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A Virtual Hangout App to Talk and Do Things Together Online.

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Listed by yasin,

YChat turns solo browsing into a shared experience, letting people chat, browse, shop, plan, and explore the internet together in real time.

What the builder wants tested

Test the complete YChat experience, from onboarding to starting a Hangout and exploring websites, files, and media together. Check all features for bugs, performance issues, and usability issues. Share honest feedback on what works well, what feels confusing, and what needs improvement.

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This app is made and run by its builder, not by TestMyBuild. We tried it once before listing it, which is not a check that it is safe, keeps working or handles your data well. Use your own judgement.

How to test this app

  1. Open the app and sign up with your real email. Start the free trial if there is one.
  2. Use it the way you would use it for real, for at least a day.
  3. Come back here. Post a screenshot of your signup and what you honestly think. One post per app, worth the listing's bounty when approved.

Feedback

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janTested on iOS

Alright, starting from the very beginning, step by step. I'll leave an App Store review too once I'm done testing.

You asked me to test the complete YChat experience, from onboarding to starting a Hangout and exploring websites, files and media together. Short version: the onboarding works, but I couldn't get to a Hangout because there's nobody to start one with. That's the most important point in this review.

App Store listing
Clearly ASO-optimized: shop together, watch party, study together, live chat rooms, and more. The screenshots explain the app well.
My one note: pick one purpose. Right now it reads as "a social app that does everything." What's your gimmick? Instagram has lots of features now, but its gimmick has always been pictures. If shopping together is your main thing, lead with it.
Tip: look at what Discord does for community and discovery.

Onboarding screens
Visually very pleasing, like the whole app. But ask yourself on every screen: do I really need to show this?

  • "Stop scrolling alone", "Start in one tab", "Do things together": I already downloaded the app, so I know what it does. Show me how it works with real app screenshots.
  • Put Get Started on the first screen, not only the last. Every extra screen is a chance to leave.

Sign-up & OTP

  • The country code defaults to India. Mine isn't Indian. Detect it by location.
  • "Check your WhatsApp or text": which one? Pick one.
  • Bug: I can't paste the OTP, and iPhone autofill doesn't work either. Real friction point.
  • Asking for a phone number first is fine. People know it from WhatsApp: do what people are used to.

Profile fields
Last name and email are optional. If you don't need them, why show them? They clutter the flow.

Notifications
👍 Good. You explain why you need them. That's how it should be done.

Home screen
"Start a chat" / "Create group" is clear, but it doesn't work as the main CTA yet because none of my friends are on YChat.
Messaging is a brutal industry: if my friends aren't there, I won't use it. Getting someone to use your app is hard; getting them to invite friends is ten times harder. Nobody will make your app fun or useful for you. They expect you to do that.

  • Start new users in Explore, not Chats. Let them do something first.
  • Get them excited about the features without needing anyone else.
  • Prompt invites when their excitement is highest, not on arrival.

Public Hangouts & "Coming Soon"
I couldn't use any public hangouts and had no idea what they were. Major flaw: new users need something to do right away.
Coming Soon asks "Would you pay for this?". Don't. People will say "maybe" or "yes," but the only honest answer comes when they actually have to pay.

Biggest blocker: growth & community 🚨
Top priority. I can't continue testing because I have no one to hang out with, and I won't invite my friends just to test an app. Other testers won't either. Not meant in a lazy or offensive way, but random users will be 100x more critical than the testers here, so let's prepare you for that.

Honestly, your priorities are reversed. YChat is 90% features, 10% growth machine. The features look great, work well and convince me, but there's no prompt to share my QR, no "post this to your Instagram story," no shareable material, just a basic invite. Flip it: 90% growth machine, 10% features. You have a social app but your app's social part is the least apparent of the whole thing. You need to focus on that if you want to grow, user profiles, public profiles, connecting, sharing, it needs to be more social, otherwise you depend on other people to make it social.

What I'd do:

  • Give every user a shareable link / username, not only phone contacts. That's too limited.
  • The QR code is hidden in Settings. Make it easier to find.
  • Share your own link/QR in your TestMyBuild listing and hang out with testers yourself. That's your onboarding and your community. Show people around, don't overdo it, just interact with them.

Your app looks super cool and I'm excited to use it beyond testing. But getting people to use it beyond signing up depends on them inviting contacts, which you can't count on. You need to build the growth machine. Makes sense?

Next step
My QR code is in the screenshot, so please add me as a contact. Then I'll test shop, watch and browse together (they look really cool) and give you feedback on those too.

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