David Yo

Terms like product market fit and pivot probably come to mind when reading your post. Probably plenty of articles on these matters because it depends on a lot of factors (team size, funding, etc). I'm still pre-launch and my conviction hasn't waivered in 5 years.

I couldn't find anything in the App Store to meet my needs so I decided to build an app that could abstract privacy for the continuously connected culture.

looks like they even copied the same racial demographics represented in Houseparty's product demo

There doesn't appear to be enough unique features to make it interesting. I do like how the UX looks purpose driven and not gimmicky like Islands and some other group messaging apps that try to be hip and cool.

Uniqueness: 96 Legibility: 99 Color: 59 (it's white on black) Overall: 85

Another great bundle of features but the value add is minimal like my previous review of Picniic. These guys harass you to use their product and buy their services which is really annoying and a turnoff. All of these are basic features that should be free anyways.

Seems too task oriented and would become more of a daily annoyance than a benefit. Regardless, the UX is smooth. IMO the community management space is already too fragmented for this to gain traction since it lacks a a signature standout feature.

Village Vesl franchises their platform to local communities for a fee. It features a bulletin board system and simple geofenced notifications with their "flag tripping" mechanism which was part of their previous attempt with Flagspree