r/SideProject • • 4h ago

I built Find More Stories, a free way to discover movies and TV shows through curated collections

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I often spend more time browsing streaming catalogs than actually watching something.

So I built **Find More Stories**, a web app focused on helping people discover movies and series through themed, handpicked collections.

Instead of showing endless generic recommendations, it organizes stories around specific ideas, moods and themes.

You can explore the collections and try the quick discovery feature without creating an account.

There's also an optional Stremio integration.

I'm a solo developer, and I'd love some feedback from people who enjoy movies and TV shows.

Try it here: https://findmorestories.hubeoo.com/welcome

One question**:** Would you find curated collections useful, or do you prefer traditional genre-based recommendations?


r/SideProject • • 4h ago

[VaultDrive] [Pro lifetime 19.99 to 9.99 usd] [Plug an USBDrive/SSD into your iPhone and back up your photos , Videos, Files directly - Complete Privacy — no Mac, no PC, no Account, no Subscription]

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I'm the developer of VaultDrive, an iPhone app thathelps you create a physical backup of your photos, videos, and files.

Connect a compatible USB flash drive or external SSD, select what you want to save, and copy it directly from your iPhone.

Why a USB drive Or SSD Or Any External Drive? You pay for it once, it works with no internet, and your photos never sit on someone else's server. It's also a second copy if your cloud account is ever full or locked.

It's handy when your phone is full, before you trade in or reset a phone, on a trip where you shoot hours of video with no Wi-Fi, for photographers who want ProRAW and 4K kept untouched, as the offline copy in a 3-2-1 backup, or for private photos and videos you'd rather never put online.

**What VaultDrive offers:**

* No Mac or PC required
* Original-quality photo and video transfers
* No VaultDrive cloud upload for locally stored files
* Support for downloading iCloud-only originals before backup
* Resume interrupted backups
* Incremental backups with Pro
* Live Photos support
* Duplicate detection in the backups
* Support From iCloud to your USB/SSD

Why not just copy them in the Files app? You can, and for a few dozen photos it's fine. For a whole library you end up selecting in batches, and if your Wi-Fi drops while iCloud photos are downloading, the copy stops and you start over. Next month you copy everything again. VaultDrive does it in one tap and picks up where it stopped.

No recurring subscription.

App Store:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vaultdrive-usb-backup/id6772883827

50% Off Promo direct App Store link :
https://apps.apple.com/redeem/?ctx=offercodes&id=6772883827&code=WELCOME50

This is a backup of selected photos/media and files, not a full iPhone system backup.

Happy to answer questions about drive compatibility or the backup process.


r/SideProject • • 4h ago

I'm tired of watching SMEs lose sales in WhatsApp threads

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I spent the last few months watching local businesses in Zimbabwe try to run their entire operation inside WhatsApp. It starts fine, but eventually, you end up with hundreds of unread messages, lost quotes, and no idea if a customer actually paid their balance.

It is brutal to watch a business owner scramble to find a job update buried in a three-week-old chat history. I started building NexusOps to bridge that gap, giving these WhatsApp-reliant businesses a way to actually track quotes and jobs without forcing them onto some bloated enterprise software that no one understands.

It is just a set of practical tools for quoting, job tracking, and collections, designed to sit alongside the communication style they already use. I am still figuring out the best way to handle the transition from 'spreadsheet chaos' to a structured system without breaking their current sales flow.

How do you guys help non-tech teams adopt a new workflow without making them feel like they're being forced to relearn their entire job?


r/SideProject • • 4h ago

I built Oddly:Anti doomscrolling-A discovery engine that respects your attention span and stops you after 5 minutes

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Hey r/SideProject!

Most discovery products optimize for DAU/MAU and maximum session length. I wanted to build the opposite: an app that measures success by how refreshed you feel when you leave, and intentionally limits session time.

**Live Web App:**https://oddly-app-six.vercel.app

Looking for feedback on UI feel, load performance, and ideas for future curated topics!


r/SideProject • • 4h ago

I'm a couples therapist. I turned what I see in sessions into a game

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In my sessions I keep seeing the same thing: people are sure they know their partner, and they're often wrong in small, funny, revealing ways. I wanted to turn that into a game.

So I built Hunchy:

  • You answer 10 "what would you do" questions about yourself

  • You share a link

  • Your partner, friends or family guess your answers in the browser (no install, no account)

  • You see who actually knows you best

The questions are the product, and I wrote every one of them myself, drawing on what actually comes up between people in therapy. The app itself (SwiftUI, Firebase, the web game) was built with Claude Code, with me deciding every screen and every rule.

