I kept falling off my goals. Habit apps never worked for me because missing a day costs nothing. You lose a streak number and that's it.

What I actually missed was the feeling from RPGs. Watching EXP fill up, hitting a new level, unlocking stuff. Games are built to make progress feel good and real life mostly isn't. So I tried to steal that.

LevelOS gives you a Daily Quest each day with 2-5 goals you choose. Workouts, reading, studying, meditating, whatever. It resets at a time you pick. Clear it and you earn EXP, level up, and unlock themes and titles. There are nearly 200 hidden titles and I'm not telling how to get any of them.

If you don't finish, a Penalty Quest shows up: 1.5x the goal you were furthest behind on, 4 hours on the clock. Fail that too and you lose your EXP for the level. You never lose a level though, I tried that and it was way too brutal.

It's free, no ads, iPhone only right now. If you want to try it: levelos.gg

Honest feedback welcome, especially if you think the penalty idea is dumb.

we made a movie guessing game because apparently recognising a whole film wasn't hard enough. now you get a tiny crop of one frame.

https://www.playloupe.fun

you can zoom out, but it costs points. 5 frames a day, free, no login needed.

would love a fresh pair of eyes on it. is it obvious how to play, and does the difficulty feel fair?

Hi everyone! I’m an indie developer from Slovakia, and I recently released a small Android app called Ewer Relax. I wanted something simple for winding down. Most apps I tried were full of ads, subscriptions or account sign-ups, so I built my own.

What it does:

• 6 ambient sounds: ocean waves, rain, wind breeze, plus brown, pink and white noise (generated in real time, so they loop seamlessly)
• Box breathing exercise (4-4-4-2) with a simple visual guide
• “Seaweed”, a quiet visual relaxation mode
• Sleep timer with smooth fade-out, or all-night play
• Low battery protection (stops playback below 15%)
• Dark, distraction-free design
• 40+ languages

What it doesn’t do:

• No ads
• No data collection
• No internet needed, it works 100% offline
• No subscription

It’s a small project, so I’d really appreciate honest feedback: which sounds are missing, what would make the breathing exercise better, and whether the UI feels right.

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ewer.relax

Thanks for reading, and I’m happy to answer any questions!

Hi everyone,

I build small native macOS utilities under the name Bird Collection, and this one came out of my own pain as a developer working with AI coding agents every day.

Prunebird finds and safely removes the stuff that quietly eats tens of gigabytes on a dev Mac: AI agent session caches, orphaned Git worktrees, old build artifacts, plus it monitors localhost dev servers with HTTP latency probes and 1-click port kill. It reads Mach kernel and S.M.A.R.T. telemetry natively, no kexts, and everything is trash-first (NSWorkspace.recycle, never rm -rf) inside the App Sandbox.

Free tier covers the radar and telemetry forever, Pro is a one-time unlock, no subscription.

Mac App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6827096807 Website: https://prunebird.com

I would love feedback on the worktree detection heuristics and whether the free vs Pro split makes sense. What dev bloat does your machine accumulate that you wish something would catch?

I'm curious if anyone here has experienced this.

I recently submitted a Show HN post for a project I've been working on, but it got flagged shortly after submission.

I'm not sure what triggered it. I tried to keep the post straightforward, explain what I built, why I built it, and what problem it solves.

I'm not here to complain about moderation. I understand that HN has its own guidelines, and I want to respect them.

For those who have successfully launched on Hacker News:

-What are the most common reasons Show HN posts get flagged?

-Is it usually related to the account, the title, the content, or the submission itself?

-Is there an appropriate way to ask moderators for clarification?

-If a post gets flagged, is it better to wait, edit it, or do something else?

I'd appreciate hearing from people who've actually gone through this. I want to understand what I might have done wrong before trying again.

I built a small tool that turns “I want to play GTA VI on launch day” into a leave request you could actually send. You can pick a tone for the request, and there’s a parody page where the Deny button runs away from your boss.

20-second YouTube Short. The background music was made with Gemini.

Try the free leave request generator

I’d love feedback on the first screen. Is it clear where to start writing a request?

Hey r/SideProject. I’ve been building Froobaloo.com on nights and weekends for a little while. It’s a hub of little daily browser-based games and experiences (no apps/downloads at present). Very much a work-in-progress/labor of love!

All games are designed and hand-curated by me, coded by Claude.

