ulives - Gamify Your Life on iOS! โจ
We're thrilled to announce the launch of ulives, LifeUp 2.0 for iOS and the ultimate alternative to gamified productivity apps like Habitica and LifeRPG! Built from the ground up by the LifeUp team exclusively for iOS! ๐
LifeUp is a popular gamified todo app we developed for Android. Now we're bringing that proven gamification formula to iOS with significant improvements and iOS-native features.
Why ulives Over Other Gamification Apps?โ
Compared to Habitica: Unlike Habitica's fixed social RPG world, ulives focuses on personal customization. Design your own rewards, attributes, and progression without social pressure or predefined game mechanics.
Compared to LifeRPG: While LifeRPG offers basic RPG elements, ulives provides deeper customization with flexible currency systems, custom attributes, and sophisticated reward mechanisms that adapt to your lifestyle.
Beyond LifeUp: As LifeUp 2.0 for iOS, ulives takes everything great about the original Android app and rebuilds it with modern iOS design, enhanced flexibility, and features specifically optimized for the iOS ecosystem.
For a long time, LifeUp has been helping users gamify their lives on Android. Now, we've taken the core concepts you love, reimagined them, and crafted a fresh experience optimized for the iOS ecosystem and its unique design style. Think of ulives not just as a port, but as a significant evolution! ๐
Your Familiar Friends: Core Features ๐ฏโ
Many of the core gamification mechanics you know are here, ready to power your journey:
- โ Tasks & Habits: The bread and butter of your quest log.
- ๐๏ธ Items & Shop: Define your own rewards! Items can have special effects like granting/deducting EXP or Coins, or even opening a URL.
- Loot Boxes and countdown timer effects are planned (coming soon)! ๐โณ
- ๐ Achievements: Create milestones to celebrate your victories.
- Auto-tracking unlock conditions (e.g., based on progress) are planned (coming soon)! ๐
- ๐ Attributes & Levels: Fully customizable attributes to reflect your growth areas. Level them up by completing related tasks.
- Customizable level-up models are planned (coming soon)! ๐งฌ
- โ๏ธ Reflections: A dedicated space to jot down notes and thoughts linked to your activities.
What's New in ulives? ๐คโ
ulives introduces several exciting upgrades to make gamifying your tasks even more flexible and powerful:
- ๐จ Fresh Design: Built with modern iOS aesthetics for a native, fluid UI & UX.
- ๐ช Flexible Currency System: Forget fixed currencies! In ulives, any item can act as currency. Set up your reward system exactly how you want it โ the possibilities are endless!
- โฐ Modern Reminders & Repeats: Stay on track with multiple reminders per task and a modern, intuitive interface for setting up repeating tasks that fits your real-life schedule.
- ๐ Enhanced Organization with Groups: Beyond simple lists, ulives introduces Groups. Organize your tasks, shop items, and achievements into logical categories for a clearer overview and better management.
- โญ๏ธ Clearer Task Cycles & Skip Option: We've refined how tasks and periods work, making them more explicit. Plus, you can now officially 'skip' a task occurrence without breaking your streak or affecting stats negatively when life happens.
- ๐ Unified Activity Log: Track everything in one place! See completed tasks, unlocked achievements, rewards gained/lost, and quickly create linked Reflections.
- โ๏ธ Offline First & iCloud Backup: No login required. Your data stays on your device, with seamless iCloud backup and sync.
๐ฑ Early Version & Future Roadmapโ
As ulives is brand new (v1.0!), you might encounter some rough edges or bugs. We appreciate your patience and feedback as we continue to polish the experience! ๐
Here's a peek at what's coming soon:
- ๐ Pomodoro Timer / Countdown feature
- ๐ Auto-tracking achievements
- ๐ Loot Boxes for randomized rewards
- ๐ Statistics Module
- ๐ฅ Multi-profile support
- ๐ค AI assistance (e.g., suggesting suitable rewards, generating task ideas)
- ๐ Public Community Features (Long-term goal: shareable task/achievement blueprints, 'roadmaps')
- ๐ฑ iOS Widgets
- ๐๏ธ Live Activities & Dynamic Island support
- โก Shortcuts integration
- ๐งฌ Customizable level-up models
Important Notes:
- Due to ulives being a completely new app, LifeUp data and premium licenses cannot be transferred.
- To support ongoing development, future expansions (like potential AI features โจ and cool effects!), and hopefully transition to full-time work on our apps, the price for ulives Premium is higher than LifeUp's. We believe the enhanced features and dedicated iOS development justify this change.
๐ค Technical Tidbitsโ
For those interested in the tech behind ulives: we built it using Kotlin Multiplatform for the core logic and native SwiftUI for the user interface.
This approach allows us to deliver a truly native iOS experience that feels right at home on the platform, while also enabling us to potentially share core logic across platforms in the future โ maybe even bringing ulives to Android someday! ๐คโก๏ธ๐
Commitment to Both Platforms ๐ชโ
Don't worry, Android users! We remain committed to maintaining and updating both LifeUp (Android) and ulives (iOS) concurrently.
P.S. We're already working on exciting new features for LifeUp too, like repeatable achievements (e.g., unlocking every N levels of an attribute) โ coming soon! ๐
Ready to start your new quest on iOS?
Download ulives Today! ๐
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ulives-gamify-your-tasks/id6743084261
We're excited for you to try ulives and can't wait to hear what you think! Let the new adventure begin! ๐ฎ
Got feedback or encountered a bug? Reach out to us at: fb@ulives.io ๐ง