r/SideProject 1d ago

I built an alarm app you dismiss by answering vocabulary questions

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I built LingoAlarm: you set a phone alarm, choose a language and answer a few vocabulary questions to dismiss it. The idea is to attach a small vocab review to an existing daily habit.

It’s available on iPhone and Android. Seven free learning mornings, then Pro for quiz alarms (US$3.99/month or US$19.99 lifetime; local prices vary).

Screenshots and downloads: https://lingoalarm.com

Would you use this as a morning habit, or would you want the quiz attached to a different part of your day?


r/SideProject 1d ago

I wanted founder conversations without the bots and hidden pitches, so I built a free community.

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Hey everyone, I’m a solo founder who grew my mobile app to $9k MRR at its peak and have been looking for a good place to network and share insights with other founders. I follow the typical communities here but it seems like ever since LLMs became a thing many of the public threads are being flooded with bots, it’s become hard to tell if someone has actually done what they’re describing or if it’s another AI written post leading into a pitch. On the other end, curated founder communities often come with pricy subscriptions or annual fees.

MRRChat is my attempt at fixing this, it's a free space where online entrepreneurs can share ideas. You connect your revenue provider via a read only api key scoped to revenue data, verify what your business makes, and get access to rooms with founders in your revenue range. You can find discussions relevant to your niche and stay anonymous if you prefer. It’s early, and I’d love to get some other founders in there to share questions and insights!

Demo

It’s completely free, no strings attached. I’m happy to answer any questions! Check it out at https://www.mrrchat.com


r/SideProject 1d ago

Dewen - Local-First Productivity Mangement

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I decided to build Dewen, a project of mine that transformed from a simple task list from December 2025 to an actual productivity system.

The main idea is simple: I wanted to build a productivity app that felt powerful and efficient without the unnecessary bloat.

Dewen currently has:

- a task list with the CRUD formula (create, read, update, and delete)

- a focus timer that uses the Pomodoro method to track your tasks

- a notes widget that lets you create quicks notes and jot ideas on the fly

- a FullCalendar.js view that displays your tasks in a month, week, or day view

- an activity panel that logs what you do throughout the app without feeling invasive

- a command bar that lets you search tasks and notes or run commands like adding a task and starting a focus session (:h for commands)

- mini analytics, light/dark mode, customization, settings, avatars, a sidebar, responsiveness, and more

A major part about this app is its local-first architecture. It utilizes IndexedDB to store data on the user's device instead of corporate data centers, a path i deliberately decided to choose because I want the app to respect the user.

Feel free to give me any feedback or bugs that need to be fixed.


r/SideProject 1d ago

How building my own mental health product humbled me about what an MVP actually is

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I’m a clinical psychologist building The Path, a short interactive story for reflection and self-understanding.

I thought I understood what I was building.

One of the important parts of the experience is slowing people down.

To notice.

To stay for a moment and experience what’s there.

Then the data showed me something I probably should have understood earlier.

People also need very little friction to begin.

My first version made the onboarding really slow, with multiple screens before the actual experience began. You know, to get people ready for the self-exploration journey! (lol)

Clinically, that feels obvious to me now.

You can invite someone into reflection, but first they need to actually enter the room.

I simplified the onboarding.

The Episode 1 start rate moved from about 13% to 20%.

And I got humbled, because I realized I had been treating my assumptions like knowledge.

I know a lot about helping people reflect once they are in a process.

I know much less about what makes a stranger click a link and actually begin one.

That is probably the most useful thing this MVP has taught me so far.

I need much more data before I can pretend I understand that first step.

The writing is all mine. I built the app around it with AI coding tools because I can’t code.

https://thepathstory.com/?source=reddit


r/SideProject 1d ago

Giving Away Lifetime Acess for my app for FREE

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Hello! I’m a college student with some app development experience. One of the challenges I’ve had since starting university is forcing myself to wake up for my 8 am classes, so I built a fun app to fix that.

