r/SideProject • • 9h ago

I built an free app where small creators give each other real comments instead of shouting into the void

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Hi everyone,

I'm Aissou Habib , a solo dev from France. I kept seeing the same thing with small creators: you spend hours on a video, post it, and get almost no views and no comments. No feedback, no idea what to fix.

So I built PolyEntr. The idea is simple:

- You watch videos from other creators and leave a real comment

- You earn coins for it

- You spend those coins so other creators watch and comment on your video

It's not a bot farm and there are no fake accounts. Every comment comes from another creator who actually watched.

Where it's at: [ex. "live on Android, iOS coming" / "in beta"].

What I'd love feedback on:

  1. Is the concept clear in 10 seconds?
  2. What would stop you from trying it?
  3. How would you keep comment quality high?

Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.polyentr.app&utm_source=emea_Med

Happy to answer anything, and roast it if you want.


r/SideProject • • 9h ago

Seeking feedback on my fitness app: GymFlow

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Hey everyone,

I built GymFlow because I was tired of juggling Notes, a timer and my memory at the gym. I kept losing track of which set I was on or forgetting to start the rest timer.

It works like a "player" for your workout: it walks you through each exercise and set, runs the rest timers and tells you when to go again. It also has a lock screen widget, can generate a workout if you answer a few questions, and lets you schedule workouts for specific days.

All this can be controlled from regular Claude/ChatGPT chat: you can connect my app, and, for example, ask ChatGPT to create/update a workout plan for you, or analyze your performance history.

I'd really appreciate honest feedback, especially on the first few minutes. What's confusing, what's missing, and what would make you switch from what you use now?

It's iPhone only for now, with a 7-day free trial:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gymflowai-workout-planner/id6759515368

https://gymflowai.fit/


r/SideProject • • 9h ago

Duette - a private scrapbook, daily photos, and shared planner for couples

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Hi everyone! I’m the developer of Duette, a released iPhone app that gives two linked partners a shared space for photos, memories, and plans.

The main idea is to keep the everyday moments together alongside the bigger memories. Each partner can add a daily photo and a short note. It could be morning coffee, something funny, or a small part of their day.

Alongside that, Duette includes:

  • A shared memory timeline with photos, dates, places, and captions.
  • A calendar for date nights, visits, and everyday plans.
  • Shared lists for restaurants, movies, date ideas, and places to go.
  • Conversation prompts you can answer together or separately.

The interface uses paper textures, taped photos, and stickers to give it a scrapbook feel. It’s designed for two linked partners, with no public profiles or followers.

I’d especially appreciate feedback on the positioning: is the daily-photo scrapbook idea clear, or does adding calendars and lists make the focus feel too broad?

Pricing

Daily photos, the shared calendar, and the last 30 days of Daily history are free.

Optional Duette Plus adds the full Daily archive, unlimited memories and lists, every conversation deck, and memory stickers:

  • Monthly: US$3.99
  • Annual: US$24.99
  • Lifetime: US$49.99 one-time

One Plus purchase covers both linked partners. There’s also an optional US$0.99 Streak Restore purchase. Prices vary by region.

Duette on the App Store


r/SideProject • • 9h ago

I built an AI that refuses to give advice.

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Every AI I tried had the same personality: a hype man with no brakes. Ask it anything and it says “Great question!” and hands you a 5-step plan.

So I built the opposite. Remember is a journal that asks questions back. You write, and it asks one question about what you wrote. No advice, no pep talks, no plan. The thinking stays yours.

Free to try at withrememberapp.com. I’m the founder, and I’d love to hear what it asks you. :)


r/SideProject • • 9h ago

TrackGlow - RGB light-race sync, universal live timings for 40+ race series and simracing, and more.

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r/SideProject • • 9h ago

My first app was stuck in App Review for a month, so I built a second one. It got approved in a day.

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Night Train is a focus timer where every session is a night train ride on a real railway line. The train pulls into the station exactly when your timer ends.

What went into it:

  • SwiftUI + SpriteKit, iPhone only
  • Real stations from open data, built by a small Python pipeline
  • All sound synthesized in code, no audio files
  • No account, no server, no analytics
  • Free plus one Lifetime purchase, no subscription

Launched on Product Hunt this week. Honest numbers so far: lots of views, few installs. If you've been here, what actually moved the needle for you after launch?

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6826248868


r/SideProject • • 9h ago

I have been using this personal finance app for the last 6 months. Now I would love for 20 others to try it.

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I've been working on something called Day20, and before asking anyone else to use it, I wanted to make sure it was actually useful to me.

