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Glucose tracker для тайской кухни — ผัดไทย, ส้มตำ, ข้าวเหนียว уже в базе. Просто скан или 1 тап — carbs/GI считается за тебя.

Problem

Тайцы 40-65 с диабетом 2-го типа берут Western glucose-апы (Diabetes:M, SocialDiabetes, MyGI) — но carb-база западная, и обычные тайские блюда (ข้าวเหนียวมะม่วง, ผัดไทย, ส้มตำ, แกงเขียวหวาน, ขนมจีน) отсутствуют. Ставка на липкий рис в Isan + Север делает manual carb-entry непосильной — пользователи бросают через 2-3 недели.

Audience

Тайцы 40-65 лет с T2-диабетом, особенно Isan/Северо-Восток (липкий рис как staple) + рисово-богатые семьи Бангкока. Часто комбинируют western prescription + traditional Thai herbal — нужен общий лог. TAM ~5M T2-диабетиков в TH, urban + rural mid-class WTP 79-149 THB/мес за Pro

Reasoning

Source signals

  • SIG-20260426-sea-mainland-health-companion-diabetes-sticky-rice-thai-diet-tracker — "carb DB Western-centric — Thai dishes missing" + "Diabetes:M Pro $30/year — бесплатных альтернатив с тайскими блюдами почти нет"

(Cross-reference signal: SIG-20260426-sea-mainland-health-companion-thai-herbal-western-drug-interaction-log — традиционный herb tracking parallel — partial overlap, but IDEA-152 takes herb-drug interaction angle; this IDEA stays purely on glucose+meal+herb-log без warning-lookup.)

What we ship

**Core features (MVP)**

  • Glucose log: pre-meal / post-meal / fasting timestamps with Bluetooth glucometer import (Phase 2)
  • Thai-food DB: top-200 dishes (ผัดไทย, ส้มตำ, ข้าวเหนียวมะม่วง, แกงเขียวหวาน, ขนมจีน) with carbs/GI/portion
  • Photo-meal fallback for off-DB dishes
  • Traditional Thai herb log: separate category "สมุนไพรทานเพิ่ม" (fa-ta-lai-jone, bitter melon, garlic) alongside insulin/medication — pure logging, NO dose recommendations
  • Weekly trend view: glucose × time-of-day chart + rule-based "your best/worst meals" by post-meal spike
  • Endocrinologist PDF: 14-day chart + medication adherence + meal-glucose correlation table

**Primary user flow**

1. Discovery: Pantip diabetes threads + endocrinologist clinic referral

2. PWA install + 7-day trial without paywall

3. Onboarding: age, diabetes type, current medications (text), HbA1c (optional)

4. Day 1: glucose entry + first meal via Thai-dish search

5. Day 7: trial ends; Free continues at 1 meal/day, Pro 99 THB/mo unlocks unlimited

**What it looks like**

  • **Landing**: "บันทึกน้ำตาลแบบคนไทยกิน" hero + Thai-dish search screenshot ("ส้มตำ" → carbs/GI results) + CTA "ทดลอง 7 วันฟรี"
  • **Main screen**: today's glucose timeline + 3 buttons "บันทึกน้ำตาล / บันทึกอาหาร / บันทึกยา"
  • **Thai-food search**: typeahead "ส้ม..." → "ส้มตำ ปูม้า / ส้มตำไทย / ส้มตำลาว" with per-portion carbs/GI

**MVP build plan (11 days)**

  • Day 1-2: Thai-food carb DB curation (200 dishes from INMU + Mahidol nutrition sources, manual data entry)
  • Day 3-4: schema + FastAPI auth + glucose + medication log
  • Day 5-7: Thai-food search UI + meal logging + photo fallback + Bluetooth glucometer Phase-2 stub
  • Day 8-9: weekly trend view + WeasyPrint PDF + Stripe subscriptions + PromptPay
  • Day 10-11: Thai landing, deploy CF Pages + Railway, Pantip + Facebook seed launches

Reasoning

The SIG documents **HIGH-frequency RECURRING abandonment** of Western diabetes apps in Thailand because of carb-DB mismatch. ~5M+ T2-diabetics in TH, heavy concentration in Isan/Northeast (sticky rice staple). Even paying $30/year on Diabetes:M, users churn. Wedge: **TH-localized food DB as primary value loop** + adjacent traditional-herb log (massive Thai mass-behavior post-COVID) without crossing into clinical-advice. Stack: PWA + Postgres + WeasyPrint, 11 days (the Thai-food DB curation is the long tail — 200 dishes with carbs/GI is 2 dedicated days). Recurring-revenue fit is HIGH — chronic diabetes = daily logging habit, low churn after 30-day formation.

Quick competitive read

  • **Diabetes:M ($30/yr Pro)**: top general-purpose, multilingual but no Thai food
  • **SocialDiabetes / mySugr / OneDrop**: solid Western, no Thai
  • **Blood Sugar & Diabetes Tracker (Aptoide TH)**: TH-translated UI, but carb DB is still Western
  • **MorOnline / Doctor A2Z**: general TH telemed, no specialized tracker
  • **White space**: Thai-food carb DB + traditional herb log unoccupied. Low competitive density for TH-localized angle.

Initial pricing hypothesis

**Free**: glucose log + 1 meal/day from DB + medications + 30-day history. **Pro 99 THB/mo** or 999 THB/yr (~$28): unlimited meals, photo-recognition, monthly endo PDF, Bluetooth glucometer import, full history+export. Also PromptPay one-time "1 year Pro 999 THB" — Thai consumers prefer one-time over recurring.

Distribution hypothesis

1. **Pantip Health + diabetes subforums** — TH SEO "แอปเบาหวาน อาหารไทย" low-comp

2. **Endocrinologist clinics** in Bangkok + Khon Kaen + Udon Thani (Isan focus) — QR-flyer; gov-hospital cooperation potential

3. **Facebook gov-health groups + Isan diabetes patient communities** (large active populations)

4. **TikTok TH** diabetes-friendly Thai-cooking content placements (reaching Isan auntie cohort)

5. **LINE OA + sticker pack** diabetes-friendly meal stickers

Source signals (2)

  • SIG-20260426-sea-mainland-health-companion-thai-herbal-western-drug-interaction-log
  • SIG-20260426-sea-mainland-health-companion-diabetes-sticky-rice-thai-diet-tracker