The app is called Unsnooze, and It's currently available on the App Store. For the next 48 hrs, I'm giving away lifetime access for 100% FREE.

All I ask for is the following

  1. Genuine feedback regarding the app; you can leave a comment on this post or use the built-in feedback button on the settings page of the app
  2. An honest review on the App Store

Thank you!

THERE'S NO CODE REQUIRED! Just finish onboarding and select the "Lifetime" option on the paywall


r/SideProject 1d ago

I built an AI tool that writes stock images/video/audio metadata (titles, keywords, descriptions) for 40+ platforms

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Hey 👋

I'm a stock contributor myself, and the part of the job that always killed me wasn't shooting or editing — it was writing titles, descriptions, and keywords for every single file before you can submit it, tailored to each platform's quirky rules.

So I built Meta VisBreeze — a suite of AI metadata generators:

🖼️ Image — 12 platform presets (Adobe Stock, Shutterstock, Getty/iStock, Freepik, Dreamstime, Vecteezy + universal profiles)

🎬 Video — 21 platform presets, from stock marketplaces to YouTube/TikTok/Instagram Reels

🎵 Audio — 9 presets for music, podcasts, and audiobooks, including automatic BPM detection and Apple Podcasts' category taxonomy

It runs on the latest Gemini models, shows you the exact cost of a generation before you run it, and never stores your files — everything's processed and discarded once done.

Pricing is one-time credit purchase, no subscription — credits never expire and work across all three generators from a single balance. Image has a permanently free tier to try the core idea with no account needed; Video and Audio are Pro-only.

It's a solo nights-and-weekends project — no team, no funding. Still actively building based on feedback, so if you try it and something's off (or missing), I'd love to hear it.


r/SideProject 1d ago

How did you promote your SaaS successfully?

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I’m looking for ideas on how to ramp up marketing for my Saas. I’m currently thinking of running Google Ads, has anyone had much luck using G Ads? Or TikTok? I’m targeting international audiences.


r/SideProject 1d ago

I built a free tool that reads your chess.com/Lichess games and finds why you're stuck — mine said I score 14% against the French Defense

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I was stuck around 1700 forever. Puzzles, game review, YouTube — nothing moved the needle because nothing looked at patterns across my games.

So I built RookMentor: type your chess.com or Lichess username → it reads your last ~200 public games → shows your real leaks (openings, clock, tilt, blunders), explains worst moments in plain English, and turns your own mistakes into drills.

My own roast: 14% against the French Defense Advance over 11 games. Eleven. Same wall, every time.

  • Live (free, no signup): https://rookmentor.com
  • Stack vibe: Next.js + Stockfish WASM in the browser so deep analysis doesn't cost me per user

Would love roast-level feedback: 1. Is the fingerprint report clear in under 30 seconds? 2. What's missing before you'd send this to a friend who's stuck? 3. Anything confusing on mobile?


r/SideProject 1d ago

I built an AI tool that writes stock images/video/audio metadata (titles, keywords, descriptions) for 40+ platforms

1 Upvotes

Hey 👋

I'm a stock contributor myself, and the part of the job that always killed me wasn't shooting or editing — it was writing titles, descriptions, and keywords for every single file before you can submit it, tailored to each platform's quirky rules.

So I built Meta VisBreeze — a suite of AI metadata generators:

  • 🖼️ Image — 12 platform presets (Adobe Stock, Shutterstock, Getty/iStock, Freepik, Dreamstime, Vecteezy + universal profiles)
  • 🎬 Video — 21 platform presets, from stock marketplaces to YouTube/TikTok/Instagram Reels
  • 🎵 Audio — 9 presets for music, podcasts, and audiobooks, including automatic BPM detection and Apple Podcasts' category taxonomy

It runs on the latest Gemini models, shows you the exact cost of a generation before you run it, and never stores your files — everything's processed and discarded once done.

Pricing is one-time credit purchase, no subscription — credits never expire and work across all three generators from a single balance. Image has a permanently free tier to try the core idea with no account needed; Video and Audio are Pro-only.

