wellbeing app pain points

“One thing is absolutely ruining the experience for me though. That's how the app has a judgment over my mood and symptom scores, voiced through colour coding and emojis. I found myself not using the app anymore on days that I do horrible. Because the last thing I need on the days I am near giving up on life, if an app giving me all red and sad faces for whatever data I put into it. It makes me feel horrible and gives me major anxiety.”

“I get a 6 on my good days! But this app pulls a face that kills my entire mood, and as if my good day isn't good enough up to others' standards. It makes the entire experience of this app absolutely awful, and frankly I am so sick of it that I wish I didn't buy it.”

“But this app constantly telling me it's awful or putting whiny little faces with it is absolutely making me depressed.”

“I feel you. I have severe ME/CFS and I'm realizing if I keep using this app I'll be telling my body many things are awful everyday, which is not supportive to my health.”

“If I have more pain than usual, I don't need an app telling me its opinion about it. I just need it to track the data.”

“Looking at the Digital Wellbeing screen makes me real anxious, sometimes. It's like it's saying I Have To meet this obligation.”

“I have finch - buy I don't have any “real friends” on it and I need real people to keep me motivated.”

“I've added you too because I need the accountability”

“yes, let’s be friends on finch! (and anyone else in this sub who wants to add more people!)”

“I wanna join someone help me get some friends. Here is my code PZXZ93ETZ4. I have downloaded this app and never could get any friends.”

“Finch has really been a life saver for me. I struggle to stick with the good habits and get things done that I really don’t want to do. The interaction in this app seems to give me the dopamine hits I crave because I have used it everyday for just over six months now (complicated our 190th adventure today).”

“I’m talking for anything. I have no routines, my sleep schedule is non-existent, I’m going through a very hard break up from an abusive relationship, I want to work out or at least do yoga, I was to practice journaling and mindfulness, I absolutely have to start budgeting to afford living on my own, I barely eat aside from take out and snack food, I keep forgetting to get chores done until they are in my face.”

“I have quite severe ADHD alongside other things. I don’t even know how I discovered this app but it has been 12 days straight of me effortlessly spending my days on it. No more instagram/tiktok.”

“I use it to remind myself to eat (have an ED) and use journeys to make sure I’m doing self care and taking care of my new apartment how I should be.”

“I use it to remind me to take drugs at the right time, remind me of appointments etc. some of my journeys are very simple like get up, make your bed, get dressed drink water have a shower for days when I can't deal with anything but what I love is being able to send good vibes to tree house friends as I can't get out and about with out help as I'm in a wheelchair and I can't manage to do so without help.”

“I created Yoa because I struggled with sleep, constant fatigue, stress, and overtraining. I needed something to simplify my wellbeing journey, and Yoa was born from that need.”

“Looking at the Digital Wellbeing screen makes me real anxious, sometimes. It's like it's saying I Have To meet this obligation.”

“The problem with using tracking and nagging software to change your behavior is that it never freaking ends.”

“So you have to decide if you’re willing to deal with the uncomfortable feeling that something is wrong with you every day for the rest of your life. Meanwhile, society is moving online at a lightening speed.”

“Maybe you should try to focus less on the messenger, and more on the message it’s telling you.”

“How is this different from gentler streak?”

“Gentler Streak is more focused on the fitness side of things. I built the app for my problems with sleep quality and stress, so this app is more focused on that :)”

“Ah ok. The design, the design, the orange logo, etc all see very similar to it. You did a great job with everything but I think they might end up having an issue with how close it is?”

“Use journeys for your goals! You’ll get a lot more stones and even random prizes if you connect your goals to journeys.”

“The only things that are really helpful for me on my phone are my alarms, my calendar, and my notes app”

“Yeah my friends mom has a lot of alarms on her phone with different labels to remind her of things.”

“Hey. Slow down. Take a deep breath because you're going to burn out if you keep going at this pace! You need to pick one thing in that massive list and see if that can hold your attention for a minute.”

“Okay, first, congratulations on having the strength to leave that relationship! It probably doesn't feel great right now but you have done something amazing. Second, a couple of tips that aren't apps: you don't have to do EVERYTHING. Choose one thing you'd like to do slightly better and focus on that.”

“Check if these apps are respectful of their data and privacy. Some of these apps sell their data.”

“Also there’s been a bunch of research suggesting that many of these apps are ineffective at best or actively harmful/ providing incorrect information at worst.”

“I am absolutely allergic to Finch because I would rather eat my own young then journal or self-reflect. I know it's totally an age thing - - I grew up in the '70s and I am really really not good at anything that even has a hint of woo.”

“I love Finch, but yeah, Journaling can take a hike. That's something I just straight up ignore within the app.”