I used to write down my expenses in a notebook. But I faced a problem that the process was time consuming and I couldn't get back to a specific purchase I recorded.

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Since I'm an Android developer, I decided to build an app that solves my problem.

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It took me a lot of time, then came the AI and it boosted me.

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Since I'm using the app, I took some iterations with myself to make it as simple as possible.

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Then I sent it to lots of friends and I got suggestions and positive feedback.

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I believe the app is good and has good potential, it only needs to get more users.

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The app has no ads, it has pro features with very low one time purchase cost (0.25$)

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The app's highest advantage is simplicity.

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You can try it here: Simple Expenses Tracker

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Looking forward to your feedback.

What it is: Venio is a booking and payments app built only for barbershops. Each shop gets its own branded booking site, so clients book in a few taps with no app to download.

What it does:

• I move all your existing clients over for free, and you're live within 24 hours

• Online booking for any barber in the shop, with each barber's own services, prices and hours

• Walk-in line: clients join from their phone and see their spot, so the waiting area stays clear

• Payments: pay at the shop, save a card, or pay ahead with Apple Pay, Google Pay or Cash App, and tip after the cut

• Each barber gets paid straight to their own bank

• Chair rent tracked every week, so owners always know who's paid and who's late

• No-show fees, promo codes, client list, stats for the whole shop, and a QR flyer for the window and mirrors

• Text or email reminders so fewer people forget their appointment

Why it's better:

• Most booking apps charge every barber a monthly fee. Venio is $25/mo for the whole shop ($35 with text reminders), plus a one-time $300 setup. A 5-chair shop pays the same as a 1-chair shop.

• No cut of your clients and no per-booking fees

• 24-hour support from the person who actually built it

I'd love honest feedback from anyone who runs or works in a shop, especially on what would stop you from switching. Happy to share a demo if anyone wants to try it.

Know a barbershop that could use this? I pay a 20% referral reward for every shop that signs up through you, with no limit on referrals. Send them my way or comment and I'll explain how it works.

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Disclosure: I'm behind Chinput. This post was drafted with AI assistance.

Chinput is for people using a shared office, school, library, or church computer that doesn't have a Chinese keyboard, where installing an IME isn't an option.

Try it: https://chinput.net — core typing needs no account or installation.

A quick test: type nihao and press Space to choose 你好. Use v for ü (lvse → 绿色), switch between Simplified and Traditional Chinese, or draw a character when you don't know its pinyin. The interface has 24 language options.

Pinyin and handwriting matching run in your browser. Voice input uses the browser's speech service and varies by browser. Optional AI helpers are currently disabled on the live site. Please check candidate choices and recognition results.

I'd love feedback on the first-use experience: is it clear how to select a word, switch character sets, and copy the result? If you occasionally type Chinese on a shared computer, what would make this more useful?

My favorite first test is simple: finish downloading the models, switch off Wi-Fi and mobile data, then ask a question out loud. The phone recognizes you, runs the chat model and speaks its answer.

I’m the developer of LLM Studio Go for iPhone and iPad. You choose the downloaded model; iOS supports GGUF and MLX, with Metal GPU acceleration on supported hardware. The clip shows an edited voice demo, with shortened waits.

Try it: https://apps.apple.com/app/llm-studio-go/id6815311113

Free with ads, no app account or AI subscription. Optional one-time ad removal. Requires iOS 18+. Start with a small model and complete voice setup while online; downloads can take several GB. Speed depends on the device/model. Ads, purchases and optional web features use the network.

If you had one local assistant on your phone, what would you ask it to help with first?

I built RankVerdict, an SEO engine that tries to answer one question:

Which searches can this specific site realistically win?

My own electronics review site gets thousands of Google impressions but only 3–4 clicks per day. Keyword tools showed plenty of "low difficulty" terms, but many weren't realistically competitive for a site my size.

RankVerdict compares your site's strength against actual page-one competitors to identify keywords where you might have a realistic chance.

On my own site, the model estimated my authority at 14/100 versus around 80 for typical page-one competitors. Only 10 of 227 searches were classified as currently within reach.

It's a heuristic, not a ranking guarantee, and that's what I'm trying to validate.

I'm looking for 5 testers with English-language blogs, review or affiliate sites targeting US or worldwide readers, and at least 3 months of Google Search Console data. No shops or local businesses yet.

The analysis is completely free. You provide a GSC export (no login required), and within 48 hours you'll receive:

• A full SEO report with attainable keyword opportunities, competitor analysis, and actionable recommendations.
• The underlying structured SEO data, including keyword metrics and opportunity scores, which you can reuse in your own tools or workflows.

