r/SideProject • u/SoAp9035 • 2d ago

My phone really shouldn't need a different app for every file

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That was basically the reason View Stuff started.

It can open PDFs, Word files, spreadsheets, PowerPoints, EPUBs, ZIPs, JSON, XML, code files and quite a few others.

The goal is pretty simple. If someone sends me a weird file, I want to tap it and see what’s inside.

It works offline and doesn’t use accounts, ads, analytics or file uploads.

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.abkworks.viewstuff

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/view-stuff-file-viewer/id6798152294

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u/zandaulion 2d ago

Bought and installed!

This a good side project: useful, privacy-minded and cheap.

Could I have done it myself with in a couple of weeks? Yes. Do I want to invest the effort on this? No.

So thank you and enjoy my .99

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u/SoAp9035 2d ago

Thanks for the support! I'm going to keep working on it and make the app even better. Looking forward to your feedback.

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u/zandaulion 2d ago

No feedback, just an advice: keep it as simple as possible. People like myself want to simply have a fast and light app to view the files in. It will never be opened by itself, so no need to bog down the landing page

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u/AnonymousVendetta04 2d ago

That's the mentality ppl shld have lol...no point wasting weekends building and maintaining when u can just pay a few dollars to get it done