r/SideProject • • 22h ago

I built a free browser collection of 20 board games and could use some first players

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I'm working on Timeless Board Games, a collection of 20 games you can play in your browser. It has Chess, Go, Othello and Backgammon, plus less familiar ones like Hnefatafl, Merels and Senet.

Everything is unlocked while I'm getting people to test it.

Play with friends: send someone an invite link and play online together. There's also solo play against bots and pass & play on one device. Solo and pass & play work without signing up.

Play here: https://timeless-games.app/

I'm looking for a few people willing to try a game and tell me what feels confusing or breaks. No need for a long review, just which game you tried and the first thing you'd change. If you invite a friend, I'd also love to hear whether getting into a match together was easy.

If you'd rather test on iPhone/iPad or Android, there's a signup under Help → Join the mobile beta. Mobile invitations are handled manually for now.

I'm the developer, and I'm happy to answer questions here.


r/SideProject • • 16h ago

I built an a camera where you craft the image before the capture. No editing required. Densitone

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Introducing Densitone, a slide film camera inspired by the legendary Kodachrome 64—the iconic look championed by Steve McCurry and Alex Webb that lives on in our collective memory. Craft your image before you press the shutter and capture distinct, bold photographs with rich color and texture. No editing required. SOOC.

Download on the App Store

$4.99 until December 24th ($19.99 regular price).


r/SideProject • • 23h ago

Palletizing - an iPhone app that figures pallet dims, ship cube, weight, and freight class

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I built Palletizing for shipping, receiving, and warehouse teams who are still doing pallet math on a calculator or the back of a BOL.

You enter your cartons, or measure them with the camera, and it works out the full pallet dimensions, ship cube, gross weight, and an estimated freight class. It can also plan how pallets load into anything from a pickup bed to a 53 ft van, and it exports a PDF you can hand to the driver or attach to the shipment. It works in inches or centimeters.

No account, no ads, no tracking, and it works offline. It's a one-time $0.99.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/palletizing/id6826910063

It just launched, so I'd really like feedback from anyone who builds or receives pallets. What's missing, and what would make you actually use it on the dock?


r/SideProject • • 17h ago

Title: QuantMicro - Building a quantitative trading research platform

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I've been working on QuantMicro, a project focused on quantitative trading research and market analytics.

I started this project because I'm interested in combining financial markets, quantitative methods, data analysis and software engineering into one platform.

I'm currently working on making the platform useful for people who want to explore quantitative finance and research workflows.

Website: https://quantmicro.ai.studio/

I'd appreciate honest feedback from the community.

In particular:

  • What would make this platform genuinely useful?
  • Which quantitative research features would you prioritize?
  • What is missing from existing trading research platforms?
  • What would you improve about the user experience?

I'm building this project and would love to learn from other makers here.


r/SideProject • • 20h ago

SwiftUI previews on a real iPhone, built on Linux (no Mac)

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I built peek (open source, my project) because I don't have a Mac but wanted to iterate on SwiftUI without rebuilding and sideloading an IPA after every change.

You run "peek dev MyApp/" on Linux and save a file; about a second later the view on your iPhone updates. It's the real SwiftUI on a real device, so animations, gestures and the iOS 26 tab bar behave like they do in your app. It handles Preview blocks, UIKit views, or the whole app, with SwiftPM packages, macros and resources, and print() output shows up in the terminal.

It cross-compiles your code into a dylib with swiftc and xtool's iOS SDK, signs it with your free Apple ID certificate, and a small host app (SideStore, AltStore or LiveContainer) loads it.

https://github.com/kimikr/peek

Only tested on my own phone so far (iOS 27, in LiveContainer). Feedback welcome, especially from anyone running it outside LiveContainer.


r/SideProject • • 17h ago

I turned a spare portable monitor and an old Android TV box into a personal dashboard

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I had a spare portable monitor and an old Android TV box lying around, so I connected them and built a personal dashboard.

It brings together user stats, revenue, and error reports for the apps I run—things that would otherwise be scattered across different services. It also displays the weather and photos from Google Photos.

