Hey Indiehackers!
I've recently gotten v1 of iOS/Android app approved in the Apple and Google Play store and have about 100 daily active users of the app. After some early feedback from users I want to start working on v2, which I've already spec'd out, that will help more free users upgrade to the paid version.
To create v1 of the app, I hired an outsourced React Native / Node JS developer who no longer has time to work on the project as they have taken a full time position at a demanding software company.
While I've taken bootcamps that covered React, JS and Node, my skills are better suited at product UX/UI, marketing and growing the user base.
Curious if anyone is interested in coming onboard as a co-founder to lead the development efforts going forward?
To give some more detail on the project --
Earthjoy is a gratitude journal and mood tracker that also partners with top environmental charities to help the earth. Today, users receive prompts to help them discover things they are grateful for, help remind themselves to practice self care and also be proud of themselves.
Keeping a gratitude journal has been proven over multiple studies to reduce anxiety, help people sleep better and feel more positive. The problem is that people fall back into old habits and generally the practice falls by the wayside.
So, we aimed to break this cycle by building an accountability system in the app where a user commits to donating a specified amount to one of four top environmental charities on days they forget to journal. This way they're either doing something that will make them happy or giving to a beneficial cause, so they should always have something to feel good about. :)
The app is monetized through subscriptions where a user can upgrade to a Pro account and receive features including journal entries kept forever (instead of 30 days for free users), donation receipts for tax deductions, reminders of past times they were happy, analytics on moods and the activities that cause them, passcode access and more.
V2 of the app (which you would develop) will include guided meditations, breathing exercises and other relaxing techniques, which I currently have via a content partner that I've reached an agreement with.
The app has about 100 daily active users with virtually no promotion, but I am started conversations with some PR and marketing professionals who have helped me craft a launch plan and marketing campaigns.
Let me know if this is of interest to anyone!