> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.highailabs.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Product Roadmap

> The versioned High IQ release plan — from App Store launch (v1.0) through v5.0 and beyond.

## Overview

This is the versioned release plan for High IQ and the TIWIH platform. Every feature is assigned to a specific version, with clear themes, tier assignments, and honest completion status.

**As of July 3, 2026:** the app is in staging/TestFlight and is **not yet in the App Store**. v1.0 below is the App Store launch release, targeted roughly **10-12 weeks out**, gated on the six launch gates listed there — and only those six. See [Launch Readiness](/planning/launch-readiness/overview) for the certification detail.

## Status Legend

<CardGroup cols={5}>
  <Card title="Shipped" icon="circle-check" color="#22C55E">
    Live in staging/production
  </Card>

  <Card title="In Progress" icon="spinner" color="#F59E0B">
    Currently building
  </Card>

  <Card title="Ready" icon="toggle-on" color="#06B6D4">
    Built, waiting for flag flip
  </Card>

  <Card title="Planned" icon="calendar" color="#3B82F6">
    Committed, not started
  </Card>

  <Card title="Future" icon="lightbulb" color="#A855F7">
    Exploring, not committed
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

***

## v1.0 -- App Store Launch

<Note>
  **Theme:** "The essential cannabis intelligence platform"

  Production-ready **August**, friends & family **September**, public launch
  **October**. The feature set is built; what remains is certification and the
  paid journey. Week-by-week schedule: [Execution Plan](/planning/launch-readiness/execution-plan).
</Note>

### Launch Gates (the only blockers)

Revised August 3, 2026 for the hard-paywall model. These seven items are the
complete list of what stands between the current staging build and App Store
submission.

| # | Gate                             | Status      | Notes                                                                                      |
| - | -------------------------------- | ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| 1 | Hard-paywall tier model          | Not started | Re-tier flags; no Pro route reachable by guest or unsubscribed account                     |
| 2 | Paywall as a sales surface       | Not started | Apple auto-renewal disclosures, EULA/Privacy links, Restore Purchases                      |
| 3 | Payments proven                  | Blocked     | RevenueCat has never processed a transaction; needs ASC products in one subscription group |
| 4 | Notebooks generate in production | Blocked     | `NOTEBOOK_GENERATION_ACTIONS_ENABLED` is false in production builds                        |
| 5 | Data retention implemented       | Not started | 30-day never-subscribed, 12-month lapsed; disclosed in privacy labels                      |
| 6 | Device certification             | In Progress | Revyl smoke last run 7/8; device QA deferred                                               |
| 7 | Public promise consistency       | In Progress | App, website, docs, App Store copy, and paywall must agree                                 |

### Guest Access (Browse-Only, No Account)

Browse only -- nothing is saved and no AI runs. The free tier is the website
(`thisiswhyimhigh.com`), not the app.

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="Strain Browsing & Search" icon="magnifying-glass" color="#22C55E">
    Browse and search 2,500+ researched strains with filters
  </Card>

  <Card title="Strain Detail Pages" icon="cannabis" color="#22C55E">
    Full profiles with terpenes, effects, and lineage
  </Card>

  <Card title="High Families" icon="dna" color="#22C55E">
    Dynamic strain classification system
  </Card>

  <Card title="Strain Discovery" icon="compass" color="#22C55E">
    Curated discovery feeds and recommendations
  </Card>

  <Card title="Label Scanner" icon="camera" color="#22C55E">
    AI-powered label analysis (moved from Pro)
  </Card>

  <Card title="Music & Soundtracks" icon="music" color="#22C55E">
    AI-generated strain soundtracks (moved from Pro)
  </Card>

  <Card title="Activity Recommendations" icon="person-hiking" color="#22C55E">
    Strain suggestions based on planned activities
  </Card>

  <Card title="Trending" icon="fire" color="#22C55E">
    Popular and trending strains
  </Card>

  <Card title="Blog" icon="blog" color="#22C55E">
    Cannabis education and platform news
  </Card>

  <Card title="What's Coming" icon="sparkles" color="#3B82F6">
    Preview of Pro features to drive upgrades
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

### Moved to Pro (was Free Logged-In)

Core tracking features that make the app sticky.

