{"data":{"items":[{"id":"56d49aae-2521-4d2c-8957-72624f0e3048","excerpt":"Most CRMs are too expensive and bloated for solopreneurs. I spent the last few months building a lightweight, lifetime-access alternative. Meet IndyCRM. — Hey everyone!\n\nI'm a solo indie developer and I just released IndyCRM, a CRM app I built specifically for freelancers, solopreneurs, and small businesses.\n\nI was fru","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/VibeCodersNest/comments/1r8w3bg/most_crms_are_too_expensive_and_bloated_for/","role":"pricing","weight":1.5503082,"occurredAt":"2026-02-19T10:47:41.000Z","sourceKey":"reddit","sourceName":"Reddit","credibility":0.62,"venue":"VibeCodersNest","intent":"pricing_complaint","painScore":0.70957637,"sentiment":-0.6551724,"confidence":0.90683764,"matchedPatterns":["frustrating","too_expensive","missing_feature"],"statement":"I was frustrated with existing CRMs — either too expensive ($10-30/month subscriptions), too bloated with AI features nobody asked for, or just not designed for independent workers.","title":"Most CRMs are too expensive and bloated for solopreneurs. I spent the last few months building a lightweight, lifetime-access alternative. Meet IndyCRM.","body":"Hey everyone!\n\nI'm a solo indie developer and I just released IndyCRM, a CRM app I built specifically for freelancers, solopreneurs, and small businesses.\n\nI was frustrated with existing CRMs — either too expensive ($10-30/month subscriptions), too bloated with AI features nobody asked for, or just not designed for independent workers. So I built my own.\n\nIndyCRM is $4.99. Once. For life. No subscription.\n\nIt's 100% native SwiftUI, built from the ground up for iPhone, iPad\n\nWhat it does:\n\n⁠Client & contact management — full profiles, custom rates, interaction history, vCard/CSV import & export\n\n•\t⁠Project management — Kanban boards, tasks with priorities, deadlines, subtasks, progress tracking\n\n•\t⁠Invoicing — professional invoices, automatic numbering, recurring billing (monthly/quarterly/yearly), PDF export, payment tracking\n\n•\t⁠Built-in time tracking — integrated timer, Live Activities & Dynamic Island support\n\n•\t⁠Dashboard & analytics — real-time revenue, charts, conversion rates, profitability per client\n\n•\t⁠Security — AES-256 encryption, Sign in with Apple, Face ID / Touch ID, local storage + iCloud sync, no third-party servers\n\n•\t⁠10 color themes — light / dark / automatic mode\n\n•\t⁠4 languages — English, French, Spanish, German\n\nhe update dropping in **1 day** will include support for: **EUR, USD, GBP, CHF, CAD, AED, INR, JPY, AUD, CNY, SEK, NOK, DKK, PLN, BRL, MXN, SGD, HKD, NZD, ZAR, TRY, MAD, and TND.**\n\n•\t⁠Export — PDF, CSV, vCard, Excel\n\nThe app is still young and I'm actively developing it. I'd really appreciate any feedback — what you like, what's missing, what could be better. I'm building this based on real user needs.\n\nApp Store: [https://apps.apple.com/fr/app/indycrm-clients-et-factures/id6744901649](https://apps.apple.com/fr/app/indycrm-clients-et-factures/id6744901649)\n\nWebsite: [https://indycrm.app](https://indycrm.app)\n\nIf you're a freelancer, consultant, designer, developer, small agency owner, coach, or any kind of independent worker — I'd love to know what you think.\n\nThanks!","offTopic":false},{"id":"8d725ef0-ed99-43d7-a9c1-fe9b792d4a42","excerpt":"I built an open-source Paddle alternative after getting frustrated with existing solutions — **TL;DR:** I built **Keero** — a self-hosted, developer-friendly billing platform that gives you Paddle’s merchant-of-record benefits **plus** usage-based billing, license keys, pay-what-you-want pricing, full data ownership, a","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/comments/1omdfan/i_built_an_opensource_paddle_alternative_after/","role":"pain","weight":1.4081086,"occurredAt":"2025-11-02T09:56:09.000Z","sourceKey":"reddit","sourceName":"Reddit","credibility":0.62,"venue":"SideProject","intent":"feature_request","painScore":0.5897785,"sentiment":-0.61538464,"confidence":0.8857263,"matchedPatterns":["frustrating","free_tier","missing_feature"],"statement":"What features are missing in your current billing setup?","title":"I built an open-source Paddle alternative after getting frustrated with existing solutions","body":"**TL;DR:** I built **Keero** — a self-hosted, developer-friendly billing platform that gives you Paddle’s merchant-of-record benefits **plus** usage-based billing, license keys, pay-what-you-want pricing, full data ownership, and customizable checkout flows.  \n**Still very much a work in progress, but already functional.**\n\n# The Problem\n\nPaddle is solid. Their MoR model saves time, tax headaches, and fraud issues.  \nBut as a developer, I kept hitting walls.\n\nNeed usage-based billing?  \n→ Submit a support ticket.\n\nNeed license key generation for desktop/on-prem?  \n→ Not supported.\n\nWant your billing data in your own database?  \n→ Limited.\n\nLemonSqueezy has nicer UI, but once you need self-hosting, custom flows, or multi-tenant setups, you’re stuck.\n\n**I wanted Paddle’s benefits, but with control and flexibility.**  \n**So I built it.**\n\n# What I Built\n\n**Keero** — an open-source billing layer on top of Paddle.  \n**Still in progress**, but core features are working.\n\n# ✅ Features Paddle Doesn’t Offer (Out of the Box)\n\n* **Usage-Based Billing (Meters)** Track API calls, storage, compute, seats — no waiting on support.\n* **Product Add-ons**\n* **License Key Generator + Validator** Perfect for SaaS, desktop, and on-prem software.\n* **Pay-What-You-Want Pricing** With optional minimums and suggested tiers.\n* **Multi-Store & Multi-Tenant Support** One dashboard, multiple brands/products/clients.\n* **Custom Checkout Flows** Full control over UX, not stuck in someone else’s iframe.\n* **Webhooks + REST API** Real-time sync into your infrastructure.\n* **Analytics Dashboard** MRR, churn, events, subscriptions — all in your own DB.\n* **Advanced Discounts & Campaigns** More flexible than Paddle’s UI.\n\n# 🔒 Not a Paddle Replacement\n\nKeero doesn’t replace Paddle — it **sits on top**.\n\nPaddle still handles:\n\n* Global payments\n* Merchant-of-record tax compliance\n* Fraud & chargebacks\n* Payment methods\n* Legal & regulatory complexity\n\n**Keero just gives the control Paddle never exposed.**\n\n# Monorepo Architecture\n\nSingle monorepo, but every part is its own app:\n\n* **Dashboard** (admin UI)\n* **Checkout** (customizable checkout flows)\n* **Customer Portal** (billing history, subscriptions, keys)\n* **Auth App** (multi-tenant authentication)\n* **Docs Site**\n* **Landing / Marketing Site**\n\nEach deploys independently.\n\n# Tech Stack\n\n    Frontend:    Next.js 15, React 19, Tailwind, shadcn/ui\n    Backend:     Next.js API Routes + Prisma\n    Database:    PostgreSQL (on Neon)\n    Auth:        NextAuth.js with tenants\n    Payments:    Paddle Billing API\n    Deploy:      Vercel, Railway, Docker, VPS\n    Monorepo:    Turborepo\n    \n\n# Status — Work in Progress ✅\n\n* ✅ Core billing engine\n* ✅ Paddle integration\n* ✅ Usage-based meters\n* ✅ Pay-what-you-want\n* ✅ License keys\n* ✅ Multi-tenant dashboard\n* ✅ Customer portal\n* ✅ Webhooks + API\n* ✅ Monorepo structure\n* 🔄 Store, Checkout and Portal customization \n* 🔄 Documentation\n* 🔄 Cleanup before open-sourcing\n\n**It’s not “production-ready” yet, but it works.**\n\n# Why I'm Posting\n\nCurious if anyone else is frustrated by:\n\n* No usage billing without support tickets\n* No license systems\n* Limited customization\n* Vendor lock-in\n* Billing data stuck in someone else’s database\n\nWould you use something like this?\n\n# Next Steps\n\nIf there’s interest:\n\n1. Clean repo and open it publicly\n2. Complete docs\n3. Ship one-click deploy templates\n4. Maybe offer a hosted version for people who don’t want to self-host\n\n# Questions\n\n1. Would you self-host or prefer a managed version?\n2. What features are missing in your current billing setup?\n3. Fully open-source or open-core with optional paid modules?\n4. Any deal-breakers?\n\n**GitHub:** coming soon  \n**Demo:** DM me\n\nFeedback welcome — brutally honest is even better.","offTopic":false},{"id":"8ac39f7f-f6ac-4da3-b160-464ef306ac4b","excerpt":"I made a free tool that turns live-sale \"SOLD\" comments into per-buyer invoices (FB/IG/TikTok/WhatsApp) — I kept seeing live sellers scroll their comments after a stream, trying to work out who claimed what and adding up each buyer by hand - so I built a small free tool for it.  \n  \nPaste your live comments (or a Whats","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/comments/1vtruhd/i_made_a_free_tool_that_turns_livesale_sold/","role":"pain","weight":1.3493726,"occurredAt":"2026-08-20T18:35:14.000Z","sourceKey":"reddit","sourceName":"Reddit","credibility":0.62,"venue":"SideProject","intent":"feature_request","painScore":0.6666667,"sentiment":-0.6666667,"confidence":0.8096236,"matchedPatterns":["frustrating","missing_feature","manual_process"],"statement":"Happy to add what's missing.","title":"I made a free tool that turns live-sale \"SOLD\" comments into per-buyer invoices (FB/IG/TikTok/WhatsApp)","body":"I kept seeing live sellers scroll their comments after a stream, trying to work out who claimed what and adding up each buyer by hand - so I built a small free tool for it.  \n  \nPaste your live comments (or a WhatsApp group-order export) and it:  \n  \n\\- reads every \"SOLD 3\", \"mine 2\", \"1x2\" claim  \n\\- builds a per-buyer invoice, with one-click copy so you can DM it  \n\\- tracks totals and who hasn't paid yet  \n  \nIt runs entirely in your browser. No signup, nothing uploaded anywhere.  \n  \nFree: [https://minho1511.github.io/livesale-tally/](https://minho1511.github.io/livesale-tally/)  \n  \nI made it, so treat this as self-promotion - but the free tool stands on its own and I'm genuinely after feedback, especially from anyone who actually sells live. What's the most annoying part of your order process? Happy to add what's missing.  \n  \n(Full disclosure: there's also a paid spreadsheet version with saved stock tracking. I'm linking the free one because that's the part that solves the tallying.)","offTopic":false},{"id":"8875723d-e5c3-46c1-8b01-8134dfc4b6fa","excerpt":"Built a diecast model value calculator with live eBay prices – looking for feedback before I take it further — Hey everyone,  \nI've been collecting 1:64 diecast models (Hot Wheels, Mini GT, Kaido House, etc.) as a hobby for years, and one thing that always frustrated me was figuring out what models are actually worth. ","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/comments/1vvrilg/built_a_diecast_model_value_calculator_with_live/","role":"pain","weight":1.3277828,"occurredAt":"2026-08-22T23:41:58.000Z","sourceKey":"reddit","sourceName":"Reddit","credibility":0.62,"venue":"SideProject","intent":"feature_request","painScore":0.64,"sentiment":-0.6,"confidence":0.8096236,"matchedPatterns":["frustrating","missing_feature","manual_process"],"statement":"Any obvious features I'm missing?","title":"Built a diecast model value calculator with live eBay prices – looking for feedback before I take it further","body":"Hey everyone,  \nI've been collecting 1:64 diecast models (Hot Wheels, Mini GT, Kaido House, etc.) as a hobby for years, and one thing that always frustrated me was figuring out what models are actually worth. Checking eBay sold listings manually takes forever.  \nSo I built a tool that does it automatically.  \n**What it does:**  \nScans live eBay prices for any 1:64 diecast model\n\nGenerates an \"Investment Score\" (0–100) based on brand, edition, condition, and price paid\n\nSupports 15+ brands (Hot Wheels, Mini GT, Tomica, Kaido House, Inno64, Tarmac Works, etc.)\n\nLets you filter by year, share PNG reports, and track search history\n\nFree to use, with a premium tier for unlimited searches\n\n**Why I'm posting here:**  \nI'm not trying to sell anything – the free version is genuinely free and I'm not pushing anyone to upgrade. I'm at the stage where I need honest feedback from people who understand side projects.  \nSpecifically:  \nDoes this actually solve a problem, or am I just solving my own niche annoyance?\n\nWhat would make you actually use something like this?\n\nAny obvious features I'm missing?\n\nHow would you improve the UX?\n\n**Link:** [https://diecastlegends.autos/diecast-value-calculator/](https://diecastlegends.autos/diecast-value-calculator/)\n\nI'm genuinely open to criticism – if this is a dumb idea, tell me why. If you see potential but it needs work, tell me what. That's exactly what I need right now.  \nAppreciate anyone taking the time to check it out!","offTopic":true},{"id":"b708948d-336c-47f8-8f54-f740cd8cbe74","excerpt":"Making a free app for the marketers — I built a free alternative to expensive ad swipe-file tools\n\nI’ve been working on app for the past year that helps marketers save and organise ads they find across platforms such as Google, Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube, x, Reddit etc etc .\n\nThe idea is similar to tools like Fore","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/DigitalMarketing/comments/1vtzty6/making_a_free_app_for_the_marketers/","role":"demand","weight":1.2878869,"occurredAt":"2026-08-20T23:36:58.000Z","sourceKey":"reddit","sourceName":"Reddit","credibility":0.62,"venue":"DigitalMarketing","intent":"alternative_search","painScore":0.7,"sentiment":-1,"confidence":0.7575805,"matchedPatterns":["alternative_to","switching_from"],"statement":"I built a free alternative to expensive ad swipe-file tools I’ve been working on app for the past year that helps marketers save and organise ads they find across platforms such as Google, Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube, x, Reddit etc etc…","title":"Making a free app for the marketers","body":"I built a free alternative to expensive ad swipe-file tools\n\nI’ve been working on app for the past year that helps marketers save and organise ads they find across platforms such as Google, Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube, x, Reddit etc etc .\n\nThe idea is similar to tools like Foreplay and Swipekit, but I wanted something simpler and more affordable. And I didn’t want to have the repository of everyone’s saved shit in one massive pile of shit. The reason I came up with this idea is seeing how much of a rip off most of these ad saving tools are esp if ur just a solo marketer/student  etc etc don’t have the cash.\n\nSo I basically went through loops to build this app..  but at the same time I’m thinking am I a dumb dumb to make it totally free? Esp that I have no job, but at the same time i cbf with adding a whole payment system. ( as this app has sucked all the life force out of me )\n\nBasically, it can save ads/images/videos and, organise them into collections, and help with competitor research. ( you can have an xlsx of all saved ads/post per platform.) I originally considered making it a paid product, but I’m now like fudgeee that and would probably just link to my Twitter/X account and other resources instead. I may eventually add optional paid features ( less likely), but I’d rather get the tool into people’s hands and see whether it is genuinely useful. ( and know if I wasted my life lol(\n\nI’m looking for honest feedback:  \n•\tWould you use a free local tool like this?  \n•\tWhich platforms or workflows matter most to you?  \n•\tWould local-only storage be an advantage or a limitation?  \n•\tWhat features would make you switch from an existing swipe-file tool?  \n•\tIs a free product with links to the creator a reasonable model, or would you expect a paid Pro version?\n\nIm almost done and I’m not trying to pretend it is finished and polished yet ( still got bugs to fix up before I do anything else). I’m mainly trying to find out whether the tool solves a real problem for people who cannot justify paying in this economy","offTopic":true},{"id":"a71175c1-2435-41c7-88fe-6c8f23b26a71","excerpt":"Looking for feedback from freelancers working on fixed-price projects — I built a free tool for freelancers and small businesses who work on fixed-price projects.\n\nOne problem I kept seeing is that a project can start with an agreed price and workload, but then additional work gets added without anyone really quantifyi","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/alphaandbetausers/comments/1vujcvz/looking_for_feedback_from_freelancers_working_on/","role":"demand","weight":1.2397368,"occurredAt":"2026-08-21T15:21:54.000Z","sourceKey":"reddit","sourceName":"Reddit","credibility":0.62,"venue":"alphaandbetausers","intent":"tool_discovery","painScore":0.4950148,"sentiment":-0.5,"confidence":0.8292472,"matchedPatterns":["looking_for","missing_feature","urgent"],"statement":"Are there metrics you're missing?","title":"Looking for feedback from freelancers working on fixed-price projects","body":"I built a free tool for freelancers and small businesses who work on fixed-price projects.