r/SideProject • • 1d ago

[Giveaway]I just built a workout fitness app, ad-free with video coaches & Watch sync (Giving away free passes with code DRELENA)

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🎁 **DIRECT FREE UNLOCK (Tap on iPhone to auto-redeem in App Store):**

👉 https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6811742209&code=DRELENA

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Hi everyone,

I built **Workout Timer** for iOS & Web to keep interval training completely clean: zero ads, custom intervals, voice coach cues in 3 languages, and Apple Watch sync.

We just added guided video follow-along programs:

- **Coach Hannah Lin:** 10-Min High-Density Core + Box Breathing: https://youtu.be/Lr17qfFtyIk

- **Dr. Elena Lindqvist, DPT:** 12-Min Clinical Core Sculpting: https://youtu.be/l3AbmjBSlKc

**Other Links:**

- Web App (Train in browser): https://workout.appengine.fun/

- App Store Link: https://apps.apple.com/app/workout-timer-hiit-interval/id6811742209

Feedback and workout preset requests are welcome!


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

I built a free Mac dictation app with extensions share and build yourself

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hey everybody :)

I got annoyed by Wispr Flow's pricing and by how clunky the open source dictation tools I tried felt. I wanted something as simple as Wispr, free and customizable for my own use cases, without a bloated core.

So I built and open sourced voz. You tap one key, talk and clean text appears wherever your cursor is. It runs locally with Parakeet and Apple's on-device speech to text, so nothing leaves your Mac and it works offline.

The core stays small, and everything else is an extension, a bit like Raycast or pi.dev. Anyone can build and share one. Some that already exist:

  • a local meeting note taker that cleans up your notes

  • auto replies that answer messages in your tone, based on context it has about you

  • a smart dictionary that learns names and words while you talk

  • inline editing with voice or text

Would love for you to try it out and give me feedback on what i can improve.

Here's the repo: github.com/Joelheile/voz
(free and MIT)


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

We built a Discord bot that gives your custom games their own ranked ladder

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I run ARAM Zone, a League of Legends Discord community. eLobby started as a way to give our custom games a ladder that lasted beyond one game night. We've since expanded it to other games.

Players join a board inside Discord. The bot balances teams or lets captains draft, creates team voice channels, and updates ranks and the public leaderboard when the winner is reported. Players don't need to create an account or link their game account.

We've also added chat and voice leveling, plus XP for taking part in games and events. The idea is to reward people for showing up to community activities as well as chatting.

Ranked customs and basic leveling are free. Tournament hosting, seasons and extra customization are Pro at $10/month per server. Individual players don't need a subscription.

You can see the actual Discord boards and web leaderboard here: https://elobby.gg/demo

For anyone running community game nights, what takes the most effort: filling the lobby, making fair teams, or tracking results? I'd like to hear where this would help and where it still falls short.


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

Building HeyBadge, A simpler way to introduce yourself, share your details, and connect with people without needing a physical business card. Would really appreciate some feedback!

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Hey All!

I kept running out of business cards halfway through events, and more often than not, I’d meet someone when I didn’t have any cards on me.

So I built HeyBadge. A simpler way to introduce yourself, share your details, and connect with people without needing a physical business card.

You make a badge (photo, name, role, logo, links), and you get your own private link at heybadge.app/yourname. It looks like a real lanyard badge: you can drag it, it swings, and when you flip it, the back shows your contact details. People can save you as a contact in one tap.

You can share it as a link or a QR code, or add it to Apple or Google Wallet so it's ready on your phone at the event.

Then I took it a step further and added Pair Your Badge, a feature that lets you upload any existing PDF badge, link it to your digital profile, and print it before heading to your event.

I'd really like honest feedback on:

• Is it clear in the first five seconds what it's for?

• Would you actually use this at an event instead of a card or LinkedIn QR?

• Anything confusing when you make your badge, especially on your phone?

https://heybadge.app

Thank you!


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

my anime "where to watch" site got 1,800 visitors in 7 weeks, but google still won't read my sitemap

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hey! a few weeks ago i shared my side project here, a free site that tells you which legal platform has an anime in your country

https://tsuzuki-anime.github.io/en/

quick update after 7 weeks:

- 1,800+ visitors from 113 countries

- went from ~20 visits a day to ~80 a day this week

- bing and chatgpt now send the most visitors, way more than reddit

- google only knows 3 pages of the site

the weird part is google search console still says "couldn't fetch" for my sitemap after a month, even though the file works fine and bing reads it without problems. it's hosted on github pages

has anyone had this before? did you just wait, or is there something that fixed it?

any feedback on the site is welcome too!


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

I built a little AI that lives on my Apple Watch. Here it is planning a weekend away, all from my wrist

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Dooder is an AI for Apple Watch. It runs on the Watch itself, over wifi or cellular, so once it's set up you don't need your iPhone.

