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We launched our first app,'The Gentlemen's Alarm Clock', not doing so hot

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We launched our first app, 'The Gentlemen's Alarm Clock' and it is not doing so hot. The app is an alarm clock featuring sexy women's voices engineered in a way to make waking up a bit more pleasant.<p>We have poured thousands into Facebook ads(pay per install) and it just isn't bringing in more money than we spend. We recently switched from free to 99 cents on iOS and our profit margin did not improve. The app is still free on Android due to their policies. I've reached out to about ~50 online magazines and blogs trying to get featured but the best I got baack was an email with a price quote over 10k.<p>Any insight or ideas on how we can go from red to black would be appreciated. Thanks<p>www.gentlemensalarm.com

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LOL sexism

Has it not occurred to you that no straight male who can get a date is ever going to use this? It's virtually guaranteed to annoy a gentleman's lady friend and ruin breakfast. The only market for this is adolescent boys. Maybe you could get it featured in something like Maxim magazine, but otherwise your audience is limited.

Ironically, there's probably a larger market for this sort of thing among women who would enjoy a suave male voice with an interesting accent.

>LOL sexism

>women who would enjoy a suave male voice with an interesting accent.

The irony is so thick I can spread it on my toast. Shame on you.

Well, I did say 'ironically.'

But I'm not saying that women are more predisposed to like this sort of thing than men; rather, that men are less likely to care about a woman's use of such an app than the reverse. Everyone likes accents, I think you can find some in-depth analysis on OKcupid's stats blog.

The women's version of this app exists already.

In all seriousness, I would compete with that or make it a template for celebrity apps that include voice overs, wallpapers, and what-not. The only use case I can imagine for this app is for getting a girl to break up with you.

What have your customers been saying? When I checked out your iphone app, it had one poor view.

Personally, I'd like an app that provides me with a wake-up call with stuff I'm interested in (i.e. top news, weather, etc).

Our reviews are pretty good. Check out the android page. 4.5 stars over 40 reviews

Thought you meant more like top hats and waist coats with a pocket watch from title (of hn post) , was disappointed.

'The sophisticated man alarm clock' would be fitting

Just use Sergeant Hartman's voice.

Maybe sexist application are finally going the way they should: Away.

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