Zahir’s my-routine
The problem
A lot of chore and routine apps are built around a parent assigning tasks to a child, which can feel like being told what to do rather than building an actual habit, and kids often lose interest once the novelty of the reward wears off.
The solution
My Routine flips that: a kid builds their own morning routine from a simple icon list, in whatever order makes sense to them, and checks off each step themselves, with a streak that tracks consistency rather than a parent-controlled reward system.
Monetisation service
Free for one routine. A £1.99/month family plan lets a parent see multiple children's routines and streaks in one shared view, without controlling or editing the child's own steps.
Minimum projected ARR
Zahir’s story
Zahir noticed that the chore apps his family had tried before all worked the same way: a parent sets the tasks, and the app just tells you what to do. My Routine started from a different question: what if a kid built their own morning routine, in their own order?
In the Make It a Real App phase, Zahir focused on the drag-to-reorder step list and the simple streak counter, since he wanted the app to feel owned by whoever is using it rather than assigned to them. He used AI to help build the interface while deciding the actual step icons and the streak rules himself.
Getting the reordering to feel simple enough for a younger sibling to use without help took several redesigns, since his first version had too many small buttons and not enough obvious drag handles.
What Zahir’s parent thinks
“TBC”
— Abdul Subhan