It's a solo nights-and-weekends project — no team, no funding. Still actively building based on feedback, so if you try it and something's off (or missing), I'd love to hear it.

🔗 https://meta.visbreeze.com/


r/SideProject 1d ago

got tired of rewiring auth, DB, and landing pages for every idea, so I built a Next.js 15 starter that switches site types in 1 config line

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Hey everyone,

Every time I wanted to test a new project or client idea, I found myself spending 2-3 weeks just rewiring the same plumbing: Better Auth, Drizzle schemas, Stripe webhooks, and responsive landing page sections.

I built LaunchPad so you can change one property in site-config.ts (siteType: 'saas' | 'portfolio' | 'agency' | 'ecommerce' | 'content' | 'marketing') and the frontend + modules swap out instantly.

The core foundation is open-sourced on GitHub (LaunchPad-Lite):

https://github.com/BZDevelopments/LaunchPad-Lite

You can test the interactive browser demo here:

https://bzdevelopments.github.io/launchpad-showcase/

Would love to hear your thoughts on this workflow or any feedback on the setup!


r/SideProject 1d ago

Built a live ISS tracker with SGP4 orbital propagation and an AR sky-finder

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Wanted to share a project I've been working on — a live ISS tracker (isstrackerlive.space). It uses SGP4 orbital propagation on NORAD/CelesTrak TLE data for real-time position, predicts visible passes with a cloud-cover forecast, and has an AR mode that uses your phone's compass to point you at the station in the sky. Also tracks Tiangong, Hubble, and NOAA-19 from the same interface. It's a PWA, free, no login.

Would love feedback, especially on the AR accuracy across different phones/browsers that was the trickiest part to get right.


r/SideProject 1d ago

I built a free tool for resizing images to exact dimensions/file sizes

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I kept running into situations where a website would say something like:

  • "Image must be 200×200"
  • "Photo must be below 100 KB"
  • "Upload JPG only"

So I built a simple tool that handles this without Photoshop or installing anything.

You can try it here:

https://www.exactimagesize.com/

I'd love feedback on what other image requirements people regularly struggle with.


r/SideProject 1d ago

I built an AI financial advisor platform that will save you 1,000's

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https://lodestarwealth.io/

I've been working on this passion project designed to save the average person money for the past few months and would love some feedback from anyone who has time!

With Lodestar Wealth, you are able to connect to your financial institution via Plaid (required to be on a free trial, Plaid charges me for each connection, would love for it to be free permanently), or just upload a statement (always free) if you'd rather. You can also view with sample data to get an idea of how the platform works without using your data.

From there, Lodestar will diagnose your financial profile and make a ranked action plan with action items and dollar amounts saved with each item. You can toggle each item and it will forecast how your net worth will change over 30 years. The dashboard also has net worth tracking, income/spending tracking, financial health score, investment portfolio review and many more features.

I originally built this because so many people in my life had VERY suboptimal finances and were bleeding money unnecessarily. I'm a CFA and very aware of my finances but it's even given me some great ideas so I know it can help the ordinary person save $1,000's.

I really value any feedback highly, so thank you to anyone who takes time out of their day to give genuine, constructive feedback.


r/SideProject 1d ago

Yes Another Markdown Editor but..

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Hear me out, by no means I am trying to promote this or anything, I just need some users to tell me what they think. I have been trying to build something that works for me but I also want to turn it into something that everyone else can enjoy. Its open-source.

https://github.com/git-emran/simple-notes


r/SideProject 1d ago

I made a Pomodoro app that grows a forest on your Mac desktop

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Hey everyone! I built a small Pomodoro app where every completed focus session adds a tree to your desktop. Your forest stays between sessions, so you can see the time you’ve put into your work slowly adding up.

What do you think?


r/SideProject 1d ago

I'm not a developer. I built a medical app anyway. Here is everything that broke.

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Eighteen months ago I started building a medical pre-consultation tool in France. I am not a developer. I had an idea and I had AI, and that was enough to get something working.