\n\nOne problem I kept seeing is that a project can start with an agreed price and workload, but then additional work gets added without anyone really quantifying what that does to the project.\n\nDeemzo lets you enter an existing fixed-price project and test scenarios where the workload increases by 5%, 10%, 15%, or 20%. It shows the impact on things like effective hourly rate, capacity, and deadline.\n\nI also created a guide about managing scope creep.\n\nI'm looking for a few people who actually work with fixed-price projects to try it and tell me:\n\nIs the analysis useful?\nAre there metrics you're missing?\nWould you use this before accepting additional work from a client?\n\nIt's free to try: https://deemzo.com\n\nI'm especially interested in hearing what feels useful, what feels unnecessary, and what's missing.","offTopic":false},{"id":"90c5944a-3bee-4d6a-ab34-7a21a40ac39a","excerpt":"Alternative to forced subscriptions/ads — I’m not a fan of subscriptions, and in my effort to build an app people actually want to use, I’ve been looking for alternative ways to monetize. I also hate data collection and ads, so this is my attempt to prove you can create a high-value mobile experience without tracking u","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/iOSProgramming/comments/1ndtzkh/alternative_to_forced_subscriptionsads/","role":"demand","weight":1.1743573,"occurredAt":"2025-09-10T23:46:48.000Z","sourceKey":"reddit","sourceName":"Reddit","credibility":0.62,"venue":"iOSProgramming","intent":"alternative_search","painScore":0.67,"sentiment":-1,"confidence":0.70320797,"matchedPatterns":["alternative_to"],"statement":"Alternative to forced subscriptions/ads.","title":"Alternative to forced subscriptions/ads","body":"I’m not a fan of subscriptions, and in my effort to build an app people actually want to use, I’ve been looking for alternative ways to monetize. I also hate data collection and ads, so this is my attempt to prove you can create a high-value mobile experience without tracking users or forcing subscriptions.\n\nMy app is a gardening app I built solo. It stores all data locally and uses free or flat-rate services, so my costs stay low and don’t increase as more people use it.\n\nThe idea is to compete with other apps by offering the same (or better) features for free, while slowly growing market share. The only monetization is a completely optional subscription. After you’ve done a lot in the app, you’ll see a single prompt asking if you’d like to support development. If you say no, you’ll never see it again—just a button at the top of the settings if you ever change your mind. At some point I will likely add the ability to make a one time support payment.\n\nWhat do you think of this approach? I don’t expect it to convert at the rates that bigger apps are getting, but with low/no costs, I think I can undercut the likes of Planta to steal some market. I presume this could be replicated in other app areas (fitness, productivity, etc) \n\n","offTopic":true},{"id":"8aa47d4b-8a25-4dde-81b2-b40762d0ea32","excerpt":"I'm a Pakistani Engineer and built a data extraction tool for scanned images/PDFs. Would love your feedback! — Hi everyone,\n\nI’m a software engineering graduate from NUST, currently working remotely for a large tech company. Recently, I decided to take a stab at building a micro-SaaS tool, and I’d love to get your feed","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/pakistan/comments/1tdtr92/im_a_pakistani_engineer_and_built_a_data/","role":"demand","weight":1.1696681,"occurredAt":"2026-05-15T11:40:03.000Z","sourceKey":"reddit","sourceName":"Reddit","credibility":0.62,"venue":"pakistan","intent":"alternative_search","painScore":0.26,"sentiment":0.33333334,"confidence":0.928308,"matchedPatterns":["how_can_i","switching_from","manual_process"],"statement":"**How can I improve or expand this?** Moving from pure data extraction to end-to-end automations (perhaps specifically targeting accounting workflows) feels like the most logical next step to me.","title":"I'm a Pakistani Engineer and built a data extraction tool for scanned images/PDFs. Would love your feedback!","body":"Hi everyone,\n\nI’m a software engineering graduate from NUST, currently working remotely for a large tech company. Recently, I decided to take a stab at building a micro-SaaS tool, and I’d love to get your feedback to help validate the idea.\n\nThe inspiration came from a personal pain point. The other day, I wanted to analyze our household’s electricity bills over the past couple of years to calculate whether investing in a solar system would be worth it. I initially tried using ChatGPT and Gemini directly to extract the data from our scanned bills, but the performance was unreliable and the models kept hallucinating the numbers.\n\nTo solve this, I built a custom tool that processes these documents in a much more structured way. It includes a verification interface that lets you easily review and correct the extracted values after the scan in case the AI got it wrong.\n\nThe tool is live, and I’ve put together a quick demo. I would be incredibly grateful if the community could help me validate this concept by weighing in on a few questions:\n\n1. **Do you encounter this problem at work?** In your business or work, do you frequently have to manually enter data from piles of PDFs or images (e.g., invoices, pay slips, receipts)? If so, would you be willing to pay for a tool that automates this, and what would a reasonable price point look like to you?\n2. **Would you like to see a demo?** The tool is live on a website, but if you are hesitant to click an external link, I am more than happy to just share the demo video URL instead. Let me know if you're interested!\n3. **How can I improve or expand this?** Moving from pure data extraction to end-to-end automations (perhaps specifically targeting accounting workflows) feels like the most logical next step to me. What are your thoughts?\n\nI’m well aware that there are established players in the OCR and document-processing space, so any advice on how to effectively differentiate would be highly appreciated.\n\n*(On a side note: I posted here a while back about a different automation project. Apologies to anyone I missed in the comments last time, but I promise I took that feedback to heart and used it to shape this new tool!)*\n\nThanks in advance for your time and insights!","offTopic":true},{"id":"4f74f6b3-9b6c-4df7-af06-a3d4dcbf85a8","excerpt":"Built an app so you don't have to call five contractors and wait three days to hear back from one (Tennessee dad, side project turned real thing) — Hey y'all. i'm a Tennessee Local, dad of two, and for the last while I've been building something in my spare time that just went live-Crewful.\n\nThe idea came from somethin","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/handyman/comments/1vemvcn/built_an_app_so_you_dont_have_to_call_five/","role":"pain","weight":1.1546458,"occurredAt":"2026-08-03T19:11:10.000Z","sourceKey":"reddit","sourceName":"Reddit","credibility":0.62,"venue":"handyman","intent":"feature_request","painScore":0.6933333,"sentiment":-0.8333333,"confidence":0.68187743,"matchedPatterns":["missing_feature"],"statement":"If you're in Tennessee and need something done around the house, or if you're a contractor/handyman/electrician/whoever tired of lead-fee sites eating your margin, I'd genuinely appreciate you giving it a shot and telling me what's broken…","title":"Built an app so you don't have to call five contractors and wait three days to hear back from one (Tennessee dad, side project turned real thing)","body":"Hey y'all. i'm a Tennessee Local, dad of two, and for the last while I've been building something in my spare time that just went live-Crewful.\n\nThe idea came from something pretty ordinary — I was sitting around 1 Saturday wanting to put my knowledge and skills to work for me and pickup a side job to make money. It turns ned out to be way harder than I thought. Apps like Angi's list ect. wanted me to have an LLC or be insured, pay upfront. I just wanted to find a tree removal or some junk to haul off. I went looking on Facebook groups and it was so difficult to find something that didn't have 50+ comments, or someone that would actually message back. So the Crewful app idea was born for ordinary people/Businesses that want to work to be able to find jobs and work. You don't need anything except what you already have... knowledge and skills specific to you. I envision it being a replacement for Facebook group posts all the time on peoples feeds, helping people who need extra money to make ends meet, maybe even for someone that got laid off and needs a source of income while they figure out their next step... on the other side of it, for someone that need help doing literally anything you can think of big or small. you can find someone or more than n one person that knows how to do it and then its easy. Just look at the estimates on the job you posted and pick who you want. super easy super simple.. definitely worth the couple minutes to download and give it a shot! thank you for reading and hopefully downloading and trying it out for yourself. I hope it help whoever is reading in whatever way you choose to utilize this app!