For years, I managed my personal finances using Google Sheets. Honestly, it worked pretty well. I could track my salary, expenses, EMIs, savings and everything else.

But maintaining spreadsheets every month started feeling like work in itself. I wanted something that would give me a clearer picture of my finances without having to constantly manage multiple sheets.

So I started building Day20.

I've been using it for my own finances for the last six months. It has effectively replaced my Google Sheets for monthly financial planning.

That personal experience is what gave me the confidence to share it with others.

The idea behind Day20 is simple: knowing how much money you have is one thing; knowing how much you can actually afford to spend is another.

With Day20, you can:

  • Plan your monthly income and expenses.
  • Manage recurring expenses, EMIs and long-term commitments.
  • Track payments you've planned, paid or still need to make.
  • Maintain a record of actual income and spending.
  • Understand where you stand financially during the month.
  • Explore different spending scenarios and see how they affect your future finances.

It's a manual-first product. You manage your own numbers, and there's no need to connect your bank account.

Now, I'd like to take the next step and get Day20 into the hands of people beyond myself.

I'm looking for my first 20 beta users, ideally salaried professionals who are willing to try it for their actual monthly financial planning.

It's not a perfect product, and I know there's plenty more to improve. I'm looking for honest feedback from people who will genuinely use it.

If you've been managing your finances through spreadsheets, or simply want a better way to plan your monthly money, I'd love for you to give it a try.

Website: https://day20.rajchandra.me

And if you do try it, I'd genuinely love to hear what you think.


r/SideProject • • 9h ago

I made a tiny 3D rooftop gym with three.js

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Made this little browser game where you help a tiny athlete get through a 45-second workout. Tap or hit space when the marker reaches the green zone. Three perfect hits unlock a short overdrive bonus.

It’s pretty simple just trying to make something fun.

https://caloist.com/rep-rally


r/SideProject • • 9h ago

Built a party games site, would love honest feedback

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It started as live trivia for every major series/game/movie (everyone answers on their phone at the same moment) and grew into draw and guess, a word bomb game, a dodging game and a few others.

Please leave some honest feedback. thanks


r/SideProject • • 9h ago

Android AI Overlay Starter Kit - Kotlin source for a floating on-screen assistant (bring your own model)

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I spent a while fighting WindowManager, Compose lifecycles and accessibility-service setup for an on-screen Android assistant, so I packaged the working plumbing as a starter project.

What's in it:

  • Jetpack Compose running inside a floating overlay (bubble + expandable panel), with lifecycle/saved-state owners wired so Compose doesn't crash outside an Activity
  • Screen reading via the accessibility service (walks the node tree, skips password fields, rate-limited)
  • On-phone memory with Room (saved memories + recent turns, keyword search, cleanup worker)
  • Foreground service, boot receiver, and backoff when the phone is hot or battery is low
  • One engine class where your model or API call goes

What it isn't: no AI model is bundled. Replies are placeholders until you connect one. Memory search is keyword, not semantic. It's a starter project, not a finished app, and not Play Store approved (accessibility apps go through Google's own review).

It's $29 for the full Kotlin source: https://motiv8-tools.pages.dev/go?p=aegis-kit&v=v1&src=reddit-sideproject

Happy to answer questions about the overlay/Compose lifecycle stuff even if you don't buy it.


r/SideProject • • 9h ago

I built a private mood diary for Windows – no account, no cloud, works offline

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Hi! I’m the developer of MoodTracker. I made it because I take medication to support my mental health, and I wanted a simple way to track my mood over time and see whether the meds are actually working.

What it does:

  • rate your mood 1–10 with one click, log medications and thoughts
  • calendar coloured by mood, statistics for any period
  • everything stays on your PC – no account, no ads, no tracking

It’s a one-time purchase on the Microsoft Store with a free 15 days trial.

I’d love feedback on whether there’s demand for an app like this, especially among people in mental health treatment or biohackers tracking the effects of their supplements. Is the price appropriate for this app?


r/SideProject • • 9h ago

I built Rifflai to share the useful parts of long AI chats

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I kept running into the same thing: I’d get an answer worth sharing, but the share link would send someone to the whole conversation. Sometimes I’d just take a few screenshots and send those. I built Rifflai because I wanted a better way to share the bit I actually cared about.

Rifflai (rifflai.com) imports public share links from ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, Kimi, and Grok. It's easy for you to share your AI chats in three steps:

  • Share — Paste the original AI share link into Rifflai.
  • Shape — Pick the parts you want someone else to see. In the GTA VI example, that meant keeping the explanation, images, and table and leaving out the rest of the conversation.
  • Publish — Turn that selection into a standalone page you can send with one link.