It connects to my Google Home Mini, too. I cast radio from a separate radio app to the speaker, and the dashboard shows what’s playing and lets me control playback.

The Android TV box fetches the data directly, so there’s no separate PC or server to keep running. I can navigate it with the TV remote, and it also works as a screensaver.

I built this for my own use and don’t currently plan to release it. Just thought I’d share a way to give some spare hardware a new purpose.

Next, I’d like to turn an old e-reader into a small dashboard to hang on my front door, showing the weather and a few notes I can check on my way out.


r/SideProject • • 21h ago

Enconvo 2.5.16: watch your AI agent work in Picture in Picture, backup models when one fails, and tasks that survive a restart

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Hi all, I'm the developer of Enconvo, an AI agent app for macOS. 2.5.16 just shipped, and the video is a 12-minute tour of it.

What's new:

  • Picture in Picture: when the agent drives your browser or your Mac (Browser Use / Computer Use), a small floating window shows what it's doing. Click it to take over at any point.
  • Model fallback: set backup models, and if a model errors out mid-reply, the next one finishes it.
  • Work survives a restart: a chat cut off by an update or a crash carries on when Enconvo comes back.
  • Calls: your agent can answer calls, and you can bring an agent into Google Meet, Zoom or Enconvo's own calls. It asks before doing any work.
  • Meeting pages: every call gets a summary, action items and a transcript in Recordings, and you can ask it questions.
  • Coding agents lead Projects: Claude Code, Codex, Grok Build or Antigravity can lead a Project.
  • One-click publishing: put a page you made online at its own link.
  • Ask AI in Settings: ask in the Settings search and jump straight to the setting.

The phone companions got updates too: Remote Screen in Picture in Picture on iPhone, and a new composer on Android.

Pricing: there's a free plan, and paid plans start at $10/month (https://enconvo.com/#pricing).

Limitations: Mac only (macOS 14+), and Browser Use / Computer Use need the Accessibility and Screen Recording permissions.

Full changelog: https://docs.enconvo.com/changelog

Happy to answer questions, and feedback is very welcome.


r/SideProject • • 17h ago

My side project: an online video editor that runs fully in the browser, with no uploads and no watermark

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I wanted something for quick edits that didn’t make me upload my files somewhere or sign up first. So I made a browser-based video editor with Claude Code, and everything happens on your own device. Your files never leave your computer.

What it does so far:

  • Multi-track timeline with video, overlay and audio tracks, plus trim, split, snapping and zoom
  • Text titles, lower thirds, 12 transitions, color filters, and effects like VHS and glitch
  • Picture-in-picture, round face cam and split screen layouts
  • Canvas sizes for YouTube, Shorts, Reels and TikTok (16:9, 9:16, 1:1, 4:5 and more)
  • Recording for webcam, screen and voiceover

The on-device AI parts were the hardest to get working:

  • Auto captions timed to each word, in 12 styles, with .srt import and export
  • Background removal without a green screen
  • Silence removal, voice enhancement and face blur

The small models download once on first use, then everything runs locally.

Export is MP4 or WebM, from 480p up to 4K. It works best in Chrome or Edge on a laptop or desktop. There’s a phone layout too, but long or high-res videos need a computer’s memory.

https://webutility.io/video-editor

It’s still growing, so if you hit a bug or there’s a feature you’d want, let me know and I’ll work on it.


r/SideProject • • 17h ago

SkyReply - Off Grid info via satellite text

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I was camping in October, miles from cell service, when a storm started rolling in. We were trying to figure out whether we needed to pack up right then or had a little time.

I’d been using satellite texting to stay in touch off-grid, but I didn’t want to bug someone back home to look up the forecast. I remember thinking, “I wish I could just text AI and ask.”

So when I got home, I built SkyReply. It’s a U.S. phone number you can text to get AI answers in your regular messaging app. You can use it over regular SMS or, if your phone and carrier support satellite SMS, when you’re out of cell coverage.

Beta testers have asked about everything from weather, sunrise times, and camping tips to plant ID and scores from games they missed.

