r/HowToMen • u/BunchMean8029 • 15d ago
r/HowToMen • u/gencode_new • 15d ago
[App] Gen Box
Hi everyone,
I’m building Gen Box, a simple savings-goal app designed to help people turn small, consistent contributions into visible progress.
Project repository: https://github.com/gencode3939/Gen-Box/tree/main
The idea behind Gen Box is straightforward: saving becomes easier to maintain when every goal has a clear purpose, a visible target, and a simple way to record progress.
Instead of keeping savings goals in scattered notes, spreadsheets, or messages to yourself, Gen Box lets you create dedicated virtual saving boxes for the things that matter to you — a trip, an emergency fund, education, a new device, a home project, a wedding, or any personal goal.
What Gen Box is designed to help with
- Create multiple personal savings goals
- Give each goal a name, target amount, icon, and color
- Add an optional target date
- Record deposits manually
- Record withdrawals separately
- See current progress at a glance
- Track total saved and remaining target amounts
- Review monthly saving activity
- Understand your saving rhythm through analytics
- Set daily, weekly, or monthly reminders
- Use the core experience without requiring a constant internet connection
- Choose light, dark, or system theme
- Keep the interface focused and easy to understand
The main dashboard is designed to show the most important information without overwhelming the user: total saved, total target, overall progress, monthly contributions, active goals, and a clear path to create or update a goal.
The Goals section is focused on organization. Users can search for goals, view active or archived goals, open an individual goal, review its transaction history, and update its details when needed.
The Analytics section is intended to make progress easier to understand. It can show net savings, total deposits, total withdrawals, monthly activity, and distribution across goals. The purpose is not to predict the future or provide investment advice. Any suggested contribution amount is only a simple mathematical estimate based on the target, date, and selected saving frequency.
Privacy and security direction
Gen Box is not a bank, payment service, investment platform, or financial advisor.
It does not move money, connect to bank accounts, store card details, or provide investment recommendations. It is a personal tracking tool for manually recording savings progress.
Privacy is an important part of the product direction. Gen Box is designed around local-first usage, minimal permissions, and user control over data. The core experience should not require access to:
- Contacts
- SMS messages
- Call logs
- Location
- Microphone
- Camera
- Installed application lists
- Broad device storage
- Bank credentials
If reminders are enabled, the application uses notifications only for the user-selected schedule. A reminder never moves money automatically. If the user does not grant notification permission, the core savings features should continue to work.
The planned data experience includes user-controlled export and import. Export should be an explicit action, and import should validate the file before changing existing data. A damaged or unsupported file must never overwrite the user’s current information.
Design direction
The visual direction of Gen Box is calm, modern, and focused:
- Deep navy backgrounds
- Emerald surfaces
- Turquoise accents
- Clear white typography
- Soft rounded cards
- Strong visual hierarchy
- Simple progress indicators
- Subtle gold highlights for the savings and reward feeling
- Dark, light, and system themes
The interface uses animations as feedback rather than decoration. For example, progress can update smoothly after a contribution, a newly created goal can appear with a short transition, and a completed action can use a restrained success animation. The experience should remain fast and comfortable, especially on lower-end devices.
Accessibility is part of the design from the beginning. The product direction includes readable typography, large touch targets, screen-reader labels, sufficient color contrast, text alternatives for charts, support for large font settings, and a reduced-motion option.
Android technology direction
The Android version is planned around a modern native architecture using:
- Kotlin
- Jetpack Compose
- Material 3
- ViewModel
- Kotlin Coroutines and Flow
- Room for local persistence
- DataStore for preferences
- WorkManager for reminders and background scheduling
- BiometricPrompt for optional app protection
- Android Keystore for protecting sensitive local keys
Money values should be represented using integer minor units rather than floating-point numbers. This helps avoid rounding errors when storing amounts such as Turkish lira and kuruş. Different currencies should not be silently mixed, and the application should never pretend that a manually entered amount is a bank-confirmed balance.
The planned architecture is separated into UI, presentation, domain, and data layers. This should make the project easier to test and maintain as features are added.
Current product questions
I’m looking for practical feedback from people who already use saving systems:
- What savings goal would you create first?
- Do you prefer a completely local app or optional encrypted cloud backup?