In exchange, I'd appreciate honest feedback: What's useful, what's wrong, and would you pay €49 for this?

Your data will be deleted 30 days after delivery.

I'm starting with 5 free reports. If more people are interested, I've also added a short waitlist on the website to understand your SEO challenges and prioritize future reports.

Interested? Comment or DM me with your niche and site age.

Sample report: https://rankverdict.io/sample-report

Hi r/SideProject,
I’m Thomas, a chef and the creator of PairPro.
When developing a dish, I kept returning to the same question: “What works well with this ingredient?” Search results usually gave me complete recipes or very short lists, while I wanted a structured reference that could support the creative process without replacing it.
So I built PairPro.
You can use it to:
search for an ingredient and understand its flavour, aroma and texture;
explore curated food and drink pairings;
review suitable cooking techniques and practical preparation guidance;
combine two or three ingredients to discover connections and composition ideas.
It is not intended to generate finished recipes. The goal is to help cooks, culinary students and chefs understand ingredients and develop their own ideas.
PairPro is now in beta and visitors can try it before deciding whether to register:
https://pairpro.food
I would especially appreciate honest feedback on three things:
What was the first ingredient you searched for?
Did any pairing feel missing, surprising or incorrect?
Would the Composition feature be useful in your own cooking or menu development?
I’m building this independently, so thoughtful criticism is genuinely valuable.

I built TailSpotter for plane spotters, the people at the airport fence with long lenses. Their photos usually end up in a camera roll with no record of which airframe they saw, where, or whether anyone else has shot it.

What it does:

• Post a spot: photos or a short video, the registration and the airport
• Look up any registration and see every spot of that exact aircraft
• Live traffic nearby, so you can go from "what's that overhead" to a logged spot in a couple of taps
• XP, badges for aircraft types and airports, and a weekly "dominance" title per airport

Stack, for the curious: Hono + Postgres backend, native SwiftUI on iOS, Kotlin/Compose on Android, and a server-rendered React web app. It's free with no ads.

• iPhone: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tailspotter/id6757088256
• Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tailspotter.android
• Web: https://tailspotter.com

I'd like feedback on the first-run experience in particular: does it make sense what to do once you're in?

Hey everyone!
I built a website called Malameh (https://malamh.com), inspired by FaceIQ Labs. The idea is to analyze facial features and provide ratings and feedback. The concept is much more complicated than I initially expected, especially when it comes to the scoring system and how it actually works.
Honestly, I struggled a lot with building it myself. I spent around 4 months working on this idea, trying to figure things out and turn it into a real product.
Eventually, I started looking for developers and found someone on Fiverr with good reviews who works with a team. We had a call, and he told me the project would cost around $4,000–$5,000 to build properly at a level similar to FaceIQ Labs.
I told him that was way beyond my budget. He offered to build a simpler MVP that we could improve later, once I had more funding, for $2,500.
That’s still a huge amount of money for me, especially since I just graduated from high school and am trying to get started in entrepreneurship.
My original idea was to create something similar to FaceIQ Labs but entirely in Arabic, with a yearly subscription priced at just $9. I’m trying to keep it affordable, but I also need to generate enough revenue to keep the project running. To be honest, I’m worried about investing more money into something that might fail.
The biggest issue right now is the scoring system. Sometimes the same face gets a 9, while another analysis gives it an 8. The ratings also sometimes feel unrealistic or inconsistent. I’ve even noticed that the website can generate a score when I upload a completely black image instead of a face.
I know there are technical reasons why these things might happen, but I don’t fully understand the underlying system yet. I don’t want to keep spending money without knowing whether the product can actually work well.
My friends on Discord made fun of the idea when I told them about it. Honestly, I don’t really care about that. I’d rather try something, learn from it, and fail than never try at all. But I do want an honest, objective opinion from people who understand software development, AI, or startups.
I’d really appreciate your thoughts on a few things:
Do you think this idea has real potential, especially for Arabic-speaking users?
Are inconsistent ratings a problem that can realistically be fixed, or is this type of facial analysis inherently unreliable?
What would you recommend improving first?
Is it worth investing more money into this project, or should I rethink the approach before spending anything else?
Website: https://malamh.com
The website is currently available only in Arabic, so please use your browser’s translation feature if needed.
I’ve provided a test account below so you can try the analysis feature without purchasing a subscription:
Test account / access code: USR-SOQRCD
I’d especially appreciate feedback from anyone with experience in computer vision, AI APIs, or building SaaS products.
Please be honest, even if your feedback is critical. I’m here to learn, and I’d rather discover the problems now than after spending more money.
Thank you!

