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Show HN: I’m an introvert – made an app to help maintain connections with people

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Hello again fellow hackers. I created this app and I expect it can help others like me, those with ADHD and those who’ve resolved to be better at reaching out to friends and family this new year.

I define the app as a smart communications assistant/tool for text messages, calls and email that helps making staying in touch as effortless as it can be.

How is this app different from other personal CRM and automation tools?

Well, it’s purposely simple and combines some functionality from both areas. Most personal CRM apps are unable to easily make informed decisions as it relates to texts and calls because they have limited access to information—and most device automation apps, while they have access to more information, do not have a CRM focus. CommuniqAI blends these two and cleverly keeps you in touch with the people who matter the most with minimal interruption and distraction, zero requirements to manually log previous communications and actual conversation histories so you can quickly recall what you last touched upon.

The last time I submitted to HN, the app was still in beta, but this is no longer the case; the landing page for the app is at https://communiqai.com. There are no ads or logins.

I’d love some feedback.

Sad I cannot try this on my iPhone:( What other related apps do you recommend? Including personal CRMs

While I'd love to create an app like this for iPhones, it's unlikely Apple would approve the functionality of the app, though Google has. As for related personal CRM apps, I tried a bunch and honestly don't have a recommendation; this was the driver that led me to create this app.

> it's unlikely Apple would approve the functionality of the app

I see no reason this would be true. What rule do you think it violates?

The app uses access to text message and call data to make decisions and display information. While the app does not store this data, it is unlikely Apple would allow the app to access the same data on an iPhone.

This makes sense. I think that there is no API available to access this data.

I thought that you were referring to them rejecting the app at the review stage.

I don’t see any reason they would do that or disapprove of the purpose of the app, however you simply can’t build it because the data you want is inaccessible.

As an iPhone user I would like a Light version of this with notifications;

It’s Rogers 27th birthday in 2 weeks- send a card Send a nice update email to Sarah. You haven’t chatted in 4 months Billy has a lot of news of Facebook - you should connect

That would prod me to be a better friend when my focus keeps me glued to family and work.

Thanks for sharing some thoughts! The reason I chose not to incorporate things like birthdays is this is already well handled by the built-in Calendar and Contacts apps—though I’m uncertain how this is handled on iOS. As for Facebook, as a first stab I went with native text messages because the functionality is built into the device and the app can easily access the messaging history on the device to make better decisions. I have begun to review support for WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and friends, but it appears there might be some challenges to doing this properly due to the lack of data made available from these providers for developers.

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