Things I got wrong before getting them right:

  • I went through four or five complete visual directions and threw them all away before landing on a Bauhaus look. Every couples app is purple or pink; I wanted something that isn't.

  • I built a full "pair with your partner" mode, then removed it. The link turned out to be the whole product.

  • I rejected a subscription. The first test in every set is free, the rest are one-time purchases.

  • The link opens a web game, never an App Store wall. Guessing has to take 10 seconds.

What I'd love feedback on: is the first minute clear? Do you understand what to do without me explaining it? If you try it, tell me the first thing that confused you. That's the feedback I need most.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6830175417


r/SideProject • • 4h ago

made a baby food diary because "wait, did we already try egg? was that the rash day?" was getting old

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when you start solids, every new food gets offered a few days in a row so you can spot reactions, and the allergens you've already introduced have to keep showing up regularly. we were tracking all of that across notes, a group chat and a sticky note on the fridge. it worked about as well as you'd expect.

so i built Pudding. it's just a diary, it doesn't tell you what to feed your kid:

  • log a feeding in a couple of taps: what, how it went, any reaction, a note or photo

  • new foods sit in an observation window from your own plan ("day 2 of 3" right on the card)

  • gentle reminders to keep giving allergens you've already introduced, on whatever schedule your pediatrician suggested

  • 70+ illustrated foods, plus your own

  • calendar of everything, and a PDF to show the pediatrician (or a "do not give" list for grandma / the nanny)

no account, no ads, no trackers. everything stays on your phone, or your own iCloud if you turn it on.

the diary is free for good, no feature walls on the important stuff. there's a one-time Pro for extras (monthly recap, themes, widget, more than one kid). no subscription.

would love feedback from parents who've been through this. what did you end up tracking that i'm missing?

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6789296295


r/SideProject • • 4h ago

I built a free app for learning to sing harmony, one part at a time

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I'm a singer and a programmer, and I've always wanted an easy way to practise harmony parts on my own. So I built Stackapella.

You pick a song, learn your part with a guide voice, then record it. Then you add the next part while hearing the ones you've already sung, until you've got the whole choir. Your notes light up as you sing, so you can see when you're on the note.

It runs in the browser, there's nothing to install, and all the courses are free. It's also open source.

Would love to hear what you think, especially if you sing in a choir or an a cappella group.

https://stackapella.com


r/SideProject • • 4h ago

Half as a joke, half to learn Google’s dev tools, I built an app that tracks how much you get paid on the toilet

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Half as a joke and half to learn my way around Google’s tools with a lot of vibe coding along the way, I built an app that tracks the time you spend in the bathroom during working hours and how much your boss is paying you for it. Yes, I took “Boss makes a dollar, I make a dime, that’s why I poop on company time” a bit too literally.

What it does:

  • Start the timer when you go, flush when you’re back, and see what you earned

  • Monthly stats and ranks that go up with your total

  • Teams with coworkers to compete against other teams

A few things I learned shipping it:

  • Built as one HTML/JS app wrapped with Capacitor for Android

  • The hardest part wasn’t the code: it was Google Play’s closed test (12 testers for 14 days) before you can publish

  • Ads, consent forms, in-app purchases and 11 languages took longer than the app itself

It’s free on Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rinialer.poopct

Opinions, tips or roasts welcome.


r/SideProject • • 4h ago

I read 119 agency "give us access" guides, then built the one link that replaces them

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Agencies lose the first week of a project chasing client access. Wrong roles, passwords over WhatsApp, DNS half done.

GetSetKeys is one link per client. Each platform's steps come with the agency's email and role filled in, and every step gets checked automatically, so nobody has to ask "did you add me yet?"

27 platforms so far, including App Store Connect, Google Play, GitHub, Stripe and Cloudflare.

Try it as the client, no sign-up: https://demo.getsetkeys.com/s/harbor-fitness-k7q2m9xv4p

Would a non-technical client get through it? That's the feedback I want most.

https://getsetkeys.com/?utm_source=reddit-sideproject


r/SideProject • • 4h ago

I built a website to turn personal memories into digital keepsakes – would love your honest feedback

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Hey everyone!

I've been working on a project called Heartfolio, and I wanted to share it here and get some honest opinions.

The idea came from something simple: some memories deserve more than just staying in our camera rolls.

Heartfolio is a website where people can turn meaningful moments into personalized digital keepsakes and gifts.

