r/promoteMyApp

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I open-sourced my on-device privacy redaction app for iPhone

Hi everyone—full disclosure: I’m the developer of PrivacyCam, and I recently made its source code available under the Apache 2.0 license.

PrivacyCam helps you review photos, videos, and PDFs before sharing them. It can detect faces, people, license plates, QR codes, barcodes, and sensitive text such as phone numbers, email addresses, payment-card details, and addresses. You can then blur, pixelate, or completely black out selected areas.

Detection and media processing happen on the device. Photos, videos, PDFs, and detected text aren’t uploaded to a server operated by me, and no account is required. The source is public so people can inspect how these privacy protections are implemented.

The app is free to download, with an optional $2.99 one-time purchase for batch-photo features—no subscription. For complete transparency, purchases are processed by Apple.

I’d appreciate comments on the privacy model, redaction workflow, and source code. What other sensitive information should an app like this help users identify?

u/Acceptable_Tone601 — 8 days ago
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Introducing BecomeTen — selfie analysis with a free basic result

BecomeTen is a small web product for people curious about AI face analysis and grooming feedback. It runs in the browser: upload a selfie, get a basic AI rating for free, and optionally purchase a more detailed report and improvement plan.

The product pairs the score with suggestions, rather than stopping at a number. The rating is an estimate from a photo, not an objective measure of someone’s attractiveness.

For other independent businesses here: is the distinction between the free result and paid report clear on the landing page? Feedback on the offer and first-use experience would be useful.

Website: https://becometen.com

u/Sindorus1 — 5 days ago
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My arranged marriage search was running on WhatsApp forwards, so I built a tool for it. How do you grow a product people are supposed to stop using?

I am a marketer from Jharkhand, not an engineer. Some time ago, I was in the middle of my own arranged marriage search.

Here is how it works in most families. Biodatas come in from everywhere: a PDF from Mummy, a screenshot from an aunty, a kundli photo from the family pandit, a profile from a portal. Everyone is helping, and everything is sent with love. But there is no single place where it all lives. It sits across WhatsApp groups, the photo gallery, and a notebook.

So when the Sunday family call comes, and someone asks, "What happened with the Pune one?", the answer is spread across three chats.

I first made a small tracking system just for myself. It worked well enough that I decided to build it properly. I had no coding background, so I built it alone with AI coding tools. It went live in July as RokaMaybe.

What it does:

  1. Reads a biodata (PDF, Word file, or a WhatsApp photo) and fills in the profile in about 30 seconds

  2. Runs the 36-point kundli milan as a reference. The pandit still has the final word.

  3. Moves each prospect through five stages: New, Match, Call Done, Meeting Fixed, Decision

  4. Keeps a note for every call, with green flags and red flags

  5. Puts up to three prospects side by side when it is time to decide

It does not show you profiles or introduce you to anyone. You bring the people your family is already speaking to, and it keeps everything in one place. It is free right now.

Now the part I need help with.

This is a product people are supposed to leave. The best outcome for a user is a roka, and after that they do not need me anymore. How would you build growth, and later a business, on a product like that? Do you rely on referrals at the happy ending, on families with younger siblings, or on something I am not seeing?

And a simpler question for everyone: if you have been through this process, how did your family keep track of it all?

I am not dropping a link here. Happy to share it if anyone asks.

u/SystemResponsible250 — 6 days ago
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Title: [FREE TODAY] Binly – Save and organize everything in one place. No ads, no subscriptions!

Binly is completely FREE today, October 9, for 24 hours!
Tired of losing important links, photos, documents and notes across different apps?
Binly brings everything together in one clean, organized place.
What can you do with Binly?
Save links, photos, videos, GIFs, PDFs and documents
Organize everything into folders and subfolders
Protect private folders with Face ID
Sync across iPhone, iPad and Mac using iCloud
Save content directly from other apps using the Share Extension
Keep your important things organized and easy to find
No ads. No subscriptions. No unnecessary complications.
Normally €1.99, but FREE for one day only!
Download Binly:
https://apps.apple.com/app/binly/id6806944966
If you give Binly a try, I’d genuinely love to hear your feedback. And if you enjoy using it, an honest App Store review would mean a lot!
Enjoy!

u/gerard-indieDev — 6 days ago
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I launched 2 SaaS. First failed brutally. Second hit $5k MRR in 3 months. What worked and didn't.

tldr: My first AI SaaS failed because I built blindly, outsourced marketing, and had no clear ICP. My second product hit $5k/mo in 3 months because I built an audience first, obsessed over SEO and distribution, and targeted a specific niche.

I launched my first AI SaaS last year, kept it alive for about a year now. It's making less than $50 mrr and i'm thinking of closing it.

