Hybrid Calisthenics App Roadmap

Hello all! I thought it’d be nice to give clear ideas on where we plan to take the new fitness app.

This will include premium features for those asking

Some plans may change as we learn more, but we’ll update this based on current thoughts!

Last updated February 3, 2024

The next steps

Thanks to your wonderful support and feedback, we have a pretty clear path forward!

To summarize:

  1. Optimize - Continue to make small improvements, smooth out errors, and create a good app experience to help many people.

  2. Premium Functions - Offer valuable bonus features to supporters to ensure the app’s continued growth and development.

  3. New Features - Activity screen, workout history, trainer messaging, reminder notifications, adjustable workouts, and more!

These are in approximate order. However, all of them will be worked on somewhat simultaneously.

For example, last week, we fixed a bug, planned premium tiers, and developed a new Movement Capture screen that includes viewable Levels.

Each step also supports the previous step. For example, it’s very important for us to continue to improve user experience. The premium functions will also be essential to developing new features and optimizing current ones. These will actually be very important to app development.

If you’ve sent in a suggestion or bug report through Profile > Help > Technical Support, we’ve logged your input and are aware. Thank you!

I use the term “roadmap” pretty loosely. I think it’s supposed to show time, so here’s a chart:

Premium App Functions

It is our goal to build a great fitness app with excellent free features that make exercise accessible to anyone.

To do this, we took the original premium features and we made them free.

Some of you have mentioned wanting to support this. Here’s what we plan to offer supporters!

There are essentially three types of premium functionality planned:

  1. No Ads - This is the easiest one to do by far. We’ll remove the ads that happen during rest times for a smoother experience. More people wanted this than we expected, so this is coming soon.

  2. Premium Features - We’ll replace your rest timer with a fancy adjustable one (see image). You’ll also receive early access to new features as we release them 🎉.

  3. Form Coaching & Certified Trainer Messaging (SEPARATE)* - You can chat with our fitness team for any questions, send photos/videos of your form, and benefit from additional customization and motivation.

The first premium app release will be a combination of #1 and #2. It won’t include form coaching.

The planned pricing for No Ads & Premium Software Features is:

  • $9.99 (Monthly)

  • $25 (Quarterly)

  • $75 (Annually)

Form Coaching & Trainer Messaging

Trainer Form Coaching will come later and be a separate cost and feature. It’s currently planned to start at $30 (Monthly). Not everyone needs this, so feel free to disregard. However, I expect this to be very helpful for some of us.

NOTE: Form coaching is distinct from #2 because it is not a software feature. It is a human feature! This is important because we can offer the software to near infinite people. However, we don’t have near infinite trainers.

Can we do a lifetime purchase instead of monthly subscriptions?

Yes, I’d like to offer this! I understand not wanting to be tethered to another subscription.

However, this may not be available at the initial premium launch. We haven’t built all of the premium functionality yet and don’t want you to pay for something and not receive it immediately. We’ll make an announcement when we know more.

By the way, there will forever be monthly costs to hosting and maintaining an app. This is why some apps prefer to be rented, not sold. It’s less like buying a car and more like “buying” an apartment where the seller has to guarantee lifetime utilities.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Offering no ads and premium features for life has risks for us, but is relatively simple. However, there will not be a lifetime option for Trainer Messaging.

This is because Trainer Messaging is essentially a human service. We can’t buy it for life for the same reason we can’t buy a personal fitness trainer for life. Hopefully that makes sense.

Thank you if read this whole thing.

It means a lot!

If any of it seems overwhelming, don’t worry. This is just us trying to share our process with you. All of it is optional.

We plan to keep building the free app for a long time to hopefully help millions of people. We deeply appreciate you being a part of it.

Have a wonderful day!