From chronic procrastinator to shipping my first Android app. Here's where I'm at.
I struggled with procrastination my whole life. So I built an app to fix it.
Not a productivity guru. Not a startup veteran. Just someone who kept wasting days knowing exactly what needed to be done but unable to start.
On the days I actually locked in, I could get a week's worth of work done. That gap between what I was doing and what I knew I could do drove me crazy. So I stopped looking for the perfect app and just built one.
It's called Flow. Minimalistic focus app for Android. Pomodoro, app blocking, time blocks for deep work, analytics, and a feature called Flow Triggers that lets you schedule sessions in advance so starting is just one tap away. That last one is basically everything I needed.
Launched it a few weeks ago. Zero paying users so far. Figuring out marketing and distribution in public because I genuinely have no idea what I'm doing on that side yet and I think that's okay.
I'm new to the whole indie hacker world but I'm completely hooked on it. Would love to connect with people who've been through the early zero-user stage and made it out the other side.
Rooting for everyone building something. 🙏
Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.get.flow_app Landing page: https://get-flow.vercel.app
this is very relatable
i had a similar situation where i knew exactly what needed to be done
but still wasn’t actually moving things forward consistently
and even when i started doing more,
it still felt like i was deciding everything manually all the time
like:
what matters today
what can wait
what’s actually slipping
curious — after building your app, did that part improve at all?
or is it still mostly on you to figure it out day to day?
This is really relatable, Kap22. I’ve been in the same “I know what I need to do but can’t start” loop, and it’s frustrating how much energy it takes just to get going.
I love that you built Flow for yourself first — the Flow Triggers feature sounds like exactly the kind of small automation that removes friction and actually makes starting easier. It’s a great reminder that sometimes the best products come from solving your own problems.
Curious — now that you’ve launched, what’s surprised you most about user behavior or early feedback (even if it’s just from friends/family)? I always find the tiniest insights in the early zero-user stage can completely change how a product grows.