The next era of Harmony has come.
- The app has been simplified greatly (largely unused features have been removed)
- Now 100% offline and private (no account needed)
- Pricing has been reduced significantly
Read the full announcement here: https://t.co/PvlbiaqCQh
Announcing the future of Harmony.
@useharmony was born last year as a solution to a problem in my own life.
I was struggling to juggle all my roles as a husband, father, founder, disciple, etc., and I needed something to help me prioritize what mattered most, every week.
Although I've been quite pleased with the app's progress, I've made the pivotal decision to start graduate school this fall, and consequently, slow down the development of Harmony.
I first considered selling the app, but I then learned an important insight: a strong group of users is actively using it solely for its two original features: role-based weekly planning and reviewing mission statements.
The app is genuinely helping me and many others, and I don't want it to end up in the wrong hands. Nor for it to be abandoned. As such, I've simplified Harmony into a new version I'm confident in maintaining throughout graduate school and beyond.
Harmony is now super simple. There are only two pages: week and mission. You can weekly plan around your roles and review your mission statement. The app is also now 100% offline and private. You don't even need an account.
Additionally, pricing has been reduced significantly to just $9.99 per year, with a $19.99 lifetime option as well.
Going forward, I plan on new updates once a month, focused on small improvements and bug fixes. No major features will be added anytime soon.
Thank you to all my early supporters. I hope Harmony can continue to help you plan, every week, around the things that matter most.
Upward and onward 🫡
> be me in Nov 2024
> never touched a line of code in my life
> decides to become "technical" and learn to code
> senior engineer tells me "it will take you 5 years until you can produce anything meaningful"
> launch my first app a few months later with the help of a friend
> make my first dollar through software
> feels magical, I fall in love with building stuff
> friend gives me confidence I can build without him
> tells me: "software engineers gate keep. they act like it's so hard but it's not as hard as you think"
> vibe coding becomes a thing, solo development becomes much more tenable
> launch my first mobile app, completely by myself, Summer 2025
> pivot the app slightly Fall 2025, becomes @useharmony
> grows to $500 MRR
> growth stagnates, realizes distribution is half the battle
> starts to go hard on distribution
The rest of my non-technical to technical story is unwritten, but making the leap is one of the best decisions I've ever made.
Thank you for featuring me @starter_story@thepatwalls 🙏