\n\nCrewful is a home services marketplace built to cut that down to almost nothing:\n\n\\- Post what you need (or send a request straight to a specific pro) and get real responses, not silence\n\n\\- Message pros directly in the app — ask questions, negotiate a price, and only pay once you both agree\n\n\\- See who's actually available right now near you, without digging through directories of people who never call back\n\n\\- Pros get paid through the app directly (no chasing checks or cash), and there's no bidding war for leads — just real jobs from real people nearby\n\nI built this myself, end to end, and I'm still actively building it — every bit of feedback from real use has shaped what's in it now. If you're in Tennessee and need something done around the house, or if you're a contractor/handyman/electrician/whoever tired of lead-fee sites eating your margin, I'd genuinely appreciate you giving it a shot and telling me what's broken or missing. That's how it gets better.\n\niOS- [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/crewful/id6787841253](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/crewful/id6787841253)\n\nwebsite- [Crewful.app](http://Crewful.app)\n\nHappy to answer anything about it in the comments — including the boring parts, like why payouts turned out to be way harder to get right than the app itself.","offTopic":true},{"id":"24d28496-3637-414b-aba3-4bfb9e76fc03","excerpt":"My client rejected Frame.io (GDPR & AI training concerns), so I built a alternative for freelancers — Hi,\n\nI'm a freelance filmmaker and video editor, Like many of you, I've been using [Frame.io](http://Frame.io) for years. But recently, a major client's legal team rejected it during a GDPR audit (hosting concerns, pot","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/MotionDesign/comments/1qoefpr/my_client_rejected_frameio_gdpr_ai_training/","role":"pricing","weight":1.1391661,"occurredAt":"2026-01-27T13:53:26.000Z","sourceKey":"reddit","sourceName":"Reddit","credibility":0.62,"venue":"MotionDesign","intent":"pricing_complaint","painScore":0.61333334,"sentiment":-0.33333334,"confidence":0.7060947,"matchedPatterns":["too_expensive"],"statement":"So I looked for alternatives, but most were either too expensive or total overkill for a solo freelancer (I mostly work on short form) or simply had the same compliance/login issue.","title":"My client rejected Frame.io (GDPR & AI training concerns), so I built a alternative for freelancers","body":"Hi,\n\nI'm a freelance filmmaker and video editor, Like many of you, I've been using [Frame.io](http://Frame.io) for years. But recently, a major client's legal team rejected it during a GDPR audit (hosting concerns, potential AI Training as seen in Adobe fine prints), and others issues.\n\nAnyway, I absolutely didn't want to go back to the nightmare of using google drive or \"Unlisted YouTube links + decoding email timestamps\". So I looked for alternatives, but most were either too expensive or total overkill for a solo freelancer (I mostly work on short form) or simply had the same compliance/login issue.\n\nSince I also have a background in code, I decided to build my own lightweight tool to solve this specific workflow. It's really a \"hey I made this\" flair, even if I made it nor a software review, but I want to share it anyway.\n\nThe concept is simple:\n\n* Upload video.\n* Send link.\n* Clients comment, pin or select a range frame-accurately (we can export comment as PDF or csv), then approve or request change,\n* After approving a video they can request the final cut and you can send it in-app via a Wetransfer-like.\n\nIt’s definitely not a full MAM like the big players (no internal team or project management ), just a streamlined bridge for the \"Review & Deliver\" phase.\n\nI've been using it for some time with good feedback from my clients so I recently opened it to others and now looking for feedback on it, if it solves the pain point for other solo freelancers too, I guess it's also valid for motion designers !!! .\n\nI'll share the link in the comments if you want to check it out","offTopic":false},{"id":"f3149657-a08f-4aa4-9fdf-88e0bf36365e","excerpt":"SME owners [US/CA]: I'll build your custom software for free — and you're the one doing me the favor — **TL;DR:** I build software. I'll build yours for free. I keep the right to sell it to other businesses later. That's the whole deal.\n\nSuspicious stuff out of the way first: I'm not selling anything, not collecting yo","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/saasforsale/comments/1vunfs4/sme_owners_usca_ill_build_your_custom_software/","role":"demand","weight":1.1024644,"occurredAt":"2026-08-21T17:51:15.000Z","sourceKey":"reddit","sourceName":"Reddit","credibility":0.62,"venue":"saasforsale","intent":"tool_discovery","painScore":0.29,"sentiment":0.33333334,"confidence":0.8546236,"matchedPatterns":["looking_for","workaround","manual_process"],"statement":"**Three signs this is for you:** 🔹 You're paying monthly for software you half-use — 30 features, you need 4 🔹 You're doing it manually because the real tool is priced for companies 50x your size 🔹 Your workflow is three tools and a spr…","title":"SME owners [US/CA]: I'll build your custom software for free — and you're the one doing me the favor","body":"**TL;DR:** I build software. I'll build yours for free. I keep the right to sell it to other businesses later. That's the whole deal.\n\nSuspicious stuff out of the way first: I'm not selling anything, not collecting your email, and not looking for a job. No free trial that becomes $99/month in 30 days.\n\nI'm 28, based in Toronto, and I want to start a software business. But I've watched too many people build something clever nobody asked for. So I'm doing it backwards — find a real problem first, solve it for free, then see if there's a business in it.\n\n**What I'll build:** anything. I've built Inventory Management Systems, Sales CRM platforms, and an AI Inference Gateway for open-source models. If it's complex, I'm *more* interested, not less.\n\n**Three signs this is for you:**\n\n🔹 You're paying monthly for software you half-use — 30 features, you need 4\n\n🔹 You're doing it manually because the real tool is priced for companies 50x your size\n\n🔹 Your workflow is three tools and a spreadsheet duct-taped together\n\n**Why you're doing me the favor:**\n\nI'm not being charitable. I want a real testimonial from a business actually using what I built, and the right to sell that software to other companies later. You get free custom software. I get proof it works and a product to take to market. Clean trade, nobody pretending.\n\n**What to do:** drop your problem in the comments or DM me. The messier, the better.\n\nFair warning — bigger builds take a few months. But you're not paying, so the only thing you're risking is a comment.","offTopic":true},{"id":"d1b77623-9e94-4722-b29f-dcb58aed5653","excerpt":"Built a two-way board connecting tools with workflow requests. Looking for honest perspectives — Built a two-way board connecting tools with workflow requests. Looking for honest perspectives\n\nSorry for the long post but wanted to explain the concept properly. Leaving out all names and links as I am just looking for ho","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/indiebiz/comments/1vuwq9p/built_a_twoway_board_connecting_tools_with/","role":"pain","weight":1.0834256,"occurredAt":"2026-08-21T23:54:55.000Z","sourceKey":"reddit","sourceName":"Reddit","credibility":0.62,"venue":"indiebiz","intent":"problem_report","painScore":0.88,"sentiment":-1,"confidence":0.57629025,"matchedPatterns":["frustrating"],"statement":"At the same time people working in businesses constantly run into annoying manual tasks.","title":"Built a two-way board connecting tools with workflow requests. Looking for honest perspectives","body":"Built a two-way board connecting tools with workflow requests. Looking for honest perspectives\n\nSorry for the long post but wanted to explain the concept properly. Leaving out all names and links as I am just looking for honest thoughts from other builders on whether this solves a real problem.