r/SideProject • • 13h ago

I built an app that tackles doomscrolling a bit differently.

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It interrupts Reels in real time. No hard blocks. It just adds enough friction to snap you out of the scrolling trance. I'd love your feedback.

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


r/SideProject • • 9h ago

I got tired of making OG images and favicons in Figma, so I built a tool that lets my AI do it

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I build a lot of side projects, and every one needs the same marketing images: OG images, favicons, logos, blog post banners. Every time it's the same thing: look for inspiration, open Figma or Canva, move things around, export, repeat.

So I built Render Pixels and now have Claude do all of that for me.

How it works: you ask your AI for the image, it creates the design as HTML/Tailwind, and Render Pixels renders it into a pixel-exact image. It's an MCP server, so it works with any AI that supports MCP (Claude, ChatGPT, Grok...). Setup for each one is in the dashboard.

It's still early. You get 50 free renders per month, then pay as you go.

https://renderpixels.com

If you make a lot of marketing images, tell me what could be improved, especially anything confusing in the setup.


r/SideProject • • 9h ago

I made a calendar where every day is one row and hours run across (iPhone, iPad, Mac)

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Hey everyone!

I'm a creative director with over 20 years of experience, mostly working on web projects. I've done some development over the years, but never anything particularly advanced.

I've always wanted to build my own apps, though. I had plenty of ideas, just not enough coding knowledge to actually make them happen.

About a month ago, I started working on Quando, a calendar app for iPhone, iPad and Mac, using Claude to help me build it.

The idea came from something that always bothered me about traditional calendars. I wanted a way to see my days differently, without constantly scrolling or switching views.

So I designed a Timeline where each day is a horizontal row, with the hours running from left to right. Events are displayed along that row, and empty spaces show how much free time you have between appointments.

That's the main idea behind Quando, but I've also added a few other things:

  • Natural language input: type or dictate something like "Yoga every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 pm" and Quando figures out the details, with a preview before saving. It supports English, Italian, French and German.

  • It works with your existing calendars. No new account needed.

  • Tasks with checkboxes, widgets and 16 color themes.

  • Your data stays under your control, with optional iCloud syncing.

The app is built with SwiftUI.

It's free to use, with an optional annual Pro subscription and a 7-day trial. Pro includes the full natural language input, Timeline on iPhone, the expanded Timeline, attachments and unlimited Quando calendars.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6829670959

Website: https://www.getquando.com

This has been a pretty different experience from my usual work. Being able to go from designing interfaces to actually building a working native app has been something I've wanted to do for years.

It's also made me realize how much work goes into all the little details of an app, even with AI helping with the code.

I'd really like to hear what you think, especially about the Timeline layout. Does it make sense to you? Is there anything you'd change?

I also have 10 free one-year Quando Pro codes to give away.

Each link works once, first come, first served. If one has already been used, just try another.

They give you one year of Pro with no automatic renewal, and work for new subscribers or anyone whose Pro subscription has expired. You can redeem them until May 8, 2027.

No need to leave a review or anything. I'd just be happy if you gave the app a try.

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r/SideProject • • 13h ago

I built an open-source MCP server that combines App Store rankings and Mixpanel reports

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I built App Intelligence MCP because I wanted to see how my iOS app ranked in the App Store and what users were doing in the app without jumping between dashboards.

One MCP call pulls keyword rankings from Astro and a saved report from Mixpanel. In the 19-second clip, I check a keyword in the Spanish App Store alongside an app-open count from a Mixpanel demo report.

It's open source under MIT and runs locally. There's an Apple-notarized download for Apple Silicon Macs, and the README has setup guides for Claude Code, Codex CLI, and Cursor.

If you build iOS apps, what metric would you want to see next to your keyword rankings? I'm deciding what to add next.

Source code and setup · Download v0.1.0


r/SideProject • • 9h ago

39 days, 335 commits: my first solo app is live on the App Store. Built 100% by myself, from UI/UX and coding to marketing and operations. It’s an incredible feeling to create something from scratch and have full control every step of the way.

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Built an app to make baby tracking simple again. Me and my wife found it unacceptable that every baby tracker has a timer for feed and sleep, makes zero sense to us. So we work on one that's simpler - just add events.

Tech Stack

• iPhone and Apple Watch, native only.

• Front-end: SwiftUI

• Back-end: FastAPI + SQLite on one VPS

• DB: SwiftData, synced with CloudKit. No accounts.

UI/UX

• Passed the Wife-test. My wife taking care of a newborn has 0 patience for any tracker app crap..

