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by ParanoidShroom 180 days ago
Can people spot them?

https://countrx.app/ is something I vibed in a month. Can people here tell? Sure the typical gradiënt page is something to spot, but native apps i think are harder. I would love to see app store and Google Play Store stats to see how many new apps are onboarded.

Looking at distribution channels like Google Play, they added significant harder thresholds to be able to publish an app to reduce low quality new apps. Presumably due to gen ai?

Edit: Jesus guys, the point I'm trying to make is that there are probably a lot more out there that are not visible... Im not claiming i developed the holy grail vibe coding.
6 comments
icepat 180 days ago
I can yes, the phone sample images on your landing page all render as blank screens, and image loading is not web optimized (they load slowly).

Example: https://imgur.com/a/Sh3DtmF

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ParanoidShroom 180 days ago
Thanks for the that feedback but my point is about native apps. not a landing page
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StilesCrisis 180 days ago
Works fine in Mobile Safari.
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esseph 180 days ago
Works fine on Chrome and Firefox, both web and mobile.
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pxx 180 days ago
no the point is that there should be _more_ shovelware like your app. the fact you were able to publish shovelware doesn't mean that there's a "revolution"; the number of apps published per time doesn't seem to be going up.
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sockopen 180 days ago
Half of the images on the iOS App Store have the Gemini watermark on them (and the Google Play Store link is busted). I would assume most people would think this was built with AI.
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frisia 180 days ago
Complete with AI generated reviews? Bold move for a medical app.
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bediger4000 180 days ago
Google Play store link is broken, 2025-12-14T07:40 -0700
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ParanoidShroom 180 days ago
Yeah I know is awaiting review as i mentioned in the post, the point I'm trying to make is that there are probably a bunch out there already being gen ai apps. I don't think there is a clear way to recognize them
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brazukadev 180 days ago
> Edit: Jesus guys, the point I'm trying to make is that there are probably a lot more out there that are not visible.

This is visible now and is terrible AI slop. Proved the point.

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