Ryze & Shine – Vision board, Planner, Motivation - Interview with the developer of a fantastic app

Did you have any prior development or coding experience?

Yes, we do have prior coding experience in a few languages and we have built apps prior to this. One of the apps that we have just released is Wondr Note.

What was the most challenging aspect of developing mobile app?

Ryze & Shine is essentially a Vision board in your pocket. I guess the hardest part would be encapsulating the entire vision board & visualization experience into a mobile app. It needed to be attractive, invigorating & most importantly inspiring because this is where our dreams are being actualized.

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At Mighty Bear Vibes, we tap into our zen space to create apps that are unique, creative and most importantly, inspiring. In other words, we create apps we like using.

Name a few of your favorite apps and reason you love them.

MV Fit - Michael Vazquez Fitness is an app that is super versatile in terms of exercises you can do anywhere, anyone, anytime.
Fiverr - We love Fiverr because it not only has created an income stream for so many freelancers in a simple way and as well as having awesome services you can procure at any time from anywhere.
Dream Catcher - Great creative tool for monitoring & tracking your lucid dreams.
Fabulous - An interestingly designed app for motivation & mood tracking.

How long have you been working on this app?

We started work on Ryze & Shine in July 2020. And released in September 2020. We roughly do a monthly update.

What need of the user did you have in mind when developing this app?

First & foremost, we are huge advocates of goal setting with visualization, motivation & taking action. We want to empower people to be able to tackle these needs. Users can create a beautiful vision board, and also plan out how they were going to take action on their goals. Goals do not have to be associated with pressure, it is the journey & the effort, that is beautiful. And if we can inspire 1 person in that way, the app works.

In what way do you think your app is better than similar apps on the market? Please describe in detail what innovation you think you bring and what you are proud of in your app.

Hmm, well, there are so many awesome apps that are similar out there, we wouldn't say we are better but we are different. Branding would be the first thing that comes to mind. We use plenty of imagery to keep inspiration levels high, we want to keep the users motivated and engaged in their own goals. Also, every aspect of the app can be used independently, for example, if you're really into the vision board and just want a direction in life and to look forward to your dreams, you could just use the vision board without the planner. We believe in this way, the app is flexible and catered to different peoples' levels of comfort when it comes to goal setting and dreams. Lastly, we also have goal ideas! So if users haven't thought of their dreams or goals yet, these ideas could inspire them.

What are your future plans and expected features of the coming new versions of this app?

We would be improving the planning process of goals & tasks, and allow higher levels of customizations (colors, layouts, etc.) focusing mainly on the vision board and a little throughout the app.

Assuming new users of your app are reading this page. What do you want to ask them to do (contact you about X, Share the app, etc.)?

We would love people to try our app and give us feedback on their journey in Ryze & Shine, but mostly, we would like to ask people not to give up on their dreams. In these trying times, it is important for us to hold on to what inspires us and makes us happy.