u/queondaguero

Most tracking apps assume a fixed schedule: daily habits, weekly goals, streaks that reset the moment you slip. That didn't match how I actually live. Half the things I want to keep track of don't happen on a schedule: changing the air filter, calling my parents, taking the dog to the vet.

So I built Ago. You log something once, and it just tells you how long it's been since. No streaks, no badges, nothing gamified, just the number. Comes with 60+ templates for common things, and you can set an optional deadline plus notification per item if you want a nudge, though nothing's pushed on you by default.

Built in React Native/Expo, one-time $4.99 unlock, no subscription, no account required.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ago-last-time-log-reminder/id6780959791

Would genuinely love feedback, especially if the core idea (tracking irregular things instead of routines) resonates or if I'm missing an obvious use case. Happy to share a few free Pro codes with anyone who wants to try the full thing and give notes.

Hey everyone,

I’m building an iOS app called Ago - a different take on productivity apps where you add things you wanna keep track of when you last did.

When you add a thing, you enter when you last did it and the app will tell you how many days it's been. The idea is to add things like washing your car, calling your mom, taking your partner out on a date - it really depends on what matters to you and what you want to track.

You can choose to add a cadence for how often you want to do it - weekly, monthly, half-yearly etc. - and add notifications if you want.

There are other apps doing similar things, so the idea isn't entirely unique. I wanted to build something simple and not bloated with unnecessary things with a beautiful UI and delightful UX.

What to test

• Add a few items - with and without reminder
• Edit items - name, icon, color
• Allow notifications, see if you receive them and share your response on the wording.
• Browse ideas - do the suggestions make sense?
• Change sorting
• Change language (if you speak any of the currently additional languages - 🇪🇸 Spanish, 🇫🇷 French, 🇵🇹 Portuguese, 🇩🇰 Danish)

Does the core app functionality work well? Anything that seems odd or confusing? Anything you'd have liked to see in the app?

Note: you can unlock Pro mode in this build by going to Settings and tapping five times on the "Ago 1.0.0" label at the bottom.

Let me know what you think - thanks everyone!

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I built Recipe Fox because I kept losing recipes I'd saved on TikTok or bookmarked in tabs I'd never find again. You share or paste any recipe URL - website, TikTok, Instagram - and the app extracts and saves the actual recipe into a clean personal collection. iOS + Android, $9.99 lifetime.

Building is the easy part.

Seriously. I had a working app in a few weeks. What I didn't have was any idea how to get people to actually use it. That's the real problem nobody talks about enough. You ship, and then you stare at a download graph that doesn't move.

The competitive landscape is brutal.

Before starting to build the app, I mapped out 13 apps in this space. ReciMe has 237,000 ratings. Paprika has 53,000. These are established products with real user bases. The question was: is there actually a gap, or am I just building the 14th version of the same thing?

The gap I found: almost every app is either a noisy social platform (feeds, discovery, community) or a $40/year subscription. "Pay once, no subscription, just your private collection" was the gap I was trying to fill. I read 100+ 1-3 star reviews with competitor apps, and this shows up constantly as a complaint. So this felt like an opportunity for me to bring something different to the table.

What I've tried to get the word out:

• Founder TikTok/Instagram content - the app solves a TikTok-native problem, so that's the natural channel
• Apple Search Ads running for keyword intelligence (not volume — too expensive at $9.99 one-time)
• A/B test of two App Store page copy angles (practical vs. emotional)
• SEO landing pages targeting "no subscription recipe app" and "save TikTok recipes"
• Reddit presence via F5Bot alerts — replying genuinely when people ask for recipe app recommendationsThe real numbers:
• 283 signed-up users
• 56% of these save a first recipe within 90 seconds of signing up
• 51% of recipes saved come from TikTok (33%) + Instagram (18%) - I expected recipe blogs to dominate
• 11 paid upgrades, ~$135 gross revenue over 11 weeks
• 5.1% day-35 conversion
• Zero revenue last 3 weeks — I raised the free tier from 3 to 15 recipes, which was the right long-term call (3 was too tight to form any habit), but it's moved the paywall far enough that fewer people are hitting it now

Biggest insights I'm focusing on right now: 50% of people who save a first recipe never come back. I just shipped event tracking to see where in the funnel they drop - failed import, or successful save they just never returned to. Different problems, different fixes.

Curious what others have found works for distribution at this stage - especially for utility apps where the use case is specific. Happy to answer questions about anything here.

For anyone who wants to try it: free to download: first 15 recipes are on the house. Lifetime access is normally $9.99 - offering $6.99 to this community via code REDDIT30 until end of June.

Redeem here: https://apps.apple.com/redeem/?ctx=offercodes&id=6761705749&code=REDDIT30

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/recipe-fox-save-cook-log/id6761705749

I recently went on sick leave because of stress symptoms. Looking back, I see the signs had been there for weeks, but I just couldn't recognize them at the time. As part of my recovery, I'm considering ways to prevent this from happening again. I'm searching for useful apps that can assist with this.

I’m not interested in a meditation app or a 21-day program. I want something that takes 30 seconds a day to log energy, sleep quality, and stress, and then stays out of the way until the data indicates I'm heading in a bad direction. Then it should notify me.

I don’t want a streak counter or a coach. I need a simple monitor that gently reminds me when I genuinely need it, not every day.

I've checked out Bearable (too focused on symptoms), Daylio (mood journaling, no real alerts), and Headspace (meditation-first approach). None of these meet my specific needs.

Does anyone know of an app that fits? Many thanks in advance!

Looking for something specific and can't find any apps or services that give me exactly that.

I have recently been hit with anxiety and stress related symptoms, and in the process of getting healthier I want to log a handful of habits daily (exercise, sleep quality, stress level, energy) and after some time see correlations like: "you exercise 40% less on high-stress days" or "your energy is consistently lower the day after poor sleep." Things like that.

The apps I've tried so far:

• Exist.io - does this, but the UI is complex and built around connecting services. Manual logging exists but not really designed for this.
• Daylio - great for mood journaling but it doesn't actually give me correlations between context variables. Seems to be focused mainly on streaks.
• Bearable - a bit too health/symptom focused, not exactly what I am looking for.

Are there any apps I'm missing? A simpler manual-first version that just lets you log and then shows you patterns over time?

Many thanks in advance for your recommendations!