Life Guard

Mission

Premium mobile-first SaaS-style application focused on personal deadline management and life-admin automation. Primary problem: Users forget important deadlines hidden inside emails, receipts, screenshots, subscriptions, warranties, appointments, bills, and return policies. This causes financial loss, missed renewals, expired refunds, stress, and mental overload. Goal: Create a highly polished premium utility app that automatically extracts important dates and reminds users before deadlines occur. Platform: - iOS first - Responsive web dashboard second - Android-ready architecture Core system requirements: 1. User authentication - Email login - Google login - Apple login - Secure session handling 2. Inbox integration - Gmail integration - Outlook integration - Permission-based email scanning - Detect receipts, invoices, subscriptions, travel bookings, confirmations, warranty emails 3. OCR and document parsing - Upload screenshots, PDFs, and photos - OCR extraction pipeline - Parse dates, amounts, merchant names, renewal periods, expiration dates 4. AI extraction engine - Automatically classify items into: - subscriptions - bills - warranties - appointments - travel - returns - health - finance - Extract: - due date - renewal date - return window - warranty expiration - appointment time - payment amount - Confidence scoring system 5. Reminder engine - Push notifications - Multi-stage reminders - Custom reminder timing - Snooze functionality - Smart urgency prioritization 6. Dashboard - Upcoming timeline view - Priority cards - Calendar-style filtering - Search and tagging system - Archived items section 7. Manual entry system - Quick-add modal - Natural language entry - Date picker - Category selection 8. Security and privacy - End-to-end encryption where applicable - Minimal data retention - Clear privacy-first UX - User-controlled deletion Technical stack preference: - Frontend: - React Native or Flutter - Tailwind-style UI system - Backend: - Node.js or Supabase - Database: - PostgreSQL - OCR: - Google Vision API or equivalent - AI extraction: - Lightweight LLM-assisted parser - Notifications: - Firebase Cloud Messaging - Apple Push Notification Service UI/UX direction: - Premium minimalist aesthetic - Calm interface - High readability - Smooth animations - Fast onboarding - Minimal taps - No clutter - No “gamified productivity” style Business model: - Premium one-time purchase - Lifetime access only - No subscription - Launch price: $59 - Standard price: $79 Key product positioning: LifeGuard is not a task manager, notes app, or calendar replacement. It is a personal protection system for deadlines, renewals, and forgotten obligations. Primary success metrics: - High weekly retention - Reminder completion rate above 60% - Users report prevented missed fees or renewals - Strong conversion to lifetime purchase - Daily active usage from reminder interactions Build MVP first with: - Authentication - OCR upload - Email parsing - AI date extraction - Timeline dashboard - Push notifications Prioritize speed, reliability, and clean UX over feature bloat.