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AI lets you ship faster than ever. But shipping fast isn't the goal—shipping something good is. The developers who stand out will be the ones who actually use their own apps.
https://www.donnywals.com/the-importance-of-human-touch-in-ai-driven-development/
It's been requested _many_ times... RPE tracking in Maxine.
I've been wanting to add this for months. But I just didn't feel like the UI was in the right place, I wasn't sure how to incorporate it into my "simple" tracking strategy, and I wasn't sure what I should do with the tracked data.
I still have no idea whether I like the UI... but I started implementing it anyway. I'll probably be tweaking this for a while before I settle. But RPE tracking is coming soon. That's the goal.
Maxine migrated from being a paid up front app to being free to try. Here's what I did to make sure existing users didn't have to pay again after having already bought the app originally: https://www.donnywals.com/migrating-an-ios-app-from-paid-up-front-to-freemium/
Insights are everything. That's why Maxine will allow you to see your average heartrate per tracked exercise in the workout overview page. Train smarter!
In case you missed yesterday's post...
Migrating an app from paid up front to freemium can be tricky. I wrote down my learnings on my blog right here: https://www.donnywals.com/migrating-an-ios-app-from-paid-up-front-to-freemium/
Key lesson: Handling Sandbox and Review correctly can be tricky!
Good morning and a happy Monday, folks! What are you plans for this week? Building anything cool? Learning about something new?
Tell me all about it 😎
Maxine v2.10 is now on the App Store with an improved workout overview and detail page, a couple of small tweaks, and localized app store pages.
I'm hoping that this version will give me a significant ASO boost 💪
Maxine now has a new stats overview that shows you the total number of sets you performed as well as the total amount of weight you've moved. It's pretty cool to see that you've moved a couple thousand kgs worth of metal during your workout 😁
https://apps.apple.com/nl/app/maxine-one-rep-max-tracker/id6615073254
Let's be honest, we all love a good gym selfie... Maxine 2.13 comes with some pretty cool ways to share a gym selfie 😁
Check it out for free: https://apps.apple.com/nl/app/maxine-one-rep-max-tracker/id6615073254
If you want to share fun gym selfies, Maxine now has the ability to create pretty cool images for the social medias!!
https://apps.apple.com/nl/app/maxine-one-rep-max-tracker/id6615073254
When you let AI write a lot of your code, you typically want to have as little human interaction as possible while maintaining a high standard. This is even more true when you leverage cloud-based agents that never touch your machine at all.
Here's how I've set up my pipeline and workflows for agentic engineering: https://www.donnywals.com/setting-up-a-delivery-pipeline-for-your-agentic-ios-projects/
Was reminded today that this exists; smart banners to redirect your users to your app from your website. Easy to add, helps with conversion 👍
I'm experimenting with some calmer UI options for Maxine. Using colors as accents to make the overall UI easier on the eyes while maintaining the visual information you get from the color (muscle group trained). Also made using workout plans a bit more obvious with a big "add to workout" button.
Changing your monetization strategy isn't always. Easy. That's especially the case when you're moving from a paid up front app to one that's free to try.
I did exactly this last week and figured I'd share my strategy with y'all: https://www.donnywals.com/migrating-an-ios-app-from-paid-up-front-to-freemium/
I'm preparing Maxine to be as AI-friendly as I can so with App Intents you can now control your entire workout (siri phrases are supported too). Let's gooooooo