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="Stash Tracking" icon="box" color="#22C55E">
    Track your active cannabis inventory
  </Card>

  <Card title="Favorites" icon="heart" color="#22C55E">
    Save strains for later reference
  </Card>

  <Card title="Manual Text Upload" icon="keyboard" color="#22C55E">
    Manually enter order details as text
  </Card>

  <Card title="Submit Strains" icon="plus" color="#22C55E">
    Submit new strains to the database
  </Card>

  <Card title="Edit Profile" icon="user-pen" color="#22C55E">
    Customize your profile and avatar
  </Card>

  <Card title="Consumption Preferences" icon="sliders" color="#22C55E">
    Set preferred effects, methods, and tolerance
  </Card>

  <Card title="Collection Basics" icon="folder" color="#22C55E" href="/help/features/collections-rankings">
    Basic strain collection view (full history/management is Pro)
  </Card>

  <Card title="Settings" icon="gear" color="#22C55E">
    App configuration and account settings
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

### Pro ($12.99/mo or $99.99/yr — hard paywall, no trial)

The intelligence layer -- deep analytics, AI-powered insights, and data import.

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="Notebooks" icon="book" color="#22C55E" href="/help/features/notebooks/overview">
    Evidence-led AI notebooks + approved first-party companions
  </Card>

  <Card title="Stats Dashboard" icon="chart-line" color="#22C55E" href="/help/features/stats-dashboard">
    7-tab analytics (Overview, Activity, My Strains, Spending, Insights, Rankings, Badges)
  </Card>

  <Card title="Gmail Sync (Beta)" icon="envelope" color="#22C55E" href="/help/features/gmail-sync">
    Automatic order import from dispensary emails — shipped as beta; stays beta until OAuth, privacy, production envs, retries, and costs are proven
  </Card>

  <Card title="Historical Import" icon="clock-rotate-left" color="#22C55E">
    Bulk import past order history
  </Card>

  <Card title="Receipt/Order Upload" icon="receipt" color="#22C55E" href="/help/features/dashboard">
    Photo-based receipt parsing with AI
  </Card>

  <Card title="Dispensary Tracking" icon="store" color="#22C55E" href="/help/features/dispensaries">
    Track preferred dispensaries and visit history
  </Card>

  <Card title="Collection History" icon="layer-group" color="#22C55E" href="/help/features/collections-rankings">
    Full collection management with stash history and archive (basic collection view is Free — see below)
  </Card>

  <Card title="Suggest Strain" icon="wand-magic-sparkles" color="#22C55E">
    AI-powered personalized strain suggestions
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

***

## v1.1 -- Rankings & Share Cards

<Note>
  **Theme:** "Compare your strains, show them off"
</Note>

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="ELO Head-to-Head" icon="scale-balanced" color="#06B6D4" href="/help/features/collections-rankings">
    Side-by-side strain comparisons with ELO scoring
  </Card>

  <Card title="My Rankings" icon="ranking-star" color="#06B6D4">
    Personal strain leaderboard from your comparisons
  </Card>

  <Card title="Rankings Preview on Home" icon="house" color="#06B6D4">
    Rankings widget on the home screen
  </Card>

  <Card title="Branded Share Cards" icon="image" color="#3B82F6" href="/planning/growth/share-cards">
    Beautiful visual cards for social media sharing — the first viral loop
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

<Tip>
  **Rankings: \~90% -- flag flip + QA.** Core UI and ELO logic are built; remaining work is the flag flip and a QA pass.

  **Share Cards: designed, not built.** Moved up from later versions because they have zero hard dependencies and create the platform's first distribution loop.
</Tip>

***

## v1.2 -- Badges & Achievements

<Note>
  **Theme:** "Track your journey"
</Note>

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="6 Badge Categories" icon="medal" color="#06B6D4" href="/help/features/achievements">
    Earn badges across 6 engagement categories
  </Card>

  <Card title="4 Rarity Levels" icon="gem" color="#06B6D4">
    Common, Rare, Epic, and Legendary badges
  </Card>

  <Card title="Achievement Hub" icon="trophy" color="#06B6D4">
    Central hub to view all badges and progress
  </Card>

  <Card title="Active Quests" icon="scroll" color="#06B6D4">
    Track progress toward upcoming badges
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

<Tip>
  **\~90% -- flag flip + QA.** Badge system, progress tracking, and UI are built; remaining work is the flag flip and a QA pass.
</Tip>

***

## v1.3 -- Retention: Push Notifications & Email

<Note>
  **Theme:** "Come back for a reason"

  Promoted from v3.5 — retention is the highest-leverage post-launch investment, and the app currently has **no push capability at all**.
</Note>

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Push Notifications v1" icon="bell" color="#3B82F6">
    expo-notifications foundation; permission prompt shown after the first value moment, never on first launch
  </Card>

  <Card title="Weekly Insight Digest" icon="chart-simple" color="#3B82F6">
    A weekly personalized stats/insights push
  </Card>

  <Card title="Restock Reminders" icon="box-open" color="#3B82F6">
    Stash-driven "running low" nudges
  </Card>

  <Card title="Daily Story Hook" icon="newspaper" color="#3B82F6" href="/help/features/notebooks/daily-stories">
    Optional push into the existing Daily Stories feature
  </Card>

