Keen (Experimental Web App)

Area 120 by Google

About this app

Note: This is an experimental WebApp to make it easier to use staykeen.com on your phone, not a native android app (yet!). If it doesn't work for you, you can always use Keen in your web-browser by going to http://staykeen.com
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Have things you’re passionate about and want more of? Keen helps you expand your interests and connect them with other people.

Create a Keen for every interest. Simply create a title, save related web searches to get a feed with new things to explore.

Save links, add your own content, and organize your favorite things. Everything you add gets you more to explore.

Invite friends to collaborate with, share ideas and build your community.

Ratings and reviews

Potential is there but the app is actually just a link to a website. The site itself is clunky and feels like poorly designed shared folders on Google Drive. Not even close to a pinterest like experience, instead it feels like a beta version of flipboard when they launched. The app isn't very intuitive and feels archaic. Hopefully they can improve it in coming months. Unfortunately it's not currently usable/efficient or necessary. There are other, established apps that do this far better.

The Potential is there. It's actually a pretty good app for the first release. A few suggestions : The bar with the Settings, Logo, and "add Keen" button shouldn't be at the top, since people with large screen devices would have a really bad user experience. Put everything on the bottom. The UI needs more color. Its just too white. Also in the future, implement a dark theme.

Feels like a nightly version, or knowing Google, canary version of the app. Feels clunky, freezes randomly. For example, scrolling down to the picture of the woman in the homepage repeatedly freezes the app, going out to the app switcher seems to be the only way to fix it. The Web ui looks very basic, which is sure to change. There's some overlapping of texts by other elements. Overall, I want to hope this doesn't stay just as an experiment, but becomes a full-fledged rival popf Pinterest.

What's new

- Enable 'Share to Keen' action.
- Support push notifications.
- Stability improvements.