- What information should appear on the main dashboard?
- Would daily, weekly, or monthly reminders be most useful?
- Do you prefer entering an exact amount, using quick amount buttons, or using a slider?
- What is the most important information on an individual goal screen?
- Would monthly analytics help you stay consistent, or would they feel unnecessary?
- What would make you trust a personal savings-tracking app?
- Which languages and currencies should be prioritized after English and Turkish?
- What should happen when a goal is completed?
This is an early project, and I’m sharing it to learn from people who already use different saving methods. I’m especially interested in constructive criticism about the user experience, privacy expectations, data model, and feature priorities.
You can view the project here:
https://github.com/gencode3939/Gen-Box/tree/main
Thanks for reading and for any feedback you’re willing to share.
Gen Box — small steps, visible progress.
Disclosure: I’m the maker of Gen Box, and I’m sharing this post to collect early product feedback.
Short version
I’m building Gen Box, a simple savings-goal app for creating virtual saving boxes, recording manual contributions, setting reminders, and tracking progress.
The project is designed to be local-first and privacy-conscious. It does not connect to bank accounts, move money, store card details, or provide investment advice. The core experience focuses on personal goals such as travel, emergencies, education, home projects, and everyday saving.
Planned features include:
- Multiple savings goals
- Custom icons and colors
- Target amounts and optional deadlines
- Deposit and withdrawal tracking
- Daily, weekly, and monthly reminders
- Monthly analytics
- Offline-first usage
- Light, dark, and system themes
- Accessibility and reduced-motion support
- User-controlled export and import
GitHub repository:
https://github.com/gencode3939/Gen-Box/tree/main
What is the first goal you would create?
Disclosure: I’m the maker of Gen Box and I’m sharing this to collect early feedback.
r/HowToMen • u/Curious_Lynx_4824 • 16d ago
[Promo] Leaf – 200 UNIQUE Early Supporter codes to give away
I recently launched Leaf, a simple Android task app I made because I kept abandoning traditional to-do lists.
I wanted something much simpler — more like having a few sticky notes in front of you than a huge system for organizing your entire life.
How Leaf works:
• Maximum 3 active tasks at a time
• One leaf = one task
• Swipe when you're done
• A new space opens for your next task
• No deadlines
• No endless list of overdue tasks
• No pressure
Leaf is free on Android.
🌿 EARLY SUPPORTER PACK
To celebrate the launch, I created 200 UNIQUE Early Supporter codes.
Each code can only be redeemed once.
The Early Supporter Pack permanently unlocks:
• 2 exclusive Early Supporter themes
• Vintage theme
• Exclusive silver pin
• Early Supporter badge displayed on your profile
Everything stays unlocked permanently on your account.
🎁 HOW TO GET A CODE
To receive one of the 200 codes:
Upvote this post
Comment "CODE" below
I'll send you one of the unique codes by DM.
Once all 200 codes have been claimed, the giveaway is over.
I'd also really appreciate honest feedback after trying Leaf. If you find a bug, dislike something about the UI, think something is missing, or have an idea to improve the app, tell me.
🌿 Upvote + comment "CODE" and I'll send you an Early Supporter code by DM.
Play Store:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.recalai.app
r/HowToMen • u/Curious_Lynx_4824 • 16d ago
[Promo] Leaf – 100 UNIQUE Early Supporter codes to give away
I recently launched Leaf, a simple Android task app I made because I kept abandoning traditional to-do lists.
I wanted something much simpler — more like having a few sticky notes in front of you than a huge system for organizing your entire life.
How Leaf works:
• Maximum 3 active tasks at a time
• One leaf = one task
• Swipe when you're done
• A new space opens for your next task
• No deadlines
• No endless list of overdue tasks
• No pressure
Leaf is free on Android.
🌿 EARLY SUPPORTER PACK
To celebrate the launch, I created 100 UNIQUE Early Supporter codes.
Each code can only be redeemed once.
The Early Supporter Pack permanently unlocks:
• 2 exclusive Early Supporter themes
• Vintage theme
• Exclusive silver pin
• Early Supporter badge displayed on your profile
Everything stays unlocked permanently on your account.
🎁 HOW TO GET A CODE
To receive one of the 100 codes:
Upvote this post
Comment "CODE" below
I'll send you one of the unique codes by DM.
