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Mobile app engagement ideas: ask without the survey modal
The fastest way to collect user feedback for a mobile app is to add vanes to your marketing site, changelog and help pages: one tap questions users answer in two seconds without an account. No SDK, no modal, and the tally tells you what to build.
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Budgeting that fits in a pocket.Free · No ads · No bank login required ← Tap it What is a vane?
A one tap question you place anywhere on your website.
- 1Place the vane… anywhere
Engage visitors throughout your web content.
- 2Visitors tap
It's intended to be quick, fun and interesting.
- 3You get the data
Live in your dashboard: to fix problems early, plan the menu, and publish numbers worth quoting.
Mobile app poll questions to steal
Questions people actually answer.
Paste these into the builder or swap in your own features. Every question you were going to put in a modal works better on a page.
Reach the users who left
In-app surveys can only ask people still inside the app. A vane on your site reaches the ones who bounced during setup, and those are the answers that actually change your product.
Where should it go on a mobile app website?
The right format for every part of your site.
The best spots are the landing page, the changelog, the help centre, the uninstall page, and the pricing page.
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The onboarding is too long
Forty percent of people drop out on step three and we have argued about the fix for a month. Rather than keep guessing, we are asking the people who nearly quit.
The landing page
The feature ballot, which doubles as social proof of momentum.
Best formatRank It
Demand data from ordinary users, not just power users.
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The onboarding is too long
Forty percent of people drop out on step three and we have argued about the fix for a month. Rather than keep guessing, we are asking the people who nearly quit.
The changelog
A verdict on each release, gathered where users already read.
Best formatMood Gradient
Reaches people who quit during onboarding.
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News · This week
The onboarding is too long
Forty percent of people drop out on step three and we have argued about the fix for a month. Rather than keep guessing, we are asking the people who nearly quit.
The help centre
Keep or kill on the patterns people complain about.
Best formatHot Take
A product with a position is a product people repeat.
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News · This week
The onboarding is too long
Forty percent of people drop out on step three and we have argued about the fix for a month. Rather than keep guessing, we are asking the people who nearly quit.
The uninstall page
A Mood Gradient from the person walking away.
Best formatSort the Bins
Honest data on the mechanics users resent.
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News · This week
The onboarding is too long
Forty percent of people drop out on step three and we have argued about the fix for a month. Rather than keep guessing, we are asking the people who nearly quit.
The pricing page
A Number Guess that tests what users think it is worth.
Best formatNumber Guess
Willingness to pay, before you change pricing.
You get the data
The crowd tells you what to do next.
Every answer lands in your dashboard the moment it's given. Spot a rough morning before it becomes a review, see which drinks earn their place, and export it all in one click.
Start freeIllustrations with sample answers.
Run it as a survey
Same questions. One link.
Send the same 3 questions as one anonymous link, by email, QR code or receipt. Answers come back person by person.
Build this survey, prefilled → How surveys workCommon questions
What owners ask us.
How do you collect mobile app feedback without in-app surveys?
Put one tap questions on the surfaces users already visit: the landing page, changelog, help centre and uninstall page. There is no SDK, no modal and no interruption, and you reach people who left the app entirely.
What is the best way to prioritise a mobile app roadmap?
A public ranked ballot. Feature request boards over-represent your ten loudest users; a two second ranking on your site collects the quiet majority who would never file a request.
Does this require adding an SDK?
No. It is one script tag on your web properties, so there is no app update, no review cycle and no impact on bundle size.
Can it reach users who churned?
That is its main advantage. An in-app survey can only ask people still inside the app, while a vane on your uninstall or help page reaches the person who already left.
VANE it for mobile apps
Ask the users who never finished setup
One script tag, free to start, and the feedback you cannot get in-app starts arriving.