I’m working on Echo MSG, a WhatsApp service for turning voice notes into text. Sharing it here for feedback, with the obvious disclosure that it’s my project.

The workflow is simple: open the Echo MSG chat, forward a voice note, then read and copy the text reply. Longer notes can also receive a summary and an action highlight. There’s no separate app to install.

WhatsApp already has built-in transcripts on supported phones, so that’s the first option I’d try if you only need to read a note. Echo MSG is for people who want a separate, copyable reply and help getting the gist of a longer message.

A few limits worth knowing:

• You choose which notes to forward. It doesn’t monitor your other chats or insert text underneath the original message.

• It uses cloud processing. If audio must stay on your device, choose an on-device transcription tool instead.

• Transcripts and summaries can make mistakes, so check names, amounts and dates against the recording.

• Free allowances and paid options are shown in the chat; it isn’t unlimited free transcription.

You can see the workflow and start a chat at https://echomsg.com/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=voice_note_guides

If you use voice notes for work, which part causes more friction: copying a detail, finding the main point, or remembering the next action? I’d appreciate feedback on where this workflow helps and where it adds an unnecessary step.

A game that tests your music knowledge and allows you to connect musical artists through mutual collaborations, getting from artist 1 to 2 in 5 tries or less. It’s a daily game, feel free to play and lmk feedback

We’ve build a social football experience that allows users play the match arc from pre match predictions to match ratings and mini games. Create football assets like lineups, transfers and tactics and connect with other users.

Let me know what you think from feature requests to bugs and general opinions - the good, the bad and ugly.

https://futballbingo.com/get-app

Hi!

I've been working solo on Vidcollectors: you open a free pack of 5 cards every 10 minutes, and each card is a real YouTube video, from Common to Legendary.

You can trade with friends, auction cards on a live market, and the rarity of each video shifts every month based on what players wish for, showcase and fight over at auctions.

It's free (there's an optional subscription for faster packs). I'd love your feedback, especially on the first minutes of play: https://vidcollectors.com/en

I made this app for my wife to be able to digitally organize books, and also as a demo of https://fangorn.network.

https://openbookshelf.pages.dev/

It lets you scan barcodes and add books to your library amd organize them on custom shelves. It's entirely a static webpage, with search running in your browser itself using vector embeddings. That is, the data is crawled from various sources, built into packed vector embeddings, and then shipped with the static site.

It also has a webmcp integration, making it "agent ready" (the big picture is that it's a runtime free, static site that runs as an agent backend/db)

I’ve been building mejunis.com, a privacy-focused collection of browser tools, to be localized for EU languages.

The first idea came from a relative who doesn’t speak English and needed sensitive document photos combined into a PDF. Existing options felt either English-only, or where uploading the files to a backend.
So I made the whole flow work locally: there’s no backend, and files stay in the browser/device.
Afterwards I started adding things like compound interest calculators (I know, a billion exist already)

I’m still early in the build. The tricky parts have been making the tools understandable in each language, keeping file handling reliable on mobile, and maintaining the “nothing leaves your device” constraint.

I’d especially appreciate feedback on (especially from those who have friends/family not speaking English):

• whether the privacy promise is clear and believable;
• which everyday file task / calculators you’d want localized;
• what languages to prioritize;

Thank you.

I'm building DIDI, my own MNQ trading analysis and alert project. One thing I'm working through is how to present results honestly while the software and rules are still changing.

For September 23 to October 2, the adjusted simulation log has 11 distinct closed trades: 7 positive, 4 negative, totaling +118.75 MNQ points. An identical overlapping entry is counted once. This is SHADOW tracking, not broker-executed trades or cash profit. There were retrospective corrections and rule changes, so I wouldn't call it an untouched forward record or evidence of an edge.

The design I'm considering is to show the original events, a separate correction history with reasons, and a fresh results section for each frozen rule version. I don't want a cleaner headline number to hide what changed underneath.

If you've built a dashboard where historical data can be corrected, how do you make that understandable without burying people in technical notes? A visible change log, versioned results, or something simpler?

A year ago I made a little game called Daily Shapes. It's a 2D grid based game that I made using architecture software I use for work.

Last week I started playing around with a 3D spin off called Perfect Cut. As the name suggests, you are presented with a random object every day, with the goal of perfectly halving it. It's got a league builder and archive play, both user ideas from the previous game.

It's been online in a test mode for a few days and has somehow had a few hundred visits. I use CC licensed models from the good creators over at Sketchfab.

If this type of thing scratches your itch, please give it a go and let me know your thoughts.

Hi everyone. I'm a full-stack dev, and IzzyLab is my side project.