Here's what went wrong:

  • I just built what I thought was cool and useful without confirming any traction.
  • Biggest regret is outsourcing marketing and distribution. I wasn't an expert and thought outsourcing was the best way.
  • The product didn't have a clear ICP at all. I kept adding more and more features, hoping to get more users but it just led to confusion and reaching absolutely no one.
  • Didn't solve my own problem. I wasn't using it daily, which made me lose motivation, and that carelessness was reflected in the product.
  • I didn't prioritise SEO and GEO. Never really studied how it works, didn't think it was important.

For the second one, I changed everything.

SocialCrawl launched in April this year and it's already making $5k a month in revenue and en route to $10K this July.

Here is what actually worked this time around:

  • I figured out distribution and marketing before I even decided what to build.
  • I built an audience first, growing to 5,000+ followers on Threads and 1,500+ on X.
  • Being a developer myself, I chose to build an API dev tool that I could easily market to my own community.
  • I built something that solves my own problem and was also validated by talking to my ICPs and researching communities.
  • My ICP was specific (developers building something based on social media data) and I knew where they were hanging around
  • I focused heavily on SEO, posting blogs and building backlinks from day one.

Overall, failing the first time taught me you have to know who you're selling to, show up where your users hang out and be obsessed with distribution.

u/dooddyman — 8 days ago
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Are others facing challenges promoting their app?

I have built a few apps and one of the issues I have faced is marketing the app. To help with this I built myself a small tool to create a simple video out of screenshots with some video settings that i have used to post on TikTok and Instagram. I have seen this awkward gets some traction. Would others be interested in this tool. I have not yet published it, but checking for interest if it’s even worth doing

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u/ElectronicCopy7998 — 8 days ago
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[App] [Promo] PulseWave - FM Internet Radio v2.5

Link: FM Internet Radio - PulseWave – Apps on Google Play

Ad free listen 50,000+ streams across all genres and countries. I built it for listeners who want an uninterrupted music listening experience.
Stream music, news, sports, and talk shows anytime, anywhere.
• Privacy focused - No location, file access, camera and mic access permissions required
• No in-app ads
• Android Auto support
• Simple and clean interface
• Live FM stations and online music streaming
• Search stations by country, language and genre
• Save your favorite stations
• Smooth and fast playback

u/Slight_Condition8806 — 8 days ago
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easiest 3$-100$ no deposit Pikkit (3$ guaranteed)

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easiest 3$ no deposit Pikkit 

  1. Download and sign up using my code: BULLSEYE95236
  2. Link one or more of your sports betting accounts such as Fanduel, Prizepicks, Dabble, (theres more). You can find this in (Summary > Sync)
  3. Claim your money. (Following > Referrals)

App name: Pikkit, check comments. Pikkit is a bet tracker app where you can track your bets across multiple platforms. You have a chance to to win either 3 or 100$ just by using my referral code (3$ is guaranteed)

u/Unfair_Swan8277 — 10 days ago
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Built a site/tool that turns your own ideas into an ongoing story that remembers everything — bedtime tales, character fiction, or real TTRPG session logs

Hey folks, first time posting something like this. So I hope this is the place for it, so if this is not on let me know...

I have been working on this side project on and off for a while and think it's finally in good enough shape to show people. It was inspired by bed time stories with my child and their desire to have an ongoing that my brain could just not keep up with at the end of the day...

**AETHER Observer** turns what you add into an ongoing story that remembers everything that's happened. You throw in what happens next as an event, and it figures out the consequences, logs them and writes the next chapter for you when you are ready.

People are using it a few different ways:

Bedtime stories and adventures with their kids.

An ongoing story built around their own characters.

A real TTRPG campaign log — paste in your actual session notes, nothing made up, it just narrates what actually happened at the table.

Free to start. Would love some honest feedback — bugs, confusing bits, whatever you run into. Still very much an in development project.

[aetherobserver.com](http://aetherobserver.com)

Happy to answer questions if anyone's curious how any of it works.

Thanks!

u/Overall_Cricket_4630 — 10 days ago
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[PROMO] ORBITIKA : RETRO MUSIC PLAYER / Mark Location & 50+ Tools & Games - No Ads

Tired of juggling ten different apps for one afternoon? Orbitika replaces your calculator, converter, music player, GPS notes, and games with one retro-styled toolkit — and it all works completely offline, anywhere signal drops out.

Orbitika is your all-in-one offline toolkit: 50+ retro-style tools, a powerful offline music player, classic mini-games, a GPS location marker, and emergency survival tools, all in one lightweight app. No wifi or internet connection required — on a flight, in the mountains, on a road trip, or just trying to save data at home.

Support my work and download - Orbitika: Retro Offline Tools - Apps on Google Play

u/moonrider-original — 13 days ago