Looking for a Fitbit App Developer

[jcdobz]

Hi - let me start by saying that I have zero experience with coding and developing an app. But I have an idea for an app, just no idea how to even get started. I've already read and reread the help page on developing apps. I'm a nurse, not a developer. Its out of my league.

Its a feature I am baffled to learn that Fitbit doesn't support already. With the leaderboard app, you can send your friends cheers/taunts but it goes to their app, not their watch. Same with their replies. Don't you think it would be nice to be able to receive buzzes or notifications on your actual watch when you get a cheer? (Even something like when you send a message on an iPhone and have the option to send it with an effect and you send it with the 'echo' effect). I've scoured the app store to come up with nothing. It would be an app that's right on the actual device, not something that needs an app outside of the Fitbit app (does that make sense?) to run. The developer can keep all the rights to the app, and whatever profit they get from it. I don't care honestly. I just request a name suggestion. The rest can be up to them, or we could work together to design it.

(I mean we already have the Leaderboard app, and the ability to send the cheers from the watch itself. How hard could it be to add the feature to receive the cheers on the watch too?)

I currently sport the Versa Lite. Idk if that makes a difference but with my luck, it does.
Any help or replies is appreciated.
Thank you for your time.

PS: I have already posted this in the general discussion and the feature suggestion area. Was hoping someone would be able to make an app to solve this problem since it appears that the people at Fitbit don't think this is something we could benefit from.

[MarioDings]

As I can see, the leaderboard app is developed by an independent developer. I suggest you take your suggestion to him, because all his app should do is give a proper notification, instead of keeping it to himself.
And you’re right, it’s a nice addition.

[jcdobz]

That's a great idea! Thank you so much!

Follow up question: how can I see who that independent developer is? All I see is that its offered by Fitbit.

[jcdobz]

@MarioDings 

[jcdobz]

@SantiR perhaps you can help?

[Gondwana]

If you mean this, I think it's developed by Fitbit themselves. If so, a third-party developer would not be able to make changes to it, but would need to develop a whole new app from scratch.

[MarioDings]

I’m  sorry . I thought you meant :

https://apps.apple.com//us/app/leaderboard-fitbit-rankings

I didn’t know about the Fitbit app by Fitbit.

[jcdobz]

@Gondwana @MarioDings 

So back to the drawing board so to speak. 

I can’t develop an app. But is someone interested in perhaps doing so? 

[MarioDings]

Nope, I can’t. (Yet) besides, the leaderboard app doesn’t do anything on my Versa.

[MarioDings]

Second effort. Leaderboard does not load friends. 
oh what, I don’t need that app. Deleted.