Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Cold Shower
Hello there, I'm working on an android app that allows to easily track the time and temperature of your cold showers and ice baths. Main features include the possibility to visualize your progress over time, achievements when you reach new time and temperature limits, a “badass score” that makes it easy to compare your progress with others, and a Voice Coach that keeps you motivated and makes you feel less alone in the cold. I’d appreciate any feedback on the app. More specifically, I would like to know how intuitive the user interface is, and what UI changes would make it a better app.…
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Cold Shower▲73Track the time and temperature of your cold showers
2023 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, after the app I actually used to track my period wanted me to log in and save my data in the cloud, I decided to write my own. Most apps in this area are based on a subscription model and display far too much information anyway. For me, a simple calendar is enough where I can add a few notes if necessary. So that is the result of my work - a simple design and the data is only saved on the smartphone.
2024 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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I was the main contributor to workout.lol, an open-source fitness app to easily build a workout routine. The project had traction (1.4k GitHub stars, 95 forks, ~20K visits/month), but was eventually sold due to video licensing hurdles. The new owner stopped maintaining it, and the repo went abandoned. Over the next 9 months, I sent 15 emails to try to save it : no replies. Feature requests & issues were ignored. The community was left with a "broken" tool let's say. I couldn't just let it die So I built the new version from scratch with the same open-source spirit, but a better…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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GoPolar▲154Track your cold plunge & sauna sessions + share with others
2025 · gopolar.app · its alternatives →
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Hello. I was looking for a simple and clean habit tracker. I went through a few apps but felt they were missing something. I also had some time on my hands, so decided to make my own and share it in case anyone else likes it. Some of the supported features: Streaks based, track and beat your longest streaks Fully useable offline Freezes (similar to Duolingo's streak freezes) Visual map for tracking consistency Pause the app when you need a break or will be away For anyone curious about the tech stack: - React for frontend - Dexie cloud for storage and syncing - Vercel for hosting Link:…
2024 · rdht.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Offline water tracker with a private AI hydration coach
Mar 2026 · locikit.com · its alternatives →
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Just Log▲359Hi HN, I built Just Log after getting frustrated with fitness apps that were too complex for basic workout tracking. Most apps have social feeds, complicated interfaces, and features I never used. Just Log focuses on the essentials: quick workout logging, habit formation, and progress tracking without the bloat. Built it in a month while sharing the process publicly on Twitter. The app uses a minimalist approach - you can log a complete workout in seconds. No social features, no notifications, just simple tracking that helps build consistency. Launched on Product Hunt today. Android is live…
2025 · justlog.app · its alternatives →
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Sauna▲78Track heat & cold exposure with your Apple Watch and iPhone
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Mood▲97Hey HN, I've had this idea stuck in my head ever since I published Year in Pixels [1]. I've been adding a little thing here and there to this app, and now it feels nice enough to share. It's very interesting what daily tracking does to one's mind. While I already have apps to track everything else like sleep, heart rate, etc., I was still missing something to track my mood. The simple act of thinking about how you feel a couple of times a day already changes things. A moment of reflection. I opted to add Astrology, Checks (habits), and other goodies. Hope you like it as much as I do. Best,…
Jun 2026 · mood.lasagna.pizza · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I'm a solo developer and I built Steps: Workout & Pedometer, an iOS pedometer and workout tracker. Last week, two German iOS publications wrote about the app. I didn't pitch them. I didn't send a press release. I didn't even know it was happening. I woke up to a spike in downloads, checked the analytics, and traced it back to their articles. That coverage pushed the app past $1,000 in sales. I still have no idea how they found the app. I'm wondering if anyone here has experience getting featured in publications, whether organically or through outreach. What worked for you? Any tips…
Mar 2026 · getsteps.app · its alternatives →
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I've been working on a side project called Streak.ly with a friend of mine for the past month or so; it's intended to help keep you motivated to do otherwise mundane daily tasks (like do 10 pushups, read for an hour, etc.) by letting you log "streaks" — consecutive days in a row of doing something. It's in private alpha/beta/gamma/whatever right now (has some rough edges to clean up), but is more or less functionally complete and pretty stable. I'm a big fan of the Seinfeld calendar, and have seen other services which do similar things but were unsatisfying to use, either from an aesthetic…
2010 · streak.ly · its alternatives →
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Free water tracker with reminders. No ads, no account needed
Jul 2026 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Bathtimer helps you take shorter showers by pacing yourself
2022 · bathtimer.com · its alternatives →
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Snappit ▲19I wanted something simple to capture my day to day life without having to create montages manually. So I built Snappit. Record 5 seconds every day. The app automatically compiles them into weekly, monthly, and yearly montages. No sign up. No account. No server. Everything stays on your phone. The constraint is the feature. 5 seconds is low enough friction that you actually do it, but enough to capture the texture of a day. Built with Kotlin Multiplatform (Android + iOS from a shared codebase). Happy to answer questions about the tech or the product. Feedback welcome.
Dec 2025 · snappit.co · its alternatives →
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Science based heat zones for easy detox
2025 · saunatracker.app · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! I recently released baseline, a journaling and mood tracking app for iOS, Android, and web. If you've been looking for a better journal, or just want to work on your mental health, you should check it out! It includes: - Simple and fast journaling — just open the app and start typing. - Visualizations to help you understand your progress over time. - Screeners to help you better understand what you might be struggling with. - Customizable notifications to help you build journaling into your daily routine. - Strong privacy — personal data is encrypted with user-specific keys that I…
2022 · getbaseline.app · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I'm an indie dev who built this to settle a long-running argument with my teenage son about who lifts more at the gym. I wanted a workout tracker to kept our data side-by-side on a leaderboard, and let us swap training plans without texting screenshots back and forth. Nothing I tried did all three without a subscription wall, so I wrote my own. Most of the app is free, it covers the full workout experience and progress tracking with 80+ exercises. The one-time purchase unlocks multiple plans, custom movements, and the social/sharing features, mainly to pay for the infra. The…
May 2026 · mobile-squad.com · its alternatives →
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I've just launched this little iOS app as an alternative to Apple Fitness, which is cluttered and chaotic when it comes to visualizing basic workout stats and metrics. The idea is to focus on a clean, minimalistic design and only show high-level metrics that are actually useful, e.g. how often did I work out this week/month/year, cardio vs strength vs mobility, surf session count in February, etc. It's free and offline. Also, no signup, no ads, no data sharing, no social feeds, and no notifications. Just open it and get a quick glance at the state of your workout game within 2s.…
Mar 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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In 2013, I couldn’t find a decent interval timer for my workouts on the Android Market (Google Play wasn’t even called Google Play yet!). Could you believe that? Typing 'interval timer' returned nothing! So I decided to build a simple App while in college. Fast forward 12 years, that simple timer has grown into an ecosystem: Android, iOS, Wear OS, Apple Watch, and a coaching platform. All built solo, with no AI assistance, and redesigned 4 times to keep up with UI trends. Over the years I’ve learned a lot about long-term app maintenance, cross-platform challenges, and keeping codebases…
2023 · exercisetimer.net · its alternatives →
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Stay hydrated with smart goals, reminders & no tracking ever
2025 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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