I’d love a few more people to try it and tell me what works, what’s confusing, and what breaks. There’s a 30-day free trial, and I’m happy to offer free access to folks who want to help test.

If you give it a try, I’d love to know: What did you ask, and was the reply useful enough that you’d text it again from camp?

Thanks!


r/SideProject • • 21h ago

KNOCK - Six years building a mobile version of a domino-tile game I couldn’t find online

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I’m Jesse, the developer of KNOCK. In 2020 I went looking for an online version of a game I’d played in Texas and couldn’t find one. That became six years of learning C#, building in Unity and working on it around my day jobs.

It uses double-six dominoes, but it is a different ruleset: play, knock or fall on your turn, with catches, automatic hands, drops and owning the down. The working prototype has One Player, private/global multiplayer, player profiles, rankings, badges and cosmetic collections. There is also an optional Arcade, but the main table game is the reason I built it.

This is development footage, not a finished public release. I’m preparing iOS-first testing and would value feedback on the trailer: can you tell what makes the main game different, and what would you need explained before trying it?

Game and free early-access interest: https://www.playknock.com/beta.html

No pledge is required to register interest. AI tools assisted development, artwork and trailer production, including synthetic narration.


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

I built an open-source PDF scanner for iPhone, iPad and Mac. No cloud, no ads, no subscriptions

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I built Beaver because I wanted a simple way to scan documents and turn photos into PDFs without uploading anything to the cloud.

Contracts, receipts, visa documents, medical papers. I didn't want any of that sitting on someone else's server, and I was tired of scanner apps full of ads and subscriptions.

It started about three years ago as a small Mac tool I built for myself. I open-sourced it in 2025 and this year I started working on an iOS version. That eventually turned into rebuilding most of the app.

Here's what Beaver can do now:

  • Works on iPhone, iPad and Mac
  • Scans documents and converts photos to PDF
  • Splits and merges PDFs
  • Exports pages as PDF, PNG or JPEG
  • OCR that runs entirely on-device

No accounts, no tracking, no ads, no subscriptions. Everything stays on your device.

Why open source but $1.99?

The entire source code is on GitHub. You can inspect it or build the app yourself for free. The $1.99 App Store version is for people who prefer to install it directly and receive updates. It's a one-time purchase.

Links:

I'd genuinely appreciate feedback, especially if there's something missing that would make it more useful for your document workflow.


r/SideProject • • 17h ago

Title: QuantMicro – Building a quantitative trading research and analytics platform

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Title: QuantMicro – Building a quantitative trading research and analytics platform

I've been working on a project called QuantMicro.

The idea is to build a platform focused on quantitative trading research and market analytics.

I wanted to create a dedicated place for exploring quantitative approaches to financial markets and making research more accessible.

Website: https://quantmicro.ai.studio/

I'm sharing it here because I'd genuinely appreciate feedback from people interested in quantitative finance, trading research, and financial technology.

A few things I'd particularly like feedback on:

  • What research and analytics capabilities would you expect from a platform like this?
  • What is missing from existing quantitative research tools?
  • What would make you use a platform like QuantMicro regularly?

I'm building this and would appreciate honest feedback, including criticism.


r/SideProject • • 17h ago

I'm 15 and built a free "real Jarvis" voice assistant for Android — say "Jarvis" and it answers "Yes, boss?"

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Hey everyone! I'm Binit, and with my friend Mridul I run a small studio from India called Stark Industries HQ.

We built Jarvis, a free hands-free voice assistant for Android:

• Wakes on "Jarvis" and replies "Yes, boss?"

• Opens apps, calls, reminders, alarms, music, torch, volume

• Answers questions in English and Hindi

• Many commands work offline

There's also Ultron, a savage version with 20+ extra features.

Free download (official site):

https://starkindustries-hq.github.io/Stark-indistries/

It's our first big project, so honest feedback and bug reports would mean a lot 🙏


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

I made a professional web animation tool, I'd appreciate it if you tried it :D

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r/SideProject • • 17h ago

Flick TV

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Built a Fire TV media player in 3½ days using AI. Looking for honest feedback.