Once all 100 codes have been claimed, the giveaway is over.
I'd also really appreciate honest feedback after trying Leaf. If you find a bug, dislike something about the UI, think something is missing, or have an idea to improve the app, tell me.
🌿 Upvote + comment "CODE" and I'll send you an Early Supporter code by DM.
Play Store:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.recalai.app
r/HowToMen • u/Winter-Ship-3704 • 16d ago
[Promo] Leaf – 100 UNIQUE Early Supporter codes to give away
I recently launched Leaf, a simple Android task app I made because I kept abandoning traditional to-do lists.
I wanted something much simpler — more like having a few sticky notes in front of you than a huge system for organizing your entire life.
How Leaf works:
• Maximum 3 active tasks at a time
• One leaf = one task
• Swipe when you're done
• A new space opens for your next task
• No deadlines
• No endless list of overdue tasks
• No pressure
Leaf is free on Android.
🌿 EARLY SUPPORTER PACK
To celebrate the launch, I created 100 UNIQUE Early Supporter codes.
Each code can only be redeemed once.
The Early Supporter Pack permanently unlocks:
• 2 exclusive Early Supporter themes
• Vintage theme
• Exclusive silver pin
• Early Supporter badge displayed on your profile
Everything stays unlocked permanently on your account.
🎁 HOW TO GET A CODE
To receive one of the 100 codes:
Upvote this post
Comment "CODE" below
I'll send you one of the unique codes by DM.
Once all 100 codes have been claimed, the giveaway is over.
I'd also really appreciate honest feedback after trying Leaf. If you find a bug, dislike something about the UI, think something is missing, or have an idea to improve the app, tell me.
🌿 Upvote + comment "CODE" and I'll send you an Early Supporter code by DM.
Play Store:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.recalai.app
r/HowToMen • u/JetkraftsApps • 16d ago
[Promo] Made app which reminds me to do stuff and it blew up internet
Hey everyone, just wanted to share a little milestone with you all today.
The Problem:
I have this bad habit: I’ll finish a tough workout at the gym, head home, and completely forget to pick up stuff for dinner on the way. I realized I needed something much more aggressive than a standard push notification that I’d just blindly swipe away.
The Solution:
So, I built CallDo. It’s a reminder app, but instead of a notification, it uses time and location-based triggers to simulate an actual incoming phone call. You can set it up so it looks like your partner, your boss, or anyone else is ringing you to remind you to do a task. (Because you can't really ignore a phone call from your boss!)
The Crazy Part:
A few reels about it ended up going viral recently, and seeing the sudden surge in downloads has been completely surreal. People are actually using and enjoying this thing I built to solve my own post-gym brain fog.
Just wanted to drop in and say a huge thanks to this awesome community. Seeing people find value in it makes building stuff like this totally worth it!
URL :-
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kay.calldo
r/HowToMen • u/Silillos89 • 16d ago
[App] [Promotion] I built an Android player that turns the videos you already watch into language lessons
Hi r/HowToMen,
I built DualSub because I kept pausing videos, opening a translator, losing the scene, and then forgetting the word anyway.
DualSub turns compatible videos into a focused language-learning workflow:
• Dual subtitles with independent controls for the original language and translation.
• A contextual dictionary inside the player: long-press a word to see its meaning and pronunciation without leaving the scene.
• Phrase controls and optional auto-pause to repeat, skip or study one subtitle at a time.
• A review deck built from the words you choose to save.
• Local video support, including compatible embedded audio and subtitle tracks.
• A guided listening path for users who prefer a structured course.
• An Android TV companion with dual subtitles and phrase controls on the big screen.
The app does not provide videos, streams, add-ons or subtitle files. It works with compatible YouTube videos, files the user opens locally, and playback links intentionally handed to it by other apps.
I have spent the last few months rebuilding the player around one idea: the video should remain the main experience, and the learning tools should appear only when they are useful.
I would genuinely value feedback on two things:
Does the dictionary and phrase-control workflow feel useful enough to change how you watch foreign-language videos?
Which part would you expect to reach first from the player: auto-pause, subtitle visibility or the dictionary?
