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I built a polling tool that tracks voter accuracy instead of just crowd opinions
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I built a polling tool that tracks voter accuracy instead of just crowd opinions

Most survey tools ask 50 random people what they think looks best. The problem? Crowds are often wrong about what actually converts in real life.

To solve this, I built Verdict: a poll platform powered by Verdict Intelligence.

How it works:

  1. Upload 2 designs, landing page heroes, or thumbnails.
  2. Run a poll across our panel.
  3. After you launch, input the actual real-world winner (e.g., “Option B got 15% more clicks”).
  4. Verdict tracks voter accuracy over time. Next time, you get both the Crowd Vote and the Intelligence Verdict (what historically accurate voters chose).

Free tests for r/civictech:

Drop a link or screenshot of your design, hero image, or app icon in the comments. I’ll run a free Verdict test for you today and reply with your accuracy breakdown!

Check it out here: http://giveverdict.com

I would love your feedback on the landing page and concept!

u/RayanBuilds — 1 day ago
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How to find app ideas?

Hey im looking for app ideas that i can build myself and publish within a month. Could you suggest me some strategies on finding a good app idea?

Thanks in advance!

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u/No_Tie3903 — 1 day ago
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Please give feedback on my app's new onboarding before releasing it.

Hello all! I’ve been redesigning my app’s onboarding for a few weeks and could use a second set of eyes. As a solo founder, it’s easy to miss what’s extra, missing, or could be improved.

I’d love your feedback on these areas:

  1. Is the paywall that appears after setting up the account too much? I’ve heard placing it there can increase conversions.

  2. What parts feel unnecessary or take too long to understand?

  3. Is there anything you think should be added to the onboarding that isn’t currently included?

Thanks! I’ll reply to everyone.

For context, my app is a book‑tracking tool that makes it easier to manage your reading identity. It lets you catalog books from shelf photos, track time and pages, create custom shelves, and provides deep analytics on your reading habits.

P.S. Ignore the debug buttons on the left side of the screen and the ones in the “create account” step.

u/That_Scarcity9744 — 1 day ago
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I made a free Skia UI library for RN UI components (buttons, panels, glass effects)

l kept struggling to find Skia shader components that were actually ready to drop into an RN app. most shader code out there isn't built for RN's Skia renderer at all. So l put together my own library. Some shaders are free, others are from artists who charge for their work

l know ShaderToy exists, but that's generic GLSL you'd have to manually port to SkSL and adapt for RN UI. Мinе is already RN-Skia-ready and built specifically for UI components like buttons and panels etc.

Let me know if you'd use something like this

u/Difficult-Sun295 — 2 days ago
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Mental Health x Idle Games = Another Stupid Monday

Another Stupid Monday is a simple mental health app / idle game where the player gets one doable task a week.

The tasks are based on principles from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, but I tried not to overwhelm the user with overcomplicated terms from psychology books. However, the app's mascot, Charles, gives a simple explanation for every task about why it can improve one's well-being. If users want to learn more, they can click on the task name to explore why the task is helpful.

There are 100 tasks in total.

What problems does it solve ?

1. A lot of mental health apps overwhelm their users with features and to-do lists.
That's why Another Stupid Monday focuses on only one thing a week. It gives users space to let the task and its benefits sink in instead of spamming them with more to-dos.

2. A lot of people don't know what actions to take to improve their mental health.
Another Stupid Monday doesn't rely on the user's skill level to structure their own habits and goals. It offers low-threshold guidance to explore different activities users might not be used to.

3. Mental health is still a black box for many people (Accessibility Problem).
With Another Stupid Monday, I did my best to avoid overly complicated terms from psychology and psychotherapy to make it more approachable. Additionally, the app design aims to attract people who wouldn't normally use mental health apps. I also implemented more than 60 locales because many regions around the world are extremely underrepresented when it comes to localized mental health apps. Lastly, the app doesn't use a subscription model, so users who might already be skeptical of mental health apps aren't scared off.

Apple App Store: Download
Google Play Store: Download

Personal note:

Another Stupid Monday is my first app :) Feel free to leave any feedback.

u/AnotherStupidMonday — 3 days ago

Almost 300 users, 6 paying founders… and they all left. What would actually make you stay?

I've been trying to help founders distribute their startups.

So far I've built:

  • posts to publish
  • relevant leads/conversations
  • an agent that tells you what to do next

I've reached almost 300 users and 6 founders paid.

But they didn't stick around.

So instead of guessing and building more features, I want to ask you:

If you were struggling to distribute your startup, what would you actually pay someone to do for you?

What would genuinely save you time every week?

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u/StockAntique7450 — 2 days ago
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PlateDiary — an app that turns one photo of your table into tagged food stickers

Been building this for the past few months and finally have something worth showing.

The idea started from something small — every time we'd eat out with friends, I'd take like 5 separate photos of the food just to remember what we ordered, and they'd all just sit in my camera roll forever. So I built PlateDiary: you take one photo of the whole table, and it automatically cuts out each dish or drink into its own little sticker, lets you tag it as Food, Drinks, or Others, and saves it into a timeline you can browse by day, month, or place.

