Epic: Build Global Photo Glow, a Viral AI-Powered Photo Challenge App for Android & iOS #33
Description
This is an epic to design and develop "Global Photo Glow" as an innovative mobile app for Android and iOS, leveraging AI-powered photo transformations and daily viral challenges. The app targets global virality with interactive features, high-speed sharing to TikTok/Instagram, and social voting/leaderboards.
Goals
Create a scalable and engaging mobile platform combining AI photo transformations and daily challenges, designed for rapid social sharing and global reach:
- Achieve a TikTok-style vertical feed for user photo results and voting
- Enable instant AI transformation with a "Tap-to-Glow" button
- Make social sharing seamless to TikTok, Instagram, WhatsApp, Snapchat
- Sustain daily participation with streaks, leaderboards, and badges
- Monetize via ads and premium subscriptions
Key Features
- Daily AI Transformation Challenge: Personal cartoonify, age progression, anime, glow-up, gender swap, superhero & more.
- Tap-to-Glow Button: Fast, animated neon action button for instant AI enhancement.
- Global Feed & Voting: Scrollable, social feed; users vote on best daily results.
- Leaderboards: Global, country, and age-based rankings updated daily/weekly.
- Streak & Badge System: Reward consistent players, boost retention.
- Profile: Stats, badges, username, profile photo.
- Rewarded/Interstitial/Banner Ads: Monetization for extra AI transformations and subscriptions.
- Cloud Gallery: Save all transformations to user gallery in the cloud.
- Offline Editing: Basic photo tools work even offline.
- Push Notifications: Daily challenge reminders, vote updates, new challenge alerts.
- Multilingual Support: English, Spanish, Hindi, French, Portuguese, Arabic.
Architecture
- Frontend: Android/iOS via native code or Flutter/React Native (as project permits)
- AI Provider: Replicate/HuggingFace/Gemini Vision/DeepAI (cloud endpoint integration)
- Backend: Firebase (auth, Firestore, Storage, Notifications), Node.js/Express for AI tasks and leaderboards
- Monetization: Google AdMob SDK
MVP Deliverables
- Simple onboarding: Take photo → Tap transformation → Share
- Core viral features: fast AI challenges, social feed & voting, sharing
- Monetization & analytics scaffolding
- Internationalization & notification setup
This epic will drive development for an app with potential for viral global impact and 500M+ downloads.
Refer to prior conversation context for full feature/UX details and architecture.