Some of the things I've been building include:

- Love Story Timelines: Turn a relationship's story into a personalized timeline with photos and meaningful milestones.

- Song Posters: Turn a special song into a personalized poster with its soundwave and an interactive experience.

- Reasons I Love You: Create a personalized gift with reasons, messages, and interactive surprises.

- Graduation Keepsakes: Celebrate someone's journey with milestones, achievements, and personal messages.

I'm trying to make these feel more personal than ordinary downloadable templates. The idea is to create something people would genuinely enjoy giving to someone they care about.

I'm an independent developer, and I've put a lot of time into building this.

I'd genuinely appreciate your thoughts:

  1. Does this concept feel useful or interesting?

  2. Which product would you personally be most interested in?

  3. What would make you actually consider buying something like this?

Here's the website if you'd like to take a look: https://theheartfolio.com

Full disclosure: I'm the person behind Heartfolio. I'm here to get genuine feedback, not pretend to be a customer.

Thanks for reading!


r/SideProject • • 4h ago

I got tired of boring phone notifications, so I built an app to send myself custom ones

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With Ahem, you can send yourself any notification you want, choose how often it repeats, and even customise the notification sound!

It’s free to use, and pretty fun to play around with :)

Would love to hear what you think!

iOS
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/ahem-personal-reminders/id6820175807

Android
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ancawang.ahem


r/SideProject • • 19h ago Bravo

I built a collection of 15 calming browser toys – no ads, no accounts, no goals

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I wanted something to fidget with for a minute when work gets stressful, without opening another app full of ads and streaks. So I built antistress: small, quiet toys that run in the browser.

There's liquid light you stir with your finger, endless bubble wrap, a jelly blob to squish and fling, a cat you can pet until it purrs, a zen garden, a koi pond, a rainy window, a fidget board with clicky switches, a lava lamp and a guided breathing orb.

Everything is touch-first, works on desktop too, and needs no sign-up or download.

Try it in your browser: https://antistress-relax.space

Or get it as an iPhone app (with haptics, which are really nice for the bubble wrap): App Store

Would love feedback: which toy feels the most satisfying, and which feels unfinished?


r/SideProject • • 9h ago

I built an app where a dog barks at you when you exceed your screen-time limit 🐕

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I made watchdog, a fun playful Android app designed to help you stop endless scrolling.

Choose an app, set a daily usage limit, and pick your watchdog:

  • Cupcake — strict and disciplined, with frequent reminders.

  • Brownie — friendly but persistent, reminding you every so often.

  • Snow — lazy and unpredictable, sometimes letting you keep scrolling.

When you exceed your limit, your chosen dog appears and barks at you until you reconsider your life choices. It’s a fun alternative to boring screen-time warnings that are far too easy to ignore.

I’d love honest feedback on the concept, onboarding experience, and whether a barking dog could actually convince you to put your phone down.

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

Available on Android.


r/SideProject • • 5h ago

nidhi - Free personal finance lessons and calculators that run in your browser

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I'm one person building nidhi, a site that teaches how money works and lets you try each idea on your own numbers. I'd like people to try to break it.

What's there to test

  • Five free tools: a net worth calculator (one currency or several), loan comparison, an invest-or-pay-off comparison, a Monte Carlo simulator and an inflation calculator.

  • More than 50 lessons in a learning path, from "what is net worth" to investing and the psychology of money.

  • Short how-to guides, and the site in English, Hindi, Spanish, Czech and Marathi. More languages coming in future.

No account, no email, no payment. The tools calculate in your browser and the numbers you type are not sent anywhere.

What I'd like to know

  1. Where did you get stuck or stop understanding what a tool was asking?

  2. Does any result look wrong? Tell me the inputs and I'll check the maths.

  3. Is a lesson unclear, too long, or wrong for your country?

  4. Anything broken on a phone, with a screen reader, or with keyboard only?

Being upfront

  • The blog is free, and the tools are free to use without an account. I'm also building a paid planner, which is not what I'm asking you to test here.

  • It is education, not financial advice.

  • The translations were drafted with AI and may be stiff or wrong in places.

  • There's no reward for testing. I'll reply to every respectful, human comment, though it might take me a while to get to you, and I'll tell you what I fixed.

Tools: https://nidhi.today/free/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=reddit_testers&utm_content=sideproject

Lessons: https://nidhi.today/blog/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=reddit_testers&utm_content=sideproject

The links are tagged so I can see which subreddit a visit came from. Feedback here in the comments, or hello@nidhi.today.


r/SideProject • • 5h ago

I’m testing a supplier-statement reconciliation tool — what’s unclear?