\n\nMost of us build a tool first and then struggle with distribution.\n\nAt the same time people working in businesses constantly run into annoying manual tasks. Google just gives you massive enterprise software with crazy paywalls and search engines usually just recycle those same big results or show tutorials on how to build it from scratch. Neither surfaces new or niche indie tools so people just end up suffering through tedious tasks.\n\nWe built a two-way board to bridge that gap:\n\n1. For builders: You can list your micro tools or browser extensions. If someone posts a workflow request that matches what your tool does you get notified and can connect with them.\n2. Quick setup: Instead of filling out long forms you just paste your website URL and it automatically drafts the summary and features in a few seconds.\n3. For businesses & users: Anyone can post a workflow request describing what capability they need without knowing technical jargon.\n4. Semantic matching: The search compares the natural language meaning of what someone asks for against live tools in the database.\n5. Live match feed: You can jump in anytime to view your top matches instead of just waiting for notifications.\n6. Anti-spam limits: There are monthly caps on how many requests and tool enquiries can be sent so people cannot spam.\n7. Direct connection: It is not a freelance gig site. Once two people connect they share their direct contact info and talk completely off platform with zero transaction fees.\n\nWould like to know:\n\nAs a founder what would actually make you check a board like this regularly instead of just listing your tool and forgetting it?\n\nDo you think non-technical business operators will actually post their workflow requests or is getting the buyer side the biggest hurdle?\n\nWhat are the biggest blind spots or reasons you think a platform like this might struggle?\n\nAppreciate any honest critique.","offTopic":true},{"id":"fa563256-ea62-4d04-a650-da004d15edde","excerpt":"I built a financial copilot for French freelancers, 800+ users, solo founder, $0 in ads — I'm a former AWS Solutions Architect who went freelance 5 years ago in France. The French freelance tax system is brutal: you juggle income tax brackets, social contributions (URSSAF), VAT, corporate tax, and a bunch of status-spe","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/buildinpublic/comments/1s4kkj6/i_built_a_financial_copilot_for_french/","role":"demand","weight":1.0498245,"occurredAt":"2026-03-26T21:31:50.000Z","sourceKey":"reddit","sourceName":"Reddit","credibility":0.62,"venue":"buildinpublic","intent":"alternative_search","painScore":0.345,"sentiment":0,"confidence":0.7805387,"matchedPatterns":["switching_from","urgent"],"statement":"Should I switch from sole proprietorship to a corporation?","title":"I built a financial copilot for French freelancers, 800+ users, solo founder, $0 in ads","body":"I'm a former AWS Solutions Architect who went freelance 5 years ago in France. The French freelance tax system is brutal: you juggle income tax brackets, social contributions (URSSAF), VAT, corporate tax, and a bunch of status-specific rules (there are 7 legal structures to choose from). No one tells you what you actually take home.\n\nI spent years wrestling with spreadsheets trying to answer basic questions: what's my real net after all deductions? Should I switch from sole proprietorship to a corporation? How much do I need to set aside each quarter?\n\nExisting tools either do accounting (Indy, Pennylane) or nothing at all. None of them simulate your actual net income or let you compare structures with your real numbers.\n\nSo I built Freelens (freelens.io) -- a financial copilot that does exactly that:\n\n* Real net income calculation month by month, with all French tax brackets and social contributions baked in\n* Scenario simulator: \"what if I lose this client\", \"what if I take 3 weeks off\", \"what if I raise my rate 20%\"\n* Side-by-side legal structure comparison (7 structures) using your actual revenue, not averages\n* Tax calendar so you never miss a deadline\n* AI assistant (powered by AWS Bedrock) that answers financial questions using your real data\n* Invoicing, payment tracking, commercial pipeline\n\nAll tax rates and brackets are updated to 2026 French tax law.\n\nStack: Next.js, AWS (Bedrock, Amplify), Stripe. Solo founder, no funding, no ads. Growth has been 100% organic -- LinkedIn, Reddit, word of mouth.\n\nCurrently at 800+ users, plan is free + Pro at 19 EUR/month.\n\nHappy to answer any questions about building a hyper-local SaaS, the French freelance market, or the tech stack.","offTopic":true},{"id":"ffe87caf-9cbb-4a0f-90a0-af9eca19770a","excerpt":"Spent a weekend getting Claude to replace QuickBooks and Quicken. The plan did 90% of the work and saved me $500/yr — I run a one-person LLC and file a Schedule C, and I have spent years paying for QuickBooks without really knowing what half of it does. I had to pay someone to set it up in the first place. After that i","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1uerum1/spent_a_weekend_getting_claude_to_replace/","role":"request","weight":1.0209333,"occurredAt":"2026-06-24T22:18:18.000Z","sourceKey":"reddit","sourceName":"Reddit","credibility":0.62,"venue":"ClaudeAI","intent":"purchase_intent","painScore":0.24,"sentiment":0,"confidence":0.8233333,"matchedPatterns":["would_pay","free_tier"],"statement":"The only thing I pay for now is the feed that pulls my accounts, sixty bucks a year.","title":"Spent a weekend getting Claude to replace QuickBooks and Quicken. The plan did 90% of the work and saved me $500/yr","body":"I run a one-person LLC and file a Schedule C, and I have spent years paying for QuickBooks without really knowing what half of it does. I had to pay someone to set it up in the first place. After that it was $38 a month to keep operating a tool I clearly wasn't qualified to operate. Quicken Simplifi was another $68 a year for the personal side. At some point it stopped making sense to keep paying for both.\n\nThe bookkeeping app started as a plan, and that's where basically all the effort went. I opened ChatGPT, told it to act like a senior accounting consultant, and asked for a starting plan aimed at someone who is not an accountant and wants something simpler than QuickBooks but still correct. I took that to Claude and had it turn the sketch into a real implementation plan. Then I had Codex go over it and point out the gaps, sent those notes back to Claude's UltraPlan, and did a few rounds of that over a couple hours until I wasn't getting anything worth changing back. (I lost the original ChatGPT prompt somewhere in there, which is extremely on brand for me, but I still had the refined plan and that's the part that mattered.)\n\nAfter that I pretty much just ran it.\n\nIt's self-hosted on my Mac. No cloud account, nothing to log into, no monthly anything. Transactions come in over an MCP, Claude tags each one, and whatever it isn't sure about sits in a review queue for me to handle. When I fix one, it saves a rule so I don't get asked about the same thing every month. It cleared a couple thousand transactions without needing anything from me.  \n  \nBusiness expenses go onto actual Schedule C lines, which was the whole point. Personal money is in there too, just kept separate from the business so the two never mix. Two days end to end, and that included a janky little sideloaded Android app so I can check the dashboards from my phone.\n\nThe only thing I pay for now is the feed that pulls my accounts, sixty bucks a year. QuickBooks and Simplifi were about $524 between them.\n\nI wrote the build up and pasted the whole plan into the post as a copy block, scrubbed of anything personal, so you can drop it straight into Claude or Codex and point it at your own books: [https://mdpsync.com/blog-replacing-quickbooks](https://mdpsync.com/blog-replacing-quickbooks)\n\nIf you try it, getting the MCP wired up for live bank data was the only part that took real trial and error. The plan covered everything else. Glad to get into the planning loop in the comments if that's the part you care about.