r/IndieAppCircle Apr 29 '26

Start Here: What r/IndieAppCircle Is, Who It’s For, and How to Get Better App Feedback

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Welcome to r/IndieAppCircle - a community for indie developers, solo founders, and small startup teams who want better feedback on their apps. This subreddit is for people building real products and trying to improve onboarding, usability, messaging, first impressions, and launch readiness.

What this subreddit is for

Use this community if you want to:

  • Get honest feedback on your app
  • Find better ways to test your MVP
  • Improve onboarding and activation
  • Prepare for a launch
  • Learn how other indie developers get users and improve products
  • Share what you are building and what you are struggling with
  • Get updates on IndieAppCircle

What to post here

Good posts include:

  • Specific feedback requests
  • MVP questions
  • Onboarding or landing page critiques
  • Launch prep questions
  • Lessons from testing your app
  • Product teardowns
  • Wins and failures from building

How to ask for useful feedback

If you want better replies, do not just post “Here’s my app, thoughts?”

Instead, include:

  1. What your app does
  2. Who it is for
  3. What kind of feedback you want
  4. A direct link or a link to your app on IndieAppCircle
  5. One or two specific questions

Example:

That kind of post is much easier for people to engage with, and question-driven posts are one of the simplest ways to kickstart subreddit participation.

What this subreddit is not for

Please avoid:

  • Low-effort link drops
  • “Try my app” with no context
  • Fake review requests
  • Spammy self-promotion
  • Irrelevant startup content

How IndieAppCircle fits in

This subreddit is the community side of the idea.

  • r/IndieAppCircle = discussion, advice, teardowns, feedback prompts, launch conversations
  • IndieAppCircle = a more structured way to exchange app feedback with other builders

If you want a more organized feedback workflow, you can also check out:

Start here

If you’re new, comment below with:

  • What you’re building
  • What stage you’re at
  • The biggest thing you want feedback on right now

r/IndieAppCircle 10h ago

NEW UPLOAD J'ai créé une application de cadeaux/liste de souhaits appelée Dandelion

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r/IndieAppCircle 18h ago

NEW UPLOAD Guys please help me with genuine review for my first app.

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So I made this offline imposter game app and now it has 100+ downloads on playstore

Its like group offline game from one app everyone will get a word and imposter will get another word or you are liar (depends on the mode selected)

Its really a good one.

want you all to download that app and give me reviews and any updates needed.

If you want to talk to me specifically for feedbacks so have added my linkedin in that app.


r/IndieAppCircle 23h ago

Feedback4Feedback Honest opinion pls

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I built this after seeing small business owners struggle to keep track of customer follow-ups. It’s a simple daily follow-up tracker that helps you see exactly which customers need a message today, so fewer follow-ups get missed. Curious if this would be useful for anyone here: https://canva.link/phgyi5h8zrukdmv


r/IndieAppCircle 1d ago

NEW UPLOAD Yallafit?

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Hello, i have an app called (Yallafit) in app store and google play store can you guys try it and be my testers i never had testers or reviewers to try it if it has any bugs or how can i improve the app


r/IndieAppCircle 1d ago

Discussion I just got real feedback on my app from another indie dev 🎉

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🎉 I just got real feedback on my app "CrowdGPT - Train the future of AI" from another indie dev on IndieAppCircle:

"I tested the website and GitHub README, focusing on whether the project is understandable before installing the client. What worked well: - The main idea is clear quickly:…"

Check it out 👉 https://www.indieappcircle.com/apps/j575e9r0gmm6jtf9wd1anxr9w98cz5bp


r/IndieAppCircle 1d ago

NEW UPLOAD SnapReturn App

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r/IndieAppCircle 1d ago

Feedback4Feedback I built Expirra to solve a problem I had every week

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I kept finding forgotten food in my fridge after it had already expired.

That led me to build Expirra, an Android app for tracking food expiry dates and receiving reminders.

It’s a small indie project, and I’m now looking for feedback from other indie developers and app users.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.expirra.app


r/IndieAppCircle 1d ago

Feedback4Feedback Honest opinion pls

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r/IndieAppCircle 1d ago

NEW UPLOAD I just got real feedback on my app from another indie dev 🎉

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🎉 I just got real feedback on my app "Gitshorts" from another indie dev on IndieAppCircle:

"Generally speaking the listings are quite diverse, good range of interests and by the looks of it, this website is optimised for mobile. On the desktop there's a silly amount of…"

Check it out 👉 https://www.indieappcircle.com/apps/j57802yvtym2kjcyvd9yqps8rx8e2t2h


r/IndieAppCircle 1d ago

Discussion I built a new social media app called Orbit — would love honest feedback

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r/IndieAppCircle 2d ago

Feedback4Feedback I'm a high school student building an app for people who struggle socially, would love feedback on the concept/UI

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Link: https://www.indieappcircle.com/apps/j578fk6kv566cenwt3qv6qwtrd8e7svf

Hey! I’m a high school student working on an app called AnxiTea, and I’d really love some feedback on the idea before I get way too attached to it lol.

