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LifeTimer  Development Roadmap

This roadmap breaks down the phases from project.md into concrete milestones.

Phase 0  Planning and foundations

Status, in progress

• Clarify product vision and constraints.
• Create high level project plan and documentation.
• Set up Flutter project with base folder structure.
• Configure Supabase project, environment variables, and basic tables.
• Set up version control and basic continuous integration.

Phase 1  MVP core experience

Goal, a private personal countdown with a bucket list of up to 20 goals.

• Implement authentication and profile editing.
• Implement bucket list creation and editing, limited to 20 goals.
• Implement confirmation flow that locks the bucket list and starts the countdown.
• Implement home countdown screen with large timer and percentage of time elapsed.
• Implement basic goals list and goal detail with progress and completion.
• Implement local notifications for daily or weekly reminders.
• Add simple analytics events for key actions.

Exit criteria

• A user can sign up, create and confirm a bucket list, see the countdown, and track progress on their goals on at least one platform.

Phase 2  Social and motivation

Goal, optional social layer that motivates users without forcing them to share.

• Implement following system and basic public profiles.
• Implement activity feed of public milestones.
• Implement leaderboards for goals completed and active streaks.
• Add achievements and badges.
• Extend notification logic for social events.

Exit criteria

• Users can opt in to sharing and see others public progress in a simple, motivating feed.

Phase 3  Advanced experience

Goal, make the app richer and more insightful.

• Add charts and insights for progress versus time.
• Integrate image APIs for automatic goal cover images.
• Add map integration for location based goals.
• Improve offline support and caching.
• Extend settings, themes, and personalization.

Phase 4  Polish and release

• Accessibility review and improvements.
• Performance tuning on low end devices.
• App Store and Play Store preparation, listings, screenshots, and policies.
• Beta testing and bug fixing.
• Public release and monitoring.