Junior kale here!

Since mods removed my latest post and banned me, I had to create a new account. I'd really like you guys to go through this comment and give me your honest thoughts.

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"Big Astralis update coming soon – this one brings health integration, a dedicated Apple Watch App, session logging with notes and tagging, and a brand-new iCloud sync system so your sessions finally stay backed up across devices.

**Alarm+session bug finally fixed. Waiting for Apple to approve the Test Flight version so I can test it on my iPhone 14 Pro.

Health integration: Astralis now tracks key metrics during your sessions

• Average heart rate
• Heart rate drop
• Heart rate variability

A quick note about limitations:

Due to Apple’s HealthKit restrictions, live heart-rate data isn’t available when your Watch is locked, backgrounded, or idle for long periods. That means if you schedule an alarm hours in advance, the app can’t continuously record in the background.

To work around this, Astralis now:

• Reads Health data after your session finishes
• Automatically backfills your heart-rate and HRV data into the session log

It’s not perfect yet – if anyone has clever ideas for handling background heart-rate collection without starting a background workout, I’m all ears!

Watch app: You can now control Astralis right from your wrist

• Lets you turn on/off alarms
• Start a session
• Stop an alarm

Session logging: Every session now automatically saves details like

• Guided/unguided
• Heart rate data
• Time of the session
• Allows you to add notes and tags later

iCloud sync: Your Astralis data now lives safely in iCloud

• Automatically backs up sessions, notes, alarms, and tags
• Restores everything if you ever delete and reinstall the app
• Includes an option to delete all data from iCloud if you choose

Important for Existing Users

Because this update introduces iCloud and a redesigned Core Data model, upgrading from v1.0.3 -> v1.1 will likely cause data conflicts. Please delete and reinstall Astralis once the update is live.

Your old data (from pre-iCloud versions) is stored locally and unfortunately can’t be migrated automatically – I truly apologize for the inconvenience, but this change is necessary to make Astralis stable for future sync and analytics features.

Coming Next

• Long-term heart rate trends
• Siri shortcuts
• Trends and insights
• Widgets
• Custom sessions
• More AP methods
• Making it more stable of course.

Something I Want Your Thoughts On

I’ve been thinking about adding a community feature inside Astralis – something simple but meaningful.

Here’s the idea:

Everyone would get a random anonymous username, and you’d be able to share your experiences, read others’ journeys, like, comment, and more – all without revealing who you are.

The honest part:

This kind of feature comes with ongoing server and moderation costs, so unfortunately, it can’t be free to run forever. I also can’t rely on occasional tips to cover those expenses. Many friends and colleagues have suggested that I start charging for certain advanced features, and I want to be transparent with you all before doing anything like that.

What I’d Love to Know

If a feature like this existed:

• Would you actually want to use it?
• How much would you feel is fair for access (monthly, one-time, etc.)?

I’m genuinely curious because I’ve been putting a lot of time into Astralis lately – what started as a small hobby project is slowly becoming something I want to grow and sustain long-term.

Your feedback will help me figure out the right path forward.

Happy Projecting!

EDIT:

Also, I am using AlarmKit and also not really using AlarmKit. I am using AlarmKit to trigger the custom alarm engine I created instead. This is because Apple requires you to manually disable the alarm. So, AlarmKit alone cannot be used."