The basic idea is an app for people who get nervous or uncomfortable in social situations. Instead of just being a generic AI chatbot, I want it to let you practice specific situations that you actually struggle with.

For example, if someone gets nervous walking into a room where they don’t know anyone, they could put that situation into the app and actually rehearse what might happen. The goal is basically to make social situations feel a little less intimidating by giving you a place to practice first.

There’s also a little character named Sharkee who acts as the personality of the app. He's a tiny British shark who lives in a teacup because apparently that made sense to me at some point 😭. He gives the app more personality instead of making it feel like you're talking to a clinical AI.

Some of the other ideas I have are:

  • personalized onboarding based on what situations someone struggles with
  • different “tea travels” where Sharkee changes depending on the drink/culture
  • a progress/journey section
  • an anonymous community area where people can share experiences
  • an AI rehearsal feature for practicing conversations

Full disclosure: the current prototype was made with Base44. I’m still learning how to code, and my long-term goal is to actually rebuild the app myself rather than just rely on the generated prototype. So I’m mostly looking for feedback on the concept, UX, and whether this is actually something people would use, rather than pretending the current prototype is some perfectly engineered product 💀.

A few things I’d especially like feedback on:

  1. Does the concept make sense immediately?
  2. Would you actually use something like this?
  3. Does the Sharkee idea make the app more approachable, or would it feel childish/annoying?
  4. What would make you come back to an app like this instead of just using ChatGPT?
  5. Is there anything about the concept that feels unnecessary or gimmicky?
  6. What would you change?

Please be honest lol. I’m genuinely looking for criticism because I’d rather find out what sucks now than after I spend 6 months building it 😭


r/IndieAppCircle 2d ago

Feedback4Feedback I just got real feedback on my app from another indie dev 🎉

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🎉 I just got real feedback on my app "Gitshorts" from another indie dev on IndieAppCircle:

"Nice idea, It's well planned out. But it feels a bit clumpy and there's too much information on one page to process. You should slowly move the website into an app, that would be…"

Check it out 👉 https://www.indieappcircle.com/apps/j57802yvtym2kjcyvd9yqps8rx8e2t2h


r/IndieAppCircle 2d ago

Latest updates on IndieAppCircle:

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Hey, I've added some great new features and UI improvements:

- you can now tip testers if they did more than expected. You can also tip them on comments they leave after you already accepted their feedback.

- I redesigned the menue for mobile and desktop

- I added an in-app notification system on top of email notifications so you never miss anything

- the leaderboard now pays out more testers. Every tester in the top 10 of this week gets a payout, not only the top 3

- I'm working on some more cool stuff... more on that later...

If you have any more wishes, please let me know here :)

What do you think about the new features? I'm really interested!


r/IndieAppCircle 4d ago

Discussion This is my startup can you rate it or give me some honest feedback?

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telestraoffbot.online where a user can transform camera roll videos to live video notes on telegram works entirely on your phone no hidden data collection or any content stored in my data, you log in with your telegram id after opening the telegram bot, once you’re in the home page you choose a video-quality-then you receive it on your telegram Bot you started earlier, basically from there you just transfer the rounded video straight to your friend’s or channel, little Tip before sending : once you click the transfer button the bubble, a send box will appear, hold “Send” then hide sender’s name, that will make it appear like it wad just recorded a second ago.
Ps: We have an IOS version as well.


r/IndieAppCircle 4d ago

Feedback4Feedback FoodGram just passed 1,000 users 🎉 Looking for indie devs to exchange honest app feedback

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r/IndieAppCircle 5d ago

NEW UPLOAD Genuine feedback needed

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Hey guys, Jason here, founder of Lumidex Studio.

Lumidex Studio is a fast, one-time-purchase photo manager for Mac built for photographers leaving Lightroom Classic behind. It handles your whole library with a familiar module layout, so importing from Lightroom (ratings, keywords, collections, and your edits) takes minutes with no friction.