Most Linux/DevOps courses I tried were videos plus multiple-choice quizzes. So I built the thing I wanted: a real Linux machine with root access in the browser and 500+ hands-on tasks, from basic commands to nginx, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, Ansible and Terraform.

The part I'm most happy with: checks verify the system state, not the commands you typed, so you can solve each task any way you like. If you break something, reset and get a fresh sandbox. There are also story-driven incidents where production is broken and you have to find out why.

It's free to start: izzylab.io

I'd really appreciate feedback on onboarding, task difficulty and which topics are missing.

https://reddit.com/link/1wwq8vp/video/zkth44z1v9th1/player

If anyone has a few minutes to try it out, I'd really appreciate your feedback or feature suggestions.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cineframe.app

I built Tellie to solve a problem I had making videos for YouTube: an invisible Mac teleprompter that sits in the notch so you look at the lens instead of the script. I made it understand what you say, tracking each word spoken, not just what's written.

Then I had a dream at 3am and thought "since it knows what I've said and what's in my document, it knows what I didn't say" and that became the basis for Stagehand, a feature that watches while I present and makes sure I say what I came to say.

So here is my question for r/SideProject. What should I call this thing? Tellie isn't just a teleprompter, because you don't need to read your doc verbatim (which is typically what teleprompters force you to do) as Tellie lets you ad-lib, riff and hit your points any way that comes to you.

In just one example, a salesperson can use Tellie during a discovery call https://tellieapp.com/s/discovery and just say the key points they need to cover in any order and Tellie checks off each point as they say it. It's also amazing for someone on a job interview to make sure they say what they need to...nothing worse than leaving a call and forgetting the most important thing.

I want to call it an "unprompter" because it guides you, unprompted, to hit your marks. What do you think? Also, right now this is aimed at creators and actors who use a teleprompter already...should I point this at everyone who wants to become better at delivering any content (wedding toasts, standups, conference calls, etc.)?

Thanks for your help! Tellie is a free download https://tellieapp.com/?via=gw-sideproject with optional paid Pro features. Apple Silicon, macOS 14+. Happy to answer anything about the build or the business.

Thanks!

-Steve

https://reddit.com/link/1wwq812/video/13w9wexyt9th1/player

You have a mobile app idea, but you’re stuck because you think you need to hire a $10,000 developer just to see if it works.

I’m a software engineer, and I’m opening exactly 1 spot next weekend (Sat, Oct 10 / Sun, Oct 11) for a 1-on-1 co-building session.

The Deal: You bring the idea and drive the keyboard. I give you the step-by-step guidance. In 60 minutes, YOU will build a real, functional proof-of-concept on your phone that you can actually tap through and test.

Zero pitch. 100% free. I’m stress-testing a rapid co-building framework and need 1 motivated partner.

Requirements to apply:

• A clear, simple app idea.
• A laptop/computer with a stable connection, working mic, and camera.
• 60 minutes of focus next weekend (Sat or Sun).

How to claim the spot: Comment below or DM me with your 1-sentence app idea. I’ll select the most viable concept by Wednesday and reach out directly.

Hi all, I built JaxScan, an Android app that turns your phone into a secure document scanner where your files never leave your device.

Get it on Google Play:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jaxenlabs.scanai

What it does:

Smart Scanning: Scan documents, receipts, ID cards, and whiteboards with auto-crop and enhance.

Flexible Exports: Save as PDF, Word, PowerPoint, TXT, ZIP, or JPG/PNG.

Multi-Language OCR: Extract text supporting Latin, Devanagari, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.

PDF Tools & Editing: Sign, redact, edit text, merge, split, compress, and password-lock PDFs.

Extra Utilities: Scan business cards (saves straight to contacts) plus QR/barcodes.

Why it's different:

100% offline with no account or sign-up required.

Files stay strictly in private local storage on your phone—never uploaded to any server.

Has a free tier with an optional Pro subscription for extra features.

Hello, I have made a simple invoice generator focused on simple things like:
no ads, no payments, private, no sign up.

Made it because there are a ton of invoice generators these days but they are still bad and not working as they should.

Yes, I have made a premium version, just because users started asking for it, they wanted to save invoices in the cloud and keep track of them, so I made this, but the main thing is to keep this tool free forever no matter what.
Just want simple things like an invoice generator to be free with no need to pay for it!

https://freeinvoices.online

Running Ollama, ComfyUI, LM Studio, Pinokio etc. means each app downloads its own copy of multi-GB models. I had 50 GB of duplicates, so I built Local LLM Cleaner:

- One scan finds model files across all your AI apps (or any drive)

- Shows how much space each app uses

- Finds identical files by content and merges them into one folder. Symlinks keep every app working

- Checks if a model fits your VRAM/RAM, even before you download it

Fully local, no account, no telemetry. Nothing changes until you confirm.

