Petey - AI Chat 9+

Trying hard

Hey buddy. Based on your responses to reviews it sounds like you’re a one man op or close to it (I vs we in responses). Regardless, congrats on all your efforts to get it this far. I know it took you a lot of effort. Still though. You’re on the right track. One thing that many others have pointed out is the casual/ unintentional or whatever the case is - lack of clarity about the buy then not get something working. As a fellow in the space I encourage you to reconsider your strategy here. Even if you made it super clear (which isn’t the case evidently) that your app is still not going to work after purchasing it (how people think) then people all will intuitively believe that ‘hey, I just paid for something, now it will work without needing to pay openai or the dev). This is just too new for people to understand how this works. I didn’t realize what was going to happen til I opened the app either. Just think back to the last time you were peeved. Guaranteed it was a missed expectation in your opinion. Same deal here.
For me, I’m not trippin despite the purchase + surprise. People don’t read and neither did i - In case I missed any (small) print in there. I’ll prob use my key, but hopefully my words are coming across. Let me know when you get that changed and in good faith I can adjust my rating. Btw. Four is still good. Don’t beat yourself up. Unless it’s about that pricing strat decision. 🤔✌️

Developer Response ,

Hey there, and thank you for the review! You're right, i'm a solo developer and do the best I can so feedback is appreciated.

The pricing strategy is a bit of a challenge as I launched as watchOS only first I could get away with a fixed price ahead for unlimited usage of Petey (OpenAI's API costs me money) but with the introduction it got complicated as you'd use the app a whole lot more, that's why you get a month worth of free included with the price and still can use Petey on watchOS even without subscription.

It's really hard to communicate this clearly on the App Store as a lot of people don't read the notes (Maybe I could still try and add a screenshot that states this too but not sure if the App Store Review would allow that) I'd love to discuss this more so feel free to reach out to hidde@modumhq.com

Best implementation out there, UI almost there.

First of all, having now tried ALL (and I do mean all) of the GPT-powered iOS apps, Petey is by far the best. And the best deal. The ability to upgrade to GPT-4 is incredible and the straightforward nature of the design works well.

However, there are some interface hiccups that would be great to see ironed out, namely the extremely inconsistent applicability of the watch's dial to scrolling. It works about half the time. It's also unclear how to exit the settings screen, and I would love some way to change font size. The iPhone app has its own versions of the same : the Petey icon overlaps with the history icon when the keyboard is visible, making the settings inaccessible on smaller Phone screens.

But these are the complaints of a career interface designer. Petey does exactly what it promises and has totally changed how I interact with my watch.

Nice idea yet needs to fix urgent issues

Issues to fix asap: 1. Direct voice input from both the app and complication (skipping a writing prompt) 2. Click in the complication icon should immediately open a voice input (instead of multi-step process with Ask me button) Less urgent issues: 3. Ability to change a speech voice - current one is not changeable and unbearable 4. Nice looking, Apple Watch style complication icon. All current icons are plain ugly 😀 5. As already mentioned in other reviews, ability to share to Notes (and other apps like WhatsApp) One BIG feature request : to support a Browser plug-in. It’s ok if it will require a little extra payment UPDATE: I changed review to 5 stars because the developer gave quick and detailed response. GPT Watch App is more a toy now (it’s not connected to a personal GPT account so personal information is not protected and prompts are not saved for further use at laptop). But for this affordable price is a nice tool to try GPT4 (who don’t want to pay full paid subscription) and nice to have watch access

Developer Response ,

1. Not possible on watchOS
2. I've tried this but also not possible yet on watchOS
3. I'm exploring alternatives as options are limited
4. Thanks! Could you share some icons you find less ugly as examples to hidde@modumhq.com as I'm happy to provide more in the future
5. I have no control over what shows up in the share sheet on watchOS

I hope this clears things up as I would love to support most of you feedback but technically is not really possible just yet on Apple Watch