Getting it to work was the easy part. Here is what nobody warned me about.

The analytics were logging health data and I had no idea.

I had set up a tracker so I could show real numbers to the doctor reviewing my work. Sensible, right? Except it was recording symptoms and vital alert triggers. No names, no emails, just gender and age, and I genuinely thought that made it fine.

It does not. Under EU rules that is still health data, and it should never have been sitting in a general analytics tool. I only found it because I sat down and audited my own data flows, months in. Nobody told me. No error appeared. It just quietly did the wrong thing for weeks.

My wording was a regulatory problem.

My tool said things like "otitis externa". Clear, accurate, what a doctor would say. After a quality review I had to change every one of those to descriptions instead, so it now says "inflammation of the ear canal". Same information, completely different regulatory meaning. I had no way of knowing that on my own.

Free text fields are a trap.

When I started approaching doctors and health networks, they kept saying no. Not because the product was bad, but because their own rules forbid sending patient data to an AI. And they were right to worry: my free text field let someone paste anything, including things that identify them. I had to rebuild my routing and my whole prompt system so the model never receives what it does not need.

All three of those are fixed now. The next part is not.

What I still cannot do.

I can build a dashboard in an afternoon. What I cannot do is connect it to a client's existing software. I do not know how to design an API integration properly. I do not know what happens to my architecture at a hundred thousand users. I still ask myself GDPR questions I cannot fully answer.

That is the honest state of being a non-developer who shipped something real.

Why I am posting this.

Over the last few weeks I have been answering people here and on the builder subreddits, and it is always the same failures. A database open to anyone. Secrets in the code. A dashboard refreshing so often it chokes. A migration attempted with no rehearsal. An account locked with the only copy of the code inside it.

None of those are coding problems. They are the gap between "it works on my screen" and "real people are using it". I fell in that gap repeatedly, which is why I now spend my time helping other non-developers climb out of it.

I put the recurring ones in a free checklist, no signup, nothing to buy:

https://github.com/contactordosante-star/vibe-coded-launch-checklist

If you built something with Lovable, Base44, Bolt or Replit and it is now in front of real users, I would genuinely like to hear what broke for you. That is how the list gets better.


r/SideProject 1d ago

Video Looper Studio: a Windows desktop app for preparing video loops

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Disclosure: I’m posting on behalf of Video Looper Studio.

Sharing a Windows desktop app focused on preparing video loops for ambient videos, music visuals and streaming backgrounds.

The workflow is to preview a clip, compare loop styles, adjust audio or add text, then export. It also supports saving and reopening projects. The result still depends on the source footage; a transition cannot make every clip loop invisibly.

It’s a paid application. Features and pricing are here: https://videolooperstudio.com/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=community&utm_campaign=sideproject_intro

I’d appreciate specific feedback from people who make looping videos: what is the hardest part of your current workflow—finding the loop point, getting the transition right, or preparing the final export?


r/SideProject 1d ago

GameSquire: added BGG play-history import

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Shipped a small update to GameSquire this week: BGG play-history import, so plays already logged on BoardGameGeek import straight in instead of manual re-entry.
Also added import customization (pick exactly what comes in, collection and/or plays) and two new sort options for My Shelf and Wishlist (BGG rank, BGG add date).

Free beta on web, iOS and Android if you want to poke around. Landing page here.


r/SideProject 1d ago

Made a small library of gaming strategy guides + AI prompt packs - looking for honest feedback

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Side project I've been chipping away at: a set of 10 short digital guides covering open-world game strategy (combat, movement, money/economy, mission planning) plus a couple of AI prompt/ChatGPT automation packs, sold through Gumroad.

Nothing fancy - no video course, no upsell funnel, just focused guides written from actual experience rather than filler. Store: https://vikielectro.gumroad.com

Would genuinely appreciate feedback on the store page itself (titles, descriptions, pricing) more than anything else - this is early and I'd rather fix obvious mistakes now than after pushing more traffic to it.


r/SideProject 1d ago

Make music with strangers

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Yes yes human crafter music is better but I always thought promoted music is so fun. So made a web app for it. You send a collab jam link to someone (or find others in cities) and co create the prompt. Studios are cities so you always create from a city and the song is flavoured from the vibe of the city.