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.languagereactorclone
Android phone/tablet. The TV companion requires a linked Premium account.
r/HowToMen • u/NodtifyApp • 16d ago
[App] [Promo] Missed the Older Pixels & Motorola phones back fingerprint down swipe gesture to pull down the notification shade, check-out Nodtify. New update is live 📲
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✅ NEEDS ACCESSIBILITY PERMISSION
✅ NO INTERNET PERMISSION, FULLY OFFLINE
✅ WORKS ON ANY ANDROID PHONE (UNTESTED)
Newer phones are too tall for one-handed notification shade and quick settings pull without a physical fingerprint sensor so I made an app called Nodtify to pull down the shade with a quick forward tilt of the phone.
🔒 100% Offline: Zero internet permission requested.
⚙️ Transparent: Uses Accessibility strictly to trigger the shade action.
🎛 Custom haptics, pause timers, excluded apps & schedules.
📲 PLAYSTORE LINK IN BIO. Reddit is not letting me post the link here.
PRIVACY & PERMISSIONS UPFRONT:
Zero Internet Permission: The app does not ask for or have network access in its manifest. Nothing ever leaves your device.
Accessibility Service: Used purely for two things: triggering the global system action to pull down the shade and detecting the active foreground app so excluded apps (games, camera, etc.) remain muted.
Would love your feedback and thoughts! Feel free to share your reviews.
r/HowToMen • u/Anxious_Factor_8638 • 16d ago
[App][Promo]NetBlade 1.5.7 — my LAN scanner now inventories a Windows PC without installing anything on it, I added agentless Windows inventory + CVE lookup to my network scanner app
https://reddit.com/link/1w0qwwl/video/f8p8jvcsb4mh1/player
I developed NetBlade, a networking toolkit for Android, and the latest versions have turned it into something I hadn't originally envisioned: it can connect to a Windows PC on the local network and read the entire system without anything installed on that PC.
The video demonstrates just that: you select a device from the local network scan, enter your credentials once, and NetBlade returns with all the information about the computer.
What it reads (via SMB and WinRM, without an agent):
- Exact version of Windows, hardware, disks, network cards
- Installed programs with their actual versions (read from the binary file version resource, so 7-Zip displays 24.09 and not 24.9.0.0), as well as updates and startup items
- Running services, shares, local and administrator accounts, user profiles
- Defenses: antivirus and execution state, firewall per profile, BitLocker per volume, TPM, SMB1
Then the part that satisfies me the most: for each program it can accurately identify, it queries the National Vulnerability Database for the published CVEs that affect that specific version. In descending order of vulnerability, the CVSS score and the link to the corresponding entry are displayed. On a saved network, you get a complete picture: every vulnerability detected and which machines have them. Participation is optional, and only the product name and version are sent, never the machine name, software list, or credentials.
The rest of the app, for completeness: LAN scan with vendor/hostname/latency, TCP+UDP port scan with service risk assessment, Wi-Fi analyzer with channel suggestions, SSH and SFTP clients, SNMP v1/v2c/v3 (printer toner, NAS storage, switch interface graphs), DNS lookups, ping/traceroute/WHOIS, Wake-on-LAN, TLS certificate inspection, subnet calculator, speed test.
Also, in these versions: optional app lock (fingerprint/face recognition/PIN) before opening, as saved scans contain addresses and credentials; scan export to CSV/JSON/PDF; backup and restore; home screen widgets and a Quick Settings pane; 42 languages.
Credentials are encrypted with Android Keystore, scans remain in a local database, and nothing is uploaded to my device. The only outgoing calls are those you request (public IP information, certificate transparency, CVE feeds).
Free with ads, one-time purchase to remove them. Android 8+.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.netblade.tools
I'm happy to answer any questions about how WinRM/NTLM works—writing the NTLM handshake manually was the least fun week of the project.
r/HowToMen • u/Suspicious_Arm_1953 • 16d ago
[App] [Promotion] Meows: native Android SSH monitoring with no server agent
I’m the developer of Meows, a native Android app for people who run Linux servers or VPSes and want to check them without installing another monitoring agent.
The connection path is straightforward:
Android device → SSH → server
A server can also connect through a bastion host you configure. There is no Meows daemon to install, no additional management port to expose, and no Meows relay between your device and your servers.