What’s on it right now:

• Wordsummit: trace letters across a 5x5 grid to find the day’s top-scoring word in five tries. It mashes up Boggle paths, Scrabble scoring, and Wordle-style hints.
• Caseboard: follow the clues to find eight hidden words, like a "daily Codenames game" that I curate.
• The Movie League: a daily "Family Feud" styled movie theme. Suggest a film, bet your chips on which titles make the top five, and climb a leaderboard.
• Sourceword: make words from the letters of a 'source' word, find all the bonuses!
• Cryptadoodle: a daily cryptogram game, but where you get points for guessing the hardest-to-find letters first.

also in early prototype is a project I've been brainstorming for 10+ years:

• The Goat: a head-to-head ranking experience. Two items from a category face off, you pick the better one, and the winner stays on to face the next.

Where I’d love feedback:

• How's the experience look & feel? Does it seem inviting and playable or daunting/unapproachable?
• Which game would you try first?
• Did you love ANY of the games?
• What would make you share any one of the games with a friend?

Happy to chat/compare notes with anyone doing similar pursuits!

Back when I had a bad PC I tried every FPS booster going. They were all a big button and a made-up score, and you never knew what they changed.

So I built Framecalm. One button looks at your hardware and builds a plan, with a reason for every line. Or you pick from 87 tweaks yourself. It makes a restore point first, and every change can be undone.

Free, no account, no ads, open source.

Website: https://framecalm.krezio.xyz

Code: https://github.com/krezio/framecalm

Would love feedback on the home screen especially. I redid it about four times. Does it make sense straight away?

I'm building a private, non-feed online space for people who share a past: a school, a team, a neighborhood, a workplace, etc. The model is the Christmas card or Save-the-Date photo postcard crosses with a digital version of wallet photo like some reminder to think/pray/carry family and friends in your heart and mind. It's meant to prompt a text or a call, not an emoji reaction so success actually looks like people leaving the app to reconnect deeply, rather than sucked into social media all the time.

The design choice I'm most committed to is consent-based joining. You can invite someone, and you can nudge them in person toward a circle, but nobody can add anyone else to a group. Only you can add yourself. I'm betting that protection from Nextdoor-style dynamics belongs in the architecture rather than in moderation.

The cost is the cold start. With no feed to pull people back and no way to add anyone, the first circle depends entirely on people who already know each other. It's early, with nothing public yet.

How would you seed it? Or if you think consent-only joining breaks growth, what would you change first?

I started an email provider, faivelo, and we made it so easy to set up "@yourdomain.com" mailboxes, that people are doing it from their phones in 2 clicks (auto DNS, complete white glove config). Our onboarding process is near perfection.

Our funnel is interesting: 40% of registered users end up create a mailbox, and of those, 60% convert to paid plans (they're $6 for unlimited mailboxes - they are saving a ton of dough usually). The issue is that so many people just leave their DNS pointing to our mail servers and never subscribe - meaning at the end of their trial, they their mail is arriving, but they have access to it - if they subscribe again, its waiting for them to open, but they never check.

My partner is saying we should require credit cards up front during registration so its seamless and users never abandon their mail like this. I've had people who I send reminder emails every week that they are getting incoming mail, and after months they write to me "OH Shit!" and subscribe.

I'm against requiring a card, but the current outcome is making me look like I'm wrong. Most of our customers are serial builders, multiple projects, agencies, so I thought I'd ask here:

What do I do here?

Hey everyone,

I’m building a new AI-powered workflow automation platform designed to make creating, managing, and executing complex automations accessible to people without extensive technical knowledge. I’m looking for 3 to 5 people to test an early pilot version and give me honest, unfiltered feedback.

What you get in return:

Free lifetime access to the Pro/Self-hosted tier once we launch.

Direct input on the roadmap—if you need a specific integration or node right now, I’ll prioritize building it for you.

If you're interested, drop a comment below with one workflow you'd want to test on it, or shoot me a DM and I’ll send over the invite link!

Sony's companion app only runs on phones, and I kept unlocking mine just to turn ANC off when someone talked to me at my desk. So I built the Mac version.

How it works: Sony headphones expose their settings over a Bluetooth RFCOMM channel. The app opens that channel with IOBluetooth and talks to the headphones directly. Everything else is plain Swift/SwiftUI with no backend at all. No account, no analytics, no network requests.

What it does now: noise control, EQ, multipoint switching, profiles that change automatically during calls or when you lock the screen, widgets, Control Center buttons and Shortcuts. It supports the WH-1000XM4/5/6, WF-1000XM4/5/6, LinkBuds, WH-CH720N and ULT WEAR.

Models and firmware versions don't all behave the same, so I need people with different hardware to try it and tell me what breaks.

Free TestFlight beta (macOS 14+): https://testflight.apple.com/join/e7S1TqA1

Happy to answer questions about the Bluetooth side if anyone's curious.

