š I couldnāt bite pizza or look at photos of myself. š¦· Now Iām building @BracieApp so no one feels that alone in their braces journey again. āļø
Joined November 2025
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23 Nov 2025
I spent most of my teens being called a āmouth breatherā and avoiding cameras.
Last week, I shipped my first app to help people with braces feel informed and in control.
Hereās the story behind @BracieApp š
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5 Dec 2025
Letās do an AMA š
Iāve:
ā¢ had braces twice for >7 years
ā¢ gone through double jaw surgery (then surgery single jaw again)
ā¢ spent years confused about my own treatment
ā¢ turned it all into a braces app (@BracieApp)
Ask me anything about:
ā¢ braces
ā¢ jaw surgery recovery
ā¢ the mental side of treatment
ā¢ building & launching a niche app
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1 Dec 2025
š Week 1 for @BracieApp:
š4,160 impressions
š150 App Store product page views
š0.8% conversion rate
š23 downloads
š0 revenue
š0 trials
This is the unglamorous side of launching a niche app.
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1 Dec 2025
Honestly? Iād love to be tweeting ā1000 downloads, Ā£Ā£Ā£ MRRā right now.
Seeing 0 trials and Ā£0 stings.
At the same time: 23 real humans decided to install an app about braces from a complete stranger on the internet. Thatās not nothing - thatās a starting point.
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1 Dec 2025
For the next week Iām going to:
ā”ļø improve the App Store page
ā”ļø tighten the first-time experience in the app
ā”ļø keep telling the braces jaw surgery story, but with sharper problem/solution angles
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30 Nov 2025
Working on new screen shots for my app. It really was time for a refresh.
Anyone got any tips to improve it?
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28 Nov 2025
This is the tool I wish Iād had going through braces and jaw surgery.
No more āWhat did they say again?ā
Just a simple timeline of what changed, when, and why.
How would you tweak this to make it more useful in real life?
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27 Nov 2025
After every orthodontic appointment my mum would ask:
āSo what did they say?ā
And my answer was always something like:
āErrā¦ tighten wireā¦ a few millimetresā¦ maybe surgeryā¦?ā
I never had everything written down in one place. I just hoped Iād remember.
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27 Nov 2025
Treatment plans are complicated.
1 year of braces quietly becomes 2 then 3.
Elastics change, wires change, plans change.
As a patient, it often feels like youāre just nodding along and trusting itāll all make sense in the end - while secretly feeling completely out of the loop.
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27 Nov 2025
Thatās the reason I built @BracieApp
I wanted my orthodontistās instructions in my pocket:
ā¢ notes from each appointment
ā¢ what changed whatās next
ā¢ questions I had
So future me didnāt have to guess.
If youāre in braces, would something like this help you feel in control?
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26 Nov 2025
I did wear my retainers. I still relapsed.
Hereās how a bus, a plane and a week changed my bite š
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26 Nov 2025
A big reason I built @BracieApp was for this exact stage ā after the braces come off.
Somewhere to log when retainers go missing, get cracked, or stop fittingā¦ and to nudge you to fix it before things move too far.
Quick poll: be honest š
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26 Nov 2025
Have you ever lost your retainer?
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Yes, multiple times
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Once (never again)
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Not yet š
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No braces / aligners yet
0 votes ā¢ Final results
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25 Nov 2025
Things I desperately wish Iād had during my braces & jaw surgery journeyā¦
ā¦and why I built them into @BracieApp š
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25 Nov 2025
Every appointment Iād walk out thinking,
āIāll definitely remember all that.ā
I didnāt.
I needed somewhere to write down adjustments, next steps and questions so my future self (and my mum) werenāt guessing.
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25 Nov 2025
Brushing more often, elastics, retainersā¦ itās a lot.
I wish I had gentle nudges built around my treatment instead of random alarms Iād ignore.
Thatās what Bracie is: the app I wish Iād had.
If you had braces, whatās the #1 thing you wish you could've tracked easier?
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