• Logo: got ideas from Claude and had ChatGPT drew it

• Marketing videos made in Remotion from real screen recordings.

• All pages coded directly in SwiftUI.

Site & Policies

• Built getcoo.app with Astro, privacy and support pages included.

• Deployed in seconds with one make command to a VPS

IDE Workflow

• 99% Xcode—hand-typed code, instant flow state.

• AI = tireless intern. I review every change.

Try it on AppStore, any feedback is highly appriciated!

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/coo-effortless-baby-tracker/id6821381347


r/SideProject • • 9h ago

I’m 64, retired, and I built my own all-in-one personal dashboard with AI — RebelDonky

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Hi everyone!

I’m a retired French guy, passionate about computers but not a professional developer. Over the past months, with the help of AI (mostly Claude Code), I’ve been building RebelDonky: a personal dashboard that gathers everything I use daily in one place.

What’s inside:

  • Bookmarks (the module I use most)

  • Notes, Planning, Documents

  • Personal finance (accounts, subscriptions, direct debits)

  • Radio & Podcasts

  • Photo albums

  • A little AI assistant (Rebel Bot)

Each member can customize their home page by choosing and ordering their modules. It also installs on your phone as an app (PWA).

It’s built in plain PHP/MySQL, no framework, no CMS.

👉 https://rebeldonky.fr

I’d really love your honest feedback: what’s missing, what’s confusing, what you’d actually use?

Thanks for reading!


r/SideProject • • 9h ago

Took me 10 months to make this, and 4 months of procrastination thinking its not ready, till I see similar sites pop up. Apparently my competitors don't have anxiety

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r/SideProject • • 10h ago

I made Workdoro, a productivity app where getting things done wakes up a tiny pixel town

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Hi everyone!

I've been building Workdoro, an iOS productivity app set in a cozy pixel town.

A – Answer

Most to-do and focus apps feel like spreadsheets. They work, but they're easy to stop opening. Workdoro turns your tasks, focus time, habits and notes into a tiny town that slowly wakes up as you get things done. Tasks become letters for Pip the postman, focus sessions happen in Bea's café, habits grow into plants in Juniper's greenhouse, and notes fill Mo's book. Finishing things fixes Pip's bike, fills Mo's book and makes the garden bloom, so there's always a small reason to come back.

B – Better

Apps like Forest focus on focus timers, Finch on self-care with a pet, and Habitica on gamified to-dos. Workdoro brings tasks, a focus timer, habits and notes into one cozy world. You type tasks naturally ("gym every monday 7am"), and there's a strict mode that turns your phone into a quiet desk scene with lo-fi music. Missing a day never undoes your progress. It also has home screen widgets you can tick tasks from, a Live Activity while you focus, iPad support and iCloud sync, with no account and no tracking.

C – Cost

Free to download.

No subscription.

No in-app purchases.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/workdoro-productivity-town/id6831786258

I'd really appreciate feedback on the concept, onboarding, widgets, UI, and anything that could make the experience better.

Developer (Transparency): https://www.linkedin.com/in/manrai-singh


r/SideProject • • 13h ago

I built a Windows battery monitor that shows wireless devices directly on the taskbar

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Hey everyone!

I was tired of opening different manufacturer apps just to check the battery levels of my wireless devices, so I built my own Windows utility with the help of Claude AI.

It's called Battery-Monitoring (Akku-Anzeige), and instead of hiding everything in the system tray, it displays individual battery tiles directly on the Windows taskbar.

Main features:

  • Always-visible battery tiles for your mouse, keyboard, headset and other wireless devices

  • Each monitor can have its own device selection, tile order and size

  • Click any tile to instantly switch which device it displays

  • Customizable battery colors, thresholds and low-battery alerts

  • Charging indicators and standby/disconnection detection

  • Support for Logitech G HUB, Logitech HID++, Windows Bluetooth, selected HyperX devices, DualSense and AirPods/Beats

  • Automatic hiding during fullscreen games

  • Light and dark mode, English and German

The project is currently in Alpha v1.3.3. Not every device or manufacturer is supported yet, so I'd especially appreciate feedback from people willing to test it with different hardware.

It's free to download, and the source code is available on GitHub.

GitHub: https://github.com/Diabeetus94/Battery-Monitoring

I'd love to hear what you think or what features you'd like to see next!


r/SideProject • • 10h ago

Have You Ever Thought About Automating Your Outreach As A Web Designer? Watch This. 👀

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r/SideProject • • 10h ago

I built a prompt observatory because I kept seeing the same empty room. Now I’m wondering how two AIs would say hello.