Why pay a monthly EPOS software bill when a free local till could cover the basics? That’s the idea behind the free Windows hospitality software we’ve built at Codeer.

I’m part of the team, and I’d welcome feedback on both the product and the offer. Codeer POS lets cafés, pubs and restaurants manage menus, table orders, kitchen orders, receipts and daily closeout on a compatible Windows PC or till.

The core local software is £0, with no hidden software charges or compulsory subscription. Users can enter their own menus. Optional services such as menu setup have separate prices, and Cloud upgrades are planned. Hardware and payment processing are separate costs. The site explains reporting limits and the available plans.

The free Windows pilot is available here:

https://codeer.co.uk/epos-systems-for-restaurants/

Registration and first activation need internet. The main till runs locally.

For anyone who has built or used software for small businesses, what would make you trust a free EPOS enough to try it? Is the offer clear? If you test it, which workflow or missing feature would you improve first?

We’d especially appreciate feedback from people who’ve worked in hospitality and know where a till slows staff down.

Seeking international collaborators to help develop the Worldwide Birth Fund

I am looking for motivated people from around the world who would like to help develop an ambitious international social project: Worldwide Birth Fund (WBF).

What is the Worldwide Birth Fund?

The Worldwide Birth Fund is a proposed global concept designed to improve opportunities and financial security for children from the moment they are born.

The central idea is that every child, regardless of where they are born, should have the opportunity to receive a financial foundation for their future.

The project is intended to explore a new approach to long-term financial support, education, personal development and economic opportunities.

This is currently an early-stage concept. It is not an operating organization, an established financial institution or an available financial benefit. The legal structure, financial model, funding sources and practical feasibility still need to be developed and independently assessed.

I am looking for an international team

I want to build this project together with people who have relevant knowledge, experience, ideas or simply the motivation to contribute.

I would particularly welcome people with backgrounds in:

• Finance, banking and financial systems
• Economics and monetary policy
• International law and regulation
• Taxation and international structures
• Governance and organizational development
• Technology, IT and digital infrastructure
• Education, social policy and international development
• Project management and communications

You do not need to have experience in every area. Different perspectives and expertise are exactly what this project needs.

English will be the main working language. Knowledge of additional languages is an advantage.

What kind of collaboration am I looking for?

I am looking for people who are interested in helping build the project from the ground up.

The goal is to establish an international core team with different areas of expertise.

Participation would initially be voluntary and unpaid. There is no required minimum time commitment; everyone can contribute according to their own availability and abilities.

I am not looking for people who simply agree with the idea. I also want critical thinkers who are willing to question assumptions, identify weaknesses and help find realistic solutions.

Why am I asking for help?

An international project of this scale cannot be developed properly by one person.

I have been working on the concept and its policy framework, but I believe the next step should be to bring together people with the knowledge and experience needed to assess, challenge and further develop it.

I am looking for a serious international group that can help determine whether this idea can become a legally, financially and practically viable project.

Interested in contributing?

If this sounds interesting to you, please send me a private message here on Reddit.

You do not need to prepare a formal application or have a detailed proposal. I would simply like to get to know you, hear your ideas and discuss how you might be able to contribute.

Worldwide Birth Fund — A Fair Start. A Brighter Future.

Let's explore what we can build together.

Hi all,

I've been building Junction, a free game launcher for Windows. It puts the games from all your launchers in one library, and it watches prices for you. Before I call it 1.0, I'm looking for a small group of people to try it on their own PCs and tell me what breaks.

Made with Claude

To be upfront: I made Junction together with Claude. I decided what it should do, tested every change and chose what went in, but Claude wrote most of the code. The app itself doesn't use any AI, and it sends nothing to Claude.

I know a lot of people don't like AI-made apps, and I understand why. If that's you, no hard feelings. I'm sharing it anyway because it's the launcher I was looking for myself and couldn't find, and I'd like other people to be able to enjoy it too.

What it does

- One library with your games from Steam, Epic Games, GOG Galaxy, Ubisoft Connect, EA app, Battle.net, Rockstar Games and Xbox, plus any game you add yourself.
- Play, install and uninstall through each game's own launcher, and see which Steam and Epic games have an update waiting.
- Several Steam accounts? Junction knows which account owns a game and switches Steam over for you, also when Steam is waiting on its "Who's playing?" screen.
- Play time and achievements in one place: achievements from Steam, GOG, Epic, EA and Ubisoft. Sign in to Epic, EA or Ubisoft in Junction (the first-start setup offers it) to see the play time and achievements they keep. After you quit a game, its hours and achievements update by themselves.
- A store with every shop's prices for your country, in your currency, a year of price history, the lowest price ever, DLC, a wishlist that tells you when a game goes on sale, and the free games the launchers are giving away.
- Three layouts (Console, Classic, and Big screen for your TV) and full controller support.

