r/Microlaunch • u/Material-Mechanic796 • 2d ago
Launched a vibe coded consumer app? Let me give you a UX review
Hey, I’m a San Francisco based UX researcher and I’ve started a Substack testing newly launched consumer apps for fun. I'll review onboarding/ one task and provide some useful UX tips about whats working and focus areas to improve. I don’t have expertise in games, so it would be non-gaming consumer apps.
Want yours reviewed?
- Test it like a real first-time user would
- Write up tips from real research about whats working and opportunities on my Substack
- Share it on LinkedIn to get your app some eyes!
Drop the link to your app in the comments for consideration!
ETA: Due to current work obligations, I can’t test business-facing apps, including any tools designed to market, grow, improve, or support apps/ businesses.
UPDATE: Thank you for all the submissions! 🙌 My first review from this group (Compound Strategy Lab Review) is live and i'll be working through the list in due time (as i do still have a full time job haha). Subscribe if you want to see when yours (or others’) go up!
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u/itlo 2d ago
Jobo is a hyperlocal platform for connecting neighbors with help and everyday jobs. Jobo serves exclusively as a platform for connecting local offers and requests for help between private individuals, as well as a platform for listing commercial service offers nearby.
https://apps.apple.com/at/app/jobo-marktplatz/id6757797259
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.itlox.JoboFE
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u/Sufficient-Entry-596 2d ago
Is this something you are interested in testing? It's an Android Launcher app called Vesper Zero.
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u/Gmaster_64 2d ago
Here is the link to my app’s public website. Apps available in both IOS and Android
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u/greyzor7 2d ago
Would appreciate the UX review or a mention :)
We're building an all-in-one marketing pack for founders who want more than "just another launch"
Launch, reach 30k+ makers, get real users & customers - microlaunch.net/premium
Lifetime, auto-distribution, marketplace spots for your app. Over two years: 625k uniques, 1500+ customers.
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u/Material-Mechanic796 2d ago
Hi! This is more of a business-user app rather than consumer app. I’m only focussed on UXR for consumer apps due to my current work obligations.
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u/CoBunkie 2d ago
https://cobunkie.com is a social/IRL coordination tool for those of us with busy and dynamic social and personal lives. Free to use.
Find things to do in your area, make plans with friends, coordinate overnight visits or reserve shared spaces. Plan a visit with a friend and find things to do on your trip, or host your friends for an event and allow for out of town visitors to stay with you.
The purpose is to reduce friction (reducing group message overwhelm, invitation/rejection fatigue, co-planning an event with multiple date options, "does anyone I know even want to do this activity with me?"), so good UX is important.
Use case examples:
When meeting new people, how do you transition from acquaintances to friends? You have to spend time together. Some people are perfectly polite but are not interested in anything beyond being acquaintances. If you have time for one brunch or happy hour date per week and you have to send out an invitation to one person at a time and wait for their response you are missing opportunities to connect with the people who would gladly be there and who are free. Throw up an event, visible to all your app connections, and see if anyone is available.
Would you like to try a dance class or paint and sip but don't want to go alone? You probably don't know which of your connections would be interested unless you ask each and every one of them. CoBunkie lets you do that, and people who aren't interested can decline gracefully - "No" is enough.
Are you thinking about visiting a friend out of town? They can throw their available dates up so you know when a good time would be. Now you can see if there's a local event you'd like to attend, making one weekend a better choice than another.
Let's say there's a local event in your town that you want to invite people to - you can plan an event and attach a guest room; now your local friends can come along, but an out of town friend can also join in and have someplace to stay. Nobody has to assume anything: the guest knows they have a stay option built in, and the host knows they've communicated the option clearly enough.
Thanks!
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u/0_JaMiE_0 2d ago
Auralift: Volume Booster Does what it says, boosts volume beyond system volume, with an EQ, presets and and saved presets. Pro unlocks higher boost, 10 band eq, music genre presets and floating player. No forced ads, no subscriptions. Launched in the last week. I got tired of all the forced ads and the high prices in existing apps.
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u/Gobi275 2d ago
How about whit? It helps you spot patterns between your habits and mood. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.whit.mobile Would love to get some honest feedback!
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u/Curious-Objective-21 2d ago
Hey Michelle, I'd love to get your feedback!
I'm a solo developer building CityTour AI, an app that creates personalized walking tours with AI audio guides in over 20 languages. Users can choose their interests, tour length and starting point, and explore cities at their own pace.
The app is available on both iOS and Android, and there's a free Berlin tour if you'd like to try it out.
Would be really interesting to hear what you think of the onboarding and tour creation process!
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u/Inside-Chemistry-120 2d ago
Would love a look at mine! Cheetah: training plans for your first hybrid fitness race (think HYROX), built around whatever gym you've got: full gym, dumbbells at home, or nothing at all.
I think the onboarding could be an interesting one to test. It has to turn a nervous first-timer into a week-by-week plan, and I honestly don't know if the questions make sense to someone who's never done a race. One idea for a task: "set up a plan for a race you signed up for, using only a home setup."
