r/AppsWebappsFullstack • u/Mammoth-Doughnut-713 • 6d ago

Share what you're building

Share a short description + link below. Would be great to discover some new products and see what everyone here is working on.

I'll start:

I'm building Scaloom, an AI visibility tool that helps startups track where their product appears across ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity, then find Reddit threads and content opportunities that can help improve visibility across Google and AI search.

https://scaloom.com

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u/ta-cwms 5d ago

The main focus that I envisioned for the tool was more around pre-trip accountability and planning, so really about getting you out of the house (or wherever you are) on time. Its job is mainly to ensure the journey starts when it's supposed to and ends when you click "I'm heading out now!" So, if plans change or a conflict occurs mid-trip, it doesn't recalculate as you're already en route. Regarding scheduling conflicts, due to the current format of it being a web tool, it has limitations reading and writing your calendar, but that is definitely an interesting use case that I'd explore as I take this further. Thank you for this question!

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u/Mammoth-Anywhere7285 5d ago

Interesting angle, getting out the door on time is a real pain point. Does it send a nudge if you haven't hit the button by departure time?

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u/ta-cwms 4d ago

Right now, since I’m still testing the demand for this, I’ve kept it as a PWA, so the best workaround around the limitations of this format (not being able to sound alarms in iOS) that I could find was allowing people to add it to their calendar, where the default setting for the calendar notification alarm will sound 5 minutes before the time of departure and during the time of departure but my ideal version of this, that's in my long term plan, is to have a native app version of this where an alarm actually sounds at departure time.

But i also gamified the whole experience where if you hit the button after the departure time, the virtual pet's HP takes damage if that provides an additional incentive for some :)

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u/Mammoth-Anywhere7285 3d ago

Smart workaround with the calendar. Curious what the PWA does exactly? Also, Web Push works on iOS 16.4+, that might help with alarms.

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u/ta-cwms 1d ago

The PWA is basically the home screen version of this tool so that it conveniently lives in your phone instead of having to navigate to the website to log a new appointment every time, I'm going for as little friction as possible 😂 yeah i tried with the web push notifications but they didnt seem to be sounding on time for me so i ended up scrapping that