Symmetry · B2C · gym workout tracker
Test the screens most users hit, like the paywall, before minor features
Unknownexperimentationproduct-activation
What they did
Prioritize screens that affect most users radically (paywall first) over low-reach features like dark/light theme. At Symmetry the exercise search screen strongly affects activation and retention, so it gets experiments; the post-login workouts screen does not.
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