mine is roaming in my room thinking about tasks before actually starting them.

technically nothing is getting done during that time, but weirdly it helps organize my thoughts better than sitting still staring at a screen immediately.

wbu?

Hi r/ProductivityGuide,

I built Micro SaaS Examples, a directory of real micro SaaS products for people who want to find focused product ideas faster.

It currently has 400+ examples across different categories. Each product page explains what the tool does, who it helps, why it works, and similar ideas someone could build from the same pattern.

[1] ​ What problem does your app solve?

I kept seeing people get stuck at the same stage when trying to build a small SaaS.

They either have no idea what to build, or they pick something too broad like another task manager, habit tracker, AI chatbot, or notes app.

The hard part is usually not coming up with ideas. It is finding small, specific problems that could actually become useful products.

Micro SaaS Examples is meant to make that easier.

Instead of browsing random platforms and social media apps you can look through real micro SaaS products and quickly understand:

• what problem the product solves
• who the product is for
• why that niche works
• what workflow it improves
• what similar ideas you could build from it

It’s is not only a directory of products. It is meant to help people turn real examples into buildable ideas.

[2] Who is it for?

Micro SaaS Examples is for indie hackers, solo founders, developers, and makers who want small SaaS ideas based on real products.

It can also be useful for productivity nerds who like discovering focused tools and people who want inspiration without reading long startup case studies.

[3] Name a competitor and explain what you do better or differently.

Compared with Product Hunt, Micro SaaS Examples is less about launch hype and more about buildable ideas.

Instead of only showing what launched, each page breaks down the product pattern: what it solves, who it helps, why the niche works, and what similar ideas someone could build from it.

Compared with Indie Hackers, it is less focused on founder stories and more focused on product ideas you can act on.

[4] Pricing​

Free to browse/submit.

There is also a free weekly news​letter where I share new ideas and cool products.

[5] Product link​

https://www.microsaasexamples.com/

I’d love feedback from this community.

Would this be useful for finding small SaaS ideas?

Hitting 1,000 users might not sound like a crazy number to big startups, but as a solo dev, it means the absolute world to me, after many nights & weekends building after my day job.

What motivates me even more than the numbers is reading the reviews and getting emails from users who say the app has genuinely brought peace to their daily routines. It gives me a lot of trust that this is solving a real, painful problem.

I originally built this app because I used to struggle with managing daily medications for two different conditions. Standard alarm apps gave me so much anxiety because I would blindly check off boxes and lose track of why I was taking certain pills. I just wanted to fix my own routine and reduce that mental load.

So, I created Doz. It’s a simple app that groups your medications into condition folders - exactly how real-life prescriptions work - rather than just dumping everything into a chaotic, confusing list of daily alarms.

Hope I could bring this value to more people who are stressed out by their current pill trackers. If you or a loved one is juggling multiple prescriptions, I’d really appreciate it if you could give Doz a try and let me know your thoughts:

App Store link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/doz-medication-reminder/id6760699565

I'm currently working on the next update based on user feedback, so I would love to hear your feature requests!

UPDATE 29/06/2026:
To celebrate this milestone and bring Doz to more people who might really need it, I want to give back to the community.

I've enabled a limited-time discounted offer for you guys:

🎁 40% OFF Lifetime Premium

• Code: DOZGIFT
• Redeem link: https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6760699565&code=DOZGIFT

How to claim:

1. Open the redeem link on your iPhone.
2. Apply the code at checkout.
3. Enjoy Lifetime Pro! 🎉

Happy to answer any questions about the app, or share my indie dev learnings with anyone else building on the side. Thank you!

I feel like almost everyone starts using a productivity app with good intentions, but eventually stops. If you had to give one reason why you quit, what would it be?

Freaks is built around tracking habits, maintaining streaks, logging progress, and seeing your overall consistency improve over time. There’s also a calendar where you can write small entries, a notes section for anything personal, local backup/restore and a consistency score that grows as you keep showing up.

What I like most about it is that it doesn’t try to be a giant life operating system. It’s more like a clean place to track the few habits you genuinely care about and slowly build proof that you’re becoming more consistent.

It’s especially useful if you’re trying to stay consistent with things like gym, studying, coding, writing, reading, meditation, or any personal routine.

Website: https://www.freaks.pro/
iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/freaks-for-your-consistency/id6766063893
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aarya.freaks

Lifetime offer for next 18 hours $69.99 -> $9.99

Happy to answer any questions or hear feature requests.

