Cosmos: Curate your universe 17+

Needs improvement

I like the aesthetics of the app, however it needs some improvement. First of all I don’t understand why the feed doesn’t update or reload fast enough most of the times I need to wait about 24 hours for my feed to update if I drag down the screen to force it to reload it just doesn’t. This makes me close the app as soon as I get bored with the current pictures and only go back like a day after. Next, if you click on one picture of the feed you can’t close it unless you press directly on the arrow button at the top left of the screen, which I understand. However, if we take pinterest as an example I’m able to use just one hand for all of my manipulations. In other words, I suggest you make the display of the chosen image so that it can be closed by quickly dragging it down, instead of looking for the arrow. Another thing is I don’t understand how can I promote my works and gain followers. Where am I supposed to post pictures so they appear for other users? Is my feed made of other’s content or is it the selection from the developers? Can my content possibly appear on the other’s feed? Can I promote my content? Will there be comments under pictures? Any connection to other users? Now it feels kinda lonely in the app. I get the idea of pure aesthetic, but it’s super clean and soulless as of right now. I would be really happy if you could respond with some answers for my questions.
Best of luck in developing!

Developer Response ,

Thank you for this feedback—it's so helpful.

The 'Featured' tab is manually curated by our team, so this is why it doesn't always update when you reload. We're working on new features that will help with this.

If your clusters are set to public, other users can find your content through your profile or through search. To find other users on Cosmos, try tapping into an element and viewing who else has connected that element. You can do this by tapping the profile icons in the top center of the screen above the element. Engaging with others' elements and connecting them is also a good way to get more visibility in the app.

We don't currently support comments, and you can't promote your content via paid promotion. Hope these answers help. For any more questions, feel free to reach out to hey@cosmos.so 🌻

Great to browse and collect design inspo

I like using this for work (as a designer) mostly for the match-making it does when you select one photo it shows you everything visually similar. I want to browse the whole web like this!

It’s also nice for art or photography stuff that I think would be great on Apple TV. So the main thing I hope to see is a TV version :)

pinterest but make it chic

This app is great. I am a lifelong hoarder of links, memes, gifs, and images. Cosmos gives me a place to display my collections in a way that isn’t cringe like pinterest. I feel like the vibe of the app is really elevated and the designers clearly put a lot of thought and care into the UX flows. It integrates seamlessly with other apps! I’m not even using instagram bookmarks anymore, I just share everything to cosmos. Currently i’m using it to create a mood board for my house. It’s nice to have a platform to express creativity but where the platform isn’t constantly trying to sell me something.