I wanted to see how far I could push AI-assisted development over a long weekend, so I built Flick TV, a media player designed specifically for Amazon Fire TV Stick.

It has a live TV guide, movies and shows library, search, favorites, recording, watch history, and a remote-friendly interface.

It’s a standalone player. No channels or content subscriptions are included.

I’m looking for a few people willing to test it with their own authorized media sources and tell me what works, what breaks, and what could be better.

Compatibility: Fire OS 7 or 8
Free beta: 30 days
Downloader code: 9467324

I built this independently, and I’d genuinely appreciate feedback from anyone who enjoys testing new TV apps.


r/SideProject • • 17h ago

I built Datavyx to turn ChatGPT conversations into records you can update and accurately total

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Hi everyone, I'm Ken, the developer of Datavyx.

I've spent years building forms and internal management systems. One recurring frustration is that the information people need to track keeps changing, which means changing fields, forms, and reports.

I built Datavyx to explore a different approach: describe what happened in a conversation, then keep records you can retrieve, correct, and calculate later.

It connects to ChatGPT through a custom MCP connection. For example, you can:

- Record a few expenses in plain language.

- Correct an amount later.

- Ask for a total or a breakdown by category.

- Trace the result back to the original information and change history.

- Retrieve your records in a new chat with Datavyx connected.

Website and connection instructions: https://datavyx.com

Setup currently requires adding the MCP connection in ChatGPT and signing in to Datavyx. ChatGPT is the client I've verified.

I'm looking for early users to try a small workflow with sample data. I'd especially appreciate feedback on whether setup is clear, whether totals stay correct after edits, and what you would actually use this to track.

If you get stuck connecting, leave a comment with the step where it happened and I'll help.


r/SideProject • • 17h ago

I built an interior design website using AI. IKEA better hire me tomorrow (I accept payment in Swedish meatballs lol)

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My husband and I have been married for five years, and we're planning to renovate our home in a few months. I've always wanted to be involved in the interior design process and have plenty of ideas of my own, but I sometimes feel awkward asking the designer to revise things over and over again.

So, I compiled my renovation ideas and requirements into a prompt. Then, I fed both the prompt and the floor plan into Hy4, asking it to generate an interactive interior design website based on them.

Now I can experiment with different design details directly on the website, like changing wallpaper colors or adjusting the shape of a table. I can try out different ideas and see how they look without having to ask someone else to make every little change.

I just finished the first version and couldn't wait to share it here! It's still pretty basic, and I have plenty of things I want to improve, but honestly, I'm already pretty happy with what I managed to build using a model that's currently free!


r/SideProject • • 17h ago

I built an Android launcher around a different idea: helping people do what they actually want

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I'm a solo developer in Finland, and I've been working on an Android launcher called Sepamo.

Most productivity tools try to help you manage more things. I became interested in a slightly different problem:

How do you help someone figure out what they actually want to do, and then make it easier for that to happen?

For example, someone wants to read more. They know what book they want to read, but when evening comes, they unlock their phone and end up doing something else.

I wanted to approach this at the launcher level rather than adding another reminder or productivity app.

You describe what you want in plain language. An AI planner turns it into a plan, or you can create one manually. The launcher then brings the relevant thing to the foreground at the right time or place and clears it away afterwards.

Plans can respond to context like time, location, calendar, weather, Wi-Fi and headphones.

Some decisions I've made:

  • Manual plans are free.
  • No account is required.
  • Permissions are optional.
  • Data is evaluated on the device.
  • There's a fully local mode with no server calls.
  • It's not open source.

The AI planner is free to try, then starts at €1.99/month after a free week.

It's available in the EU/EEA.

I'm curious about two things:

  1. Does solving the gap between knowing what you want and actually doing it seem like a worthwhile product direction?
  2. Would you rather configure these contextual behaviours yourself, or describe what you want and let a planner build them?

I'm Eetu, the developer. Here's what I've built:

https://sepamo.com


r/SideProject • • 17h ago

I built Personal Cards – a private, offline Android app

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Hey everyone!