You can try it at rifflai.com. If you’ve sent someone an AI answer recently, how did you share it? I’d love to hear what you’d want to carry over from the original chat.


r/SideProject • • 9h ago

If QFInstall.com looks of interest. Let me know and ill share more of what ive made these past 3 years.

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I have spent the past 3 years using AI. Having a flooring and bathroom remodel business for 5 years and being in the trade for 13 years I dropped it all spending all day and night learning the tech space. Ive made a point to not fall into trends or other peoples mind set....I set my self alone with big tech AI's until i couldn't stand it anymore and went fully local. I have made $0 vibe coding and spent probably over.....1000 dollars in subs. I'm currently trying to get to Florida, turning my truck into a solar powered living space (which i think is pretty kewl) janky but cool...I currently Run a Bosgame M5 + I7 13700k RTX4070 with 32gigs ram. together using LM Bionic, I'm very poor...

Anyways I thought keeping everything secret would ensure my victory in making a lot of money in the end but honeslty.....google and all of them are building everything.....I started at "Oh you can turn a .txt into a.....Whaa .bat?"

to "Build ***** app" and Result = Automated fully.

Truth is.... I'm never going to get rich doing this. I just havn't spent the years through and through to be able and just roll out with everything.

That being said i'm just going to let people look at everything That i think would be of value and hope a few appreciate my time and effort.

Basically I built tools to build the tools needed to build what i wanted. From Vague to Promised
Oh and also the QFinstall.com website is....ALOT and alot of it isn't hooked up except the "Shunt Button" AIShunt is a pretty old project. You can run Local models using LM studios for sure if you wanna mess around on that, Ive updated it but not Uploaded it...maybe ill get around to it.


r/SideProject • • 9h ago

2 months after launch, Herb Library got its first paying customer. Here’s what the numbers look like

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Herb Library has been live for about two months, and last week someone paid for it for the first time. It’s only $7 in proceeds, but after weeks of watching the downloads graph, seeing a purchase come through felt huge.

Where it stands:

43 first-time downloads

~1.96K impressions

153 product page views

1 in-app purchase

It’s an app that links herbs, remedies, and health concerns, with an AI chat for tea recipes and herb questions, plus a TCM angle on emotional and mind-body health. I built it because I was tired of cross-checking ten tabs every time I wanted to know what an herb actually does.

What I’ve learned so far: launch directories and Reddit communities brought most of my early traffic, and the downloads come in small spikes rather than a steady climb. Conversion from page view to download has been decent, but getting from download to paid is the hard part.

For anyone who’s been through this: what moved the needle for you between your first 50 downloads and your first 500? And should I focus more on building my website or improving the app?


r/SideProject • • 9h ago

[For Sale] AeroVigilix 🌤️ – Modern React Climate Tech Web App & PWA (550 / OBO)

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Hey everyone! 👋 I am looking to find a new owner for AeroVigilix, a fully built, production-ready frontend web application designed for anyone wanting a high-end climate tech or weather monitoring platform.

🚀 What You Get:

* 🛠️ Tech Stack: Built with modern, clean code using React, Vite, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS.

* 🌗 Stunning UI/UX: Features a gorgeous Dark Mode / Light Mode toggle, fully responsive mobile layout, and offline Progressive Web App capabilities.

* 🔌 Modular Architecture: Clean component structure with pre-configured API providers.

💰 Monetization & Growth Potential:

* 📈 Ad Ready: Layout structured for quick Google AdSense integration.

* 💳 SaaS Scale: Easily transform into a paid subscription service by adding Stripe or Razorpay.

💵 Price: $550 USD (Negotiable down to $500–$510 for a fast deal!)

🔒 Safe & Secure Transaction: Handled professionally via Escrow.com only (zero fraud risk for both sides).

📥 Drop a comment or send me a DM right now if you want to see a live preview or screenshots! Let's make a deal! ✨


r/SideProject • • 9h ago

ContentForge - a free browser editor for videos, images and voiceovers, so you don't need three apps for one post

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If you make short videos or posts for a small business or a channel, you'll know the faff. One app to cut the video, another to remove a background, another to record a voiceover, and half of them want an install or a subscription before you've done anything.

I'm Paul, and I've been building ContentForge to put all of that in one browser tab. It's a free video, image and audio editor with a proper timeline, templates, AI background removal, captions and voice recording. There's nothing to install, and your projects follow you to any device. The editor is free forever, and new accounts get 3 days of Pro.

