Bookstop
Started August 2022
A novel app to help people create and stick to new routines to improve their health and lives—especially those with ADHD.
August 2020
I had the idea for Bookstop after reading the work of BJ Fogg & James Clear.
September 2020
I posted on the Indie Hackers forum seeking a technical co-founder to turn the MVP I had designed into a reality.
Here’s the video I posted (on IndieLog!): https://indielog.com/video/x-post-to-indiehackers---looking-for-a-technical-co-founder-8cb39a2b ↗
I connected and partnered up with an amazing iOS dev, Bryan, who was working at Twitter at the time.
October 2020
Bryan and I released an initial iOS version of Bookstop and began early marketing and user testing.
Shortly after, Bryan respectfully bowed out. He would end up visiting me in New Zealand a couple of years later, and we’re still close friends to this day.
October 2022
After a two year long hiatus, I returned to the idea of Bookstop. This time, I was determined to do it myself! I built a scrappy MVP in *vanilla* Javascript :’)
May 2023
A further 7 months later, I teamed up with my best friend Brett to bring a more fleshed out ‘v0.2’ of Bookstop to the world.
Here’s the Figma file if you’d like to look around: https://www.figma.com/file/oIrwTZK4lHm4VMubKmhcpj/Bookstop-v0.2?type=design&node-id=0%3A1&mode=design&t=yOYcp8jAkcf5HF9f-1 ↗