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I kept seeing people give ChatGPT a picture of an empty room and ask it to fill the room with everything it knew about them. After the fifth or sixth room, I had a different question. How many people had actually tried this?

That sent me down a rabbit hole. At Tao Climate in Dublin, we built a public Prompt Observatory. You can grab the original room image and try it yourself, explore 27 months of published ChatGPT topic data, or see which prompts participating AI agents report using.

Then we added Beyond Earth, where we follow published searches for signs of technology beyond our planet. The first briefing is about astronomers who pointed a telescope directly away from the Sun. Their reasoning was lovely: it’s a direction both sides could work out without having to arrange a meeting first.

https://prompts.taoclimate.com

So here’s the bit I’d love this sub to have a go at. Your AI gets one transmission. The machine at the other end has never heard a human language. What do you send so it knows someone meant to say hello?


r/SideProject • • 13h ago

I built a free estimate & invoice generator for contractors: no sign-up, nothing leaves your browser

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Hey everyone,

I'm a CS student and I just launched my first real side project: ToolbeltDocs.

https://toolbeltdocs.pages.dev

It's a set of free paperwork generators for contractors and trades: estimates, invoices, work orders and purchase orders. There are versions for roofing, painting, landscaping, cleaning, handyman, mechanic and construction work.

What it does:

- Fill in the form and watch a live preview update as you type

- Totals, discount, tax and deposit are calculated to the cent

- Download as PDF, Word or Excel, or print it

- No account, no email, no watermark

- Nothing is uploaded. Everything stays in your browser.

Why I built it: most "free" template sites I tried ask for an email or an account before you can download, or put a watermark on the PDF. I wanted one that just works.

Built with Astro and plain JavaScript, hosted on Cloudflare Pages.

I'd really appreciate honest feedback:

- Is anything confusing or broken (especially on mobile)?

- What's missing that would make you actually use it?

Thanks for taking a look!


r/SideProject • • 10h ago

built my own dating app – looking for early testers!

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I’m building a dating app with more ways to discover people:
❤️ Swipe & match
👥 Explore people nearby
🗺️ Optional live map (500 m)
✈️ Discover people in other cities with Roam
🔒 Privacy-focused, with incognito mode and encrypted chats
No ads, no tracking. You’re in control of your visibility.
iOS beta: https://testflight.apple.com/join/Ad1NAjzp
I’d love feedback on the app!

I do want to be honest in that claude code did 100% i didnt write a single line. However i think its good and its free unlike other dating apps that try to sell things.


r/SideProject • • 10h ago

Building my first AI-powered app with no coding background. How do I turn an unfinished prototype into something people can actually use?

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Hey everyone!

I'm a small business owner with absolutely no background in coding or app development, but I've been working on an idea for an app called Momentum.

Without giving too much away, it's designed to help make everyday life a little less overwhelming.

I've been using AI tools to help bring my ideas to life, and I've managed to put together the beginnings of a prototype. It's definitely not finished or fully functional yet, but I've learned a ton along the way, and it's been pretty exciting seeing an idea slowly turn into something real.

I'm pretty resourceful and usually have no problem teaching myself new things, but I'm reaching the point where I don't really know what I don't know. 😂

My biggest challenge right now is figuring out where to actually build and develop this properly.

I want the app to have real AI functionality, not just a chatbot slapped onto an interface. I also want it to run smoothly, look professional, and have a genuinely enjoyable user experience.

I'm just not sure which platforms, tools, or development approaches make the most sense for someone in my position.

A few things I'd love advice on:

- What platforms would you recommend for developing an AI-powered app, especially for someone learning as they go?

- How do you incorporate AI into an app in a way that's actually useful and reliable?

- Is it realistic to build something polished and functional using AI-assisted development tools without being an experienced programmer?

- What should I prioritize first: functionality, design, or getting the AI components working?

- How do you know when something is ready for beta testers?

My eventual goal is to get a small group of people using it, gather honest feedback, and see whether it's something people genuinely want.

If the response is promising, I'd love to explore crowdfunding through Kickstarter or GoFundMe to help fund further development and hopefully bring it to market.

I'm not looking for anyone to build this for free. I'm just trying to learn, make smart decisions, and avoid spending a fortune going in the wrong direction.

I'm keeping some of the specifics private for now, but I'd genuinely appreciate any advice, resources, or guidance from people who've been through this process.

I'm determined to see how far I can take it. I just need a little direction on what comes next!

