The Journey to Inertia Fit

From concept to launch - an interactive look at how we built an app to help you stay in motion

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Phase 1: Foundation

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Building the core concepts: projects, habits, and basic planning

Phase 2: Planning Evolution

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Enhanced planner with productivity reporting and better scheduling

Phase 3: Three Modes Revolution

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Complete architectural rebuild around Student, Work, and Life modes

Phase 4: Student Mode

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Academic planning with classes, assignments, and educational projects

Phase 5: Work Mode

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Professional planning with expectations, work projects, and routines

Phase 6: Life Mode Integration

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Personal goal system combining projects and habits into unified goals

Phase 7: Advanced Planning

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All Items page and batch scheduling for efficient planning

Phase 8: 3-Day View & Rescheduling

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Daily planning view with easy rescheduling capabilities

Phase 9: Advanced Reporting

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Enhanced home screen and productivity reporting center

Phase 10: Custom Modes Revolution (v2.0)

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Complete rebuild enabling users to create personalized app formats

Phase 11: Community & Social (v2.1)

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Social features enabling collaboration and shared planning

Phase 12: Health, Growth & Philosophy (v2.2)

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Major pivot: expanding beyond productivity to holistic health and personal growth

Phase 13: Nutrition & Achievements (v2.5-2.11)

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Comprehensive nutrition tracking and full gamification implementation

Phase 14: Templates & Subscriptions (v3.3)

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Community-driven content and monetization infrastructure

Phase 15: Social Feed & Polish (v4.0-5.0)

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Activity feed, enhanced social features, and ongoing refinements

Phase 16: Architecture Simplification (v5.1.1)

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Major restructuring to combine related features into unified, intuitive tabs

Phase 17: Fitness Focus Pivot (v5.1.2)

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Complete pivot to a focused fitness app, streamlining around workout tracking and fitness goals

Phase 18: PR Tracking & Workout Insights (v5.2-5.3)

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Enhanced workout analytics with personal records, workout comparisons, and deeper exercise insights

Phase 19: Enhanced Workout Analytics (v6.0-6.6)

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Advanced workout flexibility with composite exercises, mid-workout modifications, and comprehensive stats

Phase 20: Social First Pivot (v7.0-7.1)

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Major pivot to social-first lifting with challenges, joint workouts, and crew features

Phase 21: Polish & Enhancement (v7.2+)

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Refining and polishing the core feature set established in Phase 20

๐Ÿ”ง The Reality of Development

Building Inertia Fit wasn't a straight line. Throughout every phase, there were:

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Constant Bug Fixes

New features often broke existing functionality, requiring extensive debugging and refactoring

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Settings Everywhere

User preferences and settings were added throughout development as we discovered what needed to be customizable

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Feature Interdependencies

Adding new features required updating existing ones, creating cascading changes throughout the app

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Iterative Design

Features were built, tested, rebuilt, and refined based on real-world usage and feedback