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Morning Routine 2.0 — The easiest way to track your routines just got better
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@elizabethhunker the videos are curated to give routine ideas, handpicked from successful people. I believe there is a common point to all of them : good, consistent habits.
After reading the Miracle Morning book from Hal Elrod, I decided to implement a simple routine each morning but struggled to be consistent and setting 6 alarms on my iPhone was just not practical, so I coded an app for it. After 7 months of gathering feedback on the morning rituals MVP, I was able to launch Morning Routines 2.0 yesterday. It's all coded in SWIFT and was my first big app project from scratch; I have learnt so much along the way and met great people. A few days ago, the app was trending on the appStore and reached top #14 paid app in the US, and top #2 in the health and fitness category! A big part of this success is due to Product Hunt and you, the users, who gave me brutal, honest, intelligent feedback. Thank you Product hunt Community for helping me along the way, you guys rock!
Very very similar to my https://tinygain.com/ that was featured few days ago, just with less features.
@londonrom @ziggycrane Hey that's cool. You're a solo developer. I understand that. :)
@ziggycrane thanks for pointing out! Almost got sad this doesn't have an Android Version ;) will try tiny gain
Do yourself a small favor and mention in the description that it's a paid app AND has in app purchase for key features. I don't know why you would do that combo, but in any event it should be mentioned that you aren't buying he whole app. It would be interesting to compare results on free plus in app vs paid(full price) vs. what you are doing now paid(+in-app purchase).
@londonrom I agree with mark, it's not that you don't deserve money, it just feels deceitful. When you buy a paid app like this, you expect to have bought all the features. That's why you paid. To get hit with an additional charge inside after just buying it leaves a bad taste in your mouth. Just make the app a dollar more expensive up front if you want the added revenue
@londonrom That's great. Eating is great. I totally endorse eating. Now tell everyone up front in your description that you want to eat and it's going to cost extra. The app is really $4 not $2. The unlimited routines add-on were $2, not $1. I can't believe I'm actually spending time on this and telling you that you don't know what you are charging for your product. Someone shoot me.
@groupfire thanks, this was an error and I just corrected it in itunes connect. The final 3 days to get the app update were crazy 15 hours days and I must admit that was not set up correctly. Once again thank you for pointing this out and please no one shoot this nice person!
It's with a sense of irony that I'm seeing this app, downloading it and rating it at exactly the same place where I first met and had drinks with Romain in Ubud, Bali. Excellent validation for your idea from this community. Congratulations on benefiting from all your intense work and passion.
@londonrom the app stopped working for me. I cant launch my routine as it shows no progress. Kinda dissapointing.
@outhipped Sorry about that, my fault. make sure 'sunday' is selected on your habits, I'm working on a fix this week.
This morning, I totally forgot to take a shower, eat and have coffee. This is exactly the app I need!
I'd love to see a list of suggested morning routines - for example here's Tim Ferriss morning routine as shared here. Paid and downloaded the app - congrats and I hope it means you get enough revenue from the launch to keep adding functionality!
@andreaskam OMG! Andreas! I'm a big fan of your work!! Looove the FitnessCook app. Thank you for downloading and yes, I will keep improving it, I promise!
FYI Tried to use it this morning for my morning routine. Hit start on my routine and....nothing. A blank circle on a screen.
@xanderschultz thank you for downloading the app! Another user pointed this out yesterday, to fix it, make sure the days are selected when you create a new habit. You can still go and edit and select which day(s) you need. Let me know how you get on
I've been using it for the past two days and I like the idea of the app - helping you set, time and stick to healthy routines. However, as many have pointed out, when I paid for the app upfront I expected that it would be a pay once kind of thing. So I was taken off guard by the in-app purchase. You would be better off giving people full access and not have to deal with additional purchases to make full use of the app. Another comment: the Track Progress page - comparing between days rather than a compilation of the last 7/30 days might be a better idea. Another idea - maybe adding a skip button if I skip one of the steps in my routine? :)
@lara_noujaim Hi Lara, Thanks for taking the time to give me your valuable feedback. Changing the Track progress page is kind of a big deal the more users I get though, but I like your idea. time for reflection, knowing I can't make everyone happy!
I love apps like this. I used to use Lift (now Coach.me) for this purpose. I hate having my Wunderlist all jammed up with my recurring habits.
@londonrom cool product. Mostly impressed with the way you handled some of the negative comments on this thread. Your ability to implement the useful feedback without getting lost in the weeds is solid.
@outhipped Great! let me know how you're doing after a few days of use!Thanks for downloading!
@londonrom Any chance of adding alarm clock as core functionality? This way I don't have to remember to launch the app everyday, sleepy and all.
@outhipped you can set daily local notification reminders for your different routines already, swipe the notification from your lock screen to open the right routine. Is that what you meant?
@londonrom As "morning routine" is the main use case it would make sense if the countdown would start at the moment i wake up. Now i have to set up alarm clock app then remember to launch your app every time i turn off my alarm clock (in different app). If I would see that the countdown starts the moment i turn off my clock id be more motivated to proceed with my routine.
@outhipped you can add reminders(alarm) for each routine so your phone will tell you it's time to do your routine, then hit start when you are ready to begin.
Very similar to something I released awhile back: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/.... It never caught on though.
The first question coming up to mind is, do I really need an app to take a shower and drink coffee?:) :-D
@aramiggs if you don't want to stay 30 min under the shower and be late for work + implement 10 min of daily meditation, then maybe! if you read the Slight Edge, the compound Effect or the Miracle Morning, this is the tool to help you implement small consistent habits that are easy to do, but also easy not to do.
@londonrom so you mean I need to read books and install apps to determine how much time I need to spend in shower?
@aramiggs @londonrom It's probably a useful read to become more conscious about exact rituals and design them better.
Would you consider adding an export feature so users can get access to their data?
@kwabboateng interesting request, I am still wondering how people can share their achievements and add a bit more gamification btw! I'll keep that in mind for future improvements. In what format would you like the export?
@xanderschultz this app is bout focussing on one task at a time, and it seems human focussed attention is 20 min max anyway.
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