A few things it does that I'm proud of:

  • One-shot capture, auto-segmented into individual items, no manual cropping
  • A map view of every place you've eaten, pinned automatically
  • A stats page with total saves, most-eaten dishes, and favorite drinks
  • Collections (I have a "Rice" collection with 25 saves across 13 places) and a shuffle view for browsing
  • Turns any moment into a shareable story card for Instagram

It's basically a scrapbook for your table, built for people like me who eat out a lot with friends and want an actual record of it instead of a messy camera roll.

Would genuinely love feedback from other founders here, especially on whether the one-photo auto-cutout flow is clear enough on first use. Happy to answer anything about how I built it.

platediary.app

u/skylarknexus — 4 days ago
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Looking for beta testers for my social streaming app (iOS)

I’ve been building an iOS app called CliqueQ and I’m looking for people who enjoy movies and TV to try it out and give honest feedback.
The idea is simple: instead of constantly texting friends asking what they’re watching, CliqueQ lets you see what your friends are watching, have watched, and recommend, all in one place. You can discover new shows through people you actually know rather than anonymous ratings.
I’m looking for feedback on:
Overall user experience
Onboarding
Features you’d add or remove
Anything that’s confusing or broken
No need to sugarcoat it, I genuinely want to make the app better.
If you’re interested, here’s the App Store link:
https://apps.apple.com/app/cliqueq/id6792773440
Thanks in advance to anyone willing to help!

u/baceballer — 5 days ago
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I built a free testing exchange for indie apps and web products

Getting real eyes on something you built yourself is harder than the coding. Friends give the polite version. Paid testers cost money most of us do not want to spend yet. Random asks on Reddit often end with zero follow-through.

I made AppSwap to fix that for myself and other solo builders. You test another developer’s app or site. You earn credits. You spend those credits to get other developers to test yours. Feedback stays private. No public reviews. No rating farming.

It works for iOS, Android, and web apps. Early MVPs are fine. Released products that still need fresh eyes are fine too.

The site is live at appswap.net. Still early so the volume is low, which means tests move faster right now. If you have something ready and want actual usage notes from people who build software, come try it. Or just tell me what would make the credit system clearer for you.Happy to answer anything in the comments.

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u/jenniferjameslee — 5 days ago
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Trying to Beat Doomscrolling with a Purposeful short News App in India

We're two engineers working from a small workspace in Bangalore. About 8 months ago, we started building a short-form news app around a simple idea: less noise, more useful news.

The goal is to make it easier to keep up with important news from India and around the world without getting pulled into endless scrolling.

Like many first-time founders, we've learned that building the product is only half the challenge. Figuring out whether people actually find it useful is much harder.

We're sharing it here because we'd genuinely like some honest, even harsh, feedback.

What would make you use something like this regularly? What feels unnecessary, missing, or poorly designed?

We're a very small team, so every piece of feedback genuinely helps us understand whether we're solving a real problem.

u/candominds — 9 days ago

I spent a full month building this offline PDF Invoice app because I hated $15/mo subscriptions. Is this worth continuing or should I remove it?

Hey everyone!

I’m reaching out to this community to get your honest opinion on a project I just finished.

I spent the last month building an Android app called **PDF Invoice & Receipt Maker**. The main reason I built it was frustration: almost every invoicing app on the Play Store forces small business owners and freelancers to pay $10–$20/month subscriptions, create cloud accounts, and upload sensitive financial data just to generate a basic PDF bill.

So I coded a 100% local-first alternative:

• **100% Offline & Private:** Everything runs locally on your phone. Zero cloud servers, zero sign-ups, zero data tracking.

• **1-Tap PDF Export:** Add line items, company logos, digital signatures, and custom tax rates, then generate a clean PDF instantly.

• **Multi-Currency:** Custom formatting for $, €, £, ₨, and more.

Now that it's published, I'm feeling stuck. Organic downloads are slow, and I'm asking you guys: **Is a privacy-first, offline invoice app a good idea that I should keep updating, or is the market too saturated and I should remove it and move on?**

I'd love your brutal feedback on the idea, the UI, or the workflow:

Tell me what you honestly think in the comments!

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u/OrdinaryAd6986 — 7 days ago
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Finally got my first paying user

I’m just so happy that this finally happened. After launching Narrate a few months ago, I hit the same wall that I think all first time founders hit, how the hell should I get users?

But this week, after a lot of trial and error, I got my first paying customer.

I created Narrate six months ago just to create presentations for my sprint reviews easier and faster, but after a while I decided to make a product out of it. Tbh, I’m really proud of the final product, but I’m struggling to get it out there. This new pro user was just what I needed to continue and get back to working on this project.

The website is narrateview.com. I’d really appreciate any honest feedback if you guys have any

u/realDubDub — 8 days ago
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Looking for honest feedback on my website audit tool (Velrix)

Velrix is a tool that helps website owners identify where visitors may be hesitating, getting confused, or dropping off.

