How would you market an app whose entire value prop is "one mistake costs more than a year of using this"?

I recently launched a solo iOS app called Untilly — it photographs receipts, contracts, subscriptions, and invoices, detects the relevant date (return deadline, trial-to-paid conversion, invoice due date), and reminds you before it's too late.

The pitch I keep coming back to: most people forget to return something once a year, or let one free trial quietly turn into a paid subscription. That single mistake usually costs 15–30€. The app is free to try, and even the paid tier is a fraction of that — so realistically it pays for itself the first time it actually catches something.

I think that's a strong hook, but I'm not sure I'm using it right. Where I'm stuck:

For TikTok: is this a "POV: you forgot to cancel X" skit, a straight-up "here's the math" video, or something else entirely? I have some raw footage (bank statement reveals, notification stacks) but haven't found the format that makes the cost concrete without feeling like a scare-tactic ad.
For Reddit itself: is a message this transactional ("this saves you money") even a good fit here, or does it read as too sales-y no matter how it's framed? Curious if anyone's had luck with a "here's a dumb mistake I almost made" angle instead of leading with the product.

Not looking for someone to build the campaign for me — just want a gut check from people who think about this stuff daily: is the hook actually good, and what's the smartest format to put it in?

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u/Jeeennss — 2 days ago
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I don’t code - Just shipped my first iOS app built entirely with AI (Claude Code)

Quick backstory: I'm not a developer. No CS degree, never written a line of Swift before this. But I kept missing return deadlines, forgetting free trials before they turned into paid subscriptions, and losing track of invoice due dates — so instead of just complaining about it, I decided to try building the fix myself using Claude Code (Anthropic's AI coding tool) as my actual dev partner.

The result is Untilly: you photograph a receipt, contract, invoice, or trial confirmation (or upload it as a PDF), it detects the relevant date, and reminds you before it's too late. A few decisions I made early on:

The AI only ever suggests a date — you always confirm it against the real document before it's saved. I didn't want a "trust the black box" tool for something people rely on.
No account, no cloud, everything stays on your phone.

Different wording for different situations (a return deadline feels different from a trial about to charge you, so the app treats them differently).
What surprised me building this without a coding background: the app itself came together faster than I expected, but everything around it — App Store Connect, subscription setup, tax forms, privacy questionnaires — ate at least as much time as the actual product. Nobody warns you about that part.
I also tried adding a Share Extension (send a PDF straight from Mail/Files into the app) and had to abandon it after fighting an entitlements bug for hours — sometimes you just cut scope and ship what works.

It's live now on the App Store, free to try with a few tracked items, optional premium for unlimited: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6792659522

Curious whether other non-technical folks here have tried building with AI tools instead of learning to code or hiring out — did it actually hold up once you got past the prototype stage?

u/Jeeennss — 20 hours ago