Android Question Not a programming question. App usefulness

[Shivito1]

Subreader (app name) reads subtitles aloud.

I placed my app on the play store back in may. Since then it has had 92 installs and 80 uninstalls by unique user accounts. The most confusing part is there are no reviews that give insight as to why they no longer want the app.

In short I'm requesting that someone take a look at Subreader and give me some feed back. Maybe its not intuitive or something.

The .apk is to large so I'll just provide a direct link to the app store. Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.subreaderFree

 

[Shivito1]

Any input would be appreciated

 

[Didier9]

I looked at the description and while I do not believe I have use for the app, I installed it anyways.
The summary of what it does on the App Store is pretty clear so I thought I could try it for the purpose of giving you feedback.
It was a very frustrating experience and I am not sure where to start.
Navigation is non standard. In fact, I could not leave the app, I had to close it from the task manager. I suggest you use the normal menus, everyone is familiar with that, and give an "exit" choice at the bottom, or trap the back button.
I do not know where to get the srt files from. Some guidance would help. Once one downloads the srt files, where should they be located? (Which folder?)
How do you synchronize the text to the movie? There is a drop down list with numbers and "slower" at the bottom. What do the numbers correspond to? I suspect they adjust the speed but on my phone, clicking on any of these choices made no difference in the speed.
There are buttons at the top of the screen. They are so small that only a small portion of two letters are displayed, impossible to tell what they do. If this app is designed for a tablet only, please say so.

Honestly this needs work. It may work for you but ask someone near you with no prior experience to install it and use it so that you can see for yourself the difficulties a normal user would experience.

 

[Shivito1]

I looked at the description and while I do not believe I have use for the app, I installed it anyways.
The summary of what it does on the App Store is pretty clear so I thought I could try it for the purpose of giving you feedback.
It was a very frustrating experience and I am not sure where to start.
Navigation is non standard. In fact, I could not leave the app, I had to close it from the task manager. I suggest you use the normal menus, everyone is familiar with that, and give an "exit" choice at the bottom, or trap the back button.
I do not know where to get the srt files from. Some guidance would help. Once one downloads the srt files, where should they be located? (Which folder?)
How do you synchronize the text to the movie? There is a drop down list with numbers and "slower" at the bottom. What do the numbers correspond to? I suspect they adjust the speed but on my phone, clicking on any of these choices made no difference in the speed.
There are buttons at the top of the screen. They are so small that only a small portion of two letters are displayed, impossible to tell what they do. If this app is designed for a tablet only, please say so.

Honestly this needs work. It may work for you but ask someone near you with no prior experience to install it and use it so that you can see for yourself the difficulties a normal user would experience.

Okay, Thanks for the feedback. My main device is a tablet so perhaps that is why the size does not show properly. The numbers correspond to the way the app handles areas in the .srt where it needs to increase the speed. So as to avoid getting cutoff mid sentence. I will work on it some more and hopefully I can turn this ship around.

 

[Shivito1]

I looked at the description and while I do not believe I have use for the app, I installed it anyways.
The summary of what it does on the App Store is pretty clear so I thought I could try it for the purpose of giving you feedback.
It was a very frustrating experience and I am not sure where to start.
Navigation is non standard. In fact, I could not leave the app, I had to close it from the task manager. I suggest you use the normal menus, everyone is familiar with that, and give an "exit" choice at the bottom, or trap the back button.
I do not know where to get the srt files from. Some guidance would help. Once one downloads the srt files, where should they be located? (Which folder?)
How do you synchronize the text to the movie? There is a drop down list with numbers and "slower" at the bottom. What do the numbers correspond to? I suspect they adjust the speed but on my phone, clicking on any of these choices made no difference in the speed.
There are buttons at the top of the screen. They are so small that only a small portion of two letters are displayed, impossible to tell what they do. If this app is designed for a tablet only, please say so.

Honestly this needs work. It may work for you but ask someone near you with no prior experience to install it and use it so that you can see for yourself the difficulties a normal user would experience.

I fixed the items you pointed out. This was very helpful!
I got my hands on an android Phone and realized that I should not be using %x %y for all of my values. In any case Thank you so much for your input.

 

[Didier9]

I fixed the items you pointed out. This was very helpful!
I got my hands on an android Phone and realized that I should not be using %x %y for all of my values. In any case Thank you so much for your input.

You are welcome. Tell me when it's updated on the play store, I'll give it a second try.

 

[ivan.tellez]

Some ideas:
-Icon is confusing, Its the word SUB? Or what S.U.B. stands for?
-Paid version has the same screenshots than the free one (ADs) Whats the difference?
-Use more screenshots (whitout B4A bridge and USB debug in them)
-Get rid of the paid version and integrate the PRO features as in app purchase.
-Don´t use translation software, at least, the spanish description is nonsense.

 

[Shivito1]

Some ideas:
-Icon is confusing, Its the word SUB? Or what S.U.B. stands for?
-Paid version has the same screenshots than the free one (ADs) Whats the difference?
-Use more screenshots (whitout B4A bridge and USB debug in them)
-Get rid of the paid version and integrate the PRO features as in app purchase.
-Don´t use translation software, at least, the spanish description is nonsense.

Thanks for the feedback the SUB is just short for Subtitle. When I figure out how to use in-app purchase I will.
I guess I need to find a Spanish speaking individual to help me with the description. lol Thanks!

 

[Shivito1]

You are welcome. Tell me when it's updated on the play store, I'll give it a second try.

Update is live! Of course I'm currently thinking about Using an action bar. However I have addressed the concerns you raised.
Thanks again.

 

[Multiverse app]

Add an "Add feedback" button to the app. And most importantly, Materialize the app.
I don't know why developers do not follow Google's Material design's guidelines. Your app has the functionality part, now just work to make the app "less ugly", no offense.

 

[Shivito1]

Add an "Add feedback" button to the app. And most importantly, Materialize the app.
I don't know why developers do not follow Google's Material design's guidelines. Your app has the functionality part, now just work to make the app "less ugly", no offense.

None taken. I would love to make my app more appealing. I'll look up Google's Material design's guide.