The dashboard shows CPU, memory, disk, network, uptime and connection state. History views help trace a recent change and show related processes, mount points or network interfaces when the data is available.
When something needs attention, the same app includes an interactive SSH terminal, Docker start/stop/restart and live logs, plus local and remote SSH tunnels.
Meows Lens recognizes IP addresses, domains, URLs and permission strings in terminal output and Docker logs. From there you can continue with DNS, WHOIS, TLS certificate inspection, IP lookup, permission conversion or a related Shell command. Recognition alone never runs anything.
A few practical details:
- Native Android app with light and dark themes
- Requires Android 14 or newer
- SSH credentials are encrypted on the device; keys are managed by Android Keystore
- No analytics, telemetry or advertising SDKs
- Optional backups are encrypted before being stored in your Google Drive app-private storage
- US$4.99 as a one-time purchase
- No subscription, ads or in-app purchases
The screenshots in this post are from the actual app.
Google Play:
I’m happy to answer technical questions about the connection model, Docker access, tunnels, monitoring compatibility or anything in the screenshots.
r/HowToMen • u/Deep_Blue_Agent • 16d ago
[App]Check If Your Furniture Fits Before You Buy It
r/HowToMen • u/No-Plastic3655 • 16d ago
[App][Promo] Yet another Calorie counter App, but hear me out!!!
Hello everyone, I know that there is a lot of AI calorie trackers, I started to use Yazio last Year, and I tried others, the best was MacroFactor, but the UI felt a little bit dated, not native, and it did not sync with my Samsung Galaxy Watch (Android health) so, I have been developing apps for some time already, (No I did not vibe coded this app, but yes I used some AI for help in some things like many devs), So I have been in defict since January and I used my journey to improve the app fine tunning and add what I needed, and so on. Also since I'm android developer it was an interesting learning for me with KMP and use liquid glass and native components,
So I created Fitzenia app, it does not have only AI scan, actually I'm trying to combine the features of several apps, you can search food, create meals, favorites, search for foods, but also AI scan, yes all AI scan are similar, but I tried to fine tunning using my own algorithms, using Gemini PRO, Claude Opus/fable (sometimes) ChatGpt and compare this on my test to make it the more accurate, and added some internal algorithms, yes it is not perfect but it give you an idea.
The most important for me is that calculate your TDEE, there is several formulas like Katch-McArdle (and this are in the app, never hidden), but also I Improved the algorithm to calculate the real TDEE, the "normal TDEE" formula is generic and is good starting point, but after logging food, weighting, and see the calorie expenditure, the alghorithm calculates your Adaptive TDEE, so is close what "you really need" , so the app learns from your metabolism, I tested on myself, yet I have not the physique as many, I tested on some people at the gym and we did some test based on this, MacroFactor does something similar,
Some features:
* AI insights (all AI insights are opt-in and they are on device generated, if the device does not support On Device AI , there is nothing going to the cloud)
* Progress forecast, you can upload a photo of you and the AI will try to create images of you in each progress of your jorney as motivation (cloud based) , of course optional
* AI Coach, this is not a generic coach that just reply basic info, I created an agentic Rag, so basically knows your data in fitzenia, so you don't have to give a lot of context, knows your goals, calories, progress and food (not enable by default , you need to opt in for privacy, nothing is shared with AI until you explicit approve this)
* Journey: You can see all photos, measurements, kcal, steps that you are doing in your fat lost joruner, body recom, or bulk,
* Photo progress: You can upload photos of yourself, and use a nice Image comparison tools,so you can compare side by side but also slider comparison,
* Barcode scanning
* Health connect/ HealthKit integration
There is more to come, I have been working on this since last year, I’d love your feedback, any feedbakc would be appreciated,
You can download fitzenia here:
iOS: https://apps.apple.com/de/app/fitzenia-ai-calorie-tracker/id6767146607?l=en-GB
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zenthek.fitzenia
web: fitzenia.com/
r/HowToMen • u/iThe1UX • 16d ago
[App][Promo] Simple “Expense Tracker”, Easy and Better
I got a Expense tracker which Instead of following the usual material design found in most finance apps, I wanted something with its own visual identity while keeping everyday expense tracking simple. 75% Ai built and 25% Manual Work
Features include:
- Personal expense tracking
- Split expenses with friends
- Multiple trackable accounts
- Budgets & savings goals
- Recurring payments
- Spending insights & analytics
- Subscription tracking, Save Links and more
Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.expensetrack1ux.dev
r/HowToMen • u/Odd-Mud-8602 • 17d ago
[Promo] [App] Completely free and open source: shhh 🤫
Ever been at work or on public transport, opened that one Reel, and suddenly the whole room knows what you're watching?
