Atul Chatuvedi

Atul Chatuvedi

https://purposelabstudio.com/
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About

Indie maker, India. Small apps, no dark patterns. Building Folio, a quiet journaling app: a page a day, no streaks.

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  • Folio
    FolioA quiet daily journal — no streaks, no ads, fully offline
    Jul 2026
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    Joined Product HuntJune 14th, 2026

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15h ago

Retention vs. user well-being: are we optimizing the wrong thing?

I built a journaling app, and while working on it I noticed that almost every app
in the category follows the same playbook:

Streaks. Counters. Badges. "Don't break your streak."

To be fair, they work. Retention charts don't lie.

But I kept wondering:
At what point does a habit stop helping people and start feeling like homework they owe an app?

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1d ago

Folio - A quiet daily journal — no streaks, no ads, fully offline

A quiet notebook for closing the day. Write daily journal entries, track moods and habits gently, and reflect on your month. Private, customizable, no pressure.
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