Super Habit: Streaks Tracker on the App Store
Hi Indie Hackers! 👋
A few months have passed since I quit my job to try and become an indie iOS developer. I semi-failed, in the sense that I am only at 150$/month (with one month that reached 450$), and that I am now iOS freelancing to pay the bills. But my goals haven't changed and I will work on my own apps until they work for me! 💪
A year ago, I decided to start learning how to play the piano 🎹. I knew it would take years, so I simply committed myself to play 15 minutes a day, every single day where I have access to a piano. I printed a year calendar 📅that I stuck to my wall, and started ✘ crossing out days.
After a while, I really wanted to know my current/longest streaks and my yearly completion rates, and was not able to find an app that would let me see an entire year of habits in one calendar that would fit entirely on my iPhone screen.
So I built one! 🛠
I launched on ProductHunt today and things are going surprisingly well so far, people seem to like it: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/super-habit
You can try the app on your iPhone at https://itunes.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1403517519?pt=117807343&ct=IndieHackers&mt=8
The app is free to download with 2 habits, and you can upgrade for a 5$ one-time fee to get unlimited habits and dark mode.
The launch is always a pretty exciting moment, and I share a lot of info about it on Twitter! https://twitter.com/kevinquisquater
If you have any feedback about the app, I'm all ears! 👂
Thank you all for your support and keep hustling,
Kevin
PS: Oh, and in case you wondered... I can now tell you that I've played the piano 308 days out of 344 since I got started, which represents a 90% completion rate! 👌
Super smart concept, great work Kevin! Looking forward to trying it out.
Thank you Christian!
It's a very nice app of the iPhone, I always free time enjoyed this app. For more info about iPhone app on https://www.appletechnicalsupportnumbers.com/
Very nice app, very clean, it will probably help me learn a new language (which I just picked up today)
Thanks! Good luck with learning that language. It's indeed typically the kind of long-term learning that you'd benefit from doing a little bit every day, like music, or code. Thanks again!
Great idea.
Thanks!
If you can share, how are you storing the data?
Of course: data is saved in the "/document" folder of the iOS app (a private folder for the app). That means data is stored on-device, but is backed up when you back your iPhone up with iCloud or iTunes.
I am not saving any habits data on servers, as an indie dev, I basically don't want to even have the possibility of ever being responsible for a data leak.
I'll add Import/Export for Pro users as soon as I can :-)
Thanks!
I loved the concept! This is an app that makes me wish I had an iPhone hahaha
Are you planning on launching it on Android?
There are similar apps in the playstore
I couldn't find one with the same appearance, as that's what caught my attention. Thinking of Github's calendar was an amazing idea.
Luiz, I'm so happy to read that. When I had the idea ,after looking at Github, I was not sure anyone else would also find this fun. I took the risk of working 100 hours to build the v1.0, and I'm glad to see it was worth it and people are interested in it. Thank you!
And now for the bad news: I will probably focus on iOS for a long time :( Given my limited time, I like the idea of focusing on one platform and doing it right, rather than maintaining several platforms and being overwhelmed... I'm sorry and I really hope you'll find a great alternative on Android.
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I just checked Commit out, looks nice! So proud you'd compare it to such an app, thank you.
Regarding the pricing, full transparency: I actually thought about implementing subscriptions, and started coding it into the app. Like 1$ a month. I'm glad I didn't :-)
But in terms of business model, despite a great day for the launch yesterday, I feel a bit worried about when this will all go down and I'll have no subscriptions coming in each month to maintain some revenue. Let's see. But pricing is not a very easy part to get right.
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Very well said! And thank you for offering your help, after I'll be done with some freelancing contracts, I'll get back on working on the app and then promoting it. Keep in touch :-)