I swear by the sunshine alarm clocks. I really like it.
I've heard really great things about them
Show HN: Nebula – Alarm clock where you grow stars while you sleep
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#122I have to mention The Alarm Clock Problem: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ebQAM5ADfYQ Maybe a way to entice the user to sleep early in the first place could improve it.
I agree that sleep is a complicated thing and that bedtime routines are vital to overall healthy sleep habits. I think you're right and that reinforcing good sleep scheduling is the next step with the app in terms of big features
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#124Hi HN, I just wanted to add that I'm looking for any kind of feedback on the app. I've been working on it since graduating in may and released it a couple of days ago.
Some feedback here on your website: you've got the best testimonial section I've ever seen, you're mom should be really proud
+1, those testimonials were eerily close to home!
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#125I like the app but am offended by the idea of stars being made from cosmic dust. Can you add a divine intervention option?
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#126 love the reviews on the site
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#127Hi HN, I just wanted to add that I'm looking for any kind of feedback on the app. I've been working on it since graduating in may and released it a couple of days ago.
Congrats! This looks really interesting. One thing I would appreciate clarity on: I'd prefer not to send data to ad networks, if I pay for the ad free version, will that not only prevent the display of ads but also any associated tracking?
I've looked in to the question and I've changed it so that even the MobileAds SDK is only initialized if premium is not active when the application is first created. This way, if premium is enabled, AdMob is not touched in any way at any stage of the application's lifecycle. I asked whether or not this initialize call I was worried about actually does anything with respect to tracking and the only answer I've gotten so far is a "no", but I still need to do a little more research to make sure there aren't any other possible ways you may be tracked if ads aren't ever being loaded or requested. This additional check will go live in a day or two and I'll update you if I find any other potential issues.
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#128Earlier quoted context omitted.
Really neat idea. On your website...why are you using an iPhone template to show off an Android-only app?
That's my mistake, I didn't even notice that and will fix it in a bit. Thank you.
I was sorely disappointed when I saw this wasn’t available for iOS. Looks awesome, though.
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#129I really like it. I didn't try it yet but it feel like I would enjoy this points system for waking up on time. I noticed that over the summer, when I was excited about my work (and trying to meet deadlines), waking up on time was not an issue. Now that I'm back to going to school, it's easier to snooze/sleep in. Also, it's easier to go to bed at more random times. What if you could also collect some points by going t…
Reinforcing good bedtime habits is a really interesting idea. Even if that can't guarantee a person is sleeping, it can force people to set their phones down for the night which is something at least I could definitely use. Maybe something like if a user moves their phone past a certain time, the star is destroyed. Going to explore the points option and a few others. Thank you for your feedback
In my area summertime traffic is rather relaxed without significantly expressed traffic spikes, so journey time is almost independent from departure time. This summer I had liberty to come to work at any (reasonable) time. I spent large part of this summer without an alarm clock (had one safeguard alarm that always fired at work or during commute).
If I wanted to stay late, I could. I just went to bed when I felt sleepy. I would wake up naturally at varying times. Interestingly, I think I had one of the most productive periods, I felt well rested even though my sleeping pattern was greatly messed up. Waking up at 4am for 3 hour trip to work was not torture. had to do the same last week and was literally a zombie.
Furthermore I am one those people who occasionally wake up at night. I could keep laying in bed for those 15 minutes or I can check something (idle miner, bullshit feed) on my phone and crash after 15 minutes. Such options really depend on the person, I guess.
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Awesome app, the intro experience is a bit overwhelming but it looks and sounds cool. It would be nice to have a launcher widget with a clock and a render of the nebula, similarly to what I have on my phone: https://photos.app.goo.gl/Q2WL8dqZnSnCY8Of1 Also some animations would be nice, maybe use the accelerometer to Pan tilt the star? Would make a streak even more rewarding :). Happily bought the accelerator pack :)…
Thanks so much really appreciate your support! I experimented with an ios style parallax effect on the background stars but found that the library really used a lot of memory so I removed it for the time being. It looked super cool though so I'm going to try and write it myself in the near future. I'm also really interested in animations for the stars and a swirling nebula. My animation abilities are almost non-exist…
On a OnePlus 2 with LineageOS 14.1 it gobbled 146 MB of RAM max. How much more did the parallax lib add? Possibly hiding it behind an option with a warning would be viable?
Animating everything would also be nice. You've already did an awesome job on the UI overall ;).
I've seen much worse stuff from established apps on the Play Store. Worked on one even. The designers had the displeasure of doing glorified skinning. On top of that there was a lot of bike shedding around buttons but pretty much everyone ignored the dark patterns that were dictated from the top ("Hooked" had to be our new Bible, thankfully we didn't have to read it except for a 4 page snippet explaining the addiction loop we would want to exploit).