Q&F: MyAppIdea

Michael (Admin) | Sep 10, 2009 Business, Quick & Free

User rating: (1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
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Everyone and their mother has an idea for an iPhone app… trust me, I get plenty of emails from people asking how to find a developer to make their nutty ideas a reality! I may someday try to build something around those requests but if you need some creative validation right now you can give MyAppIdea a shot.

You see the irony here, right? It’s an app whose purpose is to farm new ideas for apps! Har har. All you have to do is submit your idea and wait for the public to weigh in on whether your brainchild is a flash of brilliance or a flash of utter stupidity. If Regenus picks your idea and builds it, you would get a part of the revenue. Not sure how exactly that would work, but that’s the claim being made here.

MyAppIdea is fun to browse through… some of the ideas people post can be pretty hilarious and not in a good way… but its fatal flaw is in the concept the app is built on. I mean, if you have a truly novel idea for an iPhone app, are you really going to put it out there for someone to poach? Regenus may be legit and sincere about working with you, but you’ll never know how many other iPhone developers are quietly scanning this app for their next big hit.

iTunes Link – MyAppIdea
Version 2.0
Reviewed on iPhone 3G OS3.0.1

Let the silliness commence!
Let the silliness commence!
Wow, this one is truly brilliant! What a great idea!
Wow, this one is truly brilliant! What a great idea!
Is it just me or does this post look like pre-release spam from another app already in development?
Is it just me or does this post look like pre-release spam from another app already in development?

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  • app-raiser

    I’ve submitted app ideas to this app…just the challenge of thinking up a unique app is lots of fun! And it is also lots of fun to watch it rise and fall with voting. This review points out an interesting catch-22: if you submit a great idea that rises to the top ain’t someone gonna steal it?! This is a legit concern that I have had with my ideas on this app but have concluded the following: 1) most app developers probably have their plates overflowing and really are not trolling for app ideas 2) successful apps are not always the first, they are the best, so it is OK if others prime the market with crappy versions of your idea 3) anyone that submits an idea on this app was never gonna do it themselves (like me) so ya got nothing to lose. So i view this app as a fun challenge with a potential payout down the road.