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I wanted an app that makes beautiful Spotify playlists covers. I couldn't find it, so I built it

I'd love honest feedback about something I'm working on. The more honest the better - don't hold back if you hate it! Just please tell me why.

App Link: Spotiplus
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.seventaps.spotiplus

SpotiPlus, is an easy-to-use tool dedicated to design nice looking cover arts for your Spotify playlists, tracks, albums, podcast. From Rock to Hip Hop, I've prepared a variety of ready to use styles for everyone

★ Here's what sets Spotiplus apart from other design tools

🤙 Easy to use, no design skills needed
I believe that Photoshop is an excellent design editor however it requires a huge learning curve to design a simple playlist cover. With that in mind, I tried to simplify the experience and make an easy-to-use editor that offers only the necessary tools to design the cover in no-time

🎶 Export the cover art straight to Spotify
Another issue I found with exporting the cover image, was that I need to download the image first then I had to open the Spotify desktop app to upload the new cover. I thought “wouldn’t it be nice if we could upload the cover straight to Spotify with no hustle?”, For this, I linked the Spotify API with Spotiplus in order to upload the cover with 1 simple button click

🎨 Choose from a variety of built-in templates
While playing with the editor, I found that finding the perfect background and text colors is time-consuming and requires an artistic eye. For this, I handpicked a collection of copyright-free pictures that match the Spotify vibe in addition to a cool list of the color combinations that work together well and gives good looking results.

🚀 Spotiplus is launched today, you could find it on Playstore by typing Spotiplus or use this direct link
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.seventaps.spotiplus

It would be great to get feedback on the app. 🙌

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Mobile
on October 29, 2020
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    Wow this is great! Nice idea and execution. Couple things I noticed:

    • I wanted to be able to use my own picture as a background
    • when editing text, I tried to change size and color but it didn't work unless I got out of text editing mode and clicked the box again.
    • I noticed some strange grammar:

    "Update on Spotify" sounds a little weird but maybe it's just me. "Upload to Spotify"?

    Also I edited the about section:

    With SpotiPlus you can design nice looking cover art for your Spotify playlists, tracks, albums, or podcasts... in less than 1 minute. SpotiPlus is made by people who are passionate about music, with the goal of helping other music fans organize and design better cover art for their Spotify playlists.

    Obviously I'm reaching and nitpicking here, but there wasn't anything big which is a good thing 😅. Good luck with the app!

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      Thank you very much for this constructive feedback.
      The v1.1 is under development it should be available in the coming week fixing the mentioned points.

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    Congratulations on the launch! I checked out SpotiPlus, and the concept is excellent. Designing playlist covers can be tedious, and your tool simplifies the process effectively. The built-in templates and direct Spotify upload are great features. One suggestion—consider adding more font customization options to give users greater creative flexibility. Looking forward to seeing how the app evolves.

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    Hi! I think it's a cool idea & something I didn't know you could do with Spotify (I don't use Spotify so not a target user). My first high level thought was concerning the name, it's probably fine but I thought it was very similar to "Spotify" & they may not like that in the future especially if you're using their API.

    I don't see any IAP for the app, curious what the plan would be there? Paid templates?

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      Hi,
      I just contacted Spotify to know if there is an issue with using that name and they confirmed that it's a Spotify trademark, I'll have to change it then.
      Thank you for mentioning that.

      Regarding the IAP, I don't have a clear idea, I'll keep testing till I find what's working

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        Wow ok, nice initiative checking on it. Hope you can find a new name that you like & that also can possibly help you with your app store optimization so people can easily find your app via Play Store search.

        On IAP - nice yeah I think with user feedback you can start to see trends & see areas for new features where people will pay. Best of luck!

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