r/ProductivityApps

Hey all, I'm currently building Lockn, an app that helps you do more and plan less. Rather than planning your whole week, you plan day by day with Lockn.

It incorporates over 10 different productivity methods and has some really cool features.

Its launching really really soon, I just wanted to get a rough sense if any of you would use it 😄

If there are any additional features you would like to see added do drop a comment below! or if there is anything you think you don't like feel free to let me know too!

thanks so much for reading!!

That's why I built Focushala!

Available on google playstore @ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.focus.focushala

Hey guys! The last post I made ended up getting a lot of engagement. I've spent the last week applying all the feedback you guys gave for the app.

First things first, I've made the app a lot more accessible. You can now create up to 3 complete goal plans for free! I've also reduced all prices by 50%. In addition to this I've made the app even better, now for every plan you have even more context and clarity about every step you need to take. I've also added a refine plan feature, so if the plan generated doesn't suite you, you can explain what changes you'd like to make and have a whole new plan is generated for you (until you get one that works). Finally, we have dark mode, for everyone that prefers that aesthetic. ;)

goals.ai

Last Thursday was the launch of Aware on Product Hunt, and it was very disappointing. Aware is my Chrome extension that keeps you aware of where your time goes, tracks your browsing habits and helps you cut distractions. It started as my own itch, I was cutting my smartphone screen time and the app from Apple was helping me a lot, but I didn't have something similar on Chrome to help me stay productive, so I built it to solve my own problem.

Then I polished it and shared it on the Chrome Store with other people and it got interest (160 installs in a single day). I reached 400 weekly users and 250 daily users, and only one person supported Aware and bought the lifetime plan for $9.99 (thanks to him). Since then, no more positive reviews (stuck at 9 five-star reviews), no more people supported Aware (stuck at 1 sale), and the daily users are stuck between 250-270.

Back to the Product Hunt launch, it was a fail for me. Not even 5 installs during that day coming from PH, only 3 upvotes (coming from X). I added a banner on the Aware popup asking people to support Aware but no one did, and that made me feel sad.

Honestly I am thinking about giving up on the extension and putting the effort into new ideas. But at the same time, I know there are people out there who need a simple, free way to track their browsing time without bloated apps or subscriptions.

For those of you who use productivity tools daily, what makes you stick with one? And what makes you actually pay for it? I know I still need to put more effort on distribution and marketing, but I'd love to hear what I should do better from a user's perspective.

GroceryBudget isn't a regular grocery list app. Because you can use it during grocery trips. You set a budget before you shop, add items as you go, and a live budget bar shows your running total in real time. No more checkout surprises as it warns you when you're about to overspend.

The problem was adding items while pushing a cart. I'd stop in the aisle, type the name and price and it's such a hassle to do it every single item.

So now I made AI do the heavy lifting:

You can now just point at the price tag and AI will read it instantly. No squinting at small numbers and pecking them in.

Takes about 3-5 seconds per item instead of 15-20.

Plus for every item scanned, name and price is saved so there's no need to rescan! You can track price changes per store as well.

Free on iOS and Android: https://grocerybudget.app

I made an app that forces me to study my vocabulary before I can use Instagram, Tiktok, ...

You can also import your own Anki flashcards, Multiple Choice Quizzes or generate Flashcards based on your study notes automatically.

If you want to try it out, you can get it here:

Android:

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

iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cardgate-learn-then-scroll/id6761844846

(iOS not available in EU yet, release is next week here)

If you want free premium, hit me up.

Been experimenting with an expense tracking idea that reads payment screenshots + subscriptions automatically instead of making people manually enter everything.

Realized most people quit expense tracking apps after 2–3 days because it becomes work.

Now I’m wondering:
would screenshot-based tracking actually be useful or just sound cool in theory?

Built a small side project called PromptSphere because I got tired of repeatedly rewriting prompts for Claude/ChatGPT.

The idea is basically:
pick a goal → generate a much better structured prompt.

Still figuring out whether people actually need this or if I’m overengineering a niche problem 😅

Curious:
what’s the most frustrating part of using AI tools for you right now?

