Remedy
Track substance intake, spot patterns, build clean streaks
Remedy is growing steadily 📈
As of August 22, 2026:
💵 $120 in monthly revenue
👥 1,222 registered users
✅ 607 confirmed no-use days
📝 2,260 substance entries logged
📔 725 journal entries written
🌍 42 languages supported
📱 4 home screen widgets
We passed 1,000 registered users in July, growing from 330 at the end of March 🚀
Version 1.1.5 includes simpler daily check-ins, private streak sharing, translated reminders, and widgets for quick access.
Remedy is still a small, bootstrapped product, but these numbers show that people are finding value in a private tool for tracking progress one day at a time 💚
Our next focus is improving retention, reaching more people who need the app, and building sustainable revenue without compromising privacy 🔒.
Hey Indie Hackers 👋
Today I'm launching Remedy — a private, encrypted substance use tracker for iOS & Android.
The origin story (short version):
I saw a Reddit post a while back where someone was tracking their alcohol intake in a spreadsheet. Just every drink, every day. I tried it myself and it genuinely changed how I thought about my habits — way more than any recovery app I'd tried. But spreadsheets on a phone are clunky, easy to forget, and not exactly private.
So I built the app I wished existed.
What Remedy does:
🔒 Encrypted, on-device storage — your data stays on your phone
⚡ Quick log — an entry takes seconds
📊 Daily & weekly insights — dosage trends, triggers, time-of-day patterns
🔥 Clean streaks & calendar view, without streak-shaming on hard days
📓 Journaling — capture how you felt, not just what you used
🎯 Personal goals — sobriety, moderation, or harm reduction, your call
🏷️ Custom substances & categories
🔔 Gentle smart reminders
🔐 Biometric app lock
No ads. No data selling. No judgment.
The stack: React Native + Expo, TypeScript, Supabase for auth, AsyncStorage + expo-crypto for encrypted local storage, EAS for builds.
What I'd love from you:
Honest feedback on the landing page and onboarding
Thoughts from anyone who's built (or used) tracking apps in sensitive niches
Tips on positioning — recovery? harm reduction? self-awareness? It spans all three and I'm still figuring out the sharpest message
Happy to answer anything about the build, the niche, or the journey from spreadsheet → app. 💚
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This is a strong niche because the problem is already emotionally loaded. People do not need to be convinced that tracking helps. They need to trust that Remedy will not judge them, expose them, or make the process feel heavier.
The positioning I’d be careful with is going too broad.
“Recovery,” “harm reduction,” and “self-awareness” are three different emotional entry points. If the landing page tries to hold all three equally, the message can start sounding like a general wellness app instead of a private tool for people who want more control over substance use.
I’d probably lead with the lowest-pressure promise:
“Privately understand your substance use patterns without shame.”
That keeps the door open for moderation, sobriety, and harm reduction without forcing people to identify with “recovery” before they are ready.
The onboarding should also probably avoid asking for a big goal too early. First win should be very small: log once, see one useful pattern, feel safe enough to come back.
Happy to put a tighter version in writing if useful. The main thing I’d map is the landing page message, onboarding trust flow, and which audience to target first without making the product feel too clinical or too generic.
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