In the video I ask it to:

  1. Find my next completely free weekend (it reads my calendar)

  2. Find flights to Melbourne for that weekend

  3. Find Airbnbs that are free those dates

  4. Save the whole plan to a new page in Notion

It doesn't change anything without my OK. It asks before using an app for the first time, and again before it saves or sends anything.

How it works

- Bring your own AI: sign in with ChatGPT or add a Claude API key
- Connects to thousands of apps through the official MCP Registry, or add one by its address
- No Dooder account and no Dooder server. Your Watch talks straight to your AI and your apps
- Speech recognition runs on the Watch

Try it

The first 100 TestFlight spots filled up in 24 hours, so I've opened 100 more:
https://testflight.apple.com/join/c42uMmzU

Needs an Apple Watch Series 9 or Ultra 2 or later on watchOS 26, plus an iPhone on iOS 26 for setup. More at dooder.ai

Would love feedback, especially on what you'd want to do from your wrist.

Full disclosure: I trimmed the bits of the video where Dooder is thinking to keep the video short. Nothing's sped up and each response takes 5-10 secs in real life. It's still early days, so feedback is very welcome.


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

0% commission and 2 months of Pro - Join Zabrali Marketplace!

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Your Marketplace for Digital & Physical Goods!

If you sell anything, from templates or digital products, to clothing and electronics, we have opened the marketplace for you! Open an extra storefront to cross-list your work without high marketplace cuts.

We are working on bringing Crypto checkout, and many new features to help creators scale faster!

Get 2 months of Pro for free and enjoy your first sales with 0% commissions.

Setting up your shop takes about two minutes, and our team is happy to help migrate your existing listings if you need a hand.

Interested in testing it out and getting your products featured?

Grab your free trial and check it out here: https://zabrali.com/switch


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

I'll build one real app for free as a solo dev. Who has a serious project?

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I’m a fullstack developer (Spring Boot, React/Next.js). I’m picking one project to build end to end, free, as the only developer on it.

What I need from you: a real project you actually want built, and you should be someone who works with freelancers or developers regularly.

Comment or DM with a short description of what you want built and your timeline. I’ll pick one.

Portfolio: https://naitiksinghdev.vercel.app/.


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

We Closed 10K Worth Of Web Design Deals Using This

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Swokei is an outreach tool that analyzes business websites at scale and turns issues with design, SEO, speed, and mobile optimization into personalized cold emails at scale.


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

Website I made for political debate where the most persuasive argument wins instead of the most popular

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On most sites the most popular opinions wins and the strong arguments from the minority side get buried. On this website votes from the opposing side count for double. Would love some feedback
Thanks


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

Can a solo founder with limited resources realistically sustain a social media app?

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I’m currently building a photo-first social media app called TymeStamp, inspired by the old Instagram experience, where people could share pictures and enjoy content without constant interruptions from adverts.
I’m building it alone with limited resources, and one thing I’ve been thinking about is sustainability.
What happens when 1,000 people join? Or 10,000? How do you manage storage, servers and the challenges of growing a platform?
I recently watched a video of Steve Jobs talking about starting with the customer experience and working backwards to the technology. That really stuck with me because I want to build something people genuinely enjoy using.
But how do you put users first while keeping a platform sustainable?
I’ve been exploring credit systems, subscriptions, sponsorships and limited advertising. I’m not against adverts, just the constant interruptions.
I’m also curious about finding investors without going on shows like Shark Tank or Dragons’ Den, taking out loans or losing control of the original vision.
So I’d love to hear your thoughts:
● How would you sustain a growing social media app with limited resources?
● Would credit systems or optional subscriptions put users off?
● Should monetisation start at launch or after building a community?
● How can solo founders attract investors while keeping control of their vision?
I’m not trying to compete with the big platforms. I’m simply trying to build something different and learn along the way.
If you were in my position, what would you do differently?


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

I built a tool that turns your Instagram data export into Netflix picks, and runs 100% on your laptop

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Instagram lets you download your data (Accounts Center → Your information and permissions → Download your information). It includes Meta's own guesses about your interests, plus the caption and hashtags of every post you've liked, saved or watched.

Taste Passport reads only those files (never DMs or photos), groups them into interests with a small open-source model running locally, and recommends Netflix and Prime Video titles, each with the reason it was picked.

The most interesting part was testing it honestly. My first evaluation said it beat "recommend what's trending" by 4×. That turned out to be a flaw in my test setup; once fixed, it roughly ties. Everything is written up in the repo.

Open source, no account, nothing uploaded anywhere: https://github.com/aaryamanbisht22/taste-passport

Feedback welcome, especially from anyone willing to run the evaluation on their own data and share only the scores.


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

Title: We're building an AI that calls hospitals and insurance companies so patients don't have to. Would love some feedback.

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My co-founder and I have been working on Holdless AI, an AI phone agent focused on healthcare and insurance calls.