  <Card title="Email Capture" icon="envelope-open-text" color="#3B82F6">
    Owned-audience email list and lifecycle basics
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

<Warning>
  **Not started.** There is no `expo-notifications` dependency in the app today — this is a from-scratch build (native capability, token registration, preference center, and send infrastructure).
</Warning>

***

## v2.0 -- Safari Extension & Sharing

<Note>
  **Theme:** "Shop smarter, share your intelligence"
</Note>

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Safari Web Extension" icon="safari" color="#F59E0B" href="/help/features/safari-extension">
    Browser extension for dispensary websites
  </Card>

  <Card title="Strain Intelligence Overlay" icon="layer-group" color="#F59E0B">
    Real-time strain info overlaid on dispensary menus
  </Card>

  <Card title="Notebook Sharing & Export" icon="share-from-square" color="#F59E0B" href="/planning/growth/report-sharing">
    Share research notebooks with friends
  </Card>

  <Card title="Read-Mode Viewer" icon="eye" color="#3B82F6">
    Clean read-only view for shared content
  </Card>

  <Card title="Export All Data" icon="file-export" color="#3B82F6" href="/planning/features/export-data">
    Download your complete cannabis history
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

<Tip>
  **Safari extension: built, needs polish.** Functional with Sunnyside support, mascot badges, and mobile viewport detection — needs production polish before public release. Notebook sharing infrastructure is partially built; read-mode and data export are planned.
</Tip>

***

## v3.0 -- Commerce Intelligence

<Note>
  **Theme:** "From intelligence to action"
</Note>

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Shopping Agent" icon="cart-shopping" color="#3B82F6" href="/planning/features/shopping-agent">
    AI finds your preferred strains at nearby dispensaries
  </Card>

  <Card title="Menu Extraction & Scanner" icon="camera" color="#3B82F6" href="/planning/features/menu-scanning">
    Scan dispensary menus for instant strain data
  </Card>

  <Card title="Menu Results" icon="list" color="#3B82F6">
    Structured menu data with pricing and availability
  </Card>

  <Card title="Dispensary Map View" icon="map-location-dot" color="#3B82F6" href="/planning/features/dispensary-map">
    Interactive map of nearby dispensaries with strain availability
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

<Warning>
  **Prototype stage (\~30-40%) and partnership-gated.** Shopping Agent and menu scanning are early prototypes, not launch-ready. The real blocker is a **business dependency, not code**: reliable menu data requires a Dutchie/Jane (or equivalent) partnership. This version does not ship until that partnership exists.
</Warning>

***

## v4.0 -- Studio Tier & AI Media Expansion

<Note>
  **Theme:** "The premium experience"
</Note>

A new premium tier for power users and AI media enthusiasts. Studio launches here — not before.

| Detail             | Value                                                                |
| ------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Price**          | \$19.99/mo                                                           |
| **Key change**     | AI media (podcasts, videos, art) moves to Studio for new subscribers |
| **Grandfathering** | Early Pro users keep AI media access at the Pro price                |

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="Video Reports" icon="film" color="#F59E0B">
    AI-generated video strain reports — in development
  </Card>

  <Card title="Vanity Referral Codes" icon="link" color="#A855F7" href="/planning/growth/referral-system">
    Custom referral links and codes
  </Card>

  <Card title="Priority Queue" icon="forward" color="#A855F7">
    Faster AI processing for notebooks and media
  </Card>

  <Card title="Extended Podcasts" icon="podcast" color="#A855F7" href="/planning/ai-media/ai-podcasts">
    Longer, deeper AI-generated podcast episodes
  </Card>

  <Card title="Custom Voices" icon="microphone" color="#A855F7">
    Choose AI voices for podcasts and stories
  </Card>

  <Card title="Studio Badge" icon="certificate" color="#A855F7">
    Exclusive in-app badge for Studio members
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

<Info>
  See [Pricing Strategy](/planning/pricing/strategy) and [Tier Comparison](/planning/pricing/tier-comparison) for the full pricing model.
</Info>

***

## v5.0+ -- AI Advisor, Platform & Beyond

<Note>
  **Theme:** "Your personal cannabis advisor, everywhere"
</Note>

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="Professor High Chat" icon="comments" color="#06B6D4" href="/help/features/professor-high">
    Conversational AI cannabis advisor
  </Card>

  <Card title="Deep Research / Ask AI" icon="brain" color="#06B6D4">
    In-depth AI-powered strain and cannabis research
  </Card>

  <Card title="Enhanced Insights" icon="lightbulb" color="#3B82F6">
    AI-driven personalized consumption insights
  </Card>