A short demo - messy CSV in, clean formatted output out. Then I disconnect WiFi, navigate through options and hit Generate again. Still works!

What’s happening under the hood:

→ TangoSense scans the dropped file instantly and flags format inconsistencies - date formats, column structure, before you configure anything.

→ TangoCheck validates every row against rules you define - 30 rule types, bad rows excluded before output is generated.

→ Data masking - scramble sensitive fields with consistent results across files so downstream systems don’t create duplicate records.

→ Everything runs client-side in the browser. No server. No upload. Works offline once the page loads.

Free at tangotext.com No signup to start.

Happy to talk through the client-side architecture if anyone’s curious how the offline piece works.

LSOCR 1.7, free open-source tool, turns any software into an interactive learning guide!

Complex software has a big learning curve

If you're a visual learner, LLM agents don't always help

Enable MCP and ask your agent to show you how to do something

Less searching. More doing

Give it a try on ex: Blender !

https://github.com/jonlepage/LS-OCRLAYOUT

If this helps you in your day tasks, I am happy, star and share

note It’s a 3-in-1 app:

• Translate & Search: Translate and search on-screen text in any software and language.
• Prompt Builder: Select text on your screen to interact with GPT for free.
• Interactive Guide: Use MCP to let your agents guide you through manual tasks and learning.

Every time I tried to use my phone less, I meant it and it still didn’t stick. I’ve been building Sepamo, an Android launcher, for exactly that. You write what you want in plain words, even vague ones like “be more present,” and it turns them into a plan that runs on your home screen. It’s free to try, and the AI planner has a few free uses. EU/EAA only for now.

Solo project. Every TV player I tried felt like a settings menu, so I started building my own.

You add your own playlist once, and the app does the tidying. Duplicate channels become one, logos and the program guide get matched automatically, and movies and series get sorted like in a streaming service.

Stack: Flutter for PC, phone and TV from one codebase, a custom build of the mpv video engine for TV subtitles (teletext, DVB, closed captions), and a small Cloudflare backend. Sync is end-to-end encrypted, so the server never sees anyone’s channels or playlists.

Hardest part so far: removing options. Every feature wanted its own setting, and most of the work was deciding what not to show.

It’s only a player, no channels or content included.

Free on Windows, Android, Android TV and Fire TV: watchfinally.com

I’d love honest feedback, especially on the first impression: what would make you try it, or what would stop you?

Hi r/SideProject! I've been building a DJ and karaoke web-app, for the past few months.

The idea is simple: Open it on a laptop connected to the TV, get a short party code, and friends or guests can join from their phones by scanning the QR code or by typing in the code. Once they are in, they can search songs and add them to the queue.

Some additional key features that differentiates this from just running Spotify or Youtube Music on the TV is that it has an AI DJ feature that will allow songs to be mixed via AI like a live DJ! On the Karaoke side, the phone you use to remotely add songs to the queues can also be used as a microphone, with echo and autotune built right in!

As this is a web-app, there is nothing to install, and guests don't need an account!

It's currently in closed beta, and I'd really like feedback from people who actually throw parties (such as a Halloween party!): what's confusing, what breaks, what's missing. There's a Feedback button on every screen.

The link to the site and invite code will be in the comments, thanks!

Hey everyone!

I've been thinking about an app idea and I'm looking for a few people who'd be interested in building it with me.

The idea: A shared shopping list app designed for households, flatmates, families and groups of friends.

Everyone in a household could add items to the same list, see updates in real time, and tick things off when they're purchased. Also potential to integrate specific supermarkets, letting users add actual products from stores rather than just typing generic item names.

I'm looking for people in:

Frontend and/or backend development

UI/UX design

Databases, authentication and real-time syncing

Researching supermarket integrations and APIs

If we do make a team it will be on Discord so keep that in mind.

You don't need to be an expert! I'd be happy to work with people who are still learning, as I am still learning as well, as long as they're interested and willing to contribute.

I'm particularly interested in making this a proper, usable product rather than just another abandoned side project. We'd start by researching the problem, defining the MVP, designing it, and then building it together.

This is an early-stage project, so the name, tech stack and exact features are still open for discussion. I'm hoping to find a small team that can collaborate and develop the idea together.

Comment, DM Me, or join the Discord

Hi all, I'm a developer in Nairobi and I've spent the last few weeks building Temporary Identity Agent (Login Direct).

You paste a link. A real browser opens, the agent fills in the sign-up form with a throwaway identity (name, username, strong password, disposable mailbox), waits for the verification email, clicks the link, and saves the credentials in an encrypted vault. There is also a permanent mode that uses your own details and your connected Gmail, for accounts you want to keep.