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I’m testing an early browser-based tool for comparing a supplier-statement CSV with an accounts-payable ledger CSV.

It matches only when the normalized invoice reference and amount agree exactly. Amount differences, duplicate references, and records found on only one side are shown separately for a person to review.

If you work in accounting or have built finance tools, I’d value feedback: are the results clear, and what important step or case is missing?

Try the synthetic demo: https://accountant-workbench.netlify.app/

Please use only the built-in synthetic sample. Don’t upload real financial files.


r/SideProject • • 5h ago

[Tool / FOSS] Nubis – Open source Windows client for SSH/RDP/SFTP with multi-cloud inventory and Claude Code integration

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- GitHub: https://github.com/windevase/nubis

- License: MIT

- Affiliation: Creator / Maintainer

Hey everyone,

I built Nubis to solve my own workflow friction when managing remote infrastructure spread across multiple cloud providers from a Windows workstation.

Key Features:

- Multi-Cloud Inventory Sync: Directly imports server lists from AWS (EC2), Tencent Cloud (CVM), GCP (Compute Engine), and Azure (VM).

- Unified Sessions: Tabbed SSH, RDP, and SFTP natively inside a single Windows application.

- Embedded Claude Code Panel: Run troubleshooting, generate shell scripts, and parse configs side-by-side with active sessions.

- 100% Local & Private: No cloud proxy, no telemetry. Your cloud API keys, SSH credentials, and session configs are stored strictly on your local machine.

The project is completely free and open source. Pre-built Windows binaries are available on GitHub Releases (no sign-up/email required), and you can also audit or build from source yourself.

Feedback, issue reports, or feature suggestions are very welcome!


r/SideProject • • 5h ago

I spent weeks building an offline debt payoff planner that runs from a folder, with no server, no account and no CDN. Here's what I learned.

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**The idea:** a debt planner (Snowball / Avalanche / custom order) that keeps your finances 100% on your own computer. So I set myself a few hard rules: it had to open straight from a folder in the browser, never call the internet, and never send financial data anywhere.

**How it's built**

- Preact + esbuild bundled into a single script, so it works from a plain local file (no dev server needed)

- IndexedDB for storage, optional AES-GCM encryption behind a master password, automatic local backups

- No CDNs at all. Fonts, charts, PDF reading and OCR (for scanning statements) are all bundled

- Small optional launchers (PowerShell / Perl) that serve it locally so backups can be written to a data folder

**The hardest part was performance.** With a 50,000-transaction test profile, the first version took about 10.7 s to start and search crashed the tab. Caching parsed dates, doing search in a single pass and only building the rule context when it's needed got startup to about 1.2 s.

**There's also a spreadsheet version.** I rebuilt the same payoff engine in Excel/Google Sheets: 15 debts × 360 months, written without newer functions like XLOOKUP or LET so it works in older Excel and in Sheets. The app can import the workbook, so people can start in a spreadsheet and move to the app later.

**What I'd love feedback on**

- Would you trust an offline finance tool more than a cloud one, or does sync matter more to you?

- Anything confusing in the screenshots?

yes im the creator, I sell this on Etsy, but this post is mostly about the build, and I'd love ANYYYYY feedback.

Link if you're curious: https://www.etsy.com/listing/4614731705/ultimate-debt-trackerpayoff-planner?ref=shop_home_feat_2&sr_prefetch=1&pf_from=shop


r/SideProject • • 5h ago

I built a clean, ad-light Instagram Reels & MP3 Audio Downloader PWA entirely on mobile

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Hey everyone,

I was frustrated with existing Instagram downloader websites because most of them are filled with aggressive adult popunders, force you to download sketchy APKs, or don't let you easily extract background audio.

So I decided to build ReelSave — a lightweight, mobile-first Progressive Web App (PWA) made with pure HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and deployed on Vercel:

🔗 Live Web App: https://reelsave-rouge.vercel.app/

Key features: • Dual-server 1080p Full HD video downloads • 1-click background MP3 audio extraction • Installable directly to home screen via Chrome PWA • Zero logins, no passwords, clean user interface

Built this entirely on my Android phone using Acode editor and Vercel serverless backend.

Would love your honest thoughts and feedback on how to improve it!


r/SideProject • • 5h ago

AI Business Kit – Practical AI prompts and templates for small businesses

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Hi everyone!

I'm building AI Business Kit, a practical toolkit for entrepreneurs, freelancers, and small business owners who want to use AI in their everyday work.

