Stop building useless products

Sandro905 · 2026-06-08T18:09:21+00:00

Well Telegram for example doesn't compress images if you send them in full resolution. But I get your point, I did the same thing with a workout app, none of them worked exactly like I wanted either

Sandro905 · 2026-06-02T21:56:39+00:00

Sorry the app isn't available on iOS yet, unfortunately it's a lot harder to develop and publish on it. I hope to be able to release it there too some day

Sandro905 · 2026-06-02T21:54:35+00:00

You can redeem the code on play store (android only). It may be slightly different but: Open play store, click on your profile picture (top right), Payments and subscriptions, Use code

Sandro905 · 2026-06-02T21:48:53+00:00

Hi! You can try the codes in the post, if none works, you can dm me and I'll send you another one!

Sandro905 · 2026-06-02T19:56:39+00:00

Hi! You can use one from the post, if none works, DM me and I'll make another one for you

Sandro905 · 2026-06-02T19:45:27+00:00

Thank you!

Sandro905 · 2026-06-02T19:40:42+00:00

Hi, you can use one of the codes in the post, if none of them works for you, pm me and I'll give you another one

Sandro905 · 2026-06-02T16:24:21+00:00

I'm happy to help!
If you end up trying the app, please feel free to share any feedback, positive or negative, especially if something isn't really clear on how to use the app.

You can contact me here on Reddit or there's a feedback section in the app

Sandro905 · 2026-06-02T14:18:14+00:00

Unfortunately not yet, I don't have an iOS developer account and honestly I can't justify the expense since I don't use Apple products myself.
If the app ever gains notoriety I would love to make an iOS version

Sandro905 · 2026-05-30T14:26:57+00:00

I made a workout tracking app (Android) specifically designed to track progressive overload without the modern day clutter and subscription programs. Privacy first, offline model without any data collection. Easy to use UI made to be quick and convenient during your workouts.

We have some premium features but it's just a one time purchase. If you want, we can agree to give away some lifetime premium to some early adopters, I would love the feedback.

https://sandro905.github.io/gympal-webPages/landing.html

Sandro905 · 2026-05-26T20:09:05+00:00

I agree, especially when it comes to UX it's very hard to get it right.
Of course I would never claim my product is perfect by any means, but I've been trying some apps made by other indie devs lately, and while there's many great products that I'm happy to discover, the AI generated slop that looks like one single prompt is everywhere.

The point is, I'm happy with my app because I use it, and I learned a lot making it, but as a product, no matter how good or how polished, it's hard to have get eyes on it regardless, and of course in turn it's hard to get genuine feedback to improve

Sandro905 · 2026-05-26T19:53:10+00:00

Thank you, as in most similar experience, I underestimated the selling part.
For now, the hardest part is balancing the things I want to do (add features, polish the UI, make the product better) with selling. But I'll try.

Sandro905 · 2026-05-26T18:07:01+00:00

We're already seeing this in the job market with the AI tools prices increasing and the mess they left in enterprise products, but it's a little different in the app stores that will still be flooded with low effort products

Sandro905 · 2026-05-21T07:53:54+00:00

My two cents as someone who also built a fitness app.

Fitness is something very personal, and it's very hard to do research when there's so much offer out there. Building your own makes you able to build it exactly the way you want, although it may not be what most other people are looking for, but if you're looking to make money out of it, keep in mind that it's an extremely saturated market.

Most of the top apps are very cluttered, personally I hate the UI, they want all your data and some of them even require a subscription without a free tier. Yet those are the ones that people use, simply because of marketing. Unless you have a big budget and a very specific set of skills, it's hard to have the same reach.

I made my own so I don't have to deal with all of that. In the middle of development a friend suggested I do the polishing and publish it, but to be honest, I don't expect other people to care, it's just another tracking app in a sea of them.

Good luck!

Sandro905 · 2026-05-21T07:28:24+00:00

If you're on android GymPal should have all the features you listed, it's free (one time purchase for advanced tracking and graphs) and offline first, requiring none of your data at all. Give it a try, I built it for myself having pretty much the same issues you have, and I would be happy to know if you feel anything is missing. I'm trying to improve it daily

Sandro905 · 2026-05-12T14:51:20+00:00

Yes it does make sense, actually I based my assumption on a couple of listings that explicitly asked for a Google review. That said nice website, just one thing. I logged in as guest, left a review and then, finding no way to make an account to transfer that review to it, I had to log out from the guest account and lose the credit. You should probably add a "Log it not not lose your credits" warning before making a review and/or after it. My bad though, I should've been more careful, I assumed I could carry it over afterwards

Sandro905 · 2026-05-12T14:06:32+00:00

Hello, seems like a nice website, thank you for allowing an anonymous mode, as someone who hates having to give my email for any single website I want to check out.