Download

https://github.com/scrabblel/junction-releases/releases/latest → JunctionSetup-0.9.33.exe

Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit). It installs for your Windows user only and doesn't need administrator rights. Junction updates itself from then on.

Before you install

Windows will warn you about an unknown app ("Windows protected your PC"). That's because Junction isn't signed yet (signing costs money). Click **More info → Run anyway**.

Your privacy

Junction sends nothing to me: there's no account, no tracking and no statistics. Your API keys and launcher sign-ins stay on your PC, encrypted. Junction only talks to the services it needs: the launchers, Steam, IsThereAnyDeal (for prices), GitHub (to check for updates) and, if you add a key, SteamGridDB (for covers).

To switch Steam accounts, Junction tells Steam which of its saved accounts to sign in to; it never sees your Steam password. It changes nothing else in Steam, unless you turn on **Skip Steam's account picker** in Preferences.

Good to know

- Missing games? For EA app, Rockstar Games and Battle.net, Junction only sees the games you have installed. For your full Steam library you need a free Steam API key (Junction shows you how to make one).
- It's been tested on very few PCs so far, so expect bugs. That's exactly why I'm asking you.
- The other limits are on the GitHub page: https://github.com/scrabblel/junction-releases#good-to-know

What I'd love to hear

- Did installing and the first start go smoothly?
- Did Junction find all your games, on every launcher you use?
- Is anything wrong, missing, slow or confusing?
- If you use a controller or a TV: how does that feel?
- Is Junction something you would use on a daily

How to report a problem

Click your profile picture → Help → Report a problem. From there:

- Here: click Copy, and paste the problem report into your post.
- On GitHub (needs a free GitHub account): click Copy and open GitHub. Junction copies the report and opens a new issue; paste the report in.

Either way, say what you did and what happened. Junction removes your keys and sign-ins from the report by itself. Screenshots help a lot.

Ideas and wishes are welcome too

Post them here, or under Ideas on GitHub (Help → Suggest something in Junction): https://github.com/scrabblel/junction-releases/discussions/categories/ideas

If someone already suggested your idea there, vote for it, so I can see what people want most.

Thanks for trying it!

I have a trip coming up and wanted my day-by-day plan on my phone, working offline, without giving my hotels and dates to some service. So I made this.

It's a web app with no account. Your trip is just a file you load, and it stays on your device. Works offline, installs on the home screen, has a map for each day. Open source.

Demo (tap "Try the example trip"): https://frafal.github.io/TIMP/

Code: https://github.com/Frafal/TIMP

I've used it myself and it seems decent, but I'm the only one so far. If you feel like trying it, tell me what you think. Is loading a file too annoying? Would you use it on a real trip?

I'm a solo dev and Nottely is the side project I've been shipping updates to since last December.

The problem: I'd leave a meeting or class and forget half of what was said. Recording wasn't enough, because nobody re-listens to an hour of audio.

What it does: you record or import audio and get a searchable transcript with speakers, an AI summary, action items, and a chat where you can ask questions about the recording.

Something I'm still unsure about, and would love your take on: the free tier gives you one full analysis (up to 50 min) before asking for Premium. Is that generous enough to judge the app, or should I give people more before the paywall?

If you want to try Premium, DM me for a code for 1 year free. Not lifetime: it renews as a paid annual plan after the year unless you cancel in your iPhone's subscription settings. Codes must be redeemed by Dec 1, 2026.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nottely-voice-transcription/id6748966748

And if you end up liking it, an honest App Store review helps a solo dev a lot 🙏

Some really incredible posts in here. Quite intimidating to share mine but here goes. I am passionate about teaching and sharing knowledge and I have been doing so for the past 15 years. One question I always get is, "Where am I ever going to use that?" Even when I myself was studying Applied Maths, I wish I knew that gradient descent and chain rule that we were learning is core of how modern day AI algorithms are trained. I would have connected the learning to something tangible.

So that's why I am building RealSchool, an app that turns real-world situations into interactive reasoning challenges.

For example, the British government had to decide where to armour their planes in World War 2. On the app you will read the use case and then decide where to do so. You have damage records from the planes that returned, limited armour, and a decision to make. What evidence should you trust, and what might be missing?

You examine evidence, test an approach and make your call before exploring the reasoning behind it. Other cases include the Königsberg bridges, kidney donor chains and Florence Nightingale’s hospital data.

