I made an app called The Man Card Council - Gain and lose points against your own personal, and unique man card number

I made an app called The Man Card Council - Gain and lose points against your own personal, and unique man card number

Men are always talking about their "Man Card" and doing things to keep it, or sometimes doing things to lose it. Over the last several months I have been working on a project that does just that.

https://themancardcouncil.com

When you register, you are issued your own personal man card and man card number. It's unique to only you. As you do different manly things, you can submit photo evidence showing you doing it. The Man Card Council scores the feat, and gives you points which allows you to increase your rank. Now along with this, you can submit acts of manliness for other members to help them gain rank too. If you are caught in 4K doing something unmanly (i.e. drinking a white claw) a member can take a picture of that and have points deducted from your man card. For worse cases, a member can request your man card be suspended for 24 hours, and in really bad cases, they can request your man card be revoked for up to 30 days - there is an appeal process because due process matters, even at The Man Card Council. It's all about accountability and doing it as a competitive game. It is installable as an app as well on both Android and iOS. With iOS, Share to your Home Screen and Install as an App. Android devices should prompt you, or just click the Install link at the top of the screen. The app is 100% free to use, no demo, no trial, no times up.

Add brothers (friends) to your fraternity so you can all see the acts of manliness from each other in your activity feed. You can also create Chapters (groups) when men of a certain area, certain hobby, or some other reason can have their own little sub-community outside of their fraternity.

Additionally, your man card can be printed so you can have it on you at all times. Each card has a QR code printed on it, linked to the members profile, so the man card can't be faked, you can scan it and it will bring you to a verification page that shows if the man card is real, the status of it if it is, and the link to visit the profile of the card holder. You also get a Certificate of Admission to print up and hang on your wall just for fun with your name and your man card number. (diploma style)

You can challenge another member, or just try to get to the #1 spot on the leaderboard. We are still in development of the Wall of Shame, which is where men that do lose points will be showing.

Anyway, figured this crowd would get a kick out of it. Happy to answer questions about how any of it works.

If you decide to join, my Man Card number is 9584 9771 9583 8333, feel free to add me to your fraternity.

u/SomewhereSavings8560 — 5 days ago
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I built an app for men called The Man Card Council. I would love feedback on it.

The Man Card Council — a platform built for accountability and brotherhood among close friends

I built The Man Card Council to give friend groups a structured way to hold each other accountable, celebrate real effort, and stay connected. It's not open as a public forum — you submit photos of yourself doing "manly" things which are graded and awarded points based on the category and topic to grow your rank as a man, you can also submit acts of manliness done by other Man Card Council members for them to have points awarded and for the same reason. Additionally, you can have points deducted for unmanly acts. Everything is photo verification - The old rule "Pics or it didn't happen". If a member does something incredibly unmanly, you can suspend their man card for 24 hours, and if it's really bad, you can request a revocation for up to 30 days.

Here's how it works: you submit photo evidence of things you've done (fixed a car, cooked a real meal, handled a repair, whatever fits your friend group's standards), and it gets scored into a tiered "Man Card" — a digital ID that reflects where you stand. Your card levels up with genuine effort, and community members can flag or deduct points too, so there's real weight behind it.

A few of the core features:

  • Digital Man Card with ranks tiers, a unique 16 digits credit card style number for every member, and a verification page
  • Points ledger and full audit history so nothing's hidden
  • Public leaderboard and badges for recognition
  • Friends system with comments, @ mentions, and reactions on submissions
  • Installable as a PWA on iOS/Android with offline support
  • Physical/printable card options (PDF export, shareable image, even a certificate)
  • Premium Membership that unlocks additional perks. $3.99/mo or $39.99/yr

It's in open beta right now (free to join), and I'm looking for honest feedback on the submission flow, scoring fairness, and overall experience: The Man Card Council - https://themancardcouncil.com

u/SomewhereSavings8560 — 8 days ago

I am looking for people to test my app. The Man Card Council.

I have been working on this app since January and finally got it polished enough to release into a public Beta. This is the full app, nothing is hidden, some things aren't enabled yet like the Wall of Shame. The Apple and Google Wallet are there, but not yet hooked up, I am still deciding if I am keeping those options.

I am looking for testers to use it and give me honest feedback, input, and criticism, both good and bad so I can make the changes to make it better. At this time, no new feature development is planned pending further user feedback collection. However, I may implement backend process updates or server-side optimizations to improve performance and stability during the current testing phase.

