Founder of justgobloom (justgobloom.com) — a gamified habit tracker built on behavioral psychology where goals become living trees. I'm building Bloom in public to explore how visual loss aversion and shared team gardens can replace boring checklists to fix long-term consistency. Always open to UI/UX feedback and chatting about indie hacking!
https://www.justgobloom.com
I'm Ali, 17. I built Bloom at justgobloom.com.
How it started: I needed a portfolio project. Something to show I could build a real product. So I made a habit tracker where goals become trees that grow when you show up and wilt when you don't.
How it's going: I got my friends and family to use it and the unexpected love they had for it motivated me to go all in.
Honest numbers:
About 110 registered users across Canada, UAE, Brazil, and Zimbabwe. 316 Instagram followers, all organic. 9.6% week 1 retention which I know is terrible. Zero revenue and zero marketing budget.
What I've shipped:
7 tree types with unique visual designs. 9 growth stages with cinematic evolution animations. 3 visual modes (light, dark, dawn). Bloom Teams with team gardens and an encouragement system. Push notifications that are timezone-aware. 3 languages (English, French, Portuguese). PWA with offline support.
Tech: React + Vite, Firebase for everything (Auth, Firestore, Cloud Messaging, Analytics), Vercel, GoDaddy domain.
My biggest problem is retention. 90% of people who sign up never come back after week 1. The product looks good, the mechanic works, but something in the first-day experience isn't sticky enough. If you've cracked early retention in a consumer app I'm all ears.
Summer plan: React Native app for iOS and Android, first revenue attempt at maybe $3 to $5 a month for garden customization, and hopefully 500+ users.
justgobloom.com is free, would love your feedback.