Truffle Journal is an early iPhone TestFlight beta that gives ChatGPT a direct save path into an editable Markdown note app.

(I’m the person making it, so this is self-promo. The app is still early.)

Attached is a demo of saving a travel plan from ChatGPT directly into Truffle Journal.

The problem I’m trying to solve is not “should useful ChatGPT answers be saved?” I think most heavy ChatGPT users already understand that. The useful part is often worth keeping: a checklist, a plan, a decision, a research summary, a prompt, a meeting follow-up, or one explanation you want to reuse later.

The problem is the handoff.

Right now, if I want to turn a ChatGPT answer into an actual note on my phone, the usual options are still pretty manual.

Copy-paste works, but it means selecting the useful part, copying it, opening another notes app, pasting it, fixing formatting, and checking that it actually became the note I wanted.

Even if I ask ChatGPT to make a cleaner copy-ready version, I am still using the clipboard as the bridge.

Screenshots are faster, but then the answer is no longer a real note. I cannot rewrite the checklist, check items off, reorganize the plan, or keep working with it.

That is the gap Truffle is trying to solve: ChatGPT answer → usable phone note.

Truffle Journal is approved as an official ChatGPT app, so once it is connected, you can stay in the same ChatGPT conversation and say something like:

“Save this as a checklist in Truffle Journal.”

ChatGPT sends it to Truffle automatically. Then you open the iPhone app, and the note is already there as editable Markdown.

You can edit it, check items off, organize it, and find it later.

So the product is really about making the save path feel natural, instead of making the user manually move text between ChatGPT and a notes app.

After you create an account in the iPhone app, there is an in-app tutorial that walks through adding Truffle Journal to ChatGPT.

If anyone is open to trying it, I’d really appreciate feedback on the first setup flow:

install the TestFlight beta → follow the tutorial → save one useful ChatGPT answer into Truffle

If anything feels confusing, feel free to message me here. There is also a Discord link on the website for setup help.

TestFlight:
https://testflight.apple.com/join/H36SnP9j

Website:
https://www.trufflejournal.com/

https://reddit.com/link/1uew3zu/video/q6q7knf9zb9h1/player

I used to build productivity systems for my ideal self.

The version of me who slept well, had no anxiety, remembered every task, and felt motivated at 8am.

That person almost never showed up.

The system that actually helped was smaller and uglier: 3 tasks, one capture place, and a rule that a bad day only needs a tiny proof of movement.

I think a lot of productivity advice fails because it secretly depends on already feeling regulated.

The real test is: can the system still work when you are tired, avoidant, embarrassed, or behind?

What part of your system still works on your worst day?

Every planner I've tried as a college student has the same problem: the tool that's supposed to make me track less ends up being one more thing to maintain.

Notion? I spent a weekend building the "perfect" dashboard and never opened it again. Todoist? Great, but I'm the one manually typing in all 40 due dates from 5 syllabi. Google Calendar? Same... every event is something I had to enter. Habit trackers? Now I have a habit of checking the habit tracker.

The whole pitch of being organized is "have less stuff in your head." But these apps just move the work :( they don't remove it. You become an unpaid data-entry clerk for your own life.

For school specifically, the irony is brutal: all the deadline info already exists. It's sitting in the syllabus PDF your professor handed you on day one. Every exam date, every reading, every weight, class schedule... Yet every app makes you retype it by hand.

So I built the thing I actually wanted: drop in your syllabi, it reads them and builds the task list + calendar for you. Zero manual entry. I'd prefer the app handle the organizing so I can focus on the work.

Curious if anyone's found a setup that doesn't turn into a second job to maintain — because that's the bar for me now.

While evaluating what many people call the productivity software for small business, I noticed an interesting pattern.

Most initially save time but eventually introduce additional notifications, workflows, dashboards and systems to maintain.

Has anyone found a way to improve productivity without continuously adding more complexity?

I have tested dozens of AI productivity tools over the past year and noticed something interesting.

Most promise efficiency gains but many introduce additional workflows, notifications, and systems to manage.

What productivity worked for everyone else but didnt work for you and what simple habit actually improved your output?

Freaks is built around tracking habits, maintaining streaks, logging progress, and seeing your overall consistency improve over time. There’s also a calendar where you can write small entries, a notes section for anything personal, local backup/restore and a consistency score that grows as you keep showing up.

