been building SANSARA — a journaling app where the AI runs entirely on your phone. no cloud, no accounts, no subscription.
the problem im solving: every AI wellness app is basically chatgpt with a calming color palette. i wanted to see what happens when you have 9 different agents each looking at a journal entry from a different angle and then debating before responding. its either brilliant or overengineered and i honestly dont know yet.
the tech side: llama 3.2 3B running locally via llama.cpp, on-device whisper for voice, LoRA fine-tuning so it personalizes over time. the model is about 3.5gb and downloads once.
the business model is one-time purchase. no subscription, no freemium upsell, no data monetization. your journal entries literally never leave your phone.
im stuck in google play closed testing purgatory — need 12 testers who opt in before they let me release to production. if you have a recent android phone and 2 weeks to use it a few times, id really appreciate the help. free lifetime license for testers.
https://sansara.app has the signup flow.
happy to talk about the architecture, business model, or anything else. been a solo dev on this for a while and could use some outside perspective.
That Google Play 20-tester requirement is the absolute worst hurdle for indie devs right now.
I really love the privacy angle of running the AI completely on-device. That alone makes it stand out from the sea of GPT wrappers.
I have an Android device and I'm happy to help you out and be one of the 12! Just let me know where to sign up or send the opt-in link.
If you are up for a standard "Indie Hacker swap," I'd love your developer feedback on a web app I'm building called WordyKid (it uses AI to turn physical worksheets into games).
But either way, count me in for your Android test. Let's get you to production!
awesome - sansara.app has everything you need to sign up and test! LMK how it goes!
My daughter just turned 1 so I am def interested in WordyKid!