Misses the mark
The idea is interesting in theory, but there’s not much to it. For one, you’re only able to view the cases that occurred “near” you; in other words, within your state. This makes the app kind of pointless in my opinion. I live in NC and there were only 3 case locations for me to click on, even though I live near the South Carolina border and know of plenty homicides that occurred within a closer proximity to me. If there were an option for users to submit cases themselves, then that would significantly improve the app.
One thing that bothered me was the “tutorial” you cannot escape from, upon opening the app for the first time. It makes you click on a case, then “favorite” it. For starters, there are like 3 buttons on the app total so I doubt anyone needs an unskippable tutorial, but also, when I’m bombarded by the pretty well-known murder of a college student and am forced to “favorite” it, I just find that pretty insensitive as someone who has lost a family member to murder. Maybe change that?
Cool and interesting concept. But doesn’t seem well fleshed out. Perhaps it’s not an app meant to be taken seriously in the first place and was just an experiment, idk.
Response from developer
Thank you for the thoughtful feedback — this is genuinely helpful criticism! You make a great point about the onboarding experience. We’re going to make the tutorial skippable, and I also agree that asking users to “favorite” a real homicide case can come across as insensitive. Definitely going to fix the wording. You also raised a valid concern about incident coverage and location limits. Right now the database is still growing, so coverage can feel sparse depending on the area. Incident suggestions can currently be sent through the “Contact Us” section, but I agree that a dedicated user submission feature would be a much better approach and I can build that and have it on the next update. I appreciate you taking the time to write a detailed feedback. Comments like this help improve the app. So thank you!