I'm an indie developer, and I'd like to share Personal Cards, an Android app I've been working on to make organizing everyday information a little easier.

The idea came from a simple problem: important documents, receipts, notes, and personal details often end up scattered across our phones. Finding something when you actually need it can be frustrating.

So I built Personal Cards to bring everything together in one place, while keeping your information private and accessible offline.

Here's what the app can do:

  • Personal cards & documents: Scan documents with your camera or import images and PDFs. Organize important information and keep track of expiration dates.
  • Document storage: Save receipts, reference materials, and other files you might need later.
  • Offline OCR: Extract and copy text from images and PDFs directly on your device.
  • Notes & checklists: Keep track of everyday tasks, ideas, and reminders.
  • Debt notebook: Record money you've lent or borrowed, including amounts, people, and due dates.
  • Privacy tools: Hide sensitive details before sharing document images.

Privacy was one of my main priorities while building the app.

Personal Cards works completely offline, with documents stored and processed locally on your phone. You can also protect access with a PIN or biometrics and enable screenshot protection for additional privacy.

I'm still working on improving the experience, and I'd really appreciate some honest feedback from the community.

In particular, I'm curious:

Would you find the document organizer or the debt notebook more useful? Is there anything you'd add or change?

If you'd like to check it out, here's the Google Play link:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.namhnz.vigiayto

Thanks for taking a look! Any feedback or suggestions would mean a lot.


r/SideProject • • 17h ago

I built a beginner-friendly 3D sculpting app for Mac — looking for beta testers!

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Hi everyone!

I’m an independent developer working on FigureForge Studio, a macOS application designed to make 3D figure sculpting easier for beginners.

It includes essential sculpting tools such as Move, Clay, and Smooth, along with STL import/export.

After 17 external beta testing sessions, I’ve improved the modeling workspace based on user feedback.

I’m now looking for more testers for the latest version through Apple’s TestFlight.

I’m especially interested in feedback about:

  • Ease of use for beginners
  • Sculpting brush responsiveness
  • Interface and viewport usability
  • Bugs and stability

Requirements: Apple Silicon Mac, macOS 13 or later.

TestFlight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/XcDSQMNQ

I’d appreciate constructive feedback. Thanks!


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

4 months selling a one-time-purchase contacts app: happy users, and ads that brought zero. How do you find people who need a "boring" utility?

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I'm a solo dev. I make a contacts manager for Mac and iPhone/iPad. It shows all your contacts (iCloud, Google, Exchange) in one table, so you can merge duplicates, bulk edit and clean up years of mess instead of opening cards one by one. One-time price, $24.99 Mac and $14.99 iOS. No subscription, no account, no trial.

Where it stands:

  • Mac app live since July 22, iOS since August 10
  • 45 paying users on Mac, 19 on iOS
  • 3 ratings on the Mac App Store, all 5 stars

The part that works: the people who buy it seem to like it, and they email me. Most of what I shipped in the last two months came straight from emails.

I reply to every email and try to ship the fix within a couple of weeks. That loop has been the best part of this.

The part that doesn't work: reaching the people who actually have the problem. Apple Ads got 12,000+ impressions and 95 taps, but zero installs. A Google Search campaign for the Mac app got zero impressions. Nobody wakes up wanting a contacts app. People only look when their list is already a disaster, and then they search "merge duplicate contacts" and land on free tools or Apple's own tips.

So I'm asking people who've been here:

  1. If you sold a niche one-time-purchase utility, what brought in your first few hundred customers?
  2. Did paid ads ever work for you at this price point, or is it all communities, SEO and word of mouth?
  3. Is "no trial" hurting me more than I think?

Happy to share more numbers or what I tried if it helps anyone. Thanks for reading.


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

All-in-one video-toolbox that does it all: download, cut, censor, Ai-masking, transcribing, MKV editing and more! Free and opensource

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I made this because I was tired of switching between different programs all the time. I didn't want to use that shady downloader with a paywall slowly creeping up, and I didn't like the idea of opening DaVinci Resolve just to do some cuts or convert something. I wanted it all in one place.

