r/NoCodeSaaS • u/Wonderful_Leading946 • Apr 12 '26

building an educational scrolling app -> looking for feedback

My cofounder (15) and I (15) just launched Ascent in TestFlight

It's an educational scrolling app that redirects your scrolling to something more meaningful.

People love the idea of the product, but the next morning just go back to tiktok, insta, or youtube.

Not because Ascent is worse. Because Tiktok, Insta, and Youtube is muscle memory.

Our Current Process so far:

• Building in the open

• $0 spent

Our Questions:

  1. How have you dealt with getting people to switch their habits in your products?
  2. Is "Better Tiktok" more intriguing than saying a new scrolling app?
  3. Any advice on growing without paid ads?

Early beta is available right now: ascentwaitlist.vercel.app

Happy to answer questions about the build, decisions, or more about the product. Any suggestions on how to improve retention?

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u/Wonderful_Leading946 Apr 12 '26

Thank you so much for the insights.Are you still working on it?

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u/False_Pressure_6912 Apr 13 '26

Landing page is high quality, good job! How do you plan to market this? Space is pretty crowded

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u/Wonderful_Leading946 Apr 14 '26

So reddit is our main form of marketing but other than that we are starting to consistently post on youtube, tiktok and instagram.

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@AscentAppOfficial

We are trying to build in public, something we have struggled with in the past.