Please read the features below:

App Name: The Man Card Council

Platform: Web (installable as a PWA on iOS/Android)

  • Android - The website should prompt you, if not, there is a bar at the top. Press Install and it will install it. You may need to allow apps from unknown sources.
  • iOS - Share to Home Screen -> Install as App

Link: https://themancardcouncil.com
Website screenshot images: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DUFwvv0Dzo51C8y3HvOBVH1-LfiB4qbA?usp=sharing

Price: Free to join. Optional premium subscription (see below).

Important: this is a live production app using real Stripe payments, not a sandbox — see the note under Council actions before you buy anything.

Requirements to test: Just an email address to register (Google login also supported). Works on phone or desktop; camera access needed if you want to submit a photo.

Description:

The Man Card Council is a satirical, gamified social platform where your reputation is a literal scored "Man Card" — a digital ID with points that goes up or down based on community-submitted "acts." Post something manly, and the council scores it against categories/topics with defined point ranges, and your card's tier updates in real time. Bad behavior can be flagged by requesting a points deduction (picture evidence required), peer-driven suspension or full "revocation" — with an appeals and voting process, because due process matters even in a bit.

I'd love feedback specifically on:

  • The submission flow (photo upload → points), especially on mobile/iOS PWA
  • Whether the card tiers/scoring feel fair or arbitrary
  • General UX friction on first-run signup → first submission
  • Overall look and feel of the UX
  • Additional features you think could help the app be better

Full feature list:

Core scoring / gamification

  • Submit photo "acts" for points for you, or for another member (add or request deduction), sorted by Type → Category → Topic
  • Category seasonal point multipliers
  • Duplicate-photo detection auto-rejects repeat submissions
  • Points ledger, full audit log
  • Public leaderboard
  • Badges, awarded manually or automatically
  • "Wall of Shame" for the worst offenders - Not yet enabled

Digital Man Card / identity

  • Digital card with a tier system and Luhn-validated card numbers
  • Dedicated verification page using the card number or there is a QR-code printed on the front of each card which brings you to the verification page
  • PDF export (2-page layout) and a 1080×1080 shareable PNG to print your card
  • Full A4 size "Certificate of Admission" (like a diploma)
  • Peer-initiated instant or free suspension request
    • ($1.99) for instant suspension or you can request a free suspension from the council
  • Peer-initiated revocation request
    • $5.99) for a man card revocation request. If you decide to initiate a revocation, it requires you, at least 3 "brothers", and one member of the council. 60% "Yea" to approve the revocation (up to 30 days). The revoked member has the right to appeal the revocation, and the initiator has the ability to lift it early. The $5.99 does not get refunded regardless of the outcome.
  • These charges are real and processed live — if you go through with one as a test, please know upfront that it is non-refundable. Totally fine to explore the flow up to the payment screen; just don't submit payment unless you mean it.

Monetization Optional Premium Membership ($3.99/mo or $39.99/yr (17% off)) gives you:

  • A visible Premium badge next to your name everywhere it appears
  • Over 20 custom card designs, including military branch and thin-line options
  • Custom flair — a short title shown next to your name in your profile
  • Immunity from point decay from inactivity
  • Priority placement in the review queue
  • Unlimited daily submissions (free accounts are capped at 10/day)
  • Double referral bonus points for every friend you bring in
  • A permanent Founding Member badge if you join during the launch window (first 30 days)
  • Gift Premium to a friend (1/3/6/12-month options). 1, 3, and 6-month gifts are billed at $3.99/mo; the 12-month gift is billed at $39.99 total.

***Want to try Premium without paying? Just ask in the comments and I'll set you up with a free month.***

Social / network

  • Friends system with invites
  • Comments with @ mentions, likes/reactions on submissions
  • Bell notifications + a "can't miss" alert modal for critical events (e.g., a submission getting rejected)

Mobile / PWA

  • Installable as a full PWA with offline support
  • Camera-to-submission flow specifically hardened against iOS Safari tendency to evict photo data mid-submission
  • Push notifications - I am still working on getting the notification banner to show, but they do show in the notification drop down.

Support

  • Built-in support ticket system — reply straight from your email (ticket updates and replies work via email piping, no need to log back in to respond)

Auth & security

  • Email/password plus Google OAuth login
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