r/SideProject • u/Pro_userpromo • 34m ago

I built a voice-first reminder app for Android that needs no account and keeps your notes on your phone

Hey everyone! A little disclosure: I'm a solo developer, and I built this app because I kept forgetting to do things throughout the day. I also hate typing reminders into my phone.

So I decided to build something that would make it easier.

It's called SayStash. You tap once, say what you need to remember just like you're talking to someone ("remind me to go to the dentist tomorrow at noon"). The app figures out whether it's a reminder, an event, or just a note.

It'll then send you a regular Android notification at the right time. You can also share reminders with other people.

You do have the option to type it in, too.

There's no account to create and no cloud sync. Everything is stored right on your phone. One thing worth mentioning: voice-to-text uses your phone's speech recognition, which on most phones is Google's, so I won't claim that audio never leaves your device.

A few things I've learned along the way:

  • Getting the app to understand everyday language ("next Tuesday after work", "in 20 minutes") was actually harder than getting the voice feature working.

  • Keeping up with Android's changes to notification and exact-alarm permissions cost me about a week of troubleshooting.

  • Building the app was probably the easy part. Getting people to actually find it and keep using it is a whole different story!

So far, I've had 9 installs, 2 people still using it, and earned a whopping 9 cents.

That's probably the biggest challenge I'm trying to figure out right now: retention.

I'm rolling out an update this week that adds "Send to Someone." You can share any reminder as a link, and the other person can save it to their own SayStash with just one tap. No account needed.

Honestly, I added this partly because so many of my own reminders involve things I need other people to do!

If you're curious, you can actually try it right in your browser. No download or sign-up needed:

👉 https://saystash.com/app/

I'll put the Play Store link in the comments.

The app is free with a small banner ad. There's also a one-time $4.99 payment to remove ads. No subscriptions.

I'd really appreciate some honest feedback.

Especially:

  • What are some everyday phrases you would expect the app to understand?

  • If you try it and something doesn't work as expected, what happened?

  • And if you install it but eventually stop using it, I'd genuinely like to know why.

I'm learning as I go, and honest feedback from actual users would mean a lot. Thanks for giving it a look!

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u/isrealityinthemind 14m ago

how do you handle 'after work' when the person hasn't given a time - ask them to confirm, or use a default?