Run With Max was an iOS app I built during the summer of 2020. It was designed as a tool to help the MRun sprinters keep track of their workouts and provide some motivation for us when we couldn’t run together anymore. The primary focus was to build a platform for sharing workouts without all the unnecessary features found in running apps like Strava, since most of us did not have running watches.
The biggest takeaway from the project was that marketing matters: even if you make a great app, if you do not put it in front of the right audience, it will not necessarily find users. If I were to remake this app knowing everything I know now, I would make a web app rather than a native iOS app since several of my team mates used Android phones so they couldn’t use the app.
Goals#
- Provide MRun sprinters with a community running log
- Encourage sprinters to keep working out
- Distribute the training plan
- Keep the feature set minimal
- Build a proof of concept with React Native and Django
Technology Stack#
- React Native for the iOS app
- Django for the backend server
- Django REST Framework for the API
- Plain-text workout logging and sharing designed for mobile use
Results#
- I completed a working prototype
- I learned a ton about JavaScript, React, and the Django REST Framework
- A few of us used the app for about 6 months until track season ended
- I had fun in the process
Screenshots#
