Background

Most industries have "VS" websites which compare competitors. Nothing similar exists for habit apps! We want to build the "VS" comparison tool. One goal of this is to provide earn valuable SEO ([example](- Earn Valuable SEO (example))). In order to get SEO, we'll need to include some auto-generated text.

Getting the data

Sheet

• Step 1: Fill out 5 habit apps to finalize the set of things we care about
  • Should pick ~8-10 attributes.
  • Attributes proposed (feel free to change).
    • App Date Data Pulled
    • App Rating (iOS)
    • Platforms Support (IAW) - Apple, Android Web
    • App Rating (Android)
    • Price (all features) - monthly
    • Price (all features) - annual
    • Download Price
    • Number Free Habits Supported
    • Reminders
    • Schedule Habits (Specific Days)
    • Share Same Habit With Others
    • Multiple checkins per habit
    • Habit Notes
    • Most unique feature (subjective)
  • Which, if any, attributes can be programmatically scraped?
    • App Rating, App Logo, App Description
  • Add Icon to Drive Folder, as well as a link to an external icon, if you can find it
  • Define a rating system if needed for a criteria eg.
    • 1 star = no graphs
    • 2 stars = some graphs
    • 3 stars = awesome graphs!
• Step 2: Scale it. Fill out 25 habit apps according to agreed upon schema
  • Which apps? The most used. Best source would be AppAnnie, Google Play download count or number of App Store Reviews.
    • https://21dayhero.com/top-habit-tracking-apps/

Mocks

V1:https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Z3EMPPJ1nBFxAsZcg4LQzjENm_rG2slUgsemUnp6V7k/edit#slide=id.p

Final

Version 1 (in scope)

• Given a data source of 20 habit apps generate all permutations of "VS" pages
  • Help define the important attributes
  • e.g. Habit app 1 vs Habit app 2 (and Habit app 2 vs Habit app 1)
  • Each file name should be the URL that will be presented e.g. habit-1-vs-habit-2.html
• Data source:
  • sheet / CSV
  • ~10 fields per habit
• Page content
  • Table comparing two apps, with a winner for each attribute
  • Depending on the number of attributes won, declare which app is better
  • Optional: Included Screenshot
  • Text generator (basic madlib). Habit App A does X. Habit App B does Y. Habit App A is better because it has X...

Technical Instructions