Ask HN: Review my app, Dayta.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1754586

by sahillavingia • 16 years ago

30 22 16 years ago

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The newest update to my iPhone application, Dayta, just got approved by Apple. I'd love to know what you guys think about its current state, and what I could add next!

I really think it has a bright future.

You can visit the iTunes page for it here: http://daytaapp.com/go/

sahillavingia9• 16 years ago

Here are some promo codes (US only, sorry!):

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bjtitus2• 16 years ago

I used R6PTHJEHHM69. FYI.

city412• 16 years ago

I used X4HKFEH74XYK, thanks!

(It took me 6 tries to find one that wasn't used, it's good to leave a note with the one you used)

spicyj• 16 years ago

They're all gone now except 6XR63PL4FEWR, which is supposedly not valid.

polymath21• 16 years ago

anymore left? i've been looking for something like this for forever and would love to try it out!

sahillavingia9• 16 years ago

Nope, it's only $1.99 though :)

bjtitus2• 16 years ago

I've seen your app around at thought it looked interesting. A couple initial thoughts:

1. A larger array of images to choose from. Since this can be ANY kind of measurement. I would even like to see user submittable icons/graphics and a hosted repository somewhere.

2. Custom keyboards would be nice depending on the kind of units. The calculator style keypad is a good example.

I'll let you know more once I have a change to play with it throughout the week.

sahillavingia9• 16 years ago

Thanks! I did have a custom keyboard but with the new update it broke. However, I'm definitely looking out for another option. And yes, I'm looking into including many more images too.

CoachRufus872• 16 years ago

just for clarification, the data is emailed to me in a .csv based on how frequently i instruct it to?

sahillavingia9• 16 years ago

There are two options. You can choose to email yourself the .csv of a specific data log when you want (in the Data Options screen).

Or, you can specify a daily, weekly, monthly, or never export in the Settings panel. This will prompt you with an email when it's time (just hit send and you should be good to go). This export contains data from all of your logs.

CoachRufus872• 16 years ago

awesome, thanks

noahlt• 16 years ago

Are you aware of Daytum? It's a web app by Nicholas Feltron, the guy who does "personal annual reports", infographics about his life. http://feltron.com/ http://daytum.com/

You might be interested in contacting him. At the very least, I thought you should know about the similarity in applications and names.

sahillavingia9• 16 years ago

I'll contact him ASAP, thanks.

EDIT: contacted him. Hope he likes it :)

sahillavingia9• 16 years ago

Contacted him, he's now a user of my app!

newyorker• 16 years ago

Clickable http://daytaapp.com/go http://daytaapp.com/

city412• 16 years ago

Apple let you review your own app eh? :) I would have thought they would have prevented that by now.

forsgren• 16 years ago

Dayta seems to be incredibly buggy (or am I using it wrong?). Data points does not seem to get consolidated by day, sometimes data even gets stored on the next day.

sahillavingia9• 16 years ago

All those bugs should have been fixed in the update - highly tested too! Make sure you've updated.

sahillavingia9• 16 years ago

My bad, I've seen the bugs (had to do with consolidate by day's dealing with dates). It's been fixed in the update I'll submit to Apple in the coming days.

hopeless• 16 years ago

I was looking for an app in this category and had seen Dayta before but didn't buy it because it looks like it only tracks daily events? For some things that just doesn't make any sense - like, for example, going to the gym. I want to go 2-3times a week not 1 or more times a day.

It doesn't seem possible to track events aggregated on a weekly basis?

sahillavingia9• 16 years ago

I go to the gym 3 times a week, and just input data on the days I go. It works fine for me, the graph doesn't look weird or anything. :)

udfalkso• 16 years ago

If I had an iPhone I'd probably try this out. Looks cool.

Ask HN: Review my app, Dayta.

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