Inner: Social Fitness

Inner Circle screen
AI Companion
Inner world screen
Chat-based interactive stories
Example of interactive stories

Inspiration

We're all busy with different life priorities in our twenties - new jobs, new cities, new relationships. But it recently hit me that you can have many friends and still feel completely misunderstood. Social media shows you what people are doing, but never really tells you how they're feeling or gives you the daily updates that actually help you connect.

It takes two people in the relationship - and everyone's caught up in their own version of life. Our daily headspace also changes every day which changes how we show up for each other. I built this because I believe our generation is facing a loneliness epidemic that can't necessarily be solved by more connections - but by deeper ones.

So what if staying emotionally connected needs the consistent habit like going to the gym for your body, or journaling for your mind?

What it does

Inner is a relationship fitness ecosystem that bridges the gap between how you feel and how your friends feel through AI-powered daily insights, conversation practice, and relationship coaching.

Please use the TestFlight link to test the AI companion, KAIA: https://testflight.apple.com/join/GQRzg9wG

Please use the Bolt link to view the AI-powered daily relationship insights and conversation cards: https://bolt.new/~/sb1-ssfifxn8

How we built it

Built solo on Bolt.new, with Claude as my technical guide that helped me get to the finish line. I had zero coding experience and was doing design tests throughout the month until the 20th. Then intensely from the 26th-30th, to get the rest of the key features, including an AI companion with ElevenLabs (and design-wise with Spline), and integrate AI-powered conversation cards and circle insights powered by Anthropic.

Challenges we ran into

Learning backend development as a complete beginner was a roller coaster. I was so close to getting RevenueCat payment integration working, but the SDKs got the best of me in the final hours.

Accomplishments that i'm proud of

Getting the AI companion (powered by ElevenLabs) working on iPhone!! It helps you navigate relationships in solution mode or making space mode, and runs through situational examples with you to practice how you'd show up in your relationships.

What I learned

I nearly wanted to give up when TestFlight broke after making RevenueCat changes on Cursor. With time running out, I felt like I had to just deploy it as a website, but luckily I had a decent working duplicated version on Bolt to fall back to.

Key takeaways: 1) After every working change to your feature, duplicate it on Bolt, and 2) Sit through it and you'll figure it out even when you feel like you want to call it quits.

What's next for Inner

Making daily check-ins fully functional and doubling down on the AI-powered insights from your daily journal and your circle's!
Building out the social layer so friends can actually connect and share insights together, plus adding growth features like shareable conversation cards for users to share on Instagram and Tik Tok.
Integrating RevenueCat for the inner work screen!