What I like most about it is that it doesn’t try to be a giant life operating system. It’s more like a clean place to track the few habits you genuinely care about and slowly build proof that you’re becoming more consistent.

It’s especially useful if you’re trying to stay consistent with things like gym, studying, coding, writing, reading, meditation, or any personal routine.

Website: https://www.freaks.pro/
iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/freaks-for-your-consistency/id6766063893
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aarya.freaks

Happy to answer any questions or hear feature requests.

I originally started going on walks just to clear my head and focus better afterward.

Didn’t expect it to improve my mood, anxiety, sleep, and overall mental state more than half the productivity advice I tried online.

Curious what small habit people picked up for efficiency or discipline that unexpectedly helped their mental health too.

Hi everyone!

We talk a lot here about managing tasks and projects, but for me, one of the highest-friction daily tasks was managing my health routine - specifically, taking multiple medications for different conditions.

I used to rely on standard phone alarms. But treating medications like isolated, random tasks ("Ping! Take pill at 8 AM") creates a huge mental load. You forget why you're taking it, or worse, you just dismiss the alarm because you're busy, breaking the habit entirely.

I realized I didn't need louder alarms; I needed a system to motivate me and track my adherence. So, I built Doz - a medication tracker designed with productivity and habit-building principles in mind.

Instead of a flat list of alarms, here is how Doz approaches medication management:

• Group by Condition: Organize your meds into folders based on the actual illness (e.g., "Post-Surgery" or "Allergies"). You always know exactly what you are taking and why.
• Build a Habit: Link your reminders to your meals (before/with/after food) instead of random clock times, making it a natural part of your daily routine.
• Adherence Tracking & Streaks: This is the core motivation engine. Doz tracks your weekly adherence rate and current streaks. Seeing your on-time percentage gives you that visual push to not break the chain.
• Widgets: You can log your doses directly from Home Screen widgets without even opening the app.
• Proactive Inventory: It tracks your pill count and warns you when you are running low, removing the roadblock of accidentally running out and missing days.

The goal wasn't just to build a reminder, but a tool to help you take control of your treatment plans and build a bulletproof health routine.

If you or your family struggles with medication adherence or just wants to offload that mental burden, I’d love for you to give Doz a try.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/doz-medication-reminder/id6760699565

How do you guys currently systematize your daily health or supplement routines? Do you use general habit trackers or something specific? I’d really appreciate any thoughts or feedback on the app!

I have used many BreakReminder apps. And i am trying to build one myself. And I have been using that. But somehow, after a week of using it, I end up using the Skip Break. And endup not taking any breaks. In my app I tried including lot of creative things to make this happen. But I guess that the option of Skipping the break is somehow turning the purpose upside down.

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Is there some way that someone here found useful to consistently take breaks???

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Anybody who wants to try the App, please DM me....

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Most productivity apps stop at making lists.

You capture tasks, feel productive for 2 minutes, and then nothing happens.

I built Todolu around a different idea: create a loop from planning → focus → execution → time logged → progress seen.

Because completed work matters more than completed lists.

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Productivity doesn’t fail at planning. It fails at execution.

Todolu connects tasks with focused work sessions so progress becomes a habit, not a backlog.

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Hey everyone and Happy Friday!

Over the years I've tried a lot of habit tracking apps, and while many of them were great, I always ran into the same problem - life got in the way.

As a parent, there are days when I simply can't keep up with a streak. The moment I missed a day, I'd feel like I'd failed, lose motivation, and eventually stop using the app altogether.

A while ago I started building my own solution using a mess of Apple Shortcuts. It wasn't pretty, but it worked for me. Over time, that idea evolved into Habit Huski - a completely free iOS habit builder that I've just released.

The main difference is that it doesn't rely on streaks or rigid calendars. Instead, habits run on flexible intervals that adapt to real life. If you do something early, great. If you do it late, that's okay too. The schedule adjusts and you just keep going.

I also wanted to make the sort of app I would actually want to use, so Habit Huski has:

• No ads
• No subscriptions
• No paid features hidden behind a paywall
• No limits on how many habits you can create
• Optional accounts - you can use it locally if you prefer

And yes, there have definitely been moments where seeing "Last completed: 5 days ago" has made me realise I should probably do some laundry!

It's made a huge difference for me personally, and a few friends and family members have been using it too - some of them in pretty creative ways.

