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Instant 3.0 — Google Analytics for your life.
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@joshdance @emberify nope, no public APIs for app tracking in iOS right now. We will definitely add it once it opens up, we had tried using a private API for app tracking which we had to remove. You can partially get that data through your battery settings tho.
@shashwatpradhan looks neat. What is your edge over apps like Quality Time and (OFFTIME)?
@thedimmick they only track your digital activities. Instant also tracks your places, fitness, travel & sleep.
@shashwatpradhan is the sleep detector similar to Sleep Cycle where you put it near you and it detects motion? Or is it more like if you haven't used your phone for a prolong time, it assumes your sleeping?
Hi Shashwat, Instant looks impressive. I am just little concern about my battery life as Google fit drains battery a lot. What's your take on it?
@kkkosariya hi Kamal, while building Instant, battery and privacy were two key things we kept in mind from a user perspective. In terms of battery if you switch Google Fit to low accuracy mode it should use negligible battery. Instant doesn't even need 1% battery on Android, so it should work good for you.
Hunter
Automatically keep track of the time spent on your phone, while travelling, at places, while sleeping & on fitness activities. It also gives you weekly reports based on your data. All your data is private, only stored on your device.
This is neat. I use my fitbit to 'remind' me to change my habits and not be too lazy and this will be another useful tool to get some analytics on different things and perhaps change my habit around those as well. Will definitely try this out.
@sarthakgrover definitely, personal analytics help with good habit formation by making you more aware. Your feedback would be appreciated!
@shashwatpradhan Why does the app require access to Photos and Docs on Android? Also, any plans to integrate data from Fitbit? I mostly use that and it would be a good source of info for the analytics (which Fitbit also provides but would be nice to have a single view)
@sarthakgrover it takes access for docs to store backups on your file system when you export it. Fitbit coming up soon!
@shashwatpradhan @emberify @neerajt4 : It looks promising ... :) All the very best for the huge success!
Been following this team for a while and super impressed with their hustle. Good luck with this launch. Also? Great tagline!
Hi, @shashwatpradhan! Love the design and features. Is the 2.99 a flat fee to use the app, or are there additional in-app purchases?
This is rad. It's probably not something I would personally use (yet), but I feel like if this sparks a trend that we'll start to see a bunch more really cool "life dashboards". Kudos!
Instant buy too - fingers crossed for app times on iOS later in the year. Helpful app. Also keen for Fitbit integration 🤔
@helencrozier Fitbit integration is happening soon, thanks for the support!
We also wrote a post on Medium (2 min read) that elaborates more on the personal analytic part of Instant: https://medium.com/@shashwatprad...
My favourite part: ‘You used your phone for 20 hours last week. You can go from the Earth to the Moon twice in that much time!’ — Instant 3.0
Just downloaded, looks amazing. Tracking sleep 😮 just hope it lives up to the excitement it's given me. Will report back in a few days if I still have it
@jonasalmut sure, please email me on shashwat@emberify.com with your feedback 😊
@shashwatpradhan @emberify sorry man, I didn't keep it long enough to review, it didn't live up to expectations
@jonasalmut @emberify hey Jonas, we are working on a big update. What part of it can we improve so that it can find a place on your phone?
Love the idea. We focus so much on external things - what a great opportunity to focus on what's really important (ourselves).
@jeffrey_wyman definitely, that's the whole mission with personal analytics
@mager $3 for installing on iOS? Android was a free install with in-app purchases once you try it out. I would want to try it before I buy it too!
Love the idea. What happens to the info and data? Does it get sold or shared?
@joshdance hi Joshua, definitely not. We have a strict privacy policy where your data stays only on the device, we have no access to it. It gets deleted if you delete the app. You can read our privacy policy here: http://emberify.com/privacy
@shashwatpradhan @joshdance love that policy. More companies should be like that instead of selling out data. What business model is behind it?
@nickvbreda we are using a freemium model for Android. Our iOS app is currently $3.
Hi Shashwat,
I really like your marketing positioning : GA for your life. Simple and appealing to any startupper / marketer.
Why is App Tracking only available on Android ? Apple provides that info in the Battery section of Settings. Is is that Apple doesn't let apps access this info ?
Thomas
@tom_jacquesson hi Thomas, Apple doesn't give an API for that. There was a private API in iOS 8 which we tried but Apple rejected it, so hoping that comes with iOS 10. Thanks for the feedback tho. 😊
@ShashwatPradhan Initially I thought it's another Google fit but it's really GA for life. Marketing tagline is awesome.
Out of curiosity - the logo looks like infinity symbol, how did you decided the logo? Also your beautiful emberify logo took my eyes. Will you please share some advice? Thanks for getting hunted :)
@xameeramir thanks so much! The infinity symbol comes from the fact that personal analytics can help improve life boundlessly. (And the amount of data!)
Our Emberify logo is designed by an Armenian designer, the symbolism is: In the core of this innovative tech startup logo is a fire dragon symbolising wild power, freedom and success.
@shashwatpradhan One more fabulous thing which you have done is a personalized web-hooked page for PH :) Giving a sense of **special** treatment. Hats off for that! You're crazy man :P Look forward to learn more from you!
The only thing I'm wondering is, like PH, are there another sources from where one can gather users?
@lw_shaw hey Liam, mood & nutrition are more manual entry indicators which we feel is more a part of journaling which we plan to cover in a separate journaling app, unless you think there is a way we can automatically do that?
Liked it, the idea of tracking life activities is powerful if mixed with action. Congrats, guys.
If data could be mixed from phone and desktop apps and provide a single compiled report on how the week was spent, this app would be life changing hahaha.
I think I can see two jobs the product is trying to do: a history of places a user goes and a report on how he uses his phone. (Am I right?)
Also, can't help but compare it to two apps that I currently use: Moves app does a good job of tracking where you were and have a nice history you can navigate through, but doesn't integrate with Health Kit yet (it stopped improving after getting acquired by FB) and Rescue Time is a nice application that tracks how you use your computer.
How is Instant better or different from using those services?
@camilo87 the whole point of Instant is that you can get everything in one place. Instant also tracks your sleep, travel & fitness. The best part of Instant 3.0 is that is gives you weekly reports so you can understand your data. It allows you to export this data too.
You can try it out and send in some feedback.
"Google Analytics for your life." Is probably the sexiest thing I have heard all week. Looking forward to try it #nerdgasm
This is awesome! I've been waiting for something like this, and I didn't even realise it ;) I'm eager (and afraid) to see the stats, and to experience the app! Good job!
@iluzienl thats great Lizzy! Please do share your feedback with me on email
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