Over the last week I've made a lot of changes based on user behaviour, including:

• Simplifying the homepage
• Reducing onboarding friction
• Improving the mobile experience
• Showing value before requiring signup
• Making the audit process clearer

I'm now at the point where I've looked at it so many times that I'm probably blind to the obvious problems.

I'd love honest feedback on:

• First impressions
• Clarity of the value proposition
• Whether you'd actually try the audit
• Anything confusing or frustrating
• Mobile experience (especially)

Don't hold back — brutal feedback is welcome.

--> [Velrix.app](http://Velrix.app)

u/ActuaryExpert6215 — 8 days ago
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Thank you everyone, my app Mood Print is finally live on Google Play!

Hey everyone,

A few weeks ago I came here looking for testers to help get my little

mood-tracking app through Google Play's closed testing. So many of you

jumped in, opted in every day, and sent real feedback — it genuinely got

the app over the line. Today Mood Print is officially live, and I wanted

to say thank you

Mood Print is a simple, private mood journal:

• Log how you feel in a few seconds

• See your patterns and what actually affects your mood (Insights)

• A calendar that fills in with color, streaks, reminders, and a home-screen widget

• 100% on-device — no account, no cloud, nothing shared

It's an indie project (just me and Pip, the little purple mascot 💜), so

any feedback, bug reports, or reviews mean a lot. There's a 7-day free

trial if you want to try it.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.moodprint.mood_print

Thanks again to everyone who tested — you're the reason this happened.

u/OrganizationAny9439 — 8 days ago

Drop your startup idea and I'll help you stop wasting time

I'm building my own products too, and one thing I've learned is how easy it is to waste weeks working on things that don't actually move the business forward.

TractionBooster is now getting close to 300 users, and most of what got me here came from constantly testing what actually brings people in and what doesn't.

So let's do this again.

Drop your startup below and tell me:

  • what you're building
  • who it's for
  • what you're currently struggling with

I'll pick some and tell you the one thing I'd focus on next and what I'd probably stop wasting time on.

No pitch deck. No 20-paragraph analysis.

Just founder to founder.

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u/StockAntique7450 — 6 days ago
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I built an RN and Expo edit tool

I wanted to edit my app inside of my IDE instead of scanning the QR code every time

So i built Basalt, an RN and Expo tool that lets you edit your apps just like Figma

It is completely free and works directly inside VS Code and Cursor.

It’s currently in beta, so please commit your app to Git before using it!

Would love to get your brutal feedback on it. What features should I add next?

u/Difficult-Sun295 — 10 days ago

I built a dream journal app and I'd love some honest feedback

I've always found it frustrating how quickly dreams disappear after waking up. You remember something amazing for a few minutes, and then most of it is gone.

So I built Dreamtail, a dream journal for iOS and Android. You can quickly record your dreams using text or voice, keep them organized over time, and optionally turn them into AI-generated stories and illustrations.

For example, you could record:

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Dreamtail can turn that into a story and visual representation, while also keeping the original dream in your journal.

I'm still trying to figure out what the most valuable part of this product actually is, and I'd really appreciate some honest feedback from other builders.

A few things I'd particularly love feedback on:

  • Does this solve a problem you would actually have?
  • Is the AI story/image generation useful, or does it feel unnecessary?
  • What would make you want to keep using a dream journal?
  • What feature would make Dreamtail significantly more useful?

I'm not looking for compliments — I'd genuinely rather hear why you wouldn't use it. 😄

If you'd like to take a look: https://www.dreamtail.io/

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u/Advanced_Camera_7750 — 8 days ago
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I Used To Get SideTracked

You guys know what i'm building and link is in my bio, so not trying to sell anything here!!! I came across this tool and it has literally been a game changer for me as i continuously get side Tracked. "Like Now"

It's called www.sidetracked.site

Thank me later

u/Cangingperceptions — 12 days ago

Apple not reviewing my app

I first submitted my first app the the app store 3 weeks ago. it was waiting for review for 10 days until i emailed them and they rejected me for not having a cancel button on my hard paywall. i fixed the issue they mentioned and resubmitted 10 days ago. i have since messaged them twice through email and even stayed on hold on the phone for 2 hours without a response before finally hanging up. the app is still waiting for review. are these insane review times happening to anyone else?

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u/Weak_Document_914 — 9 days ago
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I just launched my first app on Google Play and would love your feedback

Hi everyone,

I’ve just published my very first app on Google Play and I’d really love to get some honest feedback from the community.

It’s called Quiet Lines — an AI-powered journaling app designed to help you reflect on your thoughts, gain insights, and build a consistent journaling habit.

Some features:
• AI-generated reflections based on your entries
• Guided journaling prompts
• Mood and writing insights
• Clean, distraction-free design
• Private and secure journal experience

I’m an independent developer and have been working on this project in my spare time, so any feedback, suggestions, or bug reports would mean a lot.

Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.calmjournal.calm_journal_template

Thank you for taking a look!

u/Dependent-Gur-1780 — 12 days ago