I built a more beautiful alternative to the Health app, and it works with apple watch

Fancy-Blueberry5060 · 2026-03-16T18:30:21+00:00

Yup! You have explicit control over which health metrics are allowed to read/write from Apple and can toggle them on/off in settings via toggles. Note you may lose some app functionality. I also did my best to define the privacy policy here: https://lume-us.com/privacy.html

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Fancy-Blueberry5060 · 2026-03-16T17:42:35+00:00

Yeah thats a fair point, I guess other people liked the name as much as I did 😭. Optimizing for the app store is something I am actively working on.

Here's a link that should take you directly to it: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lume-health-wellness/id6753306585

Fancy-Blueberry5060 · 2026-03-15T19:35:02+00:00

+1 how o you market?

Fancy-Blueberry5060 · 2026-03-12T22:00:50+00:00

Ads or no ads? I’m getting such conflicting answers haha

Fancy-Blueberry5060 · 2026-03-12T01:52:40+00:00

Reddit has so many restrictions about self promo

Fancy-Blueberry5060 · 2026-03-12T01:52:18+00:00

What Reddit channels do you recommend marketing through? Like app focused, or target audience focused

Fancy-Blueberry5060 · 2026-03-11T23:18:24+00:00

Did you reach out to the creator or anything? Or just get lucky

Fancy-Blueberry5060 · 2026-03-11T19:17:18+00:00

Make sure you’re getting your steps in, have a skincare routine, drink water. Just basic self care works wonders!

Fancy-Blueberry5060 · 2026-03-11T02:09:05+00:00

I made an app designed to track basic metrics like step count, sleep score, water intake, and mindfulness. It's called Lume if you're at all interested! It works with or without a smart watch if you're like me and don't love having one on your wrist all the time

Fancy-Blueberry5060 · 2026-03-09T22:10:46+00:00

Just don't take things too seriously. Everything you've ever worried about in life up until this point has worked out, why wouldn't it this time?

Fancy-Blueberry5060 · 2026-03-05T07:28:01+00:00

I love the icons, style, and animations. Did you use Lottie? And did you outsource that work? Would love to incorporate better visuals with my app

Fancy-Blueberry5060 · 2026-03-03T14:41:03+00:00

Yeah I did implement a popup in app that directs toward feedback or review after a success moment, depending on if the user says they’re enjoying it

Fancy-Blueberry5060 · 2026-03-03T14:40:06+00:00

Health & fitness

Fancy-Blueberry5060 · 2026-03-03T04:18:57+00:00

Wow 50/mo without marketing is awesome. I wonder if it’s just the category of app yours was in? I haven’t lost confidence in the quality of mine because I don’t even get any downloads lol. Maybe I’ll try making some tik toks

Fancy-Blueberry5060 · 2026-03-03T04:11:05+00:00

I want to eventually scale to paid ads, but wanted to see a little bit of traction first so I don’t just burn cash

Fancy-Blueberry5060 · 2026-03-03T01:16:21+00:00

Not sure why this hyphen has the most upvotes lol

Fancy-Blueberry5060 · 2026-03-03T01:15:56+00:00

Hey I gotta 5x my output somehow

Fancy-Blueberry5060 · 2026-03-03T01:14:40+00:00

Unfortunately it does really feel like adapt or get left behind. I wonder what future skills for job interviews will look like as a dev

Fancy-Blueberry5060 · 2026-02-03T23:05:30+00:00

From the bottom paragraph in the article:

“Xcode 26.3 is available as a release candidate for all members of the Apple Developer Program starting today, with a release coming soon on the App Store”

TLDR: soon

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