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Two ways to build the same fitness app.
A: AI-first. No tabs, no dashboards. The app is one conversation with a coach that already knows you slept six hours and squatted heavy on Tuesday. You log sets by talking. The plan rewrites itself mid-workout.
B: The modern standard. Home, today's workout, set-by-set logging, class booking, progress. Everything a member expects, done properly.
Same brand, same components, same build quality. The only real difference is how much you're asking the user to unlearn.
Most gyms should ship B. A few should bet on A.
Which one would you open tomorrow morning?
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Thanks mate I appreciate it. Yeah I feel it gives a nice vibe to the app.
A is the more interesting product, but B is what a member can learn in a minute. The conversation version only lands if the logging version already earned their trust.
That is very true, thanks for the feedback mate, much appreciated.
Going with A here, the idea of the plan rewriting itself mid-workout instead of you scrolling a dashboard feels like where fitness apps eventually land. Would you actually ship the AI-first version to real users right now, or is it more of a thought experiment at this stage?
It's something I am currently working on, I would like to ship it out in the near future, as I believe the fitness industry will eventually head in this direction.
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