\n\nTL;DR: not an accountant, talked Claude into planning and building me a self-hosted bookkeeping + personal finance app over a weekend, dropped $524/yr of QuickBooks and Quicken, plan's free in the writeup.","offTopic":false},{"id":"7805353d-2fc6-453d-a09f-548ac8cad193","excerpt":"I built a simple expense tracker because I got tired of overcomplicated finance apps — I've been working on a small personal finance app for a while, mainly because I wanted something I could actually stick with.\n\nThe idea is pretty simple:\n\n* quickly record everyday expenses\n* see where your money is going\n* understan","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/comments/1vv4owk/i_built_a_simple_expense_tracker_because_i_got/","role":"demand","weight":1.0100055,"occurredAt":"2026-08-22T06:27:57.000Z","sourceKey":"reddit","sourceName":"Reddit","credibility":0.62,"venue":"SideProject","intent":"tool_discovery","painScore":0.2475,"sentiment":0.33333334,"confidence":0.8096236,"matchedPatterns":["looking_for","switching_from","currently_i_use","missing_feature"],"statement":"**5.** What would make you switch from whatever you currently use?","title":"I built a simple expense tracker because I got tired of overcomplicated finance apps","body":"I've been working on a small personal finance app for a while, mainly because I wanted something I could actually stick with.\n\nThe idea is pretty simple:\n\n* quickly record everyday expenses\n* see where your money is going\n* understand monthly spending without spreadsheets\n* get simple insights instead of staring at charts\n* use AI to explain spending patterns in plain English\n\nBut I'm at the point where I genuinely don't know whether I'm solving a real problem or just building another expense tracker.\n\nSo I'm looking for a few people to try an early version and be brutally honest.\n\nI'd especially like feedback on:\n\n**1.** Is this something you'd actually use regularly?  \n**2.** What's missing?  \n**3.** What feels unnecessary?  \n**4.** Does the AI part actually add value, or is it just a gimmick?  \n**5.** What would make you switch from whatever you currently use?\n\nI'm not looking for compliments 😅\n\nIf you're interested in trying it, comment or DM me and I'll share it.\n\nEven a \"this is pointless because...\" is useful feedback.","offTopic":true},{"id":"c1fd5727-61e5-444f-b459-14e23a74e7b8","excerpt":"Looking for freelancers who manage clients in spreadsheets to test ClientPlot — **Title:** Looking for freelancers who manage clients in spreadsheets to test ClientPlot\n\nI've been building ClientPlot, a simple client and project management app for freelancers and small businesses that currently use Excel or Google Shee","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/comments/1vuqla9/looking_for_freelancers_who_manage_clients_in/","role":"demand","weight":1.0017452,"occurredAt":"2026-08-21T19:46:24.000Z","sourceKey":"reddit","sourceName":"Reddit","credibility":0.62,"venue":"SideProject","intent":"tool_discovery","painScore":0.22,"sentiment":0.2,"confidence":0.8211027,"matchedPatterns":["looking_for","currently_i_use","missing_feature"],"statement":"* What's missing?","title":"Looking for freelancers who manage clients in spreadsheets to test ClientPlot","body":"**Title:** Looking for freelancers who manage clients in spreadsheets to test ClientPlot\n\nI've been building ClientPlot, a simple client and project management app for freelancers and small businesses that currently use Excel or Google Sheets to keep track of their work.\n\nI'm looking for a few people willing to try it and give me honest feedback. I'm less interested in getting signups right now and more interested in figuring out what works, what doesn't, and what needs to be improved.\n\nI'd especially like feedback on things like:\n\n* Is the site clear about what ClientPlot does?\n* Is it easy to get started and use?\n* Is importing an Excel/CSV file easy and accurate?\n* Are the client, project, and task features actually useful?\n* Is anything confusing or difficult to find?\n* What feels unnecessary?\n* What's missing?\n* Would this be more useful than the way you manage clients now?\n* Would you actually continue using it?\n* Is there anything that would stop you from paying for it?\n\nIf you currently manage clients, projects, or tasks in a spreadsheet, I'd especially love to hear from you.\n\nI'll give anyone who helps test it 6 months free.\n\nYou don't have to sugarcoat the feedback. If something doesn't make sense or you wouldn't use it, that's exactly what I want to know.\n\n[https://clientplot.com](https://clientplot.com)","offTopic":true},{"id":"9e2aa9be-d18e-49f3-9464-0ffb9e1077bc","excerpt":"Developer seeking feedback on pain points with Expensify, Zoho Expense, and other expense management tools – Building a simpler alternative! — Hi r/smallbusiness,\n\nI’m a solo developer working on a new B2B SaaS for expense management, tailored specifically for small professional service firms and freelancers (think acc","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/smallbusiness/comments/1mwan3v/developer_seeking_feedback_on_pain_points_with/","role":"pricing","weight":0.95744485,"occurredAt":"2025-08-21T13:15:38.000Z","sourceKey":"reddit","sourceName":"Reddit","credibility":0.62,"venue":"smallbusiness","intent":"pricing_complaint","painScore":0.5688889,"sentiment":-0.22222222,"confidence":0.61026937,"matchedPatterns":["too_expensive"],"statement":"For example: - Are they too expensive for what they offer?","title":"Developer seeking feedback on pain points with Expensify, Zoho Expense, and other expense management tools – Building a simpler alternative!","body":"Hi r/smallbusiness,\n\nI’m a solo developer working on a new B2B SaaS for expense management, tailored specifically for small professional service firms and freelancers (think accounting firms, lawyers, or consultants with 5-50 employees). I’ve noticed in various threads that many of accountants struggle with existing tools, and I want to create something truly useful and affordable.\n\nTo nail down the pain points, I’d love your honest feedback: what issues do you face with Expensify (e.g., clunky customer service, tricky subscription cancellations, confusing UI), Zoho Expense (e.g., shaky bank integrations, overkill for small teams), or other tools like Concur, Ramp, or even QuickBooks? For example:\n\n- Are they too expensive for what they offer?\n\n- Problems with OCR for scanning receipts?\n\n- Trouble exporting to accounting software or complying with local tax rules?\n\n- Recurring bugs or poor support?\n\nI’m planning to build a lightweight alternative: simple receipt submission via web/PC, quick manager approvals, customizable categories, easy CSV/Excel exports, and a freemium model (free for starters). No mandatory corporate cards, just basic integration with existing cards.\n\nAlso, would you be interested in additional features? Like a mileage tracking module, automated reimbursement reminders, or a basic tool that auto-categorizing expenses?\n\nPlease share your frustrations and ideas in the comments – this will help me build something that actually solves your problems! If you’d like to chat privately or test an early MVP, feel free to DM me.\n\nThanks in advance for your input! 🚀","offTopic":false},{"id":"4e77be95-1b6f-4a0d-b101-3e8638e52671","excerpt":"I spent 4 months and ~500 hours building an all-in-one freelancer tool from Uruguay using AI. 0 USD in costs. Here’s everything I learned. — 4 months ago I opened VS Code for the first time. I'd never written a line of code in my life. Today I have a deployed SaaS with 12 features, a landing page, and my first beta tes","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/comments/1tn8bl2/i_spent_4_months_and_500_hours_building_an/","role":"request","weight":0.9524024,"occurredAt":"2026-05-25T12:53:50.000Z","sourceKey":"reddit","sourceName":"Reddit","credibility":0.62,"venue":"SideProject","intent":"problem_report","painScore":0.36,"sentiment":1,"confidence":0.70029587,"matchedPatterns":["manual_process"],"statement":"Toggl, Harvest, FreshBooks, Clockify all do one piece well but force you to manually bridge the gaps.","title":"I spent 4 months and ~500 hours building an all-in-one freelancer tool from Uruguay using AI. 0 USD in costs. Here’s everything I learned.","body":"4 months ago I opened VS Code for the first time. I'd never written a line of code in my life. Today I have a deployed SaaS with 12 features, a landing page, and my first beta testers signing up. Total infrastructure cost: $0.\n\nI'm Felipe, 24, from Montevideo, Uruguay. I was looking for my next thing. The idea came from talking to freelancer friends who all had the same complaint: they use Toggl for time, Notion for projects, and FreshBooks for invoices. Three apps that don't talk to each other.  \n   \nWhen AND.CO shut down in March 2026, I realized there was genuinely no tool that connected the full workflow: track time on a task -> manage the project -> generate an invoice from those hours -> get paid. Toggl, Harvest, FreshBooks, Clockify all do one piece well but force you to manually bridge the gaps.  \n   \nSo I decided to build it. Using Claude (Anthropic's AI) for coding, from my apartment, with zero budget.  \n   \nDashboard screenshot: [https://imgur.com/a/tKXFCl6](https://imgur.com/a/tKXFCl6)  \n   \nThe stack: Next.js 16 App Router, TypeScript, Tailwind v4, shadcn/ui, Drizzle ORM, Supabase (Postgres), Clerk for auth with Organizations for multi-tenancy, Recharts for charts, Resend for email, Paddle as merchant of record. Monthly cost: $0 on free tiers.\n\nProjects screenshot: [https://imgur.com/a/RVZ718e](https://imgur.com/a/RVZ718e)\n\nWhere do I start.  \n   \nWeek 1-3: Built a complex RBAC permission system before I had a single user. Complete waste.  \n   \nMonth 2: Tried using react-day-picker + date-fns for date inputs. Turbopack incompatibility broke hot reload. Ripped it out and replaced with native HTML date inputs. Hours lost.  \n   \nMonth 3: Spent a full week on Lemon Squeezy integration before discovering their effective rate for Uruguay sellers is 7-8.5% vs Paddle's flat 5%. Had to redo the entire payment setup.  \n   \nThe biggest fail: I kept the product private for 2+ months because it \"wasn't ready.\" Every feature I built without user feedback was a coin flip. Some landed (Financial Pulse), some were pointless (the permission system nobody needed).\n\nThe moment I knew the core idea worked: I showed the timer-to-invoice flow to a designer friend. She tracked 30 minutes of work, hit \"Generate Invoice,\" and a professional PDF with her hours, rates, and line items appeared in under 2 seconds.  \n   \nIt made the invoice just from a 2-click timer.  \n   \nThat's the whole value prop in one sentence. Track time -> invoice builds itself.  \n   \nInvoices screenshot: [https://imgur.com/a/d40pbxq](https://imgur.com/a/d40pbxq)\n\nTime entries screenshot: [https://imgur.com/a/v4lj63X](https://imgur.com/a/v4lj63X)\n\n\\- **Revenue**: $0. Payments aren't turned on yet.  \n\\- **Users**: First beta testers signing up this week.  \n\\- **Costs**: $0/month (Vercel free, Supabase free, Clerk free up to 10K MAUs, Resend free up to 3K emails)  \n\\- **Hours invested**: \\~500 hours over 4 months  \n\\- **Features built**: Timer with persistence, Kanban + list views, invoice generation from tracked hours, PDF export, email delivery, Financial Pulse dashboard, 6 color palettes, dark mode, keyboard shortcuts  \n\\- **What I'm most proud of**: Financial Pulse. No competitor shows freelancers their earned/ready-to-invoice/projected income in real time.  \n\\- **What i’m most worried about**: That I built features nobody actually needs. That's why I need beta testers.\n\nWhat I'd tell someone starting a similar project:\n\n#  \n\n1. **AI-assisted development has a learning curve.** Claude Code is powerful but you need to give it clear, scoped prompts. I use Sonnet for implementation, Opus for architecture. Batched prompts over incremental fixes.\n2. **Build the boring stuff first**. Timer persistence across page refresh, tab title updates, keyboard shortcuts. Not exciting. But it's what makes people actually use it daily.\n3. **Uruguay is actually a great place to build SaaS**. Paddle works here (Stripe doesn't). Software export income is tax-exempt. My timezone overlaps with US East Coast.\n\nI'm looking for beta testers who are freelancers and bill by the hour. If you want to try it, link is in my comment below.  \n   \nHappy to answer anything about the build process, using AI to code, or building from South America.  \n   \nWhat's your experience building side projects with AI? I'd love to hear what tools and workflows you're using.  \n   \n\\---\n\n**TL;DR**: Non-coder from Uruguay spent 4 months and \\~500 hours building an all-in-one freelancer tool (time tracking + PM + invoicing) using AI. $0 infrastructure cost. The killer feature: invoices generate themselves from tracked hours in 2 clicks. Looking for beta testers. Founding member pricing ($8/mo forever) for early users.","offTopic":true},{"id":"bdfa1d15-b4dc-4635-9e9d-5bd54500109d","excerpt":"Built a minimalist project tool because I couldn’t stand bloated software anymore. How do I actually start selling this? — Salam guys,\n\nI’m a tech founder based here in Morocco, and I’m looking for some honest business/marketing advice from anyone who has scaled a software product from scratch.\n\nTo give you the backgro","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/Moroccopreneur/comments/1twtbvj/built_a_minimalist_project_tool_because_i_couldnt/","role":"demand","weight":0.9474149,"occurredAt":"2026-06-04T16:49:45.000Z","sourceKey":"reddit","sourceName":"Reddit","credibility":0.62,"venue":"Moroccopreneur","intent":"tool_discovery","painScore":0.1425,"sentiment":0.15384616,"confidence":0.8292472,"matchedPatterns":["looking_for","how_can_i","manual_process","praise"],"statement":"Salam guys, I’m a tech founder based here in Morocco, and I’m looking for some honest business/marketing advice from anyone who has scaled a software product from scratch.","title":"Built a minimalist project tool because I couldn’t stand bloated software anymore. How do I actually start selling this?","body":"Salam guys,\n\nI’m a tech founder based here in Morocco, and I’m looking for some honest business/marketing advice from anyone who has scaled a software product from scratch.\n\nTo give you the background: I spent the last few months building a tool because I got completely fed up with how bloated and over-complicated platforms like Jira, Monday, and Asana have become. It feels like you spend more time configuring workflows and sub-menus than actually doing real work.\n\n**It’s basically a minimalist task and workflow management platform designed to turn incoming client emails into a clean, live to-do list without any of the extra noise.** I engineered something radically simple instead, built for solo freelancers, small groups, and teams that need structure\n\nMy big question for the community is: **How or where do I actually start selling this?**\n\nShould I be scraping LinkedIn to find local agency owners and managers who deal with client emails all day? Do I focus on cold emailing international clients from day one? Or are there specific global communities I should be launching this in to get those first 10 to 50 users?\n\nHere are the main features I focused on:\n\n* **Email Forwarding:** Instead of manually typing out tasks, you literally just forward a client's email to a specific project address, and boom—it pops up as a tracked task on your dashboard in under 7 seconds.\n* **Real-Time / Zero Lag:** The whole board updates live instantly. No page refreshes, no waiting around. It's just blazing fast.\n* **Frictionless QA / Hierarchy:** Built a strict approval loop. When a teammate finishes a task, the original requester gets notified and has to physically validate it before it gets archived. Great for small teams where a manager needs to maintain quality control, but works perfectly for a solo guy managing his own queue.\n\nThe product is built, the checkout flow works, and it’s ready to support real users. But I'm a developer, not a marketer.\n\nWould love to hear some practical advice or talk to anyone who has navigated the B2B sales grind from Morocco (or abroad).\n\nThanks!","offTopic":true},{"id":"9623701a-6b70-4e2e-8917-91399944ac3f","excerpt":"Built a free invoice generator 2 years ago because I couldn't find a good one. It just crossed 1,000+ monthly users — Hi all : )\n\nAlmost two years ago I couldn't find an invoice generator online that I actually liked, so I just built one for myself.\n\nThe whole point was reallt simple, let people make a professional inv","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/smallbusiness/comments/1vtfl04/built_a_free_invoice_generator_2_years_ago/","role":"demand","weight":0.94223017,"occurredAt":"2026-08-20T10:24:22.000Z","sourceKey":"reddit","sourceName":"Reddit","credibility":0.62,"venue":"smallbusiness","intent":"tool_discovery","painScore":0.32227877,"sentiment":0.45454547,"confidence":0.71258056,"matchedPatterns":["cant_find","missing_feature"],"statement":"Built a free invoice generator 2 years ago because I couldn't find a good one.","title":"Built a free invoice generator 2 years ago because I couldn't find a good one. It just crossed 1,000+ monthly users","body":"Hi all : )\n\nAlmost two years ago I couldn't find an invoice generator online that I actually liked, so I just built one for myself.