--- title: I Built a Calisthenics App Because I Failed My First... description: A Flutter developer shares the story of building CaliStack, a calisthenics app, after failing his first handstand attempt. Frustrated by the lack of structured... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-built-a-calisthenics-app-because-i-failed-my-first-handstand-0vmpzftp1 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I Built a Calisthenics App Because I Failed My First Handstand | daily.dev og:description: A Flutter developer shares the story of building CaliStack, a calisthenics app, after failing his first handstand attempt. Frustrated by the lack of structured... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-built-a-calisthenics-app-because-i-failed-my-first-handstand-0vmpzftp1 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/0VmpZftp1.png og:image:alt: I Built a Calisthenics App Because I Failed My First Handstand og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I Built a Calisthenics App Because I Failed My First Handstand **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 6 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A Flutter developer shares the story of building CaliStack, a calisthenics app, after failing his first handstand attempt. Frustrated by the lack of structured progression in existing fitness apps, he teamed up with a designer, a calisthenics athlete, and a video producer to create an app with 228 workouts and 100+ original tutorial videos organized as a skill-tree progression system. Built with zero budget using revenue-sharing agreements, the app is now live on Android and iOS. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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