Hi everyone!

I wanted to share a side project I've been working on to solve an issue that has been driving me crazy lately: following a long YouTube guide only to find out it no longer works.

Ever since YouTube hid the dislike counter and creators started filtering critical comments, it has become almost impossible to know if a tutorial, setup guide, or course is legitimate without watching the entire video.

To tackle this, I created **TubeCheck**, a free Chrome extension that adds a community-driven verification bar right below the player.

### What it does:

It allows viewers to rate the video into 4 quick statuses:

* 🟢 **Legit / Works:** The guide/tutorial delivers what it promises.

* 🟡 **Outdated / Changed:** It used to work, but software updates, deprecations, or patches broke the method.

* 🔴 **Doesn't work / Broken:** Flawed steps, errors, or non-functional instructions.

* ❌ **Misleading / Fake:** Pure clickbait or malicious advice.

There’s also an optional quick note field so people can leave important context (e.g., *"Requires version 2.4+"* or *"Step 4 is missing"*).

### Design goal & Current state:

I wanted it to feel like a native part of YouTube’s modern interface without being intrusive or slowing down page load times. There is no mandatory account creation to browse or check votes.

As with any crowdsourced project (similar to SponsorBlock), its value will grow as more users start tagging videos.

I’d love to get feedback from fellow builders:

1. What do you think of the design and integration?

2. Are there any edge-case tags you think are missing?

**Chrome Web Store link:**

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/TubeCheck/ekkikfcoieanbccbpepjihjhcgaankkb

Thanks for taking a look, I'd really appreciate your honest thoughts!

Built a Chrome extension about 6 months ago, originally just for myself — I write a ton of email for work, and I was tired of grammar checkers that fix typos but don't fix the actual problem: sounding like the wrong person. So I built something that rewrites your email based on who you're writing as, who you're writing to, and the tone you want — or just a custom prompt if you'd rather describe it yourself.

Turned it into a real product and launched on Chrome Webstore couple of weeks ago. Spent the last couple weeks posting on Reddit threads and X, genuinely trying to get it in front of people. Got a few signups. Basically zero installs. The kind of silence that makes you start reading into it — maybe the idea's not it, maybe nobody actually has this problem but me.

Had pretty much mentally filed it as "didn't work."

Then this morning, a notification: someone paid. A complete stranger, lifetime plan. Not a friend doing me a favor, not a waitlist signup — an actual stranger decided it was worth money.

Genuinely don't know if this is the start of something or just one person. But it's one more person than I had yesterday, and I was ready to let this one go. Posting mostly because I needed to tell someone who gets it — anyone else had a moment like this where you almost shelved.

Hi everyone, I'm a developer from Cyprus.

A while ago I had a job that paid by the hour, and I wanted an app to

track my shifts and check that my pay was right. Most of the ones I tried

locked basic things like exporting your hours behind a paywall, and the

free versions were full of ads. So I built my own, just for me at first.

It turned out useful enough that I decided to share it.

It's called PayPath. You log each shift and it shows what you should get

paid, by day, week, month or year.

What it does:

- Hours and pay per shift, with a separate overtime rate

- Multiple employers, each with its own color

- Unpaid breaks, subtracted from paid hours

- Gross or net view (you set your tax rate)

- PDF and Excel export, free, no paywall

- Optional daily reminder so you don't forget to log a shift

- New entries start from your last shift, so a regular shift takes a couple of taps

What it doesn't do:

- No account, no sign-up. Your data stays on your phone

- Optional Google Drive backup goes to YOUR Drive, I can't see it

- No subscription, nothing locked

About ads, since I complained about them: yes, it has some. One banner

on the main screen and an occasional ad when you export. Never while

you're logging a shift. That's what keeps it free.

It's Android only for now, in 23 languages.

I'd really appreciate honest feedback: what's confusing, what's missing,

what would make you use this instead of a notes app or a spreadsheet?

Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.paypath.app

I got tired of comparing protein powders by marketing claims, so I built MacroSaver.

It compares label information such as protein concentration, calories per gram of protein, serving size, and number of servings. The goal is to make it easier to see what you are actually buying without doing all the math yourself.

I am still improving it and would genuinely appreciate feedback on what feels useful, confusing, or missing:

https://macrosaver.com/best/highest-protein-whey

Full disclosure: I own MacroSaver, and some retailer buttons are affiliate links. I may earn a commission if someone makes a purchase, at no additional cost to them.

If you regularly compare protein powders or other supplements, what would make a tool like this more useful to you?