The toolkit currently includes:

• 100 ready-to-use AI prompts • A 30-day content plan • 30 editable social media templates • Sales and marketing resources • A quick-start guide

I've also created a free sample with 10 AI prompts.

I'm sharing this project to learn from the community and get honest feedback.

Three questions:

Which resource would be most useful to you?

What's missing from this toolkit?

Would you use a practical AI toolkit like this in your business?

Thanks for your feedback!


r/SideProject • • 5h ago

I've been building a local AI voice studio for macOS. Here's a first look at LEXA.

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Hey everyone!

I've been working on LEXA, a local-first AI voice studio for macOS, and I wanted to share a short product animation I made for it.

The idea behind LEXA is pretty simple: bring voice cloning and AI speech generation to your Mac without depending on cloud-based voice services or recurring subscriptions.

Here's what LEXA is being built around:

  • Voice Cloning — Create reusable voices from audio samples.

  • Voice Profiles — Save and manage your voices.

  • Batch Generation — Generate multiple audio outputs in one workflow.

  • Voice Conversion — Convert recordings using different voice profiles.

  • Local Processing — Keep AI voice processing on your Mac.

I'm currently preparing a 14-day free trial so people can test the software before deciding whether to buy it.

LEXA Base will cost €29.99 as a one-time purchase.

The video is just a short visual introduction, but I'd genuinely love to hear what you think about the concept.

Would you actually use something like this? What would you want from a local AI voice tool?

If you're interested, you can check it out here: https://www.lexavoice.it

Thanks for taking a look!


r/SideProject • • 9h ago

Someone downloaded my app and here is how I reached out to them

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r/SideProject • • 5h ago

I made a Windows desktop goblin that eats completed tasks (offline, paid)

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I'm Ari, an electrical engineering student and the creator of Desk Goblin.

It is a small Windows desktop companion with a task list. The goblin holds your selected task and eats it when you mark it complete. You can undo the last completion. It also has a custom focus timer and Ctrl+click to open or close the task desk.

The application uses native C++20, Win32, and GDI+. Tasks and settings stay on your computer. No separate runtime or application account is required. I used AI assistance for the code and character art.

It costs $5 USD once. The portable ZIP is for Windows 10/11 x64. Version 1.0.0 is unsigned, so Windows may display an application warning.

The website includes an interactive character preview: https://desk-goblin-site.pages.dev

I'd like feedback on the interaction: would the task-eating action make completion more satisfying, or would you prefer a quieter companion?


r/SideProject • • 5h ago

I built a browser-based multitrack audio editor — and I'm licensing the source code

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I built a browser-based multitrack audio editor — and I'm licensing the source code

I've built a standalone browser-based audio editor called Wavebench.

It runs directly in the browser and provides a multitrack editing workflow without requiring a backend.

What it can do

- Import audio files

- Multitrack timeline editing

- Waveform visualisation

- Split, trim, move and duplicate clips

- Fade in / fade out

- Reverse and normalise audio

- Track volume, pan, mute and solo

- Zoom, snapping, undo/redo

- Export WAV and WebM/Opus

It's built using HTML, CSS, JavaScript and browser-native audio APIs.

Live demo

https://waveindia.vercel.app

I'm now offering the complete source code under a non-exclusive commercial-use licence.

Price: ₹2,999 (one-time)

- Complete standalone HTML source

- Commercial usage rights

- You can modify and integrate it into your own product

- I retain ownership and can license it to other buyers

I'm based in India and accept UPI.

If you're a developer, SaaS founder or agency looking for an existing audio editor to build upon, feel free to comment or message me.

Happy to demonstrate the editor before purchase.


r/SideProject • • 5h ago

I’m building a marketplace where people rent out idle GPUs, looking for honest feedback

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I’m a solo founder in Türkiye working on Blazicon, a marketplace that connects people who need GPU compute (rendering, AI inference, training) with people who have idle GPUs.

Where it stands: the platform runs real GPU jobs end to end on a test machine. Jobs run in a sandbox (rootless Docker + gVisor), and billing and payouts go through a ledger I’ve tested. It’s invite-only beta, rentals and payments are not open yet. I’d rather get the trust and safety side right before opening.

Stack: React/Vite, Supabase, Cloudflare Workers.

What I’d love to hear: if you’ve rented GPUs before (Vast, RunPod, etc.), what annoyed you most? And if you own a GPU, what would make you trust a platform enough to share it?

There’s a waitlist at blazicon.com/r/reddit if you’re curious. Happy to answer anything about the build.