u/michael_legacy

Should I keep my app as a webapp or go native? Struggling to decide.

Right now it lives as a webapp. Works on mobile browser and desktop, easy to share a link, fast to iterate. But I keep running into the same question: does this need to be a native app?

Here’s my dilemma:

Reasons to stay webapp:

•	Zero friction onboarding — just share a link, no App Store download required  
•	Faster iteration, no Apple review delays  
•	Works on every device already  
•	Much lower cost to maintain

Reasons to go native:

•	Push notifications on iOS are basically broken for webapps  
•	Home screen icon = habit trigger = better retention  
•	App Store is real distribution  
•	People share apps more than links

I’m pre-revenue, still in beta. My gut says the emotional nature of the use case might actually demand the polish and trust signal of a real app — but going native means slowing everything down significantly.

Has anyone faced this? Did you stay webapp too long, or go native too early and regret it? Would love honest takes.

I’m building a memory preservation app called Legacy (lgcies.com). Excited to grow it, I did everything “right”:
Opened a fresh Instagram business account
Connected it to an AI agent via their official API to automate content posting
Started boosting posts with paid ads to get traction

Banned. Account gone.
No warning. No appeal that went anywhere. Just gone.

Let me get this straight: I used their official API, gave them real ad money, and they banned me for it?

I get that Meta is cracking down on automation, but this is a founder trying to build in public using the tools they literally provide. The line between “approved automation” and “ban-worthy automation” is completely invisible until you cross it.

Has anyone else run into this? How are you actually growing on Instagram as a small founder without a dedicated social media person? Would love to know what’s working — because apparently paying Meta isn’t enough to keep your account alive.

My dad is in his 80s. He has stories I've never heard about growing up in Brooklyn, his first job, how he met my mom. Every time I'd ask, we'd get interrupted or he'd wave it off with "ah, you don't want to hear all that."

So I built something.

Legacy is a guided memory app where you record your life story chapter by chapter — Childhood, Early Career, Love & Marriage — in your own voice. Not typed. Not transcribed. Your actual voice, your actual words, saved forever.

It works both ways. If you're a parent, you can start your own story and share it with your kids. If you're an adult child, you can invite your parent in and they record at their own pace.

I built it because I realized a transcript of my dad's stories is nothing compared to hearing him tell them. His laugh mid-sentence. The way his voice gets a little more animated when he talks about the old neighborhood.

People in this community are already doing the hard work of preserving family history. This is just a easier way to capture the living part of it — the voice, the personality, the way someone actually tells a story.

First chapter is completely free.

www.lgcies.com — happy to answer any questions.

I recently realized I knew almost nothing about my parents’ actual lives. Not the surface stuff where they grew up, what they did for work. I mean the real things. What they were afraid of. What they were proudest of. The moments that shaped them before I ever existed.

That’s why I built Legacy a web app that gently guides someone through recording their life story, chapter by chapter, in their own words. They can type or record their voice. Their family can listen anytime, from anywhere.

The biggest difference from anything else out there Legacy preserves their actual voice, not just a transcript. That tape recording your grandfather made in 1987 that your family still treasures? That’s what I’m trying to help people create, but organized, beautiful, and accessible forever.

I’m looking for 5 people to try it completely free and tell me honestly what works and what doesn’t. No credit card, no pitch, no pressure.

If you’ve been meaning to do something like this for a parent or grandparent and just haven’t gotten around to it — this is the nudge.

Drop a comment or DM me and I’ll get you set up.

A few years ago I realized I knew almost nothing about my parents’ actual lives. Not the surface stuff where they grew up, what they did for work. I mean the real things. What they were afraid of. What they were proudest of. The moments that shaped them before I ever existed.

By the time I thought to ask, the window was closing.

That’s why I built Legacy a web app that gently guides someone through recording their life story, chapter by chapter, in their own words. They can type or record their voice. Their family can listen anytime, from anywhere.

The biggest difference from anything else out there Legacy preserves their actual voice, not just a transcript. That tape recording your grandfather made in 1987 that your family still treasures? That’s what I’m trying to help people create, but organized, beautiful, and accessible forever.

I’m looking for 5 people to try it completely free and tell me honestly what works and what doesn’t. No credit card, no pitch, no pressure.

If you’ve been meaning to do something like this for a parent or grandparent and just haven’t gotten around to it this is the nudge.

Drop a comment or DM me and I’ll get you set up.