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Show HN: I spent 4 months building Duolingo but for your life

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Re: Show HN: I spent 4 months building Duolingo but for your life

#51
On the pricing, it feels a bit pricy for lifetime, though something like $10 yearly would be probably better all around but does ruin the position of full purchase so

It isn’t a bad deal at $30 but it’s just enough for me to go “oh” and not really open the app/push through.

Re: Show HN: I spent 4 months building Duolingo but for your life

#52

Does anyone know what makes habit trackers such a trendy project in the last few years? In a world of possibilities, why do so many people make so many habit trackers?

They are easy to make and people are very opinionated about what works best for them. Although I'm close to 40 and I feel like they mostly don't help at all. If you're motivated you don't need them, and if you're not motivated they won't motivate you.

Re: Show HN: I spent 4 months building Duolingo but for your life

#53
post #9

Off topic, anyone building Duolingo alternative? I find the duolingo course very slow paced, gems and gamifications are just bad.

Sounds like you actually want to learn a language. You don't need a duolingo alternative, you need youtube, textbooks, podcasts and grinding vocab on Anki.

Re: Show HN: I spent 4 months building Duolingo but for your life

#54
post #27

Is "Duolingo for X" supposed to be a good thing? Duolingo is just another mobile game, but pretending to be a learning app.

I think so. Duolingo for X means low friction, lots of positive feedback, and probably more healthy then doomscrolling

Re: Show HN: I spent 4 months building Duolingo but for your life

#57

Congrats, maghfoor. But the lack of price transparency is a real turn-off. Nothing on the website or in the App Store — you have to download the app to find out how much it will cost you.

So how much is it for those of us non iOS people?

Anyone should be able to view it, even without an Apple account: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/three-cells-your-life-system/i... (bottom right):

> Three Cells Weekly $2.99

> Lifetime Access to Three Cells $29.99

> Three Cells Weekly $2.99

The ratio here feels a bit off, $155.48/y or $29.99 for life screams "trying to push you to pay a lot for an app I know you won't stick with" rather than "we've got great value options for any type of user". There is a 7 day trial as well, so even more confusing as to which kind of user is supposed to want the weekly payment.

Re: Show HN: I spent 4 months building Duolingo but for your life

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post #27

Is "Duolingo for X" supposed to be a good thing? Duolingo is just another mobile game, but pretending to be a learning app.

I think so. Duolingo for X means low friction, lots of positive feedback, and probably more healthy then doomscrolling

True, but "more health than doom scrolling" is like saying "more healthy than shooting yourself in the foot".

Re: Show HN: I spent 4 months building Duolingo but for your life

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It's a dark pattern. Would you also call it "sensitive" to want to be able to cancel a subscription without going through 3 pages, filling out a form, and convincing a call center worker?

i am a bit confused as to how a one click subscription cancelation is related to... what i am assuming you are desiring is... "non coercive marketing copy"?
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