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I built an app for practicing optimism and it reached 732 downloads in 5 days 🎉

It's a simple app that blocks apps until you reframe a negative thought into something positive.

I've been struggling with negative thinking lately so I built the app to train my mind to be more optimistic and thought it might also be useful for others so I published it on the App Store but I didn't expect that it will get this much traction.

Built solo in a day, with zero funding and continuously improved it based on feedback. It now has a mood tracker and guided meditation feature too, expanding as a mental health app to also help manage stress and anxiety.

Tools I used to build it: Expo, Eas EAS, Apple Screen Time API.

App Store Link:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/optimistpal/id6770231815

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