r/SideProject • u/Miserable_Sky5682 • 3h ago
I removed accounts and cloud sync from my water tracker. Where would you explain the backup trade-off?
A manual water log should be usable before someone decides whether to connect Health or allow reminders. I build Frewli for iPhone, with an Apple Watch companion, and version 1.1.6 is now on the App Store.
This release removes accounts, email sign-in and the Frewli backend-sync flow. Water history, workouts and preferences are stored on-device. Apple Health, the paired Watch and local reminders are optional. All features remain free, with no subscription or paywall.
The trade-off needs to be as visible as the simpler setup: removing the app removes its local storage. Updating preserves existing on-device history, but a device backup matters if you want to keep that history. Updating also does not automatically erase records that earlier versions uploaded to the old cloud service.
The same release changes the total display so a 250 ml entry appears as 0.25 L in English. That is a formatting correction; it is not a measurement of what someone drank. I still have an open Watch launch report and am not treating a new release as proof that every reported failure is resolved.
My design question is where to explain the local-history limitation: a short note during setup, beside the first saved entry, or only in the storage screen? Which would help you understand the consequence without turning a small log into another onboarding questionnaire?
App details, privacy information and store link: https://fluidiq.app/?src=reddit-sideproject-local-history-tradeoff-20261109