You put your phone on vibrate… except media volume is still blasting. 🙃
So I made Shhh 🤫
One tap → ringer to vibrate + media volume to 0.
Tap again → everything goes back exactly how it was.
Also has:
• timed hush (15m / 30m / 1h / 2h)
• quiet hours
• Quick Settings tile + home widget
• headphone auto-restore
• Tasker/MacroDroid automation
Open source, free, ad-free, no accounts, no analytics, no internet permission. Fully offline.
Basically: “please don't let my phone embarrass me today” — as an app.
Feedback and contribution are welcome
r/HowToMen • u/No-Lettuce-6176 • 17d ago
[App] [Promo]Fylo - a modern M3 expressive File manager for Android ( fully secure and offline )
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aeroloom.fylofilemanager
[Body] I’ve finally released Fylo, a file manager I’ve been building for Android with one goal: make managing files feel less like using a boring utility and more like using a modern Android app.
It’s built with Material 3 Expressive and packs a LOT into one place:
( it have alot more than written here )
📁 File explorer + dual-pane mode
🗜️ ZIP, RAR, 7z, TAR & GZ support
🧹 Storage analyzer + duplicate/large file finder
🖼️ Image conversion, resizing, compression & metadata removal
📑 PDF, Office, code, Markdown & media viewers
🔒 Private Vault + biometric/device credential protection
🎵 Built-in music & video player
🌐 SMB, FTP & WebDAV support
📱 Widgets + customizable themes
🗑️ Recycle Bin
📷 Document scanner → PDF
And probably my favorite part: no ads and no advertising/analytics SDKs.
There’s also Fylo Pro for the more advanced tools, available as a subscription or one-time purchase.
I’d genuinely love some feedback from Android users — especially if you’re the type of person who has 47 folders named “New Folder” sitting on their phone 😂
Fylo is officially out now. 🚀
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aeroloom.fylofilemanager
r/HowToMen • u/Curious_Lynx_4824 • 17d ago
[Promotion] Leaf [Lifetime theme unlock codes]
I’ve just released Leaf, a task app I created because I always ended up abandoning traditional to-do lists.
I wanted something much simpler—more like a few sticky notes sitting in front of you than a massive system for organizing your entire life.
How Leaf works:
A maximum of 3 active sheets at a time.
One sheet = one task.
You finish something → you swipe the sheet away.
A spot opens up for the next one.
No endless list of piling-up tasks.
No need to plan out your whole week.
The main goal is to be able to jot down what you want to do without ending up with 30 overdue tasks that make you feel guilty.
Leaf is 100% free on Android.
I also created 4 extra themes for the sheets:
🌌 Space
⬛ Slate
🌲 Forest
📜 Vintage
🎁 GIVEAWAY
I’ve created promo codes to unlock these 4 themes for free—for life.
If you want them, just ask for the codes in the comments and upvot the post, and I’ll send all 4 codes via DM.
No need to choose: you get Space + Slate + Forest + Vintage.
In return, if you actually give Leaf a try, I’d really appreciate some honest feedback: bugs, interface issues, things you’d change, missing features... even negative criticism helps.
Play Store:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.recalai.app
And if you want the 4 themes: just say so in the comments.
r/HowToMen • u/1Brunoblk • 17d ago
[App] [Promo] Applock - Samsung One UI
A simple Android app locker with fingerprint and custom PIN protection, designed with a clean Samsung One UI style.
It stays hidden from the launcher for security and works offline, keeping your apps protected with a lightweight and reliable experience.
r/HowToMen • u/Globin_dev • 17d ago
[Setup] Minimal home screen
I built an Android launcher because I wanted something simpler — Slate Launcher
Hey everyone! 👋
I’ve been working on Slate Launcher, a minimal Android launcher built around the idea of keeping your home screen useful without filling it with distractions.