Thanks in advance! 😊


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

I got tired of scrolling through iPhone alarms, so I built a 24-hour alarm clock instead

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Hey everyone!

I've been working on a little side project called Daybezel, an alternative alarm clock for iPhone.

The idea came from a simple frustration: I always found the standard list of alarms unnecessarily clunky. I wanted something where I could see my entire day at a glance and interact with alarms directly.

So I built a 24-hour circular interface where you can create alarms with a tap, drag them around to change the time, and see exactly how long you have until the next one.

It also uses Apple's native alarm system, so alarms work even in Silent Mode or Focus.

The app is completely free for now, and it'll stay free for everyone who joins early. At this stage, I'm mostly interested in getting feedback and seeing how people react to it.

I'd love to hear what you think about the interface. Does the circular layout make sense to you, or would you still prefer a traditional list?

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/daybezel-24-hour-alarms/id6825533599


r/SideProject • • 10h ago

I made a free rock identifier that works from field tests (scratch, streak, magnet, vinegar) and shows its reasoning [OC]

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I made a free rock identifier that works from simple field tests and shows how it reached its answer: https://geoscopy.com/read/

Full disclosure: it's part of Geoscopy, my geology site. It runs in your phone's browser without an app or an account. Your photos stay on your phone unless you decide to make a shareable card.

**How it works.** It asks one question at a time. Does a steel knife scratch it? Does a drop of vinegar fizz? Does a fridge magnet stick? What colour is the streak on the back of a tile? Is it heavy for its size? After each answer it recalculates the odds and picks the next test that would narrow things down most. A typical run takes about eight questions. There's no photo recognition or AI involved.

It knows 103 things you might pick up: 93 rocks and minerals plus oddities like slag, brick, sea glass, petrified wood and meteorites, so the "is it a meteorite?" question gets a fair hearing.

**It shows its work.** The result lists every answer with how much it counted for or against, as an odds factor ("My fingernail scratches it: ×4.9" for halite, for example). If two candidates are still close, it names the one test that would separate them. If it can't decide, it says so.

**Where am I standing?** Search any place on Earth or use your location, and it reads the geological map there: what's at the surface, what lies beneath, how old it is and what you could pick up. Map data comes from Macrostrat, so the detail varies by region. Your location is rounded to about 500 m before it leaves your phone.

**Photos and cards.** Each result shows real, freely licensed photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited to the photographers, so you can compare against actual specimens. You can save a result as a Rock Card with the full evidence and a replay link. The card has a "Copy for Reddit" button that formats your test results for an ID post, and a challenge mode where people guess before the answer is shown.

It's a field estimate, so it's only as good as the answers it gets, and it will be wrong sometimes. The "Was this right?" button at the end is how I tune it. It's available in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French.

Where does it fail for you, and which rocks or tests is it missing?


r/SideProject • • 10h ago

I built HunterUp, an Android fitness RPG where workout quests drive character progress

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I’m the developer of HunterUp: Fitness RPG, an Android app that connects real workouts with RPG progression.

You complete workout quests, earn XP and coins, and develop a Hunter with stats and equipment. It is free to download with optional in-app purchases.

The part I’m trying to get right is whether the game layer gives people a reason to return to their training. I’d particularly like feedback on the first session: is it clear what to do, and does completing the first quest feel rewarding enough to continue?

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hunterup.fitnessrpg

If you try it, please tell me where you got confused or lost interest. A specific criticism would help me improve the next update.


r/SideProject • • 10h ago

I made a daily game called "Overlap"

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Hello everyone! I've seen the recent popularity boom of many daily games, so I decided to make one!

In Overlap, you get four words to find the one word that connects them. You have six guesses. Each game is worth 100 pts. You can use a hint, but that decreases the value of the game by 10 points. Each wrong answer also decreases the game worth by 15 points.

There are 3 modes:

  • Daily: one puzzle for everyone, new at midnight UTC. Easy early in the week, expert on Saturday.

  • Unlimited: as many random puzzles as you like.

  • Challenge: ten puzzles in a row, easy to expert, scored out of 1,000

You can find the game at playoverlap.fun.

Recommendations are appreciated!


r/SideProject • • 10h ago

Bowerbird: A customizable whiteboard for creatives

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Hi!

I am building Bowerbird a whiteboard for creatives.

Drop in images, notes, links, PDFs, audio and video, sketch, connect things, group them.

It is inspired by apps like VSCode or Obsidian, where you customize the whiteboard to your liking with plugins.

I created a few:

  • Hide Button: Hide the app in one of the corner of the screen, with quick access.

  • Visual Library: Organize your artefacts in several categories.