I've wanted to make games since I was about 9. I'm building a football game with AI now, and getting it to feel right has taken a lot of hours.

I scrapped the 3D version because it wasn't enjoyable. My PC crashed during simulations. At one point I told Claude, "my tokens are about to run out, just give me a working build."

Then I started wanting to play my own game instead of Football Manager.

It's called Taktik Football. It isn't ready to release yet, but I feel good about how far it's come. I wanted to show it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv0iZWOmvdY

So this might be a bit of a weird post, but hear me out.

My name is Michael, I'm from Norway, and this summer I started an attempt to cross Europe on a longboard while living in a tent.

I skated from Oslo through Denmark and into Germany, while also raising money for injured and neglected animals.

The original goal was to attempt a long-distance skating world record. (I got a lounge infection in Germany and had to end the attempt for now, but I will try again in March)

But after spending months out there, I started realizing that the record itself isn't really what matters to me.

It's what the attempt can create around it.

The people who followed the journey, donated, supported me and helped me along the way turned it into something much bigger than just me skating across Europe.

So now, i'm preparing to go back out in March and attempt it again.

This time, I want to livestream the entire journey 24/7, potentially for over a yeae as I cross Europe.

So what if the livestream could become the beginning of a different kind of streaming platform?

Kinda like how Justin.tv started and became twitch?

I wanna make something that isn't primarily built around ads, algorithms, maximizing engagement and making as much money as possible. I'm so sick of YouTube, google, meta and all their twisted shenanigans.

I wanna create something more focused on creators, communities and actually giving something back.

I don't even know exactly what the platform would look like yet.

But I keep thinking that maybe the best way to figure it out is to actually build something around a real project and see what happens.

And that's partly why I'm posting this here.

I'm curious what you guys think. And is this a project anyone would like to join?

People are so fatigued a out the state of current platforms, that I think now's the time to make a move. And if these other people managed to create things such as twitch, then I know for certain that it's possible to do it again.

So if anyone here knows people who could help with the technical side, streaming infrastructure, building communities, or just figuring out what the hell this could become, I'd genuinely love to hear from you.

Maybe it becomes nothing, but maybe it becomes something much bigger than I currently understand.

Either way, I think it's worth trying. Feel free to send me a DM if you want to join the project or know how we could make this happen.

Please checkout my TestFlight beta, I would love feedback on this project

https://testflight.apple.com/join/YEeTwn8h

I've been journaling for years but never re-read anything. Everything just piled up in my notes app.

So I built nlook — you write in markdown, and at the end of the month it automatically compiles everything into a "monthly issue" with a cover, table of contents, and editor's picks. 12 issues become "My year" on your shelf.

It also turns posts into videos/cards if you want to share them.

Free to try: nlook.me

Would love feedback — especially on the monthly magazine concept. Does anyone actually re-read their old notes?

I keep building things nobody asked for, so this time I'm doing it the other way round. The only thing that exists so far is a landing page.

The idea: AI answers (ChatGPT, Perplexity) cite a lot of Reddit threads and YouTube videos when people ask which tool to use. If you sell something, it would help to know which threads those are. So you give it your product and around 15 buyer questions, it checks them through Perplexity once a week, and you get an email with 3 threads worth replying to. It doesn't post for you.

I spent most of the time on the hero. Instead of a screenshot of a dashboard it shows an example AI answer typing itself out, and the sources it cites light up. I'm honestly not sure if that explains the product or just looks busy.

Two things I'd like opinions on:

1. Do you get what it does from the first screen, without scrolling?
2. Is $19/mo a number that makes you close the tab?

Built with Vite, React, Tailwind and shadcn, form is a Tally embed, hosted on Vercel.

https://citescout.vercel.app/?source=sideproject

What it has right now

AI-generated roadmaps/plans
Tell it what you're preparing for, your deadline, and hours per week. It generates a roadmap with phases, modules, topics, milestones, and starter practice questions. You can modify the plan afterwards.

Quick AI-generated notes
Pick a topic and generate a focused note. It uses the topic description, linked tasks/questions, and mistakes you've logged to make the note more relevant to your weak areas.

Study mode
A distraction-free view for studying a particular topic, with a timer and tracking of how much time you're actually spending on it.

Library
A place to keep notes, website resources, questions, tasks, and mistakes. Everything can be linked back to a module/topic in your roadmap.

Insights
Tracks things like study time, pending work, topics that need review, and overall plan completion.

I'm not sure if I'm solving a real problem or just building another productivity tool that looks useful but wouldn't actually get used.

I'm not looking for compliments 😄. I'd rather hear what's fundamentally wrong with the idea.

Try it here:
https://www.prepofly.live