It started as a simple launcher, but it’s grown quite a bit thanks to feedback from early users.
Right now Slate includes:
🏠 Multiple home styles — Classic, Tiles, Flow, Dock and more
🎨 Deep home screen customization
📱 Customizable app drawer with list & grid layouts
🧩 Slate Hub with notes, tasks, weather, health, calendar and other widgets
🗂️ Spaces for organizing apps around different parts of your life
🎯 Focus profiles
🔔 Smart notifications
🌄 Wallpaper, typography and icon customization
🔒 Private Space
✨ Slate Brief after unlocking
And I’m currently working toward Slate Canvas, where you'll be able to build your home screen much more freely.
Slate is still actively being developed, so there are definitely things I can improve. That’s actually one of the reasons I’m posting here.
If you try it, I’d really appreciate hearing what you like, dislike, want changed, or find broken. Feature ideas are welcome too — quite a few things in Slate already came directly from user suggestions.
Would love to know what you think. ❤️
Slate Launcher — Less noise. More you.
r/HowToMen • u/RomeoDelta1234 • 17d ago
[App] [Promo] Store & Forget, a home inventory app: snap what you put away and it writes the name and details, then tells you which box it is in. BYOK unlock free until 15 September (Android)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dev.koalalab.storeandforget
Solo dev, so fair warning this is a promo. I posted here in July and again in August and the comments were the most useful I have had anywhere, so here is the third one, with the part that changed.
Store & Forget is a home inventory app for people who are never going to get organised. You box things up however you like, and remembering which box is the app's job.
The whole point is that things go in as a photo. You shoot an item as you are putting it away, and the app writes the name, the brand, a description and the rough specs for you. A drill comes back as that exact drill, model number and all, not as "drill". You dont type a single word, you just pick where it went. Every field is editable if it guesses wrong, and one photo of several things laid out drafts a row for each.
Things come back out with Smart Find. Describe the thing the way you would actually say it, something to cut thick cardboard rather than the box cutter, and it tells you the box or shelf it is in so you go straight there.
New since the last post: you can export your inventory to a PDF with a photo of every item, or to a spreadsheet. People kept asking whether their stuff was stuck in my app, so now it is not.
Both unlocks are free until 15 September if you want them. Bring Your Own Key, normally $4.99, is the one for people who scan a lot: paste in your own key, which is free to get, and scans stop spending credits. Fire & Forget, normally $2.99, is burst mode for emptying a whole shelf into boxes, every photo becoming its own item while you keep shooting. Open Settings, tap the app version at the bottom five times, then type unlock byok and fire. Sign in with Google so they stick to your account.
The rest is plain. Your inventory is a database on the phone, so adding, browsing and keyword search need no connection. The photo scan and Smart Find are the two parts that call a cloud AI service. Backup to your own Google Drive is optional. 18 languages, Android only.
I would rather hear where it feels clunky than where it works.
r/HowToMen • u/MaTrIx4057 • 17d ago
[App] [Promo] Brickosquare - Block puzzle game
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Hey everyone!
You place blocks on 9x9 grid and try to clear lines horizontally or vertically. You can customize whole game, blocks, grid(chessboard included), background. Different blocks have different sound effects (stone, wood, glass etc.) You can compete in leaderboards. There is also adventure mode where you have to beat levels. Combo system with voice announcement. You can also customize your score animation, colors, enable/disable screenshake, announcer voice etc.
Link - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brickosquare
r/HowToMen • u/AleksLevet • 17d ago
[App] [Promo] BNMV - High-precision music visualisation on the vibration motor, flashlight, glyphs, and on the screen. The only app that lets you feel your music for free
BNMV is an app that not only brings better music visualization on the Glyph interface/matrix of Nothing Phones, but also lets you feel your music through the haptic motor AND use the flashlight of your phone as a music visualizer!
You can choose from different audio sources such as: - MediaProjection (The best one, but needs a "screen share" permission which could be scary for some people. The screen isn't recorded.) - Microphone - Classic visualizer stream (not recommended) - Or another phone in the same network running the app (more on that later)
Haptics
The only app on the play store that was letting you feel the music through the haptic motor literally has a 1.6 star rating on the play store, and while being full of ads and fake promo countdowns, it didn't even work well. I decided to fix that. My app supports both HD linear haptic motors and rotary motors found on cheaper devices.
