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In collaboration with my friend, we came up with a list of requirements that we wanted the app to accomplish based on the information and feedback we have gotten from talking to people around us. We had to find and emphasize why our app would be different that other apps out there and understand our competition.

I spent time getting some inspiration on Pinterest and Dribbble, and came up with the foundation of the look and feel for the app. I then mocked up and prototyped in Figma, allowing us the ability to clearly understand what the user flows would be and the interaction patterns of the app. We went through multiple iterations of the design before we felt we were ready to begin developing in code.

It didn't take us long to get the foundation of our app implemented and working. I led the implementation because I am more familiar with application development than my friend. I taught him how to build an application following best practices for React Native and data storage architecture using SQLite.

Once we felt we had the app in a stable state for beta testing, we began doing usability tests to understand if what we had built was usable and effective at giving the users of our app the vision of random reminders to help build habits and get things done. We found some usability issues through our testing and made changes resolve them. We are currently still in this phase of the process and are looking forward to releasing our app soon!

I give credit for this app idea to my business partner, who noticed a gap in current to-do and reminder application offerings to help build habits by offering randomized reminders on a schedule. This app offers a solution to people who want to build habits but don't know when or have the bandwidth to sit down and figure out at what exact time they want to do something. By making it simple for your phone to nudge you when you are most likely to accomplish something, you are much more likely to be successful.

We want our app to be able to notify you no matter where you are or what network environment you are in. If you want to be reminded to do your daily meditation, it shouldn't be limited to if you are in reach of cell service or not. Many assumptions made when building web applications don't apply well to mobile. For these reasons, the app is designed and architected to work without an internet connection.

By utilizing Apple's Test Flight beta testing program, we are able to get feedback on new features and an understanding of our users' usage patterns before we push features live. I also lead the organization and framework for gathering research as to the best use cases for our product, and where there are gaps that need to be filled.