r/roastmystartup • u/Odd_Director_3378 • 18h ago
Notice: Journaling app that surfaces patterns. Just launched. Roast everything.
Just launched Notice on iOS this week. 3 months solo build. Want the harsh feedback before I commit to a v1.1.0 roadmap.
What it is: a journaling app that surfaces one deep insights per day about your own life. Patterns you'd never have spotted yourself. Stuff like "you sleep 40 minutes less on days you drink coffee after 2pm." You log moods, habits, and short reflections; the app does pattern detection locally and tells you what it found.
Decisions I made that might be roastable:
- Free to download. £4.99/month or £39.99/year for "Notice Plus" (unlocks the full insights feed and unlimited reflections).
- iOS only at launch. Android nowhere on the roadmap.
- Pattern detection is statistical methods, not LLMs. I genuinely don't think AI-generated insights are the right tool for journaling, but maybe I'm wrong.
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/notice-journal-habits/id6769771645
What I want roasted, specifically:
The positioning. Is "the journal that pays attention" actually different enough from what's already in the App Store, or am I lying to myself?
The pricing. £4.99/month feels right to me. Other indies have told me it's too expensive for an indie launch with no reviews. Am I leaving money on the table or am I overpricing?
iOS-only. Half my potential audience is on Android. Am I being lazy or strategic?
The feed mechanic itself. Is "patterns surface into a feed over time" the right pacing, or do users want one big weekly summary or something denser?
Tell me what's actually broken. I'd rather hear it now than learn it from declining numbers in 3 months.
Background for context: 18, solo dev, no funding, no team. First app. Earning from indie work, no salary, so the cost of being wrong is real.