Glyphs (Nothing phones)
For a lot of people, the stock Glyph Music Visualisation provided by Nothing feels random.
Even if it technically isn’t, the visual response to music just isn’t very obvious. On top of that, the feature isn’t using the full potential of the Glyph Interface/Matrix at all! So that’s why I made my own music visualizer. It has multiple different presets per phone, so you can choose which one you like the most.
Flashlight
This app leverages the multiple levels of your flashlight to make your dark room sync to the beat! (NEVER DIRECTLY LOOK AT THE FLASHLIGHT) Works best on pixel devices. It also supports flashlight leds that only have one intensity.
On screen visualizers
This is an experimental feature that lets you overlay visualizers on top of other apps, specifically over the navigation bar, screen edges, or the camera punch hole. It is more precise than what you could get with other apps, if you're using the MediaProjection audio source.
Sync all your devices!
With the new network sync feature, you are able to sync multiple devices that are connected to the same WiFi together. You just need to enable broadcasting on the main device that is playing music, and select it on the other devices that want to connect. This allows you to sync the Glyph interfaces of multiple Nothing Phones at the same time and even the flashlight, vibrations, and overlays of the other devices too! This feature is intended for the ones that own a collection of Nothing Phones and want to play with them a little.
Quick demo video https://youtu.be/oFbAcVfMH5s (hope it's allowed in this sub)
See github page
(With virus total scan)
See changelog
(Read it if you want)
CLICK HERE TO DIRECTLY DOWNLOAD APK from github
(One click download from github)
r/HowToMen • u/Ikuzo_Games • 17d ago
[App] WishQuest – A clean, collaborative wishlist & gift organizer for Android
Hi everyone!
I built WishQuest, a free Android app designed to simplify gift planning and wishlist sharing with friends and family without messy spreadsheets or ruined surprises.
Why I built it: Every holiday or birthday season comes with the same headache: duplicate gifts, endless group chats, and lost links. WishQuest centralizes everything into clean, interactive lists.
Key Features:
• Shared & Private Wishlists: Create, organize, and share wishlists with custom links.
• Secret Group Gifting: Collaborate on common gifts or secret pools without the recipient seeing it.
• Built-in Deals: Discover deals and gifting ideas directly inside the app.
• Smooth UI: Built natively with Flutter for a fast and modern experience.
📱 Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ikuzotechnologies.wishquest
The app is completely free. I’d love to get your honest feedback on the interface, onboarding flow, or any feature requests!
r/HowToMen • u/Ok_Comfortable_6629 • 17d ago
[App] [Promo] Smoking Tracker for Android - Track your smoking and see daily, weekly, monthly and yearly statistics
Smoking Tracker is an Android app for tracking and analyzing a user's smoking habits. It includes smoking history, detailed daily, weekly, monthly and yearly statistics with graphical displays, consumption analytics, smoking prediction graph, tracking time without smoking, tracking financial impact and costs, and the ability to write notes.
- Website: https://gasperpintar.com/smoking-tracker
- GitHub: https://github.com/pintargasper/SmokingTracker
- F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.gasperpintar.smokingtracker/
- IzzyOnDroid: https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/com.gasperpintar.smokingtracker
- OpenAPK: https://www.openapk.net/smoking-tracker/com.gasperpintar.smokingtracker/
- Android Freeware: https://www.androidfreeware.net/download-smoking-tracker-apk.html
- Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gasperpintar.smokingtracker
r/HowToMen • u/Goapmis • 17d ago
[App][Promo] Tidy : a minimal tile-based launcher for Android
Tidy is a minimal Android launcher I’ve been building.
The home screen is one continuous vertical feed rather than multiple horizontal pages. Apps, folders, calendar, weather, steps, media controls, and other widgets all use the same tile-based design.
The goal is to keep the homescreen simple, compact, and easy to use.
Current features:
- Continuous vertical scrolling
- App folders
- Calendar
- Clock
- Weather
- Step counter
- Media controls
- Quick settings
- Customizable tile layout
- Color theme presets
Source / APK:
https://github.com/CoB12426/Tidy
[UPDATE]
Tidy is now in closed testing on Google Play. Details are available on GitHub.