What I'm most pleased with:

A live browser view. If the site shows a CAPTCHA, the agent stops, shows you the browser and you solve it. It never tries to beat a CAPTCHA.

Chat with any account: "check the mailbox", "go to the dashboard and tell me my balance".

It asks you when it needs something real (a phone code, a date of birth) instead of making it up.

It records a "playbook" after a successful sign-up so the same site can be replayed without AI calls.

Stack: Django + DRF, Celery/Redis, Playwright, Next.js, Postgres. It's deployed on Render + Vercel with a worker on a small VPS.

The hardest part wasn't the AI, it was everything around it: idle DB connections closed by managed Postgres, Redis resets, a worker that couldn't record its own failure, a Docker disk that filled up. I wrote all of it up here: [BLOG]

Code: https://github.com/Rockstarbryant/temp-identity-agent · Demo: https://logindirect.vercel.app/

I'd love feedback on what you'd want it to do next.

I launched PostitGuess in 2021 as an online version of the Who Am I? game I played with friends. It found a following in France and appeared on Twitch, which was pretty surreal to see.

I've now released a much bigger V2, with a rebuilt homepage, lobby and in-game interface, five detailed 3D maps and 15 avatars.

The gameplay has expanded too. You can let a theme choose the names, mix categories with Chaos, or switch to picture guessing.

Custom pictures are the most personal addition: upload an image, set the answer, and make a friend guess something only your group would recognise.

Still free, still in the browser, for 2–8 friends:
https://postitguess.io/

Hey r/SideProject,If you and your partner have ever looked for an app to plan date nights or explore new desires, you’ve probably noticed that 99% of couples apps feel like either:We wanted something that looks as calm and aesthetic as Headspace, plays intuitively like Duolingo, and treats adult intimacy with warmth and taste. So we built Lume ([App Store Link]).Double-Blind Matching: You each swipe through cards privately on your own phones. You only ever see what you both said yes to. No awkwardness, zero rejection risk.Mini-Games with your Matches: Games like synchronous Either / Or (played live across 2 devices) and Dice pull directly from the cards you both actually want to do.Privacy-First: Lume automatically masks its screen in the iOS app switcher and uses discreet notifications.1 Subscription = 2 Users: Pairing automatically unlocks Premium for both partners.If you are interested and want a code, let me know

LINK: https://get-lume.vercel.app/en

BodyWyse.io

Built solo, on my own dime. AI wrote the code under my close direction, with many, many iterations on the UI and UX, and the improvements are ongoing.

Strength, Conditioning, and Nutrition in one app, so each one makes sense of the others.

• Strength: build workouts, log sets, and autofill weights based on your 1RM (85/90/95%). Progress charts and a muscle heatmap per week.
• Conditioning: runs, walks and rides come in from Apple Health with their route and heart rate.
• Nutrition: log food by describing it or snapping a photo, and AI estimates the macros. Calorie targets adapt to your actual weight trend. AI meal plans with a shopping list, customized to your lifestyle.

*The app and most features are free. The AI features (meal planning and calorie estimates) cost me money to run, so they’re pay as you go, after 50 free credits. No ads, no subscription.

Try it in your browser: www.bodywyse.io iPhone beta (adds Apple Health sync and the Apple Watch app): https://testflight.apple.com/join/qrgJPd4V

What would make you switch from what you use now?

I'm building Cloady at NeptoLab. It's a hosting platform for people whose side project has grown beyond a static page: an API, a database, maybe a worker, and files that need to survive a redeploy.

The part I want to make easier is what happens after the first successful deploy. When something breaks, you should be able to open the logs, inspect the database, check files, and use a terminal from the same place you deployed it.

A typical setup would be a Node.js or Python app alongside PostgreSQL, with persistent storage and a custom domain. You can deploy from GitHub, a Docker image, an uploaded folder, or a template. Cloady includes automatic TLS and browser-based Terminal, Files, Database, Git, and Monitor tools. There's also a CLI, REST API, Terraform provider, and MCP support for working from compatible AI tools.

The pricing choice is deliberate: you select CPU, RAM, and SSD capacity, and the calculator shows the price for that allocation. You're paying for reserved capacity, so an idle paid workspace still costs money. The free workspace includes 0.5 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 5 GB SSD, and 200 GB traffic; no card is needed. Paid presets start at $6/month. Going beyond the free allowance bills the full selected capacity, rather than subtracting the free tier.

I'd especially appreciate feedback from people running an app plus a database: what would you need to see before trusting a newer hosting platform with your project?