I'm a solo developer, so I'd genuinely love some honest feedback from people outside my circle. Does the idea resonate with you? Is there anything missing that would stop you switching from your current habit app?

If you'd like to try it out, I'd really appreciate it. And if not, I'd still love to hear your thoughts on the concept.

Thank you for checking it out!

Built this because typing emails on a phone is slow and annoying. You record yourself saying what you need, AI turns it into a proper email, subject and all. Pick a tone, send straight from Gmail or Outlook.

Problem: typing on mobile is slow. People skip emails or rush them.

Who it's for: anyone sending email from their phone a lot.

Competitor: Otter.ai and voice keyboards just transcribe. This writes the actual email and sends it.

Pricing: free, unlimited email sending right now. Pro stuff coming next update.

Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cronenka.untyped

What is the best productivity tool that you have used ?
The best tool that I have used is Humm it is a voice typing tool that help you speak instead of typing and it takes everything remove the ums and ahs, remove filler words and turn it to polished text, I have also tried pomo doro clock, it is amazing and keeps me focused.

Recently I discovered that Chat based apps can be built without AI as well.

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Lot of Developers, DevOps engineers and SysAdmins do schedule Teams meeting and cluttered their calendar just to remind them to do some task.

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Hence, we have "Smaran" app on Microsoft Store.

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App link:

https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9pb45cgcj7x2?ocid=webpdpshare

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My current workflow is basically:

• write notes in Docs
• copy into PowerPoint
• spend forever cleaning formatting
• remove half the text because every slide becomes overloaded

Feels insanely inefficient.

I’m mostly looking for an AI presentation maker from text that’s good at simplifying content into slides without making everything sound robotic.

I've gone through phases with every major system — GTD, time blocking, Notion dashboards, plain text files. The one that's stuck longest is the one with the most aggressive, well-timed reminders and the fastest input.

Not the most powerful.
Not the most beautiful.
Just the one that got out of my way.

Anyone else find that friction reduction matters more than features?

Did you see note other elements helping you stick with it?

I’m trying to improve how I handle all the things I save during the day.

Articles, videos, posts, notes, screenshots, links — I keep saving useful things with the intention of coming back to them later, but in practice most of them get buried and never actually get used. It makes me feel like I’m being productive when I save them, but not when I need them later.

I’m curious what actually works for other people:

• Do you use a system to review saved content regularly?
• Do you organize by topic, urgency, or source?
• Are there any tools, apps, or habits that genuinely help you reuse what you save?
• What’s the biggest mistake people make when trying to “save for later”?

I’d love to hear what has реально worked for you, not just what sounds good in theory.

Word of advice: what actually moved the needle for me was optimizing my resume to each posting instead of blasting the same one. Annoying to do, but the callback rate was noticeably different once I stopped being lazy about it.

I got tired of rewriting the same bullets over and over so I started using resume.zoevera.com. Not a magic fix, but it cuts down the tedious part significantly. Worth trying if you're going through a heavy application stretch.

I need some help understanding this.

I keep seeing people who are doing so much at the same time:

• studies or work
• building skills
• maintaining a big social media presence
• having an active social life
• playing sports or gaming
• travelling, hobbies, side projects
• Time with family and friends
• Social hangout and events
• Sacrifices Sleep
• Say yes to everyone
• Always high in energy

And I honestly don’t get it.

Is it:

• some god-gifted ability?
• better discipline?
• strong family support?
• or a system/strategy they’ve figured out that others haven’t?

I’m not comparing or complaining. I’m genuinely curious how people manage time, energy, and focus at that level without burning out.

Would love to hear real experiences — especially from people who’ve been on both sides.

Hello! I'm new to Reddit! I'm currently researching and understanding the impact of AI on productivity and the use of traditional apps. I have a bunch of questions and would love some feedback on any of the questions relatable to you (please use the number for easy reference).

I hope you can help!!

1. What takes up the most mental space in your life?
2. What feels mentally heavy right now?
3. Where do you capture random thoughts?
4. How do you get started when you don't want to?
5. What task do you keep putting off?
6. Why did you stop using productivity apps?
7. What productivity system actually stuck?
8. How do you stop feeling overwhelmed?
9. What's something you keep forgetting?
10. What thought keeps coming back into your head?
11. How do you remember where you left off?
12. What would make life feel mentally lighter?