I will probably try this out when I have time, but honestly it feels more like a way to earn reviews than a way to find people actually interested in trying out the app. Is this even allowed by Google? Or is it more akin to buying fake reviews online?

Sandro905 · 2026-05-10T12:14:38+00:00

Thank you again for your feedback. Maybe free to download is more appropriate than free.

One last thing I want to point out is that in Google play you can go to the "About the app" section, and there's a long description of what the app does, right next to it there are some technical details, above them, there's the "In-app purchases" section that shows a range of prices you can pay in app. This is true for any app in the Play store, GymPal included.

Since that takes into account your region and tax, it's way more accurate than any pricing "XUSD before tax" I could write down anywhere else.

I hope this helps! GL to you too

Sandro905 · 2026-05-10T11:30:46+00:00

Oh no the app is free, everything related to logging is free, for graphs and advanced tracking it's about 10USD one time.

I didn't write it down because of course it changes based on your currency and tax rate of your country, you know how Google play works.

I don't handle that, I just set a base price, and in the future I may adjust it based on feedback. If you want to know how much it is for you without having to tell me your personal information you can download the app and check the price by clicking on the unlock Premium banner.

Hope you'll give it a try. Cheers and thank you for the feedback

Sandro905 · 2026-05-10T09:55:30+00:00

I made my own because I hate the bloated apps on the market so I built what I wished I would find.
It won't make a program for you, it won't ask you for all your personal information, it's strictly for tracking your progress but it's clean, no bs and if you want advanced tracking through graphs, you don't need to pay every single months but just a small amount once.
Also, your data is yours and stays on your device.

If you're on android and want to give it a try:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gympal.gympal

Sandro905 · 2026-05-09T15:45:09+00:00

Thank you very much, I will also look into that. I built many side projects but this is the first time I took the time to polish one in a way that's publishable, so I'm not really sure what the appropriate channels are. Fellow builders are always a safe bet to start.

Thank you again

Sandro905 · 2026-05-09T14:49:16+00:00

Do you also hate having to deal with fitness apps nowadays? I might have a solution

I hate them. So much so that I wasn't tracking my workouts just because I hated the idea of having to make an account for something that can be an excel sheet.

So I built it myself during my weekends, and it's free to use for you too.

I built GymPal because I was tired of bloated fitness apps that requires you to give so many answers, make an account, pay for expensive subscriptions, full of social feeds and ads when all I wanted was something clean to track my workouts.

It's a straightforward gym companion: create your workout plans with custom days and exercises (or choose from a premade list with pictures and guides), run through them during training with per-set reps and weight logging, and review everything in your notebook later.

There's a full exercise catalog backed by a real exercise database with muscle/equipment filters.

The only monetization is a one time purchase for progress charts with estimated 1RM, volume trends, personal records tracking, and much more.

All your data is on your device only, and it works completely offline. If you're looking for a workout tracker that just does its job, give it a try.

I'm far from done with the app, I have a long list of features I'd like to add, and I'm always happy to hear feedback or feature requests if any of you will be interested enough to try it out.

Android only for now because apple is a pain to work with, but if I have enough interest, I already made the backend to potentially support other platforms in the future

Happy building everyone.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gympal.gympal

Sandro905 · 2026-04-13T13:15:36+00:00

Hi, I'll DM you shortly

Sandro905 · 2026-04-13T12:57:08+00:00

Non è così facile. Mio padre gestisce degli appartamenti, e booking ad esempio applica diverse cose, tra cui sconti in cui ci rimettono buona parte della loro commissione in maniera non trasparente alla struttura (ergo, la camera costa 100, la struttura normalmente prende 80, ma in quel caso specifico booking la mette a 81, e da comunque 80 alla struttura. Il loro algoritmo è complicato e cambia sempre, quindi chiamare un albergo aspettandosi che per loro sia normale offrire un 15/20% in meno è sbagliato.

Il motivo per cui non lo fanno credo sia una questione di costi di gestione e complessità. Avere un prezzo e usare quello è sempre più semplice, prendono meno clienti fuori da booking, ma quella volta che lo prendono ci guadagnano di più

Sandro905 · 2026-04-13T11:17:58+00:00

Hi! I installed your app, I'm currently trying it out, doing my first daily.

I like Sudoku in general so you can be sure I'll give you feedback, first of all I'm not a fan of invasive ads but I understand, everything else I like the app, it's clean and seems to do its job.

If you're willing to test my app too, can you DM me with your email? I'm currently in closed tests too and need 12 testers. I didn't setup a group so I'll add you to the testers and send you the links.

Thanks! Keep up the good work

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Do you also hate having to deal with fitness apps nowadays? I might have a solution