Idealist — Shopping List, Grocery List now available on the app store

I like the idea, but I can't help but think that finding an item within the other items is going to be an issue. Having an option to make text bigger, so it's easier to focus on one part of the list at a time, would be a solution.

Haven't downloaded - frankly, not sure the novelty is worth $2 as yet another shopping list, but here's my suggestions from description and screenshots:

"Sharing lists" is one thing... anybody can email or text a list to anyone else, but the truly useful lists will sync. That's why my wife and I use the one we do - because either of us can add to the list and it will sync real-time. If yours did that, you'd be onto something.

I think I know what Jessica Lares was saying - if you have a long list, is there a way to enlarge or somehow emphasize the current section you're working on? Something like a vertically scrolling dock on a mac where the icons on the doc enlarge as your mouse hovers over it.... or like cover flow in many music apps.

So when you're shopping, you can scroll up or down to the section you're in and it will be enlarged and easier to spot the items you're looking to purchase. The colors are a great idea, but I think that's what she was saying. Not sure if the implementation would be overly difficult, especially while trying to integrate the fade-to-clear check-off you utilize.

Looks like a nice concept, but the sync between users is an important feature for me. (and if each user needed the app to sync, there's two sales instead of one.... but make it 99 cents).

Good luck with your app.

If you do decide to try to integrate sync & want beta testers, let me know.

Great - I'll gladly take a promo code and give additional feedback if you'd like.

Maybe the execution of the sharing is more work than I realize - you've got to have some sort of back end support to deal with user accounts and verification to link the two. Maybe that's why there aren't that many lists that sync like that. It would certainly seem to put yours into a whole new category.

Done. Thanks again and best of luck with the app.

AbeFrohman said:

I think I know what Jessica Lares was saying - if you have a long list, is there a way to enlarge or somehow emphasize the current section you're working on? Something like a vertically scrolling dock on a mac where the icons on the doc enlarge as your mouse hovers over it.... or like cover flow in many music apps.

So when you're shopping, you can scroll up or down to the section you're in and it will be enlarged and easier to spot the items you're looking to purchase. The colors are a great idea, but I think that's what she was saying. Not sure if the implementation would be overly difficult, especially while trying to integrate the fade-to-clear check-off you utilize.

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I actually like that idea of items getting bigger as you scroll down.

I wouldn't worry about not being able to fit things on the screen. People won't care about scrolling, but they will be annoyed if they have to spend a minute trying to read the list every now and then. Most of us don't write shopping lists on notebook paper. It's mostly on something with wider lines, and something we can fold, etc.

Your app seems to have a lot of potential, I don't think there is anything alike in the App Store. Yeah, I would also make the text bigger. Did you thought about a lite version with a limited number of entries or one that is ad supported so people can try it?