My app journey: 9 months later
- Posted on: September 15, 2025
Time to birth my app!
Well, not quite. But I have made a lot of progress. I have a name ("Waterlogger"), a fully functioning UI and the basic functionality fully done. I had sudden personal life problems to deal with, then I had a hiccup trying to figure out how to get HealthKit to work, but with a small push from my friend Helder, I managed it (thanks, man!). Now I want to add 3 more features:
- logs (duh!). Currently the app simply adds to your daily water intake, but it does not show the logs of what and when you drank something. The GUI is ready, but not the functionality. At this point, I'd install this app on my watch and start using it privately.
- customisable button. Right now there's one button that adds 250ml of water to the Health App. I want users to be able to save up to 3 buttons. They can name it whatever they want, pick a color and that button will add a pre-determined (by the user) amount of water to the Health app. This is likely fiddly on a watch, so at this point I'll consider making a small companion app for the phone (yes! The phone is the "companion app" this time!).
- removing a log entry also removes it from the Health app. This will be a slider that reveals a "delete" button (like in the Mail app). But an MVP would be that you can just add a button that opens the Health app in the "water logs" section already and a "sync" button to refresh the data.
Once all those are done, I expect I'd be able to release it if I wanted to. Then the next steps would be to figure out subscriptions (I'm thinking a small amount per year, under 10€), developer accounts and release processes.
Lets see what the future brings!