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My workout app earns –$1000/month. I decided to build a new one

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Hey HNA little over four years ago, I built a weightlifting app for 5/3/1 with the goal of making $1000 total. Five months later I had reached that goal and made it to the top of HN [0]. It’s been earning between $1000 - $1300 every months since.After that a lot happened. I got a job, then had kids, so I put the project on ice. When I grew too disappointed with my job, I decided to try to raise some money and build on the success of my 5/3/1 app by addressing the main feedback I kept getting: the ability to create your own programs.Thus, Vis was born.The initial idea was to create a platform where gyms and trainers could build programs and define them using formulas so they could be derived from parameters like 1RM. I built what I think is the best workout editor out there, but I quickly found out that B2B sales is hard (or maybe I just suck at it). It also just didn’t feel like a big enough sell for gyms.So I pivoted and decided to focus on the iOS app for now. You can check it out at https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vis-next-generation-workouts/i...It builds on the strengths of my previous app with a workout experience that focuses on what you are doing right now instead of a spreadsheet-like UI. Rescheduling workouts is now a breeze with a Jiggle Mode style interface. And it is now a fully native SwiftUI app (as opposed to Flutter), which made it easier to use stuff like Live Activities so you can work out from your lock screen.Right now it comes with well known programs like 5/3/1 and more, and it will soon have the ability to create your own, powered by the same engine.It has been quite a journey and I wouldn’t recommend doing this with two young kids, but I am really proud of what I built.Please check it out and let me know what you think![0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31508009

HN · launched Nov 14, 2025 · 6 upvotes (top 73%) · 0 views

Niche: fitness and health trackers · 434 launches, 41 in the last 7 days ▼ -7% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags

  • Horizontal
  • Vertical SaaS
  • B2C
  • Not AI
  • Commercial product

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Could you build this?

Yes This is a local-first workout tracker with preset formulas (like 5/3/1) and customizable routines, easily built using standard mobile frameworks like React Native or Flutter.

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Attention rank: #415 of 430 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 12 days after the earliest competitor.

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