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Love it! Reminds me of an app my brother and I built 10 years ago (time flies!). It's no longer on Google Play because of the maintenance burden of keeping it t

by tasn 2y ago

Love it! Reminds me of an app my brother and I built 10 years ago (time flies!). It's no longer on Google Play because of the maintenance burden of keeping it there, but here's a page with some screenshots: https://apkpure.com/spinach-motivation-lock-screen/com.tengu.spinachLockScreen https://apkpure.com/spinach-motivation-lock-screen/com.tengu... The idea was that if you're unlocking your screen, you should at least: (1) reinforce a mantra, or (2) force yourself to acknowledge you shouldn't be unlocking the phone. Happy to share notes if you think that would be helpful.

mdaniel 2y ago
Up to you, but if the app has (or could have) an OSI license, you could submit a PR to f-droid and the app could live on. They don't care if you ask for donations, so it could even resurrect a bit of revenue
- tasn 2y ago
  Yeah, I have a few apps on f-droid, maybe worth doing!
jarko27 2y ago
Wow. It's so cool to see such a project. I even remember in 2019 finding an app that was using a popup after unlock to learn words of a foreign language, unfortunately, it closed and I cannot recall the name. I would be happy to see the notes.
- tasn 2y ago
  I think it could potentially be us too, though not sure. It was a very flexible product and we had a variety of use-cases. :) We also had a lock screen app that you needed to play a tune on an instrument in order to unlock the screen. This too died because of Google maintenance burden (it had 500k downloads IIRC). Here's what I could find about that one: https://music-lock.en.softonic.com/android https://music-lock.en.softonic.com/android
  - jarko27 2y ago
    That app I mentioned also had iOS version as well. I don't know how they made it, because AFAIK any customisation to unlock/lock process weren't allowed on iOS from the very beginning. But nevertheless. It's a bit disappointing that major operating systems are becoming more closed for developers to create such beautiful apps

by tasn 2y ago

mdaniel 2y ago

Up to you, but if the app has (or could have) an OSI license, you could submit a PR to f-droid and the app could live on. They don't care if you ask for donations, so it could even resurrect a bit of revenue

tasn 2y ago
Yeah, I have a few apps on f-droid, maybe worth doing!

jarko27 2y ago

Wow. It's so cool to see such a project. I even remember in 2019 finding an app that was using a popup after unlock to learn words of a foreign language, unfortunately, it closed and I cannot recall the name. I would be happy to see the notes.

tasn 2y ago
I think it could potentially be us too, though not sure. It was a very flexible product and we had a variety of use-cases. :) We also had a lock screen app that you needed to play a tune on an instrument in order to unlock the screen. This too died because of Google maintenance burden (it had 500k downloads IIRC). Here's what I could find about that one: https://music-lock.en.softonic.com/android https://music-lock.en.softonic.com/android
- jarko27 2y ago
  That app I mentioned also had iOS version as well. I don't know how they made it, because AFAIK any customisation to unlock/lock process weren't allowed on iOS from the very beginning. But nevertheless. It's a bit disappointing that major operating systems are becoming more closed for developers to create such beautiful apps