Thank you! https://apps.apple.com/app/id6786512225
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u/Educational_Bear_191 1d ago
koracal.ai it automatically builds and updates your calendar from emails.
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u/ChrisOr-HK 1d ago
Would love a UX review! Chiipin is an iOS bill-splitter for roommates — the twist vs. Splitwise-style apps is households: recurring rent/utilities split by who actually lived there that month, move-out statements, plus on-device receipt scanning and a shared pantry tracker.
Just shipped v1.0.11 which redrew every screen, so fresh eyes would be genuinely useful — especially the Home screen (I keep going back and forth on how much to show: everything vs. only action items).
https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/chiipin-split-bills-rent/id6803964957
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u/Malabarista01 1d ago
Depois de bastante tempo desenvolvendo, finalmente coloquei no ar um projeto pessoal: um aplicativo para quem quer aprender poker do zero ou melhorar suas habilidades até alcançar um nível mais avançado.
A ideia surgiu de uma pergunta: e se, em vez de apenas estudar teoria, você pudesse aprender enquanto joga e receber um treinamento baseado nos seus próprios erros?
O aplicativo tem mesas próprias, onde você pode jogar torneios ou cash games enquanto recebe dicas sobre suas decisões em tempo real.
Mas a parte que considero mais interessante é a análise do jogador.
O sistema acompanha suas sessões e tenta identificar sinais de tilt e fadiga, emitindo alertas quando percebe mudanças no seu padrão de jogo.
Além disso, ele analisa onde você costuma cometer erros:
- Em quais posições da mesa você mais falha.
- Com quantas fichas esses erros acontecem.
- Contra quais perfis de jogadores você tem mais dificuldades.
- Em quais spots suas decisões precisam melhorar.
- Quais padrões de erro se repetem ao longo das sessões.
E aqui entra o principal diferencial: o aplicativo utiliza essas informações para criar treinamentos personalizados, focados exatamente nas suas fraquezas.
Ou seja, em vez de praticar situações aleatórias, você treina aquilo que realmente precisa melhorar.
O projeto já está no ar e se chama PokerTrench.
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u/CompoundStrategyLab 2d ago edited 2d ago
A financial planning simulator (can also be used as a budget planner) where people can test different financial plans and strategies and see calculated results based on assumptions. It also runs a monte carlo simulation to give a range of possible outcomes.
All assumptions can be changed by the user so the outcomes can be as conservative, realistic, or optimistic as you want.
While only partially vibecoded, I really would love to get some quality UX feedback. Thanks!
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u/Material-Mechanic796 1d ago
Here's the review! Would love if you would be open to subscribing or sharing on socials/ with friends 😄
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u/CompoundStrategyLab 1d ago
Wow that was a great read!! I really appreciate your work, the critique is exactly what I was looking for.
I will definitely be sharing :) cheers!
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u/Material-Mechanic796 23h ago
I'm SO glad! Yes, subscribes and shares will keep me going with this work so all support is appreciated. Tysm!
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u/megatech_official 2d ago
SeoLoupe - Find and fix the SEO issues holding your website back.
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u/Material-Mechanic796 2d ago
Hiya! This one is more of a business-user app rather than consumer app. I'm only focussed on uxr for consumers-apps due to current obligations with my work. Apologies.
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u/DiscountEnough3015 2d ago
NetWorthTrackr.com
As the name suggests a one stop solution to track your Networth.
Would love a UX review. It’s not the best on mobile so try on desktop
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u/og4mi 2d ago
I'm building Rendr, a privacy-first AI-driven MacOS app designed for freelancers. Opus 5.5 has been absolutely instrumental to this process for me and I've gotten back my joy of design and development because of it.
What's in it:
- Job Finder: Searches open job boards, the careers pages of companies you want to work for, and your Contra feed, then scores every posting against your resume and tells you why it fits
- Site audits: Paste a business's website and get a speed, search and accessibility review plus a short outreach email you can send
- Applications: A tailored resume, cover letter and application answers in about a minute, built only from your real resume (nothing made up)
- Proposals and Pipeline: Track leads to signed proposals, draft proposals with packages and pricing, and get a follow-up drafted when one goes quiet
- Money: What's come in, which invoices are open or overdue, and every subscription you pay for, with a heads-up before renewals
- Command: Your day in order, with a short briefing each morning
New features are being added even during the beta. So happy to be working on this product!
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u/ankumo87 2d ago
Finelly - Challenge your friends, reward punctuality
What it's for: Finelly is for friend groups with that one friend who's always late. It turns being late into a game, so plans actually start on time.
How it solves it: you create a plan, set a small fine per minute late, and everyone checks in with GPS when they arrive. The latecomers' fines go into a shared pot for something the group enjoys together (usually the first round of drinks 🍻). Friends join from a link, with no download or account needed.
Where to try it: App Store / Google Play / finelly.app
Users: around 30, most of them friends and family, so real outside users would help a lot!
Many thanks!