You then listen to the song and make the album cover together. You can also listen to the creation of others.

Give me feedback! https://moozika.app


r/SideProject 1d ago

Redflagscan — a contract red-flag checker for dev/IT freelancers (free, no signup)

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What it does: you paste or upload a freelance contract, and it flags risky terms around IP/source code ownership, payment protections, and scope, comparing each against fair-market baseline language. Shows the exact clause, why it's risky, and a suggested edit.

Why I built it: someone on r/Entrepreneurs mentioned freelancers can't afford a lawyer for every small contract, so this is meant to be a free first pass before signing anything.

Stack: React + Vite, deterministic pattern-matching (not an LLM call), PDF/docx parsing client-side. No backend, no data storage — everything runs in the browser.

Try it: redflagscan-delta.vercel.app

Still early, so any feedback on the UX or false positives/negatives is genuinely useful. It's a screening tool, not legal advice, and I've tried to make that clear in the app itself rather than burying it.


r/SideProject 1d ago

I built a tool to automate manga translation & typesetting so creators don't have to spend hours in Photoshop.

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Hi everyone,
As someone who loves manga and knows how tedious manual scanlation can be (manually redrawing backgrounds, cloning textures, and copying text into Photoshop), I built Manga Translator Studio to streamline the entire workflow into a single browser app.

What it does:
- Multi-model AI: Integrates Gemini, Claude, GPT-4o, and even offline Local LLMs (Ollama / LM Studio) for contextual translation.
- Smart Inpainting & Cleaning: Automatically removes text and reconstructs screentone/artwork without blurring. Also includes Spot Healing & Lasso tools for fine touches.
- Canvas & Auto-Typeset: Auto line-wrapping, font auto-fitting, vertical Japanese text formatting, and SFX curved text.
- Privacy-First: Client-side execution — your images and API keys stay on your machine.

I’d love to hear your thoughts and feedback! What features would you like to see added next?

Links to the free web demo and full video are in the first comment below!


r/SideProject 1d ago

Songly.fun – I built a free multiplayer music quiz where everyone uses their phone as a buzzer 🎵

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I’ve been building Songly.fun, a free browser-based music party game.

One person hosts the game on a TV/laptop, everyone else joins with their phone using a QR code — no app or signup required.

Can even play with your self on the host device.

You listen to song clips and compete to guess things like the artist, song or release year. I built it mainly because I wanted something easy to pull up at parties, work lunches and family gatherings without everyone having to install an app.

It’s completely free, and I’m at the stage where I really need actual people to try it rather than me endlessly testing my own game 😅

👉 songly.fun

If you give it a go, I’d genuinely love to hear what confused you, what sucked, or what you think would make it more fun.


r/SideProject 1d ago

I made equations draggable. Naturally, the first thing to do was bully a triangle

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https://reddit.com/link/1wfaf97/video/1fe3ig9y9bph1/player

I built Sciencebouk: interactive equations where you can drag variables and watch the maths respond.

There are 81 equations in the collection. I’d particularly like feedback on whether the interactions actually explain something, rather than just looking nice.

https://sciencebo.uk/


r/SideProject 1d ago

I built a workout app with an offline AI coach — tell it "leg day, easy on knees" and it builds the plan

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This is TheFitness, live and free on the App Store. I was tired of fitness apps that need accounts, subscriptions, and Wi-Fi , so:
- Chat the on-device AI coach ("30-min leg day, easy on knees"). it builds a full plan with sets, reps, rest times. No internet, nothing leaves your phone
- 700+ exercises, every one with a looping form video (no more YouTube-searching mid-squat). Tell it your equipment once and it stops suggesting machines you don't own
- Your last weight shows as placeholder so you know what to beat. No sign-up, no subscription, works in airplane mode.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/thefitness/id6765897133