Waterline: Life Iceberg
See the 8 layers below you
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Most apps tell you to try harder. Waterline shows you the structure you are standing on: 8 layers, 9 positions, and the one layer worth moving first.
Most self-improvement apps ask you to try harder. Waterline asks a different question: what structure are you standing on?
Waterline models your life as an iceberg with 8 layers, from the bottom up:
• Base conditions - era, country, city, family
• Structural systems
• Game level
• Time cycles
• Information flow
• Career game
• Drive system
• Skills and tools
Every layer holds its own variables: talent, cognitive structure, career track, and more. You rate each one honestly and set your own weights. Waterline works out a Life Level Index and places you in one of 9 positions, from Deeply Stuck to Outstanding, with a lower, middle or upper band inside each tier, plus exactly how many points separate you from the next one.
The position describes your situation, never your worth. Waterline is a companion, not an examiner.
Change the structure, don't just work harder. The core formula multiplies the layers instead of adding them, so grinding away at a single variable barely moves the total. Waterline points out your thinnest layer, the one at risk of collapse, and the chains that link variables together, so you can spend your energy where a whole tier can shift.
What's inside:
• What-if simulator: change a layer, watch the total move
• Snapshots that archive earlier versions of you
• Today's Focus - one action a day, aimed at your thinnest actionable layer
• A daily reminder, kept on your device
• Goals and a score trend curve
• Weekly review, weekly check-in calendar, weekly challenge
• An insight card on the home screen
• Ask the Strategist: a rule-based structural read-out in several parts
• Achievements and a growth poster you can share
• Your own custom variables
• 8 themes (4 dark, 4 light), sound and haptics, switchable language
• Data export and a one-tap reset
Private by design: everything stays on your device. No account, no sign-up, no servers, no tracking, no data collection. Free.
For personal reflection only - not a psychological or clinical assessment.
You can't out-work a structure. You can change it.
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Information
- Seller
- 朝军 窦
- Size
- 29.4 MB
- Category
- Entertainment
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.4 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.4 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
9+
- 9+
- Contains
Health or Wellness Topics
- Copyright
- © 2026 Bingyan Dou