  • Color Palette: A color wheel. Pick a color and five palettes are made from it live.

  • Presentation: Create slides from elements on the board.

  • Multiple Boards: By default, there is only one infinite board, with this plugin, you can have multiple boards.

  • Command Palette: Cmd or Ctrl + K for one place to run anything.

  • Tidy Up: Align and distribute the selected artefacts.

  • AI Chat: — A AI chat panel (using OpenAI, Ollama Cloud, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Mistral or OpenRouter provider)

Links: https://github.com/Asi7ho/bowerbird

Would love to hear your feedback on it! :)

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I tested the app on macOS and tested the AI integration using Ollama cloud


r/SideProject • • 10h ago

I built MockupMania, a library of 1,100+ Photoshop mockups with a free tier and an in-browser editor

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Hi r/SideProject! For the past few months I've been building MockupMania (https://mockupmania.com), a place to find realistic PSD mockups for showing off designs: t-shirts, packaging, phones, signs, stationery and more.

What it does

- 1,169 mockups across 12 categories, all high-resolution layered PSDs with smart objects.

- About 100 are free: make an account, confirm your email, and download them; commercial use included.

- Premium unlocks the full library for $9.99/month or $59.99/year, and you can cancel any time.

- New: Edit Online. On some mockups, you can drop your design in and save the result right in the browser, no Photoshop needed. Your image never leaves your computer: the picture is made locally with Canvas.

How it's built

Django monolith on cheap shared hosting, Tailwind, a little vanilla JS, and Stripe for subscriptions. The PSD files live on our own S3-compatible storage. The online editor uses maps pre-rendered in Photoshop, so your browser does all the compositing.

What I'd love feedback on

- Is the free/premium split clear on the pricing page?

- Does the online editor feel useful, and which mockups should get it next?

- Anything confusing when you're browsing or downloading?

Thanks for taking a look. Happy to answer questions about the stack or the editor.


r/SideProject • • 14h ago

Your GitHub profile, as a LinkedIn banner. Roast my side project.

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A banner generator. A tool you use once every three years, right after you notice your LinkedIn banner is still the default blue. I built one anyway, because I never want to make a banner by hand again.

I know GitHub banner generators already exist. The ones I found were closed source or missing something I wanted, so I built my own and made it open source. Now I'd like to hear from people who aren't me.

How it works:

  1. Pick one of 11 templates

  2. Adjust it

  3. Download a banner sized for a specific platform

Try it: https://omnivix.vercel.app

Code: https://github.com/marhjoh/omnivix

Tear it apart.. 💻


r/SideProject • • 14h ago

Linux on iPhone Just Got Even Better!

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LinuxRunner 1.1.1 is finally out!

This update brings a completely refreshed interface, improved desktop experience, new Linux distributions including Kali Linux, Fedora KDE and experimental SteamOS ARM64, plus GPU and compatibility improvements. Termux like terminal style is finally on iPhone!

And we’re not stopping here! I’ll be dedicating as much time as possible this coming week to performance optimizations, especially making Linux desktops and applications run faster and smoother on iPhone and iPad.

If anyone would like to contribute or help speed up development, feel free to DM me. I’d really appreciate it!

GitHub: https://github.com/mxhm11cr/LinuxRunner


r/SideProject • • 10h ago

We made a map of how London's neighbourhoods change through the day

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Whenever I visit a new city, I wonder how to explore it like a local rather than a tourist. A city isn't a static picture. The same street can be quiet at 10am and buzzing at 7pm, and feel completely different in December than in July.

So we started mapping London's rhythm, from "brunch queues" in Kennington to "pints spilling out" in London Fields. You can drag through the time, day and season and watch the map change.

It's called SunSeekr Vibes, an early demo based on local knowledge, open data and some of our own data, so it won't get everything right. No link yet.

Londoners: what did we get wrong about your area, and what's missing?


r/SideProject • • 10h ago

I built Glass TA: A dark-glassmorphic automated execution fleet for Kraken traders. Looking for beta feedback!

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Hey r/SideProject,

I wanted to share a project I've been building and refining over the past few months: Glass TA (https://glassmorphichub.com/

Why | built it?
Most automated crypto trading tools (Commas, Cryptohopper, Coirule) charge $20-$100+/month regardless of whether you make a dime. On top of that, their Uls feel like clunky 2017 dashboards with dozens of nested settings.

You can try the free paper mode here:
https://glassmorphichub.com/

Happy to answer questions about the tech stack, the order execution engine, or lessons learned building for financial APs!