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Thanks for the feedback Kevin!

Oh man, can't believe that copy issue (triple-line instead of plus) has been in the first run experience for over a month and I didn't realize it... thanks for pointing it out!

Great insight about not hiding the feature list behind that button... hadn't thought about that since as a dev I know that button can never charge me w/out another prompt from Apple. Dev blindness.

Also, what an interesting (and new to me) idea about trying a conversion during onboarding. Apple would indeed allow it. Great opportunity for an A/B test.

Yes, defaulting to actual weights is something I've wrestled with. The fact is, while I knew I could play up the moving average angle with this audience, many of my customers got confused about how moving averages worked and why they were seeing weights they didn't type in on their second day of usage. Also, moving average predictions are pretty inaccurate until there's a week's worth of data, so it's really hard to have a great day 2 experience using just the moving averages. In my experience, defaulting to simple weight tracking for the numbers I display and letting power users switch to moving averages seems to have worked best.

Kevin- This is some of the most thought-provoking feedback I've gotten. You clearly put a good amount of your time into the review and the feedback, and I really appreciate how you gave actionable advice. Thanks for your help!

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