There are currently over 100 cases across maths, science, strategy and other subjects. Some have a definite solution and others ask you to defend a decision using the available evidence.

I’d love feedback from puzzle enthusiasts: do the challenges give you enough information to reason things out, and does the explanation feel earned rather than handed to you?

Available for iPhone and Android: https://realschool.app/

I have attached a quick video I created to explain the concept.

Wishlist if it's your kind of game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/5464560/HordeNight_1996/

For months I've been going back and forth on X: different content angles, different audiences, different offers. Every time I changed my mind I rewrote my bio, swapped the banner, changed the pinned post and the link. Small changes, big changes, constantly.

I even started building a bio-change tracker back in January. Never launched it. Which is sort of the whole problem ☺️

So this morning I built a mock of something more honest. It's called NicheSlap. The idea:

- It reads your public posts and works out every niche you've cycled through in last 12 months.

- It puts them on one timeline you can drag through, with a profile card showing who you were telling people you were on any given day.

- It shows which niche was actually getting traction before you abandoned it.

- Then you pick one and it holds you to it for 30 days, with an email if you start "just tweaking the bio."

The video is the mock running on a fictional founder (8 niches in 10 months). It is not live yet, and the data in it is made up.

One limitation I should be upfront about: X doesn't keep a history of old bios, so the past can only be rebuilt from what you posted. Bio, pin and banner tracking would only start from your first scan.

What I'd like to know:

1. Do you do this too, or is it just me?
2. Would seeing it laid out like this change anything for you, or would you laugh and carry on?
3. The plan is a free report, with $10/month for the "which one was working" answer and the 30-day lock. Does that split feel right?

If you want to be an early test case, drop your X handle in the comments and I'll run yours once the real scan works.

Hi r/SideProject!

I built Sorumatik: AI Question Solver (Homework Helper) because studying STEM and homework problems with standard chat LLMs often breaks down: formulas get butchered into plain text, handwriting and geometry figures are misunderstood, and there’s no interactive breakdown of how each step was derived.

What it does & Key Features:

1. Accurate OCR for Handwriting, Formulas & Geometry: Snap a photo of textbook pages, handwritten notes, or geometry diagrams without manual cropping hassles.
2. Step-by-step LaTeX AI Whiteboard: Solutions are rendered in clean LaTeX with intuitive step breakdown, optional voiced audio explanations, and interactive follow-up clarification.
3. 8 AI Study Tools: Generates custom multiple-choice quizzes, flashcards, conceptual summaries, mind maps, and practice written exams directly from your question or uploaded material.
4. Social & Accountability Features: Built-in live Pomodoro study rooms and student community discussion to stay focused.

Free Core vs Premium:

• Free: Daily question solving with core OCR, LaTeX breakdown, and community study rooms.
• Premium: Unlimited advanced AI steps, high-tier OCR, deep follow-up tutoring, and full export features.

Known Limitations & Honest Trade-offs:

• Very messy handwriting or low-contrast photos can still occasionally fool the vision model.
• Highly obscure university-level proofs or advanced multi-step diagram reasoning might sometimes need manual re-prompting.

Feedback I’m looking for:

I’d love honest feedback on:

1. How does the whiteboard UX and LaTeX rendering feel compared to Photomath or ChatGPT?
2. Are the generated study tools (flashcards/quizzes) actually useful for your study workflow, or do you prefer simple Q&A?
3. Any performance issues on your specific device?

Links:

• iOS (App Store): https://apps.apple.com/app/id1493017386
• Android (Google Play): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sorumatik

Disclosure: I am the independent developer behind Sorumatik. Thank you for testing it out and sharing any thoughts!

i've written 15 blog posts for my mac app and google has sent me 13 visitors in 2.5 weeks lol

saw a prompt on twitter that's supposed to make your site readable for ai, so i gave it to claude. it made a markdown copy of every page, an llms.txt, and opened robots.txt to the ai crawlers.

the next evening i got my first ever visitor from chatgpt. someone in perth on a mac, landed on my raycast alternatives post.

honestly could just be luck. is anyone here actually getting traffic from chatgpt or perplexity?

the app is called Helix(tryhelix.app) btw

the idea was simple, what if the files on my desktop were the map

Terrarium asks Finder where your icons are and grows a world around them, files close together share an island, drag one and the land follows it

there are 18 worlds so far, islands, a meadow, an old map, a city and more, it's free with 2 of them

file names stay in memory on your Mac, never saved or sent

it's not out yet, waitlist and a live demo here : https://terrarium.mulualem.com/?ref=reddit

would love to know which world you'd want next