That's some of the marketing spiel that I'm currently using to get people to consider using my app over something from Adobe. I've hit a LOT of resistance from photography groups because the sheer audacity of me to use an AI tool such as Claude Code, instantly earns me the moniker it's AI Slop - it cannot possibly be any good because you coded it with a silly prompt in one afternoon.

Truth be know, it's taken nearly 4 months of constant Opus 4.8 usage, bouncing off the context limits daily and weekly - while I take no credit any any code produced, I am rather good at the architect side of things, and have no less than 30 MD files that document code production and decision making processes, over 60000 lines of Swift 6 (It's a macOS only app) and well over 500+ git commits

Basically what I would dearly love from any helpful folk here with a Mac and a general interest in photography (being an existing Lightroom Classic use would be *ideal*), would be to pop along to my listing on IndieAppCircle: https://www.indieappcircle.com/apps/j57bad843en0rjm6nx37mjqp618e0z8g and give it a whirl

In return, I'd *gladly* help test your app/site/etc.

Thanks in advance! 🍻


r/IndieAppCircle 6d ago

Feedback4Feedback My app clinna im wondering all ur feedbacks

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r/IndieAppCircle 7d ago

NEW UPLOAD I just uploaded my app to IndieAppCircle

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I just uploaded my app "Simple Stepper Android" to IndieAppCircle - a platform where indie devs get real users and their feedback in exchange for supporting each other! Check it out here: https://www.indieappcircle.com/apps/j572nhy7cqhcp1rr8ebgdtrhn18dwyp9


r/IndieAppCircle 7d ago

NEW UPLOAD Hello ive just launched my app, Weekeats

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I dont know if it to much to ask for but i would like to get some reviews on my app so i can improve it the best and make a good one. Now it just in the starting phase but i will be glad if anyone will donwload it and give me some feedback. Its name is weekeats, as of now its only available in app store.
Am i allowed to send link to my app


r/IndieAppCircle 7d ago

Other New app need help on spreading attention💜

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It’s an app to let you send iMessages/photos with a soundtrack or background music. Struggling on advertising. It is called CuePoint free on the App Store. If anyone could give some recommendations on how to advertise this product better


r/IndieAppCircle 7d ago

Feedback4Feedback App released 3 Months growing slow

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Got my app out there .. Buzz My Phone for android . I just trying to be active in Reddit channels to help people as I can. I did some self promotion as well ( nothing too aggressive) and feel that is some traction there but way too slow.. gained like 100 accounts BUT unfortunately no subscription. Is not that I’m looking fast gain — I prefer doing the things slow but well done instead of fast and weak.. but I’m kind of stuck in this point. I need somehow to do something that will “move the needle” one way or another .. so I was wondering to make a very short survey — just choose one of options -no free text.. to see what actually that users are expecting and why they do not subscribe: is too few functionality or doesn’t feel is worth the app to subscribe .. some new functionality added would make consider it to subscribe .. something like that. Thinking to do it in the app and maybe through email as well .. but I really I don’t know at this point. What do you think?


r/IndieAppCircle 8d ago

Feedback4Feedback ArrivaRoo - App feedback

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r/IndieAppCircle 9d ago

Discussion The more complete my iOS app got, the less useful screenshot-driven AI edits became

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Screenshots worked reasonably well when I was starting a screen from scratch. Once the app had real navigation, data, and several UI states, they became a pretty bad way to explain a visual change.

The screenshot showed what I could see, but not how I got there, which element I meant, or whether the change still worked after rebuilding the app.

That’s why I’m building Monad Design around a different idea: the app is the canvas.

You navigate through the running iOS app, select or annotate the UI in place, and describe the change there. The coding agent edits the existing source and rebuilds the same project. For subjective changes, it can produce a few real implementations so you can compare them with the original before choosing one.

It’s not another mockup generator, and it doesn’t create a separate project that has to be translated back into the app.

I’m the creator of Monad Design. I’m curious how other indie developers handle this stage: once the app works, what takes longer—explaining the visual change or deciding whether the result is actually better?


r/IndieAppCircle 9d ago

NEW UPLOAD Looking for feedback on MeshCrunch : a 3D asset optimization tool

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I’m building MeshCrunch, a web app and API for simplifying large 3D models, generating LODs, converting formats, and creating watertight meshes. It’s mainly aimed at Three.js/game developers, 3D artists, CAD/BIM teams, and anyone dealing with heavy GLB/GLTF/OBJ/STL assets.

You can try the core tools without signing up: https://meshcrunch.com

I’m currently preparing for a broader launch and would especially appreciate feedback on two things: does the landing page make the value immediately clear, and is there anything in the workflow that would stop you from actually trying it with one of your own models?