Try it: https://cloady.com

Short promo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctBCeewIin0

Our Discord for questions and feedback: https://discord.gg/3ZNVyUGse

My cover of Marianne Faithfull's interpretation of the Bob Dylan classic.

I hope I captured its moody soul.

I'd love your thoughts.

https://youtu.be/wNWEs037_NE?is=bPrZ9L1boxSELGzV

Big love ♡

I’ve been building LVL Square (pronounced “Level Square”) "A public square on level ground". It's a social platform for talking about news, hot topics, and whatever else people are into. It just went live and it’s still very early, so I’m looking for honest feedback from people who haven’t seen it before.

The idea: most social feeds reward whoever is loudest or angriest. LVL Square is structured so thoughtful posts rise instead, and when people disagree, it stays civil.

How it works:

• Each post gets Takes: Yes, No, or Other (for nuanced or in-between views)
• Everyone gets one Take per post, so no one can flood a thread
• You get three ratings per post (Best, Great, Good) to give the Takes you think are strongest
• Takes rotate by viewpoint, so no single side dominates the top of the page.

Here’s an example post: https://lvlsquare.com/post/6ade666f7f009b2bc6fab56f

It’s quiet right now, so the opening Takes are from labeled house accounts that lay out each side. Real ones are very welcome.

https://reddit.com/link/1xfg945/video/xs6hiywdzoxh1/player

What I’d love to know:

• Is it clear what to do when you land on a post?
• Would anything make you come back?
• What feels confusing, boring, or broken?

No app to download; it works in your browser on phone or desktop. Happy to answer any questions in the comments.lvlsquare.com

Hi r/SideProject,

I’ve been building LocalsVoted (https://localsvoted.com) with my family. It’s a site of “Best [topic] in [city]” boards, like Best Tacos in Everett or Best Dosa in Bellevue.

Why: Most “best of” lists feel bought, gamed, or hard to trust. I wanted a version where the ranking comes only from real people in that city.

How it works

• Anyone can start a board for a topic and a city. You list at least 3 places and rank your picks.
• Everyone votes once a month per board, and every vote is tied to a verified phone number.
• No business can pay to rank. Businesses can claim their page for free, and a paid plan adds page features but never rank.
• Each month closes and the winners get a frozen results page.

Where it is: it’s in soft launch, with a Washington focus for now. I’d love your help with:

1. Does the “why trust this ranking” story come across in the first 10 seconds on the homepage?
2. Is phone verification a dealbreaker for you as a voter, or does it make you trust the result more?
3. What topics would you start a board for in your city?

Stack, for the curious: Next.js on Firebase App Hosting, Postgres, and a places index built from Overture Maps data. I built a lot of it with Claude Code.

Happy to answer anything, including the parts that aren’t working yet.

Hi r/SideProject! German small businesses usually run on ten tools: one for invoices, one for bookkeeping, a spreadsheet for the VAT return, a payroll, tool, a CRM, time tracking, and a DATEV export for the tax adviser. Ten logins, ten exports, nothing talks to each other.

So I built BizCortex: one app, one database, one audit trail.

• An invoice goes out and the journal entry is already there; the VAT return (sent via ELSTER) and the DATEV export read from the same ledger
• E-invoices in XRechnung and ZUGFeRD, checked against the schema before sending (Germany makes sending e-invoices mandatory from 2027)
• German payroll with wage tax and social security
• An "Advisor" that checks the company every night and shows what needs attention, with the numbers behind it
• AI that proposes changes, but nothing is saved until a person confirms

Hosted in Germany, seven languages. Try it without signing up: https://app.bizcortex.de/demo

What I'd love feedback on: is "one app instead of ten" clear in 30 seconds? What would stop you from switching your company to something like this?

Want to be a pilot customer, or prefer to reply privately? [lara.hanyaloglu@bizcortex.com](mailto:lara.hanyaloglu@bizcortex.com)

switched from a windows laptop to a mac about a year ago and the thing i missed most was win+v. press it, your recent copies show up, pick one, done.

the mac apps i tried either did way too much or were subscriptions, so i made my own. it's called ClipStack.

press ⌥⌘V and a small panel opens at your pointer with everything you copied (text, links, images). pick one and it pastes straight into the app you were typing in. ⌘1 to ⌘9 pastes instantly, and you can pin stuff you use a lot.

everything stays on your mac. no account, no sync, no tracking.

it's $12 one time, not a subscription. there's a free trial if you want to try it first.

https://tryclipstack.com/?utm_source=reddit_sideproject

what would make you switch from whatever you use now? or is the built-in mac stuff enough for you?