Why I build another habit tracker app
I had suffered from alcoholism in the past and had tried a lot of habit track apps to help me quit drinking, but none of them worked particularly well.
Last year, one of my best friends Bob told me he was also considering quitting drinking and invited me to join him quitting together. I gladly accepted it. For the next few months, we sent Y/N through WhatsApp every night to tell each other whether we stayed away from alcohol success that day, "Y" for “drinking” and "N" for the opposite. Many times I almost drink again, this "peer pressure" makes me give up.
This experience made me realize that peer pressure may be a strong power for us to stick habits. So I wanted to incorporate this inspiration into the traditional habit tracker app, that ’s why I made PingPal.
👋 What's PingPal
PingPal is not only a common habit tracker. It’s where a group of friends support each other and even make good changes happen together.
Sure, PingPal can help you start customized habits, be reminded to complete the tasks, and track your habits easily… But what’s more?
With PingPal you will be able to:
· Share your everyday progress with friends.
· Spread motivation to friends by cute emojis.
· Get notified when your friends complete their habit tasks.
If you are interested in PingPal, you can find more information on Product Hunt
Your feedback and thoughts highly appreciated!
I like design of your app and that calm green color :)
What I see in habits applications is that gamification really helps keeping motivation - maybe think of adding more these mechanisms to your app.
Good luck building PingPal and staying with your habits!
If you would like to add Product Roadmap and capture feedback from your users, you are invited to check my product as well :)
Thanks @Azard! I will try your product :)
There are a million habit tracking apps. How will you promote yours? I use https://github.com/iSoron/uhabits myself, it's open source but there is no social element to it.
Hi @akfaew, thanks for your question. I believe that peer pressure can do more better on driving us to build habits rather than self-discipline for most people. That's the difference between PingPal and other habits tracking apps.