Thynkr

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  Think together

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  Leave with a conclusion

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  Clarity starts with one question

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  Stay with one thought

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  Share your thoughts

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  Follow a thinking journey

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  Main Menu

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  Session UI

Inspiration

I've been working and experimenting with LLMs since GPT 3 dropped. Little by little and without realizing I fell into this pattern where I avoided thinking and just prompted AI to do that thinking on my behalf. I had trouble focusing on deep work and started having trouble with focusing while problem solving.

I decided to start doing a simple routine. Think about something new for 15 minutes straight. It sounds very simple, but I bet you most of you haven't really done this in years. It was hard, but I came out on the other side revitalized, problems I had became much more simple and with time my brain fog decreased substantially and that eagerness tricked down to every other aspect of my life.

Your brain is a muscle, how much are you really challenging it on a daily basis. I want to share this with the world because I think it's important and I truly believe a lot of people could really benefit from it.

What it does

Thynkr helps people recover the habit of thinking for themselves before asking for an answer. The experience is simple: choose a meaningful question, give it uninterrupted attention, and put your own conclusion into words. Afterward, you can privately reflect on what shifted.

Questions span different areas of curiosity, called Realms. Guided Journeys let you explore a topic over several days, while your Realm Map shows where your thinking has taken you. Shared Rituals let friends consider the same question, and Ether offers anonymous perspectives from others.

Thynkr makes room for deliberate attention without a feed, likes, or advertising.

One question. No noise.

How we built it

We built Thynkr as a native iOS app using Swift and SwiftUI. Its visual identity comes from a single drop meeting still water.

Challenges we ran into

The central design challenge was deciding how much guidance to provide. A question needs enough structure to invite thought, while leaving room for the person’s own interpretation. We applied that principle to the prompts, interface, and optional AI nudge.

Privacy also shaped the architecture . Private reflections, anonymous Ether contributions, shared responses. This was central to the design, since we didn't want any pollution from social media like interactions.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Turning a simple idea, give one question your full attention, into a complete thinking ritual.

Creating a visual language that carries through the logo, animations, and interface.

What we learned

We learned that simplicity takes substantial engineering. The experience feels calm only when timing, persistence, permissions, and recovery behave predictably.

We also learned to judge features by whether they support independent thought. That became a useful rule for everything from prompt writing to AI behavior.

Building the subscription flow showed us that monetization is part of the product experience: the value, purchase process, restoration, and ongoing access all need to be clear.

What's next for Thynkr

We want to learn from how people use Thynkr in everyday life: which questions invite sustained attention, where the ritual feels difficult, and what makes people return voluntarily.

If this is something people find valuable we will be introducing 2 core modifications:

1.- Gift of Thought - gift a subscription to a True Thynkr (30 days uninterrupted use unlock expanded usage) somewhere around the world. 2.- Guest Thynkrs - Have interesting people ask "the question that everyone should be asking themselves" as a daily question.

Built With

• openai
• revenuecat
• supabase
• swift
• swifui