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Re: Show HN: I made a privacy friendly and simple app to track my menstruation

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Post by kylebenzle »

hruzgar wrote: post #121
vidyesh wrote: post #85

Congrats on the launch! Since this is on Google Play Store I want to ask why is it not viable with user's consent to just sync app data with your own(user's) Google account? I understand (and support) the reluctance to register and save data in some third party server which likely will use or sell your data but isn't app data in your Google Account very safe? Google App Backup is basically storing user data in their…

What's the point in "privacy friendly" if you're backing up to google?

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Re: Show HN: I made a privacy friendly and simple app to track my menstruation

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Post by openplatypus »

Terretta wrote: post #129
openplatypus wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or check the plethora of great GA alternatives like: Plausible Piwik Pro Simple Analytics Wide Angle Analytics Pirsch Umami etc. https://european-alternatives.eu/category/web-analytics-serv...

For a solo dev that would rather spend time on other things, who prioritizes ease of use and minimal setup, Fathom might be the better choice. If they value transparency in how tools work and possibly require some customization, Plausible’s open-source platform could be more suitable. Both offer strong privacy practices. Each of the others you list also offer flavor variety: Piwik Pro for comprehensive, regulation-co…

(I am a maker of Wide Angle Analytics)

Wide Angle is cheaper and grows with your needs.

You can start simple, and then dive deeper. Additionally, we support consent-based tracking and optional Personal Data processing for those who require more in-depth data.

But nothing stops you collecting just clicks/views/sources/campaigns with no set-up beyond dropping in a small script. No cookie banner required by default.

And yes, I am biased. :)

Re: Show HN: I made a privacy friendly and simple app to track my menstruation

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Post by kylebenzle »

xandrius wrote: post #95

I actually built a simple one (also for Android) as there wasn't anything easy out there. One thing that my gf wanted as additional features was the possibility to also track mood (I let her choose among 5 ranges of emojis) and add tags to each day: for example she can create a tag "pains" and set if she had cramps a day or not. All that can be expected to csv/xslx for her own analysis. If you add these features, I'l…

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Re: Show HN: I made a privacy friendly and simple app to track my menstruation

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Post by vidyesh »

hruzgar wrote: post #121
vidyesh wrote: post #85

Congrats on the launch! Since this is on Google Play Store I want to ask why is it not viable with user's consent to just sync app data with your own(user's) Google account? I understand (and support) the reluctance to register and save data in some third party server which likely will use or sell your data but isn't app data in your Google Account very safe? Google App Backup is basically storing user data in their…

What's the point in "privacy friendly" if you're backing up to google?

"privacy friendly" does not mean not relying on any service at all. Its about understanding when and where your privacy is respected.

If the user is already using a Google Account for the app (you need a google account to officially download apps from the Play store), they are okay with minimal use of the Google account.

Google might be evil in its ways but the google app data is far different than sharing your personal data with startups or other apps who use your data for other purposes when saved on their servers.

AFAIK, the google appdata does is like a data dump on the user's own google drive, its private to the user, and not used by Google or shared with anyone else, it only can be used and accessed by the app which saves it. Please do correct me if I am wrong about this.

Re: Show HN: I made a privacy friendly and simple app to track my menstruation

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Post by arrowsmith »

vsnf wrote: post #120
arrowsmith wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not sure why you're being down voted, this is a great point. And a depressing one.

Not a woman, so take this with a grain of salt. A few years ago, I wouldn't have been very bothered by the privacy implications of an application like this, but for obvious reasons it's become much more prudent to consider them. Were I a woman I'd be deeply troubled to use an application like this, no matter how good, without some kind of ironclad proof of a privacy respecting codebase. Imagine logging patterns indic…

Exactly. A few years ago I would have thought that this kind of take was absurdly paranoid... but here we are.

Re: Show HN: I made a privacy friendly and simple app to track my menstruation

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Post by mensetmanusman »

kylebenzle wrote: post #133
xandrius wrote: post #95

I actually built a simple one (also for Android) as there wasn't anything easy out there. One thing that my gf wanted as additional features was the possibility to also track mood (I let her choose among 5 ranges of emojis) and add tags to each day: for example she can create a tag "pains" and set if she had cramps a day or not. All that can be expected to csv/xslx for her own analysis. If you add these features, I'l…

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It's a healthy habit to identify hidden stressors (bad relationships, too much drinking, etc.)

Re: Show HN: I made a privacy friendly and simple app to track my menstruation

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Post by earthling8118 »

stormqueen wrote: post #88
vidyesh wrote: post #85

Congrats on the launch! Since this is on Google Play Store I want to ask why is it not viable with user's consent to just sync app data with your own(user's) Google account? I understand (and support) the reluctance to register and save data in some third party server which likely will use or sell your data but isn't app data in your Google Account very safe? Google App Backup is basically storing user data in their…

Thanks! The backup feature is already on my roadmap to offer it as an optional feature - but since you can manually import and export your data, it's not a high priority yet. F-Droid may be an option - but for now the project is not open source. so I think that's not possible

I'd argue that it's a falsehood to call a closed source application privacy friendly.

Re: Show HN: I made a privacy friendly and simple app to track my menstruation

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Post by NoGravitas »

stormqueen wrote: post #40
gary_0 wrote: post #5

To help drive home the privacy angle, you might consider open-sourcing it and also making it available on F-Droid. Also, why does it say "in-app purchases"? If this is a simple calendar I don't see why any purchasable extras should be necessary. (While many in the HN crowd lack the requisite equipment to make use of your project, we do have girlfriends, wives, sisters, and daughters who might benefit from a privacy-r…

In-app purchases: You can buy another theme if you want. There is no need to do that - the whole functionality is available anyway. I thought it would be nice to at least have the opportunity to make some money from it... I haven't thought about open-sourcing it... Maybe I'll think about it...

Making additional themes be in-app purchases seems like a reasonable way of funding the project. You might want to specifically say in the app description in the store what the in-app purchases are. I was kind of suspicious until I saw this explanation.

"Free on F-Droid, $3 on the Play Store" is another approach I've seen (e.g., Conversations and DAV5x).

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