I made a daily Russian literature app for my wife, who was missing Russia - I’d love your feedback
Hi all,
I wanted to share something with you that I’m hoping you just might enjoy.
A few years ago my wife moved away from Moscow, and one of the things she misses most is being surrounded by Russian culture and literature. This led to a small personal project for her, which has gradually evolved into an app called Dead Souls Daily.
The idea is simple: a daily quote from Russian literature, delivered through the app itself or directly to your home and lock screens via widgets.
What I thought would be a straightforward project ended up becoming surprisingly complex. Authenticating quotations was often more difficult than building the software. The same quote would appear attributed to different authors, translations varied significantly, and occasionally the same phrase would appear in multiple works. I spent a great deal of time comparing editions, translations, and sources in an effort to make the collection as reliable as possible.
The app is free to use, contains no advertising, and includes quotes from many of the major Russian literary classics. There are also themed selections for particular days and occasions, which has become one of my favourite aspects of the project.
The iOS version is already live, and the Android version should be released in about four days once testing is complete. If anyone here would be interested in joining the Android test group, I’d be very grateful.
I suspect this subreddit contains exactly the people who will notice mistakes, challenge attributions, suggest better translations, and generally tell me what works and what doesn’t. That’s precisely the sort of feedback I’m looking for.
If you’d like to take a look, I’d genuinely welcome any feedback; positive, critical, or otherwise.
For more information:
https://deadsoulsdaily.com