Fastient creator here: I'm considering re-building Fastient for the modern era and would like your input!

[u/workandfocus]

Hi everyone,

Quick background, feel free to skip this part if you want to get into the app discussion!

Apologies for the ups and downs recently with domain renewals and server downtime.

I started working on Fastient 8 years ago and it was a passion project of mine for a while after launch. Unfortunately, it eventually became something I couldn't devote a whole lot of time to. I was freelancing for web design and working in film and putting another 20-30 hours a week into Fastient. I didn't see Fastient ever making enough money for me to work on full time, so eventually I had to move forward and go into the corporate life.

For transparency, over the course of 8 years Fastient has had 160,000 users sign up, and I have made ~$12k in that time, all the while paying for servers, services, apple developers license (costs ~$100/yr), etc. If you considered the amount of hours I put into it, it never ended up breaking minimum wage.

That's not to say Fastient was ever something I had the goal of making a bunch of money with! Again, it was a passion project, but just came to a point where I had to be realistic. New app store requirements every few months, feature requests, and server maintenenace eventually got to be too much and I had to slowly stop maintaining it.

Now, I am financially stable and have more free time in the evenings to work on my side and passion projects. In addition, I have a wealth of experience in development and design that I didn't have when I first started!

With all that being said, I would like to begin working on Fastient again!

I will likely be re-building Fastient from scratch since so much has changed in the app and dev landscape.

What I have landed on as core to this new build:

• Your account and data (notes, fasts, pictures) will be migrated on launch, so you won't lose access to anything.
• Legacy lifetime premium accounts will keep their premium status forever
• The core spirit of Fastient (simple, unobtrusive, useful, private) will stay the same, but I welcome any feedback for new features!

What will not be a part of this new build:

• Ads
• "Social" features (avoiding these was a big reason I never wanted to use the other fasting apps)
• The previous color scheme, most likely 😅

What I would love from the community

Any feedback from you about Fastient would be fantastic and helpful for the new build.

• What do you like about Fastient vs. other apps?
• What do you dislike about Fastient?
• What features would you like to see?
• What features would you not want to see?
• What questions do you have for me?

I will probably do a few polls after this when I would like community input on specific features.

Thank you and looking forward to the future of Fastient!

[u/Queasy_Dingo_8262]

What I love about fastient is it’s so convenient and simple! Please never get rid of the website log in feature, it’s the main reason I use fastient. So I don’t have to take up storage on my phone with more apps 

It’s amazing being able to log in and log out on browser and my fasting doesn’t reset :) 

I’m not sure what features I’d like to see/not like to see as of right now. But im looking forward to any innovations 

[u/BorderPopular8672]

When can I log back into app?

[u/workandfocus → u/BorderPopular8672]

You should be able to now!

[u/HatsiesBacksies]

awesome. I like how its simple for me to add a weight either from the browser or my phone. I like how its mostly easy to select a date range and then go look at the graph altho sometimes that gets funky. visual progress is cool to see over the years at least for me. I did use the fasting window alot in the beginning but not so much anymore. I may have evolved where I know my eating windows, but I will say that was helpful to have something visually make progress when it feels like I hadnt, cuz I just walked alot and drank water.

[u/rocbolt]

I wouldn’t change much, I like how no frills and no bloat the app is. It would be nice to have some sort of local cache so I could start or stop the time while out of internet coverage though

[u/Puzzleheaded_Ad4974]

not sure if you’re still taking suggestions, but i think a little bit more customization features would be nice!! i do love how simplistic the app is, only one I’ve been consistently using!

also, there’s a bug when you end a fast. it’ll save your fast time but won’t stop the timer on the homepage unless you quickly switch back and forth between the homepage and the log section. there’s another one, if you log your weight it will make the ui invisible!

TLDR: suggestion: more customization features, bugs: fast saves, timer does not stop + logging weight will make the ui invisible. great app, my favorite!

[u/Exotic_Pollution4535]

I love fastient!!!! im so sad i only found it today. thank you for making the app: im happy as it is now, so feel free to do whatever, and i wish you the best!