OpenCork - iOS App using Xamarin.iOS and C#

Over the past few months I have been working with the Xamarin.iOS tools that I mentioned in my previous post. A colleague and I decided to create an application and get it into the market. We came up with a few ideas, but settled on what is now OpenCork. 

I like to go to wine tastings (beer too). If you have ever been to any type of tasting event, you normally receive some pamphlet to mark down your scoring of a particular beverage.  This is great because you can learn what you like and what you don't like. The problem we both have is that we always loose or discard these pamphlets and therefor loosing all of the data we had on which drinks we liked. The next time we visit a Wine & Spirits store, I never have any clue what to get, because I have no idea what I like! This is where OpenCork comes in. 

OpenCork is a tool that allows you to create a tasting for a location, build your drink selection, and if you enjoy it you can mark it as "Liked". Thats the basics in a nutshell. Now you have a traveling "pamphlet" of what you have tasted around different locations and the next time you want to grab something from a store you have tried, you just can just open the app up and look at your list of "Liked" drinks. 

Here are some screen shots of the application so far:

The app searches for a location near you and displays the results. We are slowly building our database of places that are participating with OpenCork. Eventually we would like to have a way for users to request/submit a place that is not available. 

A web service provides the data from the back end on all of the locations we currently have participating. 

Here I started a new Tasting for a location, and selected 2 drinks that I am interested in. The drinks are loaded into a database on the device, and the information is provided by the business. 















Once you are done selecting the drinks, you are ready to start rating the drink. Once you go through the tasting, you can tap the heart icon to "Like" the drink or leave it un-tapped if you do not like it. We didn't include a rating system because we felt it was more appropriate to know if you liked it (plan on buying it now or later) or you don't.






We have also included a barcode scanner so you can scan a bottle at a store and see if you have it in your "Likes" or not. You could also scan a bottle at the winery/brewery/etc to generate a barcode on your device so you wouldnt have to carry around bottles to purchase.


OpenCork is being beta tested now by some family and friends. It should be in the market soon!