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Just switched from Clue, thank you so much for creating this :) I love the simplicity and export feature
Thanks - that was my previous app too ;)
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
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> ctrl-f > "repub" > 1 result It's just you sewing discord in here. It'd be great if you'd stop, thanks.
Now, is it a valid fear that white conservative males are trying to obtain period tracking app data so they can persecute young women having abortions? I personally don't think so, which makes this app and this whole discussion moot.
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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> you'd get a lot of mileage out of open sourcing it I’m not sure. Maintaining an open source project requires even more time than a closed source project. You can have a community-oriented closed source project, too. > and doubling down on the privacy / local storage angle Yeah!
Open sourcing would just be a PR tactic IMO. Since it's all local storage anyway, there shouldn't be many security maintenance issues. I just think it gives a nice story angle for bloggers and tech press. But agreed, trying to build an active open source project with a community around it is a whole other ballgame and likely not worth the trouble.
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> you'd get a lot of mileage out of open sourcing it I’m not sure. Maintaining an open source project requires even more time than a closed source project. You can have a community-oriented closed source project, too. > and doubling down on the privacy / local storage angle Yeah!
There's a difference between open sourcing and "maintaining an open source project". Realistically most open source android apps do not receive many, if any, contributions from outsiders. Being open source does however signal the app isn't likely to become a paid shitfest.
Code doesn't have to be perfect to be open.
I’d like to post a different sort of off-topic comment. As someone who’s married to a brilliant programmer and has a daughter almost a year old, thank you for showing a public example of simply being a woman in tech. We don’t plan on shoving our daughter in front of an editor from a young age — we have no expectations of her, and she’s free to be whoever she wants to. But one reason my wife didn’t get into programmin…
Voyager fan by chance? :-D
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Thank you for your positive comment. I really appreciate that – the topic of women in the tech industry is particularly close to my heart! I wish you and your family all the best – you made my day :)
I was honestly terrified to post it. I didn’t want to cause you any problems (e.g. if the replies turned into a dumpster fire) or any weirdness (it’s really hard to strike a balance between saying everything you want to, and not being overbearing about it). It’s a relief that the message made it to you and brightened up your day a bit more. All the best to your family as well — we hope to have two one day too.
My daughter was excited to go to a coding camp with me, until several people (not all at the same time) each stopped to praise her for being a girl, and me for bringing my daughter. Everyone truly had the best of intentions, but the unfortunate impact was it gave her a bunch of attention that she didn't want, and only served to raise her awareness of how few girls there were. It made her feel more like a misfit and an alien. Afer she realized that it wasn't "normal for a girl to do coding," she didn't want to go anymore. That was a hard and heartbreaking lesson for me. I don't know if it's even applicable outside of my circle, but figured I'd mention it in case it's helpful to others who are trying to create a warm/welcome/inclusive environment. Since then I basically just try to "act normal." It's a hard problem.
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The in-app purchases are a dealbreaker. Not only is there no reason for it, but it necessitates the integration of Google Play Services. If the goal was to be privacy-centric, it already fails at that for this alone. And if the goal was to profit off of women's need for privacy-centric period tracking, then there is absolutely no reason not to find a proper FOSS alternative that cares about its users more than making…
It's unfair to expect someone to work for free. In-app purchases are a common and reasonable way for programmers to sustain themselves while providing a valuable service to users. After all, programmers, like everyone else, need to make a living.
If the app required payment by giving your name, address, credit card, and more to "Jimmy" (some person you don't know and don't trust) who will be contacting you to collect, and somebody said "I don't know Jimmy and I don't really trust this. I'd prefer to use a trusted method of payment" would you reply, "You just don't want people to make a living!" I would really hope not.