Affirm Me iOS
A place to practice more of what you want to become
A quiet, beautiful app for practicing positive affirmations. Journal, reminders, handcrafted animations. 4.8+ App Store rating for 8 years.
> the problem
Affirm Me started in 2018 as something I wanted for myself: a simple, beautiful app to practice positive affirmations. No clutter, no ads, just a quiet space to build better mental habits. "A place to practice more of what you want to become."
> the approach
I designed and built the whole thing. UI mockups in Sketch, animations in After Effects, and the app itself in Swift. Features include hundreds of hand-written affirmations, a guided journal with prompts, speech recognition so you can speak your affirmations out loud, and gentle reminders. The design philosophy was minimalist on purpose: this is a mindfulness app, not a productivity tool.
> the lessons
The app has held a 4.8+ App Store rating and about 2,500 monthly users for 8 years now, with minimal maintenance. It taught me that the things people connect with most are often the simplest ones. Also that building something for yourself first usually means building something real.