  <Card title="Health Sync" icon="heart-pulse" color="#A855F7" href="/planning/features/health-sync">
    Connect Oura, Apple Health, and more
  </Card>

  <Card title="React Native Web App" icon="globe" color="#A855F7">
    Full High IQ experience in the browser
  </Card>

  <Card title="Chrome Extension" icon="puzzle-piece" color="#A855F7">
    Cross-browser extension for dispensary websites
  </Card>

  <Card title="B2B Dashboards" icon="building" color="#A855F7">
    Dispensary and brand analytics dashboards
  </Card>

  <Card title="Session Journal" icon="book" color="#A855F7" href="/planning/features/session-journal">
    Log sessions and track effects over time
  </Card>

  <Card title="Smart Suggestions" icon="wand-magic-sparkles" color="#A855F7" href="/planning/features/smart-suggestions">
    AI-guided strain discovery based on preferences
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

<Tip>
  **Deep Research / Ask AI is built and staging-gated today** — the code exists behind a feature flag. v5.0 is the *productionization* release: cost controls, rate limits, quality evaluation, and (for purchase recommendations) the v3.0 commerce data layer. Same for Professor High chat.
</Tip>

Other long-horizon explorations (not committed): [AI Worlds](/planning/ai-media/ai-worlds), [Cannabis Personality](/planning/growth/cannabis-personality), [Barcode Scanner](/planning/features/barcode-scanner), Personal Strain Notes.

***

## Parked -- Requires Scale (10K+ MAU) and a Vision Amendment

<Warning>
  These features contradict the current vision principle of **no social features** ("noise corrupts intelligence" — see [Vision & Principles](/planning/vision-summary)). They stay parked until (a) the platform reaches meaningful scale (10K+ MAU) where network effects exist, and (b) the vision is explicitly amended to allow them. They are listed here so they stop reappearing in version plans.
</Warning>

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="IQ Points" icon="coins" color="#A855F7" href="/planning/growth/iq-points">
    In-app currency earned through engagement
  </Card>

  <Card title="Challenges & Leaderboards" icon="trophy" color="#A855F7">
    Community competitions and public leaderboards
  </Card>

  <Card title="Strain Compatibility" icon="user-group" color="#A855F7">
    User-to-user taste matching
  </Card>

  <Card title="User Reviews" icon="star" color="#A855F7">
    Community strain reviews and ratings
  </Card>

  <Card title="Neighborhood Ranks" icon="ranking-star" color="#A855F7" href="/planning/features/neighborhood-ranks">
    See what strains are trending in your area
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

<Note>
  **Distribution vs. social:** share cards, referral codes, and shared notebooks are *distribution artifacts* — one-way outputs a user sends off-platform. They are allowed and encouraged. Feeds, reviews, likes, and leaderboards are *social features* — in-app network mechanics. Those are what's parked.
</Note>

***

## Phase ↔ Version Mapping

Some growth and AI-media planning docs use a "Phase 1-8" numbering scheme. That scheme predates this version ladder. Reconciliation:

| Phase (growth/ai-media docs)                 | Maps to                                       |
| -------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- |
| Phase 1 (share cards / first viral loop)     | **v1.1**                                      |
| Phase 2 (sharing, extension, read-mode)      | **v2.x**                                      |
| Phase 3 (email capture + AI preferences)     | **v1.3** (email/push) and **v2.x** (AI prefs) |
| Phase 4-8 (points, community, media economy) | **Parked** or **v4.0+**                       |

This ladder is canonical; when a Phase-numbered doc disagrees, this page wins.

***

## Release Timeline Summary

| Version    | Theme                                             | Status                                                                                     |
| ---------- | ------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **v1.0**   | App Store Launch (Core Intelligence)              | In Progress — 7 launch gates remain; production-ready Aug, friends/family Sept, launch Oct |
| **v1.1**   | Push, Share Cards & First Pricing Read            | Target November. Rankings/badges pulled into v1.0 as Pro-included value                    |
| **v1.2**   | Highest-signal request from 90 days of real users | Target January — deliberately undecided until real feedback exists                         |
| **v1.3**   | *(folded into v1.1)*                              | Push and email moved up; see [Execution Plan](/planning/launch-readiness/execution-plan)   |
| **v2.0**   | Safari Extension & Sharing                        | Extension built, needs polish; sharing partial                                             |
| **v3.0**   | Commerce Intelligence                             | Prototype \~30-40%; gated on Dutchie/Jane partnership                                      |
| **v4.0**   | Studio Tier & AI Media                            | Video reports in development; tier planned                                                 |
| **v5.0+**  | AI Advisor & Platform                             | Deep Research/Ask AI built behind flag; productionize here                                 |
| **Parked** | Social economy features                           | Requires 10K+ MAU and a vision amendment                                                   |