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Significant Otter — Tap your Apple Watch to share your mood with your partner 💑
Simple app that reads your ❤ heart rate to generate a cute otter representing you. Tap to send your otter to your significant other. It's like a friendship bracelet meets a mood ring on your Apple Watch.
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@rrhoover thanks for the question! It's actually an iPhone app because Apple does not have watch-only apps yet. The iPhone-only experience works, but it's really optimized for the watch experience.
@rrhoover @andresmh actually you can create independent watch apps since watchOS 6: https://developer.apple.com/docu...
Nice idea and cool app (probably), can't try it though. Why do you restrict access to US only?
@vladzima exactly what I was wondering :/ what's the point of region locking this?
@vladzima @anna_0x The app uses Apple Health data (e.g., heart rate) to generate the animation on the device (not on the cloud). Still, the rules on how to deal with that type of data in different geographies seemed complex enough to lead us to keep it US-only for now. Thanks for the interest, though! We'll consider opening it more as we continue to experiment.🙏
Congrats with the launch! The idea is simple and great!
Kinda reminded me about this (yes, Black Mirror reference):
I love the idea! I hope that you can make it available globally one day! I am in Colombia and would love to try it with my SO.
We started by wondering how one could use the Apple Watch beyond fitness tracking, and to support social connection. We created this simple app for couples to be in touch "from the heart," watch to watch. The app generates a cute animation representing what it infers you're doing/feeling. You can then can tap to send to one (and only one) person. It's still experimental, but would be great to hear what you think! It's available only in the US for now.
@andresmh The original THREE ways to use Apple Watch. 1. Precise time keeping 2. An intimate NEW way to connect 3. Comprehensive Health and fitness tracker.
Apple Watch was always desired for "From the Heart" people just stopped focusing on that side of it.
Thank you for brining it back to some many who may have forgotten about why we use tech in the first place, love.
My partner and I have been in the beta for the last few months. We love how easy it is to feel connected and together, even when we're both busy or in meetings! It doesn't hurt that animations are also adorable. 😍
Looks awesome, but it isn't in my app store. Looks like a few people have had the same problem: Geo locked to the US App store. I'm in New Zealand - go on unlock it!!! Please?
I'd love to try it, this is truly innovative approach to an established platform and exactly what more developers need to be doing besides fitness/weather/steps. But you geo-locked it and I see no reason why you would do it. I presume you are just accessing the data Apple watch provides via some kind of API, so it's their problem, not yours. Every smart alarm and fitness app accesses the heart rate data, sends to the cloud and whatnot.
Can you post the animations! I'm an android kid and animation fan. YouTube? Or upload them to Product Hunt?
@andresmh - what a cute app! As many others, I wish it was available outside of the US. I've got an app for couples with an audience that would love your app. Let me know if you want to work something out at some point ;)
Is it open-source so I can verify that my wife's heart rate doesn't leave her phone with this app?
I'd DIE to have this on Android. It's SO adorable. Me and my wife are in an LDR.. her favorite animal is otters and we make significant otter jokes all the time, so when we found this app, she was ecstatic.. unfortunately she uses an iPhone and I use a Pixel.. if this was on Android that'd be so amazing!
@andresmh can you explain the privacy implications of this app? Does health data leave my device?
@nikdotca the health data stays in the device and it's used to generate the animation. The id of the animation (not the health data) travels to partner's device via the cloud, and its deleted from the cloud once it's viewed. Thanks for the question!
I've never even had a slight inclination to buy an apple watch. Until I saw this 😍
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