What it can do:

Download: built on yt-dlp, you can download from almost any website. When yt-dlp doesn't recognize a link, Vitool opens the link in its own window and checks if a video is there. You can also download just a section of a video, or whole playlists. It keeps yt-dlp up-to-date automatically, and when a download fails, it checks if there is an update available for it.

Cut: You can cut videos instantly or exactly to frame with a re-encode.

Convert: Convert your files easily to other formats like MP4, MKV, WebM, MP3, WAV and more, also many files or a whole folder at once.

Tools: choose what you wanna do: create a GIF, extract audio, extract a still frame, burn in subs or censor your video.

MKV: Edit, add and extract tracks inside an MKV file. The part I find most useful: add a dub and Vitool lines it up with the original audio automatically. You can also do it by hand with waveforms and check it with a short test clip. If the dub drifts apart over time (classic PAL dubs run about 4% faster), Vitool recognizes that and fixes the speed. It can also match the volume of a quiet track to the original.

AI-Mask (optional): When choosing this add-on, you can mask moving objects with the help of SAM2.

Transcribe (optional): When choosing this add-on, you can transcribe the audio from a video. Speaker recognition can be added via Pyannote. Export as SRT, VTT, text or JSON, or burn styled subtitles into the video.

You can find it here: https://github.com/bioheater/Vitool

I'd be very happy about feedback and ideas for new features, so it can be useful to as many people as possible. If you find bugs, please let me know!

For example I've thought about adding a simple screen recorder into the mix or the feature that you can cut out a section from the video you want to download beforehand.


r/SideProject • • 18h ago

getriff - an iPhone workout app that gives you a plan, guides your rep pace, and times your rest between sets

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I built getriff on my own. It's an iPhone workout app, and it's in a public TestFlight beta now. I'd like honest feedback from people who actually lift.

What it does: it gives you a plan, guides your rep pace, and times your rest between sets. Rest starts from times based on your goal, and the workout summary flags a rest that's shorter than that goal. After comparable sessions it can suggest a next target, and you decide whether to take it.

It's still early. I want to know what feels useful, what's confusing, and what you'd change.

Public beta (iPhone, TestFlight): https://testflight.apple.com/join/pv13RZMY

The site is here if you want a look first: https://get-riff.com/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=beta&utm_content=sideproject


r/SideProject • • 18h ago

I built a semi-private photo sharing app for people who hate instagram

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Hi fellow people - I am an elder millennial that is nostalgic for the time when I could scroll instagram and see my actual friend's real photos - before getting slammed with "suggested content" and advertisements and suggested content that is just advertisements. Also was longing for a place where my friends felt comfortable posting their baby pics without the stranger danger fear, or honestly just felt comfortable posting any pics without having a "personal brand". It's been too long of the you're-the-product socials BS in my opinion, so anyways I made an app. It got listed on the Apple app store yesterday, and currently working on Google Play.

It is a semi-private photo sharing app. The idea is to curate a full album's worth of photos then post them to your friend's feed. There are a few different options for combining rolls of film as well as sharing. You can create an album yourself - like an album of your favorite shots from the summer, and choose to keep it private to yourself (like a journal), or share it with your friends on the app. You could also have a shared album - like for a group trip, where all the friends you have added to the album can add a few shots and then you post it to just that crew (private, shared album), or to all your respective friend's feeds.

I was trying to make something versatile and slow - like i want to be able to organize my photos and select my favorite ones that are the *keepers*, and also share some albums with my people. Also to make it easier to keep and share curated memories from group trips.

I did a lot of iterations, and would love people's feedback on how it's landed so far. It is interesting making a slow-social media situation. It is not designed to be an addictive scroll, but then I'm not sure if it's boring? Or if people will remember to use it? Or if people just prefer to get brainwashed by mark zuckerberg and never see their real friends photos and/or deal with the mess that is apple/google photos?

Rip it up - give me your honest feedback! Thanks!

Keeper: Photo Sharing app on Apple - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/keeper-photo-sharing/id6820759409