Why I built the evening reflection feature before the morning planner
The article discusses the development of the evening reflection feature in the Thinkora productivity app. The author argues that reflecting on the day can enhance task completion rates for the following day. This approach contrasts with the common focus on morning planning in productivity apps.
- ▪The evening reflection screen was built before the morning planner in the Thinkora app.
- ▪Beta testing indicated that users who reflected at night had higher task-completion rates the next day.
- ▪The Daily Pulse feature allows users to reflect on their day in under 90 seconds without guilt.
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try { if(localStorage) { let currentUser = localStorage.getItem('current_user'); if (currentUser) { currentUser = JSON.parse(currentUser); if (currentUser.id === 2043597) { document.getElementById('article-show-container').classList.add('current-user-is-article-author'); } } } } catch (e) { console.error(e); } Muhammad Aamir Yameen Posted on Jun 3 Why I built the evening reflection feature before the morning planner #productivity #androiddev #reactnative #ai When I was planning the feature set for Thinkora — my all-in-one Android productivity app — I made a counter-intuitive call early on: I built the evening reflection screen before I built the morning planner. Every competitor leads with the morning. Day starts with a dashboard, a planner, a "what's important today" prompt.
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