u/lurking_being

A while ago, I randomly checked my driving licence and found it had already expired. I hadn't received any reminder, I had simply forgotten about it.

That made me look at the rest of my important documents, and I realized how scattered everything was.

Insurance PDFs were in WhatsApp, PUC in Downloads, passport scans in Photos, warranties in email, and physical documents were sitting somewhere at home.

So I built Dokzo.

The idea is pretty simple: add a document once, and Dokzo keeps your important documents organized, extracts useful details like document numbers and expiry dates, and gives you smart reminders before something expires.

I wanted it to work particularly well for common Indian documents. Privacy was also important to me while building it, the actual documents stay on your device rather than being uploaded to our servers. No ads and no selling your data.

It's now live on Android and iOS, and I'm slowly trying to get it in front of people beyond my own network.

Would be great to get some feedback from you guys if you give it a try. I'm especially interested in what you like, what feels unnecessary, and what you'd want it to do better.

Learn More : https://dokzo.app
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dokzo.dokzo
iOS: https://apps.apple.com/in/app/dokzo/id6782519270

I've recently launched Dokzo, an app I've been working on for the last few months.

The idea came from a fairly silly problem I had myself. I randomly checked my driving licence and realized it had already expired.

That made me realize how scattered my important documents were: insurance in WhatsApp, PUC somewhere in Downloads, passport scans in Photos, warranties in email, etc.

So I built Dokzo to keep important documents in one place, automatically extract things like document details and expiry dates, and remind you before something expires.

It's designed primarily around Indian documents, and privacy was a big consideration. The actual documents stay on the user's device. No ads and no selling user data.

It's now live on Android and iOS.

The problem I'm struggling with now isn't building it. It's getting it in front of people.

Most of the users I've got so far are friends, family or people I know personally. That's obviously not enough to know whether there's a real market for it.

For those of you who've built consumer apps/products:

How did you get your first 100–500 users who had no connection to you?

I'm particularly interested in what actually worked for you in India Reddit, Instagram, partnerships, WhatsApp groups, Product Hunt, etc. And more importantly, how did you figure out which channel was worth putting your time/money into?

Would really appreciate hearing what worked and what completely failed.

My driving licence expired without me realizing it, so I built an app to solve the problem

How do you get your first real users when building a consumer app?