Requirements

Must-have features

The app aims to provide interactive visualised food reviews for our users. Therefore we propose the following must-have features.

• A home feed that shows a list of food review posts which default to sort by location distance and rating. This ensures the closest and highest rating foods will be on the top of the list.
• Each post will contain the restaurant details, the food details and the food review.
• The app allows multiple different users to post reviews on the same restaurant food.
• The app will also come with a user authentication system to allow users to sign up to become members.
• A member (account holder) of the app can post a food review.
• The app will also be implemented with a search function to search for food or restaurants or by related keywords.

Should-have features

The should-have features are less critical than the must-have features, but they are still essential for providing the most satisfying user experiences.

• The option to filter the food post by location, rating and dietary requirements.
• Suggestions for restaurant locations when members post about food.
• A hyperlink of the restaurant location to redirect the user to Google Maps.
• A member can see the post they made, like the food posts and save food posts for future reference.

Could-have and nice-to-have features

The could-have and nice-to-have features are the additional features that are less critical and too complicated to achieve within the given time.

• Implementing machine learning techniques that can identify the food type in the image of a food post automatically.
• Allowing users to follow other users.
• Embedding Google Maps within the food post.
• Allowing users to view the past posts they viewed previously (browsing history).