LifeButler

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  review for 7 day long commitments

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  3 diffrent section for active,done and expired goals

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  recommit a completed goal

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  Commitment screen add commitments

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  recommit an expired goal

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  review for 1 month long commitments

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  Style selection and priority section for you commitments

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  LifeButler home screen

Inspiration

Most habit-tracking apps lean hard on streaks, reminders, and little dopamine hits. At first, that stuff feels motivating. But after a while? It just pushes people to cheat or burn out—or give up the second they break a streak. I’ve gone through that loop more than a few times. On the surface, I looked disciplined, but deep down, I knew I was just gaming the system.

So I started wondering:
What if building habits was about commitment and honesty, not just keeping a streak alive?

What it does

LifeButler flips the script. Instead of chasing daily streaks, you commit to weekly or monthly cycles.

You set your goal for the week or month, then check your progress only at the end of the cycle. No nagging reminders or constant pressure. Built-in cooldowns stop you from instantly retrying. Anti-cheat rules keep things honest. Streaks don’t count daily taps—they’re just a record of finished cycles.

The idea’s simple:
Make habits that fit real life, not some fantasy of perfect days.

How we built it

We built LifeButler as a mobile-first app, focusing on smart logic, timing, and real user psychology—not just shiny rewards and fireworks.

Here’s what we put in:

• Fixed commitment cycles (weekly or monthly)
• Cooldowns to prevent instant retries
• Progress and streaks are separate
• One-and-done notifications (no endless pings)
• Dark-mode-first, stripped-down UI that won’t fry your brain

The whole setup aims for clarity and honesty, not just grabbing your attention.

Challenges we ran into

Biggest challenge? Saying “no” to extra features.

It’s easy to want daily reminders, points, badges, streak multipliers—all that. But for every idea, we asked:
Does this help people stay honest, or just make fake progress look good?

Letting people fail without pushing them to quit took a lot of work, especially when it came to cooldowns, cycle reviews, and when (or if) to send notifications.

What we learned

This project drove home that “more features” doesn’t mean “better.” What matters is having clear values and sticking to them.

By setting real boundaries instead of building loopholes, LifeButler shows that tools for discipline can be calm, respectful, and actually useful—without needing to mess with people’s behavior.

What's next

We’re getting LifeButler ready for the Play Store. Next up is more testing, polishing, and listening to feedback from real users after the hackathon. The focus stays on making the core system rock-solid, not just adding more stuff.

Built With

• android
• custom-business-logic-engine
• flutter-(dart)
• local-persistence
• system-notifications