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This looks very interesting but there are a ton of privacy questions. You mentioned that the app tracks all of my activities, what are you doing with that data? Do/would you sell that data in any way? Can the data be used/exported for use in other apps (like Excel if I wanted to create my own life dashboard)?
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the data remains within the app on your phone, we have no access to it. When the app is deleted, the data is permanently gone. Here is our Privacy Policy:
Maker
yes you can export it as a csv.
Maker
Hello Product Hunt, Instant tracks all your activities automatically and puts it on a dashboard. Something like Google Analytics for your life! We track your device usage time, travel, fitness and places. It took us a while to build this app in an Apple approved way since we are tracking lots of background contextual information. The key of Instant is that it tracks everything automatically in the background, without manual entries like other lifelogging apps. It also gets all this information in one place. Looking forward for your feedback!
great app! but not sure if i'm ready to find out how much time i waste on social media (╯•﹏•╰)
Maker
haha, you can find out many other things as well!
Does the app also display what are the apps you hven't used in let's say last 30 days? Or do you have in plan to add a functionality like this?
Maker
hey Vlad, the App Store guidelines don't allow us to track processes so we can't do that. That's a really interesting idea though.
Hey Shashwat. I noticed after purchasing the app that I don't even have app stats on iOS. The screenshots from the website are very misleading. You should definitely mention those are Android only
Maker
hey Vlad we don't mention app tracking anywhere on our App Store page, apologies if you felt so. We shall mention that somewhere. Thank you for the feedback, much appreciated! 😊
just wasted money for this app without data on apps and deleted it. You posted screenshots from Android on 'Instant for iOS' PH page. It feels like scam :F
Maker
hey, we didn't post any screenshots from our Android product here neither do we mention it on our App Store page. App usage tracking is currently in built in iOS 9 on the Battery feature. You can check it out there.
Hunter
Instant is the World's leading Quantified Self & Lifelogging app. Instant journals your entire day automatically.
How does this compare to Reporter?
Maker
Reporter needs manual input, we have a more automatic approach for tracking the users life.
The concept is great, but I won't be downloading it for two reasons: 1) the price point is cost prohibitive. Competing apps typically are free or $0.99; 2) Many of these data points can be obtained already on my device, and are not difficult to access. So IMHO, the NEED for a dashboard with this data in one place isn't high for me personally.
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hey Scott, no other competing app provides this level of data. Providing updates and support for a niche app needs to be funded. Thanks for the feedback, will consider the price in the future. Hope to get you on board Instant then. 😊
Hey looks like an interesting product, will try it out. One question, How does the product track activities that were completed without device present? Assuming you just manually upload / input items like fitness if you're at the Gym without your phone / wearable?
Maker
the phone is sensing everything, so it is needed to track your activities.
This is pretty interesting. Not sure how it'll pick up though. Also where would the data be stored?
Maker
the data is stored on your phone itself, we have no access to it. When you delete the app all your data is cleared.
Hey the app looks good. Does it take activity data from the Health app on iOS ?
Maker
we get data from Apple's Core Motion framework. Health integration coming up next.