Hi guys,
Dan and his team at Duke's Center for Advanced Hindsight are bringing you his newest app: Pocket Ariely. The app's goal is to help people make better decisions in life. In order to do that, we have created a curated library of Dan's most relevant work in Behavioral Economics and categorized the content into "areas of life" for easier consumption.
Even though the app is not free, all profits will go back to the Center for Advanced Hindsight to fuel research that is helping advance the field of BE and decision making. We know that the app is not perfect, but we are working on providing users with a decent UX/UI, even though we only have a small team working on the app (this is a bootstrapped effort after all).
Please feel free to share your comments and we will diligently work on taking care of what's important to ensure users love the app!
Team Ariely
@enael Downloaded the app. It's asking me to commit to paying before I've even tried using it / know what it really does. Unless I've misunderstood something, I think you should at least give people a bit more of a taste before asking this.
@charlieslife Hi Charlie. The app give a 1-month free trial, so you're not charged anything until the month has expired. This way, you have a chance to use it and decide whether you want to donate to Dan's Center for Advanced Hindsight.
@enael Thanks Enael - but as I'm unlikely to remember to cancel this if I don't want to pay in a month, it makes me hesitant about going through with it. If there was some kind of onboarding sequence or explanation video before I'd be much more likely. I might not represent every user here tbf, but it was just a bit jolting seeing this screen before I even really know what the app does.
@charlieslife I definitely agree that an onboarding that furthers the explanation would be very useful. We will take that into account for future builds and updates.
@maury_rubin Hi Maury, we're working on that, but at the moment we focused on core features. Having a very small team, we have to be very critical of the tasks we can tackle and prioritize them accordingly. However, it is definitely in the plans!
"It is common practice to subscribe to an app and have a free trial, once it expires then you're charged the fee." I'm sorry but this just isn't true. I try new apps and sites all the time, pretty much every day. I can't remember the last time I was asked to submit CC details upfront. It's the oldest trick in the book: "get the card details and hope they forget to cancel". It's an immediate blocker to almost everyone these days. The feedback here is solid. You got it wrong.
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