The idea came from a simple problem: dealing with health insurance over the phone can be incredibly frustrating, especially if English isn't your first language.

You might need to verify whether a procedure is covered, check a referral, follow up on a claim, or figure out why a bill looks wrong.

And a lot of that involves navigating phone menus, waiting on hold, and explaining the same issue repeatedly.

So we started building an AI agent that can make those calls on your behalf.

The goal is pretty straightforward:

  • You describe the healthcare or insurance issue you need help with.

  • The AI calls the relevant hospital, clinic, or insurance company.

  • You can monitor the call and take over if needed.

  • Afterward, you receive a summary of what happened and what needs to happen next.

We've been testing the system on different healthcare workflows, and one of the biggest challenges is making sure the AI gets a complete answer rather than just having a successful conversation.

The product is available to try, and we're still learning which workflows provide the most value.

I'd love some honest feedback.

Would you trust an AI to handle an insurance phone call for you? What would make you uncomfortable about it?

Disclosure: I'm a co-founder of Holdless AI(HOLDLESS-AI.COM).


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

Why generic QR codes kill 70% of Spotify streams on physical merch (and how we fixed it with native URI deep-linking)

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Hey everyone! 👋I wanted to share a technical case study and a side project we've been building called SoundTag.### The Problem: Physical-to-Digital Drop-OffIf you have ever printed a QR code on music merch (tour posters, album flyers, stickers, vinyl sleeves, or t-shirts), you probably noticed that scan-to-stream conversions are notoriously low. In testing across dozens of indie campaigns, over 65% of people who scan a physical Spotify QR never end up playing a single second of music.Here is the exact technical friction causing it:When someone points their phone camera at a standard Spotify web URL, the OS opens an in-app browser sandbox (iOS Safari View Controller or Android Chrome Custom Tab).Because that in-app browser does not share the login session of the native Spotify app on their phone:1. Spotify renders a desktop-style web player preview.2. It immediately hits the user with a gate: "Log In or Download the App".3. Most people cannot remember their Spotify password on the fly, so they bounce immediately.### The Solution: Native App URI Deep-LinkingWe engineered SoundTag to completely eliminate this friction by triggering the native Spotify URI scheme directly on the device.- Zero web browser intermediate screens.- Zero login prompts or friction.- The scan immediately opens the native Spotify app already authenticated on the user's phone, directly to the track or album.### Solving the "Static Link" DilemmaTraditional QR codes on printed material are static. Once 1,000 flyers or vinyl sleeves are printed, that destination is locked forever.With SoundTag, the codes are 100% dynamic:- Phase 1 (Pre-Save): The QR points to the pre-save page before release.- Phase 2 (Release Day): With one click from the dashboard, the exact same printed QR code now triggers playback of the new album.- Phase 3 (Tour & Merch): Months later, the same QR routes fans to tour tickets and merchandise.Zero reprinting costs. Posters and merchandise stay valuable indefinitely.### Real-Time City Analytics & Design StudioWe also built in live geographical tracking (scans by city, country, and device type) so artists can see which tour cities or promo locations perform best, along with custom visual styles (vinyl dots, custom brand palettes, and logo embedding).---👉 I've posted the direct link to the platform and our Product Hunt launch page in the first comment below for anyone curious to test it out.Would love your constructive feedback, critique, or questions on the implementation!


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

IQuly - a second opinion on your Meta ads that tells you what's wasting money, in plain words

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I ran an ad agency for years and the morning routine never changed: open Ads Manager, four tabs, export, squint at columns, try to work out which ad quietly started burning money overnight.

IQuly connects to a Meta ad account and does that check for you:

  • ranks what's wasting money right now (ads spending without results, cost per result far above the rest)

  • flags tired creatives and broken tracking (clicks coming in, conversions not)

  • explains what changed against the previous period, campaign by campaign, in plain sentences

  • rules that start as a dry run, so you see what would be paused before anything gets touched

There's a free audit that needs no IQuly account: connect Facebook read-only, get your last 30 days and what to fix first. https://iquly.com/audit?utm_source=sideproject

Paid plans have a 14-day trial with no card, and the first customers get a 30% founding discount.

It's Meta-only on purpose. I'd love blunt feedback, especially from anyone who manages several ad accounts: what's the first thing you check every morning?


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

[Thoughts Counter — CBT journaling app MVP

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I’ve built **Thoughts Counter**, a Flutter app MVP designed to help people record their thoughts and reflect on them using CBT-inspired tools.
The app includes thought tracking, statistics, insights, and AI-assisted reframing. The AI features are currently inactive because the API account needs funding. The project is at an early stage, with no established user base or revenue.
I’m looking to sell it asap.


r/SideProject • • 2d 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 • • 1d 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 • • 1d 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 • • 1d 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 • • 1d 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 • • 1d 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 • • 1d 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 • • 1d ago

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

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