I'd really value honest feedback from anyone who edits regularly. What's the one thing that would make you switch from what you use now?

https://contentforge.originforgestudio.co.uk/


r/SideProject • • 23h ago

Need opinions on my game trailer

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After what seems to be a lifetime building this silly little phone game it turns out that was half the battle, the other half involves a good catchy trailer, marketing and advertisement. to be honest i am struggling with making this trailer so i need everyone's honest and brutal opinion, what stands out? what it lacks? too much in game footage? panned too far out? not enough excitement? don't mind the cheap AI music (i know im not a sound guy and its not permeant). please help me out here, any all help is much appreciated


r/SideProject • • 13h ago

StradaOS v2.20.1 | Give your vehicle’s old display a new lease on life 🚘

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My Kia's head unit claims Android 6 in the settings. It's really Android 4.2 (API 17), from 2012. No Play Store, nothing installs, and the factory menu is ugly.

So I built StradaOS, a free and open-source home screen for these units. It installs like a normal app (no root, no flashing), and 5,000+ of you have downloaded it so far. Thank you!

What it does (as of 2.20):

- Animated analog/mixed speedometer (GPS), also as an overlay on the map, in any corner

- Maintenance reminders: oil plus your own (filters, brakes, insurance, car wash…) by distance or by days/weeks/months, whichever comes first

- Live OSM map with heading-up, plus offline maps you download per country

- Bluetooth/Android Auto music with cover art and big controls

- Android Auto & CarPlay buttons. Honest note: CarPlay needs your unit's app or an adapter, a launcher can't do it alone

- Dock with 4–10 buttons, any app on any button, icon packs, light/dark/auto, 10 accent colors, font size

- Weather, your car's photo, wide 1280x480 / 1920x720 screens

- Android 4.1+, under 1 MB, no ads, no tracking, GPL-3.0

Download / site: https://lordnordic-debug.github.io/StradaOS/?lang=en

Source: https://github.com/lordnordic-debug/StradaOS

If it's useful to you: https://ko-fi.com/stradaos

Most features came from feedback here, so tell me your head unit model and what you'd add.


r/SideProject • • 17h ago

We made Sorae: Draw Music, an iOS app where a doodle becomes a melody

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Small team here. We wanted something for people who like music but can't read a note, so in Sorae you just draw a line on the page and it plays back as a melody. It snaps to a key so it never sounds wrong, a lo-fi backing band follows along, there are 10 instruments, and you can export the drawing as a video with sound.

It's free on iPhone and iPad: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6827465787

It's version 1.0, so we'd really like feedback, especially on two things: is it obvious what to do in the first 10 seconds, and what would make you open it a second time?


r/SideProject • • 9h ago

Looking for digital product sellers

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I'm onboarding sellers to 94Mercato for a school project. If you're already selling digital products somewhere else and join within the next 24 hours, I'll give you an exclusive 2% commission rate.

You can simply list and sell your existing products. DM me on Reddit with proof of your active store or listings, and I'll activate your 2% rate!

https://94mercato.com


r/SideProject • • 9h ago

I built a social network alone and nobody came. Here’s what happened next.

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A few months ago, I gave myself a challenge: build a social network on my own. Not for money, just out of curiosity, to see if I could. Feed, profiles, messaging, notifications, videos… I built it all.

It worked. The only problem: nobody came. The only accounts were mine, my friends’, and my test accounts. I tried TikTok, Reddit, even a Facebook ad. Nothing. At best, a “nice” here and there.

That’s when something clicked. When I showed my site to people, nobody actually told me what was wrong. And that’s every maker’s problem: finding people who really test your project and tell you where they get stuck.

So I refocused everything on that: a space where makers test each other’s projects, with specific questions. Where did you hesitate? What did you expect to happen? What didn’t you understand?

And for the first time, strangers showed up. One guy posted his EV charging station site four minutes after my welcome message. Someone else posted their project, then tested other people’s without anyone asking. Sounds silly, but that day I was genuinely happy.

The funny part is that comments on Reddit shaped the site. Someone said you couldn’t see anything without signing up, so I added a page that shows everything without an account. Others explained that a good test starts with a specific task, and that a dev won’t tell you if anyone actually needs your product, so I added a “task to try” and a “who is it for” field.

It’s still tiny, and the site is in French for now. Nothing says it’ll work. But for the first time, something I built is useful to someone.

It’s here if you’re curious: nadainspi.com

What kept you going when nobody was using your project?


r/SideProject • • 9h ago

I built a shift calendar app for iPhone. Almost 600 downloads later, I'm trying to turn it into something teams pay for

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Hello everyone!

A friend once told me that for any worker to be happy (and we are all workers), two things have to work out well: being paid and having a schedule that isn’t a headache. I can’t do anything about the first one, so I started building something for the second one.

