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Re:Show HN: I made a running app that turns your runs to a virtual garden on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @11:30PM (#44122849)
Thanks for this!!
Re:Show HN: I made a running app that turns your runs to a virtual garden on Tuesday May 27, 2025 @10:15PM (#44112217)
what is that? Could you explain a bit more
Re:Show HN: I made a running app that turns your runs to a virtual garden on Tuesday May 27, 2025 @04:40AM (#44105057)
I can actually add this in future updates. Where you run and the path will be shown having flowers and grass and it will look like each step you took planted something and then you can share it. I am currently working on the share run feature.

The idea of the garden is also the same where you run to unlock a plant and tree for your garden.

Re:Show HN: I made a running app that turns your runs to a virtual garden on Tuesday May 27, 2025 @02:07AM (#44104306)
It was a smooth ride. The documentation is good and it has useful plugins.
Re:Show HN: I made a running app that turns your runs to a virtual garden on Tuesday May 27, 2025 @12:10AM (#44103890)
I want to implement that. Strava has public apis but I think they are heavily ratelimited and I am not sure they will be ready to partner with me as mine is a really small app
Re:Show HN: I made a running app that turns your runs to a virtual garden on Monday May 26, 2025 @11:50PM (#44103799)
yes, that would be actually really good!

Show HN: I made a running app that turns your runs to a virtual garden

Posted by Utkarshn101 on Monday May 26, 2025 @10:25PM
from the show-hn dept.

https://www.runandgrow.com/

I started running 5 years ago and it completely changed me. Recently, I decided to train for my first marathon and needed something more than just tracking my runs to motivate me. I noticed all the apps currently available are just trackers and route finders, but nothing has solved the problem of consistency. So I thought of combining the basic idea of the Forest app with running and created a...

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Re:Show HN: I made a running app that turns your runs to a virtual garden on Sunday May 25, 2025 @08:00AM (#44087200)
Thanks!!
Re:Show HN: I made a running app that turns your runs to a virtual garden on Sunday May 25, 2025 @07:51AM (#44087163)
Thank you!!
Re:Show HN: I made a running app that turns your runs to a virtual garden on Saturday May 24, 2025 @11:34PM (#44085323)
I also have an android phone and since i built the app for myself I started with android first