Fitney

The need

Where it started

Tap. Scroll. Select. Confirm. Repeat 40 times to log a single session. Most workout apps are so tedious that people fall back on their notes app and fill in the tracker later, or never. Meanwhile, the queer community had no fitness coach that spoke their language.

Who it's for: Gym-goers who want to log a session quickly, built for the queer community first.

The build

What we built

• Conversational workout logging: type what you did in plain language and AI works out the rest
• A sassy AI coach, powered by Anthropic, that adapts plans to your goals, energy and schedule
• A SwiftUI iOS app designed around speed, so a full session is logged in seconds, not minutes
• FastAPI backend on Google Cloud Platform handling plan generation and session history
• Serverless architecture that scales with actual users, not projected peaks

Results

What changed

• Workout logging reduced from dozens of taps to a single message
• A coach that sounds like a friend, not a textbook, built for the queer community first
• Adaptive plans that account for missed days and shifting goals without guilt-tripping
• Hosting costs tied to real usage, with no paying ahead for growth