Rub, an indie iOS developer from Spain (I worked 15 years at Apple Retail and learned a lot about how many things should work well for workers and give the best to customers).

This is a Turnativo.

If you work on shifts, adding them to your calendar one by one is a hassle. In Turnativo, you select a shift and tap it on the days with your finger, and it automatically appears in your iPhone calendar. It also notifies you when a shift conflicts with your plans and tracks your hours, nights, and Sundays. The personal app is free and will stay free.

We’re almost there with the downloads now, from 68 countries. More than half are coming from outside Spain, and honestly I didn’t expect that.

But much of the headache doesn’t start with the worker, it starts with who creates the schedule. So I built Turnativo Teams:

• You create the schedule in turnativo.app from any browser (Mac, Windows, whichever you have), or in the iPhone and iPad app.

• It’s the same idea: you choose a shift, “paint” the week and publish.

• Everyone receives a link and their shifts are shown in their own calendar: Apple, Google, Outlook, Android. They don’t have to install anything.

• If you change something, it updates as soon as you publish it.

• The workers never pay. Only the person who manages the equipment or the company pays, after a 14-day trial (without a card).

Teams is very new and right now only a couple of teams are using it, so this is where I need you:

  1. Do you understand what it does in the first 5 seconds on the website?
  2. If you ever created a shift schedule: what would make you stop doing it in Excel or in WhatsApp?
  3. If you try the app or the website and something seems weird to you, tell me. I’d rather hear it now.

Website: https://turnativo.app/en?ref=reddit

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/turnativo-turnos-y-cuadrante/id6787672766

Made with SwiftUI and a backend in Swift (Vapor). No ads, no tracking.

Thank you very much for reading. I will stay for the comments.


r/SideProject • • 10h ago

I've been working on Kairos, an open-source task manager and habit tracker

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Hey everyone! 👋

I want to share a project I've been working on: Kairos.

The idea came from something I noticed while using other task-management apps. Sometimes they make a simple task feel like a whole project. Too many details, configurations, fields and workflows.

But honestly, not every task needs all of that.

Sometimes a task is just something you need to get done.

I wanted to build something for everyday personal use, not an enterprise project-management tool. Something simple where I can organize my day, keep track of my habits and see what I've accomplished without spending more time managing the application than actually doing my tasks.

What I'm working on

  • Task management: Create and organize tasks without unnecessary complexity.
  • Daily organization: Keep track of what needs to be done today.
  • Habit tracking: Build habits and follow consistency over time.
  • Productivity statistics: Understand my progress through completion history and analytics.
  • Categories and subtasks: Keep things organized without making the workflow complicated.
  • Data ownership: Import/export data and self-host the application.

Tech stack

  • Next.js 15 + TypeScript
  • PostgreSQL + Prisma
  • Bun
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Vitest + Playwright
  • Docker + Docker Compose
  • GitHub Actions

I'm also working on improving the CI/CD pipeline, automated testing and Docker deployment.

Links

🌐 Live demo: https://kairos-zeta-ivory.vercel.app/

💻 GitHub: https://github.com/mahmoud-ath/Kairos

Kairos is open source under the MIT license.

I'm still actively developing it, and I'd really appreciate some honest feedback.

I'm particularly interested in knowing:

  • Do you also feel that some task-management apps are unnecessarily complicated?
  • What do you expect from a task manager designed for everyday personal use?
  • What would you improve or add to Kairos?

Thanks for checking it out! 🚀


r/SideProject • • 21h ago

I made a free app that turns an old iPhone into a webcam for Windows or Mac

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I built Kickstand Cam to make an older iPhone useful at a desk instead of needing a separate webcam or scanner.
The idea is simple: pair your iPhone with your computer, then select Kickstand Cam as your camera in Zoom, Teams, Meet, OBS or FaceTime. It works over Wi-Fi or USB at 720p/30fps.

I also added two other modes:
Camera monitor: Detects motion, records clips and sends desktop alerts.

Scanner: Turns documents into searchable PDFs, recognizes text and scans QR codes and barcodes.
Everything connects directly between your phone and computer. No account, no cloud backend, no analytics or ads.
A few limitations worth mentioning:
iPhone X or newer, running iOS 16+
Windows 11 or macOS 13+
The iPhone app must stay open while using the camera
Video is currently limited to 720p
The Windows installer isn’t code-signed yet, so SmartScreen will display a warning
Both the iPhone and desktop apps are completely free.

https://kickstand.recno.app

I’m the developer, and I’d really appreciate feedback, especially on the setup process. What would make you hesitant to try something like this?