How to Build an App That Tracks Social Media Posts, Replies, and Likes to Help Creators Stay Consistent

📱 Most people trying to grow on X or Bluesky have no idea how consistent their posting and engagement really is — they’re just guessing.

Without clear goals and progress tracking, growth becomes random and unsustainable.

This edition of Easy Startup Ideas shows you how to build a simple app that helps creators stay consistent, hit daily engagement goals, and grow their audience with confidence.

Today’s Idea

A mobile app (iOS/Android) that tracks and visualizes your post, reply, and like activity across X and Bluesky, helping you stick to daily goals for growing your audience. Includes streaks, badges, and widgets for easy visibility.

Ideal Customer

• Creators focused on growing social audiences: writers, indie hackers, marketers, artists, entrepreneurs.

• People who enjoy productivity apps, habit trackers, and gamified tools like Duolingo or Streaks.

• Anyone who understands the value of consistency in audience-building and wants visibility on their progress.

Why It Will Succeed

• Clear, Specific Pain Point: Current social platforms don’t help you track your output activity — only vanity metrics like followers and likes. This app fills that gap.

• No Existing Direct Competitor: There are analytics apps, but none focused specifically on daily posting habits and engagement goals across these platforms.

• Gamification is Proven: Streaks, badges, and daily goals are psychologically effective (used by Apple Fitness, Duolingo, etc.).

• Low Friction Integration: Can work by connecting APIs where available, or manual + semi-automated tracking (notifications when you post, etc.).

• Stickiness: Once users build up a streak, churn reduces dramatically.

Getting Started and Building an MVP

Core Features for MVP

• Set daily goals for posts, replies, and likes

• Track activity via X (Twitter) and Bluesky APIs

• Show streaks, badges, and progress

• Provide a simple home screen widget for daily progress visibility

Backend using Supabase

• Set up a project with Supabase for auth (email or social login)

• Create tables for users, goals, activity logs, streaks, and badges

• Use Postgres triggers for automatic updates to streaks and badges

• Expose data through Supabase REST API for app and widget

Frontend using React Native

• Build with React Native (recommended: Expo for faster iteration)

• Screens to include: login/signup, dashboard, set goals, activity logs, achievements

• Connect to Supabase using the Supabase JS SDK

APIs for Tracking Activity

• Use the X (Twitter) API to fetch posts, replies, and likes

• Use the Bluesky API to fetch user activity

• Optionally automate API calls using Make.com or Zapier to sync data to Supabase

Building the Home Screen Widget

• iOS: Use react-native-widget-extension

• Android: Use AppWidgetManager

• Widgets query progress from Supabase API and display daily goals and streaks

Payments using Stripe

• Implement payments with Stripe, using Stripe Checkout or Stripe Billing

• Free plan: Basic tracking for one platform

• Paid plan: Multi-platform support, detailed reports, premium widgets

• Sync Stripe subscription status to Supabase via Stripe Webhooks

You can use tools like Claude for writing and debugging code, Replit for coding and testing in the cloud, and bolt.new for quickly prototyping small pieces of your app to help you build this faster without needing a full local development setup.

Monetization Strategies

1. Freemium Model:

   • Free: 1 platform, basic tracking.

   • Paid ($4.99/mo or $39/year): Multi-platform, unlimited goals, custom streak badges, premium widgets.

2. One-Time Purchase for Lifetime Access.

3. Partner Integrations:

   • Co-market with growth consultants, social media tools, etc.

4. Leaderboards / Community (future):

   • Monetize premium access to leaderboards or community spaces.

Marketing Strategies

1. Organic Growth:

   • Share progress publicly on X, Threads, Bluesky (target audience lives here).

   • Launch on Product Hunt; engage in Indie Hackers, Reddit, creator communities.

   • Partner with small creators for testimonials and exposure.

2. Paid Acquisition (Post-Validation):

   • Run targeted ads on Instagram, Threads, and X aimed at creators and solopreneurs.

3. Content & Social Proof:

   • Publish educational content on consistency and engagement habits.

   • Encourage users to share streaks and badges publicly as viral social proof.

4. Partnerships & Affiliates:

   • Create an affiliate program for creator communities and growth coaches.

5. Viral Features:

   • In-app prompts to share streaks, badges, and milestones to social platforms.

Expanding and Improving

1. AI-generated prompts for replies & posts when you’re running low on ideas.

2. Integration with Mastodon, LinkedIn, Instagram.

3. Advanced reporting: correlation between engagement consistency and follower growth.

4. Public profile for sharing streaks (“X days of consistent engagement”).

5. Accountability groups or challenges.

Thanks for checking out another edition of Easy Startup Ideas!

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