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Show HN: Everyday.app – a simple and beautiful habit tracker

19 points by mezod 8y ago

z_open 8y ago
I might buy it. Seems like it has the potential to improve myself at least a little. I am always wary though of applications which are glorified notepads or spreadsheets. Also the privacy policy isn't that convincing. In what scenario would a third party need access to the data?
- mezod 8y ago
  Hey thanks for bringing the data privacy topic up. This is something that's going to be very important for me in the next months now that I turned the app into a business I can live off. I'll be plain honest, the ToS are outdated and it's something I need to invest some money in the near future. It was just a bit too early for me to invest when I built the landing page. I want to follow the steps of Maciej from Pinboard and be privacy-first. I have absolutely no intention of allowing third-party apps to get access to the data. This is a bootstrapped business with no ambitions of glory, I'd just love to get it to a point where I can comfortably live from it and make people's lives a little bit better every day. I know this might mean nothing to you right now and I'll totally understand if you don't want to start using it until the legal bits are fixed. In any case I appreciate that you brought the topic up since I have strong convictions on the matter and I realize I should communicate it better on the landing page. Point taken!
redhale 8y ago
This looks really good, but... There must be literally 10+ free/$1-5, high-quality, "don't break the chain apps" on the market. Why would I pay a monthly recurring fee for one? What makes this app special?
- harshalizee 8y ago
  Exactly, having a one time fee is acceptable. A subscription for an app that's going to largely stay the same feature-wise is overkill.
  - mezod 8y ago
    "an app that's going to largely stay the same feature-wise" that's an assumption I can understand but that's not entirely true :) There's a lot of room for improvement feature-wise and right now my roadmap has enough requests to fill the next decade hehehe :P
- mezod 8y ago
  The main differentiation is that the app is multiplatform. That is, it works on the web + mobile apps while the majority of the $5 once apps are only in one platform. The other major point is that most of these apps get abandoned. Developers put it out there to try to fish some cash after the initial versions and never put more work into it afterwards. The idea of the app having a yearly subscription model is to sustain the development and get more features and value with time. There's a big part of the audience that'll consider saving $6 for a one time payment, but thankfully there's another big part of the audience that understands that projects need to be sustainable in the long term in order to get constant improvements and are willing to pay for a yearly subscription model to make sure the app will still be out there in the mid-long term! Also, there are many free habit trackers that are way better than those charging $5 imho! So price doesn't really define value :)
wingerlang 8y ago
Nice detail with the 'Android please'. Too bad it's still using an iOS screenshot.
- mezod 8y ago
  oh? I found the vector branded as android :S And I thought it looked very similar but thought that the details in the button and camera were differentiators
  - wingerlang 8y ago
    I meant the screenshot inside the device. The screenshot is taken in the app running on iOS (can tell from the status bar) and not Android. It's a miniscule detail and I am mostly poking fun a bit, no worries :)
    - mezod 8y ago
      oh, you are right! Didn't keep that in mind when doing it, small details count! :P

19 points by mezod 8y ago

I might buy it. Seems like it has the potential to improve myself at least a little. I am always wary though of applications which are glorified notepads or spreadsheets. Also the privacy policy isn't that convincing. In what scenario would a third party need access to the data?

mezod 8y ago
Hey thanks for bringing the data privacy topic up. This is something that's going to be very important for me in the next months now that I turned the app into a business I can live off. I'll be plain honest, the ToS are outdated and it's something I need to invest some money in the near future. It was just a bit too early for me to invest when I built the landing page. I want to follow the steps of Maciej from Pinboard and be privacy-first. I have absolutely no intention of allowing third-party apps to get access to the data. This is a bootstrapped business with no ambitions of glory, I'd just love to get it to a point where I can comfortably live from it and make people's lives a little bit better every day. I know this might mean nothing to you right now and I'll totally understand if you don't want to start using it until the legal bits are fixed. In any case I appreciate that you brought the topic up since I have strong convictions on the matter and I realize I should communicate it better on the landing page. Point taken!

redhale 8y ago

This looks really good, but... There must be literally 10+ free/$1-5, high-quality, "don't break the chain apps" on the market. Why would I pay a monthly recurring fee for one? What makes this app special?

harshalizee 8y ago
Exactly, having a one time fee is acceptable. A subscription for an app that's going to largely stay the same feature-wise is overkill.
- mezod 8y ago
  "an app that's going to largely stay the same feature-wise" that's an assumption I can understand but that's not entirely true :) There's a lot of room for improvement feature-wise and right now my roadmap has enough requests to fill the next decade hehehe :P
mezod 8y ago
The main differentiation is that the app is multiplatform. That is, it works on the web + mobile apps while the majority of the $5 once apps are only in one platform. The other major point is that most of these apps get abandoned. Developers put it out there to try to fish some cash after the initial versions and never put more work into it afterwards. The idea of the app having a yearly subscription model is to sustain the development and get more features and value with time. There's a big part of the audience that'll consider saving $6 for a one time payment, but thankfully there's another big part of the audience that understands that projects need to be sustainable in the long term in order to get constant improvements and are willing to pay for a yearly subscription model to make sure the app will still be out there in the mid-long term! Also, there are many free habit trackers that are way better than those charging $5 imho! So price doesn't really define value :)

wingerlang 8y ago

Nice detail with the 'Android please'. Too bad it's still using an iOS screenshot.

mezod 8y ago
oh? I found the vector branded as android :S And I thought it looked very similar but thought that the details in the button and camera were differentiators
- wingerlang 8y ago
  I meant the screenshot inside the device. The screenshot is taken in the app running on iOS (can tell from the status bar) and not Android. It's a miniscule detail and I am mostly poking fun a bit, no worries :)
  - mezod 8y ago
    oh, you are right! Didn't keep that in mind when doing it, small details count! :P