discover new cool apps that are hot in your region.
* Install new apps directly from Play Store
* Most Play Store apps are free to download!
* Hot Apps Nearby is also 100% Free
Hot Apps Nearby are in the following social media:
* Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hotappsnearby/
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/HotAppsNearby
And in the following discussion posts:
* XDA-Developers: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-hot-...
* Android /r/androidapps: https://www.reddit.com/r/androidapps/comments/79sdt3/dev_hot...
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how does it work ?
The app Hot Apps Nearby collects a list of installed applications on the phones that have it installed. Then, _anonymously_, it saves that information with a location and shares these with people around.
Then you know every app's popularity in phones (users) nearby - of course, users that also have Hot Apps Nearby installed.
What did you use as a backend?
I will generalize and answer about all main technologies involved:
1. Hot Apps Nearby uses Firebase as a Backend,
2. Kotlin & Android Studio 3 (Native Android App),
3. Github Pages for the landing page (http://hotappsnearby.download), tracking pixels with Facebook and events with Analytics to optimize advertising
4. Namecheap for buying the domain.
5. Adwords, Facebook Ads.