Personal Trainer

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48103112

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HN

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Product

Personal Trainer

Website domain

mobile-squad.com

Launched

May 12, 2026

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Upvotes

6

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0.3053311793214863

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Fetched at

Sept. 7, 2026, 9:26 p.m.

Updated at

Sept. 7, 2026, 9:26 p.m.

Description

Hi HN, I'm an indie dev who built this to settle a long-running argument with my teenage son about who lifts more at the gym. I wanted a workout tracker to kept our data side-by-side on a leaderboard, and let us swap training plans without texting screenshots back and forth. Nothing I tried did all three without a subscription wall, so I wrote my own.Most of the app is free, it covers the full workout experience and progress tracking with 80+ exercises. The one-time purchase unlocks multiple plans, custom movements, and the social/sharing features, mainly to pay for the infra.The mobile app is React Native via Expo with Expo Router, NativeWind for styling, Zustand for state (every store is user-scoped via an AsyncStorage key prefix so account switches do a clean rehydrate, good way to have several using using the same app), Reanimated for animations, and react-i18next across six locales. The core workout loop is fully offline, and a Firebase layer sits on top for optional cross-device sync and the social features. Backend is a small workspace of Firebase Cloud Functions v2 that handle cross-user fan-out (friend requests, shared plans, shared movements) with rate limiting and anti-spam in Firestore triggers.Published a few weeks ago, I can proudly but surprisingly see the daily usage increasing.This is my first mobile app since a while (was doing some 10+y ago), keen for any feedback since it gave me the excitement of building some more.Android only for now, iOS to be published soon.

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