#Advice for building an body transformation/weight loss companion app

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fresh eagle
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Hey there, I'm back.

I am currently building a weight loss companion app (Android), the primary goal is to see and show progress. It's offline, your data and photos never leave your device. I'd say it's mostly done with features like :

  • Daily photos. Front, side and back. (or weekly, just the front. You do whatever you want I'm not your mom)
  • Importing many pictures at once (many, like myself, have been taking progress pictures for years)
  • Body transformation timelapse generation using these pictures
  • Stabilization : a basic/fast one and a fancy/slow one using computer vision to center the body to make it smooth
  • Seeing old photo gallery and **compairing yourself **(side by side, etc)

I am also considering adding features such as : weight tracking, body measurements, step counter. Anything related to small progress that compound, because that's what helped me during my weightloss journey : trusting the process and showing up.

I am curious what you would like to see and not see in such an app. What are your thoughts on such an app ? Do you take frequent progress pictures yourself ?

I'd love your insight as I don't know too many people actively loosing weight in my entourage, just me.

flat moss
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Is it just image based or will there be specific measurements too?

fresh eagle
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Currently only photos. But weight is second. I think it's crucial in this case. Body measurements could be an idea

flat moss
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Who is your target audience?

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And what age range?

fresh eagle
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People in an active body transformation (weight loss & muscle gain). Also people who already did that and have progress pictures of themselves. It's a tool to make taking progress pictures easier and more frequent, but also a tool to use progress pictures to generate videos or do comparison

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As for age, I'd say 16 to 40

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It is my belief that progress pictures are important to see progress and reward yourself with a visual representation of your consistency, and that the logistics of progress pictures is a tad annoying to navigate

tawny stirrup
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@full rivet u gotta get rid of the competition

full rivet
tawny stirrup
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Stop being postive and shit

fresh eagle
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@full rivet are you building a similar app ?

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If you are, contact me. Maybe we can make something great happen together 😌

full rivet
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Building an app is a JOURNEY though, so best of luck

fresh eagle
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IT IS ! But it's also very fun

full rivet
full rivet
fresh eagle
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I am tying things up and adjusting the experience. I am currently using it myself. I'm trying to make it great for people on all the spectrum from "I want pictures everyday and make a timeline" to "I take a pic every 4 weeks and maybe I'll want to compare someday", and the people who already have many pictures

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It's my first app. I'm a designer and ex-web developer. So it's quite new !

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I'd say I've worked on it a bit more than a month

tawny stirrup
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Cant let positivity thrive in here

full rivet
full rivet
full rivet
tawny stirrup
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If im happy

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Then theyre js copying me

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Trying to be like me

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Which is annoying asl

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Be original

fresh eagle
tawny stirrup
fresh eagle
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The original one I bet

tawny stirrup
fresh eagle
tawny stirrup
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I strive off of other ppls failures

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Jokes aside the app seems like a good idea

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I fw u

fresh eagle
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It helps me be more regular on my progress pics 🫡

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And it generates cool (STABILIZED !) timelapses at the press of a finger

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I'm pretty happy with what I have done