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I think nowadays with the myriad of tools available there's no excuse for doing an app for just one platform, I struggle with doing exercise so I opened the lin

I think nowadays with the myriad of tools available there's no excuse for doing an app for just one platform, I struggle with doing exercise so I opened the link excited to be completely disappointed by the fact that it's only for iOS.

armchairhacker 1y ago
I disagree, because unfortunately it’s hard to get native-quality UI on different platforms. If OP made the app cross-compatible it wouldn’t look as nice on iOS, or he’d have to essentially make two separate frontends. You could argue for either option but it’s not “no excuse”.
- maest 1y ago
  This could have easily been a website.
  - moscoe 1y ago
    So go make it then
  - lolinder 1y ago
    They didn't want it to be a website, and if they did make it a website they'd have to deal with the inevitable entitled whining on their Show HN wondering why everything has to be a website these days. If there's one thing I've learned from a few decades on the internet it's that the only way to avoid entitled whining is to never, ever release anything, especially not for free.
  - sushid 1y ago
    It's literally a free, ad-free app. If it were a website, I guarantee you HN would lambast it saying they could vibe-code it in 1 hour, it's not open sourced, etc. It's never enough for the naysayers.
lolinder 1y ago
> in the last few months after recently becoming a father ... I decided to build an iOS App for me and others ... I uploaded the app on the app store for free and no ads OP wrote an app to solve their own problem and made it available for free for others to use if they find it helpful. It should shock no one and certainly should not trigger any judgement or attacks from anyone that they chose to write the app for the platform which they themselves use.
melvinzammit 1y ago
Hi, I apologise I did not mention that it's just for iOS! I was android first a few years ago, but recently I decided to switch to iOS. I decided to go native on this not cross platform because I believe in quality. I know nowadays with cross platform tools the difference is little, but I want that micro edge. Also, I was thinking about doing a version for apple watch which would make more sense native. In any case, I might code a native Android App for this as well in the near future.
- AbraKdabra 1y ago
  It's ok, I posted that because it's a really common practice to market things like universal and when you visit the webpage it's just for iOS/Mac. I would gladly buy it if you release this for Android/WatchOS if it fits my needs.
  - lolinder 1y ago
    OP did not market it as universal, they explicitly say it is an iOS app in the description of the Show HN and on the website. Honestly, your initial comment comes off as whiny and entitled: you lost maybe 30 seconds of your time clicking through to something that wasn't relevant to you, and there's "no excuse" for leaving a drive-by comment attacking the author for their choice of tech stack for a side project just because of that tiny inconvenience.

armchairhacker 1y ago

I disagree, because unfortunately it’s hard to get native-quality UI on different platforms. If OP made the app cross-compatible it wouldn’t look as nice on iOS, or he’d have to essentially make two separate frontends. You could argue for either option but it’s not “no excuse”.

maest 1y ago
This could have easily been a website.
- moscoe 1y ago
  So go make it then
- lolinder 1y ago
  They didn't want it to be a website, and if they did make it a website they'd have to deal with the inevitable entitled whining on their Show HN wondering why everything has to be a website these days. If there's one thing I've learned from a few decades on the internet it's that the only way to avoid entitled whining is to never, ever release anything, especially not for free.
- sushid 1y ago
  It's literally a free, ad-free app. If it were a website, I guarantee you HN would lambast it saying they could vibe-code it in 1 hour, it's not open sourced, etc. It's never enough for the naysayers.

lolinder 1y ago

> in the last few months after recently becoming a father ... I decided to build an iOS App for me and others ... I uploaded the app on the app store for free and no ads OP wrote an app to solve their own problem and made it available for free for others to use if they find it helpful. It should shock no one and certainly should not trigger any judgement or attacks from anyone that they chose to write the app for the platform which they themselves use.

melvinzammit 1y ago

Hi, I apologise I did not mention that it's just for iOS! I was android first a few years ago, but recently I decided to switch to iOS. I decided to go native on this not cross platform because I believe in quality. I know nowadays with cross platform tools the difference is little, but I want that micro edge. Also, I was thinking about doing a version for apple watch which would make more sense native. In any case, I might code a native Android App for this as well in the near future.

AbraKdabra 1y ago
It's ok, I posted that because it's a really common practice to market things like universal and when you visit the webpage it's just for iOS/Mac. I would gladly buy it if you release this for Android/WatchOS if it fits my needs.
- lolinder 1y ago
  OP did not market it as universal, they explicitly say it is an iOS app in the description of the Show HN and on the website. Honestly, your initial comment comes off as whiny and entitled: you lost maybe 30 seconds of your time clicking through to something that wasn't relevant to you, and there's "no excuse" for leaving a drive-by comment attacking the author for their choice of tech stack for a side project just because of that tiny inconvenience.