u/Wisdomking

Just stop it. Apps will never accomplish anything related to language. You think you're going to somehow be the one person who manages to make an app that actually works, when thousands of other people and companies have failed despite millions of hours of time invested? You're kidding yourself. This is not the right thing for you to be doing. You will not accomplish anything that hasn't already been done before. You do not even have the knowledge about language to even understand why apps are a bad idea, which means that you are not even close to having enough knowledge to actually implement any sort of plan for an app. You think you're just going to pick the brain of some translators and somehow force a machine to do what it is incapable of doing? Just give up now. This is a really bad idea and you should not be doing it. The fact that you are even trying to do it is an insult to everyone in the language industry. We've been stepped on by people blindly trusting the horrible translations of AI enough, so I'm not going to help you ruin language learning as well. It's enough. Just stop it. You're ruining the world.

I’m looking for a "Kickstarter-style" way to validate my app idea before I start coding. I have a prototype to demonstrate the concept, and now I want to see if people are willing to commit €20–€50 for a lifetime subscription.

Since I’m based in Germany, trust is a massive hurdle. People here are generally skeptical of digital strangers. I need a tool that feels professional and offers a reliable refund option in case I don't hit my funding goal.

I’ve looked at Stripe and Gumroad, but Stripe’s refund fees are a downside, and Gumroad isn't well-known here, which might kill conversion.

Does anyone have experience with similar tools?

I’m specifically looking for the best way to collect these commitments while ensuring users feel safe knowing they'll get their money back if the app never launches.