Picky Pint
Consumer and social
beer menu scanner
SHOW HN2014
134points
45comments
#195of 2,272 in 2014
Top 9%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
10 positive, 18 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 3 critical, out of 36 comments about the project. Thread score +0.17.
Idea: 3 for, 0 againstDesign: 3 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Fast search and clean, complete design
From 3 comments
Pretty cool idea. I don't have a beer menu here to test with, but the search is very fast. One critique: your website doesn't explain the difference between Free and Pro. I had…
joshyeager on HNBravo! The site is beautiful and unusually complete. You've put in a lot of thought and work, and it shows. The press release for today was a nice touch. It's great to see the…
jcr on HNNice! This even sorts by bitterness and rating. It can even filter based on personal bitterness preferences.
pierreski on HN
Good idea that fills a gap for ABV and beer lists
From 2 comments
You've got to be kidding me - 5 days ago I was looking at a long beer list from random brewers at Porter Ale House in Austin and thought of this exact same idea. The rise of…
josephjrobison on HNI shall download forthwith! I look forward to being able to sort by IBU and screen out anything below whatever my current threshold happens to be (runs between 40 and 80,…
PeterWhittaker on HN
Objections
Slow photo scanning and poor recognition
From 3 comments
I don't have a menu handy, so I tried taking a picture of the example on your website on my monitor. The first time, it said the picture wasn't clear enough, but the second time,…
organsnyder on HNMy experience is similar on a Galaxy S4. The extremely long processing time lead me to believe it had locked up or was otherwise doing nothing. Also, it managed to find a beer…
lost_name on HNSo this looked really great and I'm sure it will be. I realize that there are a lot of barcodes, but I happened to see this thread while at Costco. I downloaded the app while…
steakejjs on HN
Website did not explain Free vs Pro difference
From 2 comments
Bravo! The site is beautiful and unusually complete. You've put in a lot of thought and work, and it shows. The press release for today was a nice touch. It's great to see the…
jcr on HNPretty cool idea. I don't have a beer menu here to test with, but the search is very fast. One critique: your website doesn't explain the difference between Free and Pro. I had…
joshyeager on HN
Unclear privacy policy and possible ad tracking
From 2 comments
I was not able to find your privacy policy. Are you tracking what beers I'm looking up? Where I am? How long I spend drinking? Are you serving ads generally or are they somehow…
deltaecho1338 on HNVery cool! This is like the beer version of WineGlass (http://wineglassapp.com/)! They managed to get ratings from CellarTracker via private access to their API (like Beer…
jsm386 on HN
Requests
Integration with Untappd or BeerAdvocate ratings
From 3 comments
Do you integrate with Beer Advocate or Untappd for your ratings? Great idea, good luck!
brettkc on HNBA doesn't provide an API, and they regularly go after scraper-style "API" implementations that pop up. http://www.beeradvocate.com/contact/ Also, +1 for Untappd integration.…
pettazz on HNFor me, Beeradvocate integration would be a huge improvement over Ratebeer.
triplenineteen on HN
Show ABV on the main list
From 1 comment
I'd love to see ABV on the main list (instead of having to go to that beer's individual page). When I'm scanning through a menu, that's one of the primary things I look at.
dfan on HN
Windows Phone version
From 1 comment
What are your thoughts on rolling this out to Windows Phone? A lot of us are stuck (or choose to be) on the platform.
_nickwhite on HN
Questions
Where ratings data comes from
From 1 comment
Bravo! The site is beautiful and unusually complete. You've put in a lot of thought and work, and it shows. The press release for today was a nice touch. It's great to see the…
jcr on HN
Which OCR library is used
From 2 comments
What are you using for OCR?
adamio on HNWhat library/API did you use for OCR?
amit_m on HN
Alternatives named
SipSnapp
From 2 comments
Cool! would be nice if I could select a photo I have already taken from inside the app. http://www.sipsnapp.com/ has this feature and I use it.
strick on HNSimilar to SipSnapp [1]. The UI looks much better, though. [1] http://www.sipsnapp.com/
fuzionmonkey on HN
WineGlass
From 1 comment
Very cool! This is like the beer version of WineGlass (http://wineglassapp.com/)! They managed to get ratings from CellarTracker via private access to their API (like Beer…
jsm386 on HN
Untappd
From 1 comment
Nice job & congratulations on shipping! Some brief feedback before I start field testing :-) this... - Would love the ability to save a collection of favorites, maybe add folders…
yarri on HN
Pintly
From 1 comment
Pretty cool idea. I don't have a beer menu here to test with, but the search is very fast. One critique: your website doesn't explain the difference between Free and Pro. I had…
joshyeager on HN