Inputs your habit (DoorDash, coffee, weed, Uber, smoking, Diet Coke) and shows the compound investment loss. My DoorDash habit is 147k over 30 yrs. I'm sick. Free, runs in your browser.

Honest question: do you actually know how many Reels or Shorts you watched yesterday? I didn't either, until I started building Limitr.

I got tired of opening Instagram "for a second" and resurfacing 45 minutes later. So I made an app that actually does something about it.

Here's what Limitr does:

Counts every Reel, Short, and short video you watch in real time

Lets you set a daily limit (e.g. 100 videos/day)

Automatically blocks the scroll when you hit your limit — no willpower needed

Shows you detailed stats so you can actually see your habits

The difference vs. regular screen time apps? Those track time. Limitr tracks videos. There's a big difference between watching 3 long YouTube videos and doom-scrolling 80 Reels in the same amount of time.

It uses Android's Accessibility Service purely to detect and count videos — no messages read, no personal data collected, everything stays on your device.

If you've ever tried and failed to cut back on short-form video (same 🙋), give it a shot. Would love to hear what you think.

Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lunarday.scrollwise.reels.blocker

Drop a comment if you try it — feedback genuinely helps!

Hey folks,

I built Palabros because I kept having the same problem: I would look up a word, understand it, and then forget it again a few weeks or months later.

One example for me was “asertividad” xD I searched it several times before it finally stuck. Not sure why happens with some words but it was a real problem for me.

I wanted something between a dictionary and a vocabulary notebook: quick enough to use when I just need a definition, but useful later when I want to actually remember the word.

So you can look up a word, read definitions, get a clearer explanation and/or example sentence, save it, and revisit it later through review and widgets.

The free version is more than usable and honestly, it already has more than I needed when I was originally looking for an app like this. Pro is available as either a subscription or a one-time purchase for extra features like unlimited saved words, tags, imports, stats, and widget customization.

I’d really appreciate feedback on the core idea:

- Have you had the same problem with looking up words and then forgetting them?

- Would an app like this help you retain new words, or would you rather solve this with notes/flashcards/Anki (If you use Anki, I’d especially love to know whether Palabros’ review modes feel useful enough, too limited, or just different)

- Is “dictionary + lightweight retention” clear enough as a concept?

Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/palabros-dictionary/id6758098070

Thank you so much in advance :)

I built Mimfold because I kept having the same annoying problem.

While chatting with someone, I’d suddenly remember the perfect meme or reaction image for that exact moment.

Then I’d search through my screenshots, downloads, bookmarks, Reddit saves, X/Twitter saves… and usually never find it fast enough.

By the time I found it, the moment was gone.

So I made a personal meme/media archive app that automatically tags what you save, so you can search your collection later.

The idea is that even if you had thousands of memes saved, you could still find the right one by searching what’s in it or what it represents.

For example:
“confused guy”
“crying reaction”
“this is fine”
“angry cat”
“perfect reply”

I know it’s a small problem, but for people who save a lot of memes, reaction images, screenshots, and funny posts, it actually feels like a real organization issue.

Do you use any system for this, or do you just let everything disappear into your camera roll?

I’m looking for honest feedback from real users: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mimfold-right-meme-instantly/id6764534917

Was tired of not knowing where my money goes
every month. Manual entry apps never stuck.

So I built BillShot — you just share your
Google Pay/PhonePe screenshot to the app and
it extracts the amount and merchant automatically.

Would love honest feedback from people who
actually use UPI daily.

Reminders are for the future. Todos are for tasks and habits you need to do. But what about the things you last did, and how long ago?

When did I last water the plants? Fill my dog bowl? Take my vitamins? Change the bedsheets?

None of my apps could answer that. So I built one that does.

DoneAgo lets you track the current state of anything and how long it's been that way. You create cards about the topic and define the states yourself: Fed, Clean / Dirty, Took / Missed...

Just tap the button, and the timer starts. At a glance, you always know where things stand.

Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kryos.StateTracker