Hi, thanks for the comments and feedback, really appreciate it. Im on the team that built PINE, so I’ll jump right in and respond to some of the points you’ve raised. Hopefully, you’ll re-consider downloading PINE and giving it a shot. We’re still very much in prototype mode, so our landing page has the minimum amount of information needed to launch the app. We’ll be updating this in the coming weeks. That said, we’ve also outlined how PINE works in our blog post
https://medium.com/@pine/pine-your-daily-check-in-beta-relea... , I’ve also outlined my experience on PINE thus far
https://medium.com/@renjie/my-experience-using-pine-1768c312... as well. And we’ve got another blog post from another team member
http://lewwwk.com/post7583 , for good measure.
For V 2.0.0 on the App Store, we didn’t realize that we couldn’t add screenshots until after we had already submitted the developer release. The forthcoming V 2.0.1 update will have the screenshots that we included in the blog posts.
Now as for check-ins, the check-ins are NOT location based. Rather, they are personal and private check-ins, in response to the question, ‘how are you doing?’, where only the user can view them. When you connect with family and friends, all they’ll be able to see is that you’ve checked-in on PINE, but not what you’ve actually written down in your private reflection. By being connected on PINE with friends and family however, you’ll be able to send each other nudges, encouraging each other to check-in on PINE. Hope this clarifies a few things. Thanks!