Built an app for 14 months that visualizes your WhatsApp communication patterns. Curious if this type of visualization resonates with you?
Hey r/quantifiedself, long time lurker here.
I’ve spent the last 14 months building an iOS app called Cirano that shows you the shape of how you actually communicate on WhatsApp. It pairs on-device, nothing leaves your phone. It surfaces things like who initiates more, how reply timing drifts, and which threads have quietly gone cold without you noticing.
There are five axes: Speed, Balance, Rhythm, Consistency, and Initiation. There’s also a small EKG-style line that acts like the heartbeat of a thread.
I’ve found it weirdly useful. For example, I realized I had basically stopped initiating with a close friend about three months before I would have consciously noticed it. But I honestly can’t tell if that’s just a me thing or something other people would actually want.
It just hit the App Store today, so I’m genuinely curious if any of this resonates. It feels like a different kind of app to me, something realtime and personal rather than another AI tool helping you do things faster. WhatsApp is only the beginning, thinking of additional chat apps and data streams.