\n\nThe whole point was reallt simple, let people make a professional invoice, for free, with no watermark, no ads and with no data save. That was the deal I made with myself before I even had a single user and I've kept it.\n\nFast forward to now and it's being used by 1,000+ people a month :O At some point people started asking if they could save their invoices instead of filling them out from scratch every time, so I built an account / cloud save feature and put it behind a small paid plan. That's basically the only reason there's a paid version at all. The core tool, creating invoices for free with no watermark and no ads, stays free forever. That part isn't changing.\n\nSince then I've added a few other things based on what people actually asked for:\n\n1. Templates\n2. Editing invoices after you've created them\n3. A dashboard to see your invoice activity\n\nRight now I'm working on recurring / scheduled invoices since a bunch of people wanted that thing.\n\nIt's still just me running and maintaining it. If you're missing a currency or a feature, tell me in the comments and I'll add it, I actually do this. Seeing people use something I built every single day, two years in is honestly still kind of wild to me.\n\nHere's the link if you want to check it out: [https://freeinvoices.online](https://freeinvoices.online/)\n\nThanks for reading!","offTopic":false},{"id":"15e22c84-c73c-46c2-b899-771e93301ddf","excerpt":"Launching Chippie after a year of building: job management for tradies, by a father and sons trio (two carpenters, one software engineer) — [chippieapp.com](https://preview.redd.it/8h9jqh129t6h1.png?width=1672&format=png&auto=webp&s=24515adb7e92da2f6be7cbb3347da7142689e891)\n\nTLDR - Launching Chippie. A new mobile-first","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/AustralianStartups/comments/1u3okbv/launching_chippie_after_a_year_of_building_job/","role":"request","weight":0.93769664,"occurredAt":"2026-06-12T07:36:10.000Z","sourceKey":"reddit","sourceName":"Reddit","credibility":0.62,"venue":"AustralianStartups","intent":"feature_request","painScore":0.36,"sentiment":0.26530612,"confidence":0.6894828,"matchedPatterns":["missing_feature"],"statement":"Ideally if you could open the demo, have a play around and tell us if it is missing anything in particular that you would need to use it for your business then that would be super appreciated.","title":"Launching Chippie after a year of building: job management for tradies, by a father and sons trio (two carpenters, one software engineer)","body":"[chippieapp.com](https://preview.redd.it/8h9jqh129t6h1.png?width=1672&format=png&auto=webp&s=24515adb7e92da2f6be7cbb3347da7142689e891)\n\nTLDR - Launching Chippie. A new mobile-first quote to invoice job management app for Australian tradies. Simple, affordable, fast, fun to use. Identified a gap in the market. Team of three co-founders. Two carpenters/arborists and one software engineer. Father & sons trio.\n\n***Disclaimer:*** *This is not another vibe coded app for tradies. I know we're all sick of seeing these by now with every man and his dog thinking they can create the next big thing. I'm a professional software engineer and have put in the work to create a real product here which I continue to work on day in and day out.*\n\nMy brother proposed the idea of building a job management app 2 or 3 years ago when he first started looking around for an app to help run the business he runs with our father. They're both qualified carpenters who now run a tree felling business together. He struggled to find something that fit the bill with everything being overly expensive, complicated and just not quite to their taste. They ended up settling on Tradify as the most small business friendly with a usable mobile app. When I first opened their Tradify account I was shocked to see they were paying $49 *per user* ($98 mo). They didn't even know they were paying double.\n\nI started out building Chippie as a contracting job for their in-house business management solution. We had talks of turning it into a full SaaS from the beginning. But it wasn't until I really got into the project that I locked into the idea. We formalized a partnership (now a company) and have been working on this together every day since. They provide the domain knowledge of what features the app needs and how it needs to work on the job. I interpret and build it. They run their business through the app every day so we've been refining it to the typical quote, job, invoice workflow for a while now.\n\n# The gap\n\nIf anything the amount of apps coming out in this space at the moment is validation in itself of the gap in the market here. Although no one is quite hitting it on the mark from my observation. Plenty of tradesmen are discovering vibe coding and hand rolling their own little apps to try and solve their frustrations. These ones still look like an early MVP. Then there's the AI wrappers. Personal assistants, AI receptionists, AI quoting etc. AI heavy but shallow features. But still expensive. With Chippie we've taken the reverse approach. Build the simple, reliable traditional workflows with a lean modern stack. AI is a non-essential add-on after you've got the basics right. An enhancement. Not a core feature. Deterministic workflows are the foundation of good software.\n\nNow let's look at some of the more established job management software options in the wild:\n\n\\- ServiceM8 feels like process heavy industrial software. Great for larger teams but even though it has a more affordable entry tier for small businesses, it doesn't feel very intuitive or approachable until you learn their system. It's also predominantly built for iOS with a weaker Android version. Most tradies are on Android.\n\n\\- Tradify has per user pricing that can get expensive quickly as your team grows. Overall has some quirks here and there that my brother did not like where he wanted more control of things. Decent mobile app but feels like it was primarily designed for a desktop computer.\n\n\\- Fergus again with the per user pricing that makes it feel excessive if you're not overly inclined to splurge on software. They seem to have a stronger mobile philosophy but personally I wasn't able to test it out as the app freezes when I open it. Recent reviews on the Play Store show I'm not the only one having issues with a range of complaints.\n\nThere are many more such as Ascora, AroFlo, Jobber etc. and they all seem to follow the same theme as above.  \n\\- Expensive per user pricing  \n\\- Complex software with a steep learning curve  \n\\- Don't work great on mobile despite tradies preferring to use their phone over a desktop\n\n# Chippie\n\nThese are the exact issues that Chippie was built to solve. It's built to not only be dead simple to use but also fast and enjoyable. It makes the business admin feel fun. As opposed to feeling like you're interacting with some legacy janky software that wasn't built for your phone. Chippie is built for mobile from the ground up. All the same features on mobile as you get on the web with a consistent UX.\n\nFor a small to medium business it has all the core features required with the added bonus that the team will actually want to use it, and can use it with ease on the go. All for less than half the price you'd be paying with the other options on the market. Free if you're a solo operator, or if you only need one person on the admin.\n\nAt the moment it's a fully functional PWA app you can download to any phone. Android and iOS releases coming soon.\n\nI won't spend too much time selling it here. You can check out the landing page and try out the instant demo if you're interested to see more.\n\nI'm primarily looking to share our story, my take on the market for these apps, and to gather feedback. Roast me where it's warranted. All feedback appreciated. Ideally if you could open the demo, have a play around and tell us if it is missing anything in particular that you would need to use it for your business then that would be super appreciated. Thank you!\n\n[https://chippieapp.com](https://chippieapp.com)","offTopic":true},{"id":"53592538-3983-4bf8-b523-71460b601780","excerpt":"I got tired of using  diffrent productivity apps, so I built one instead and got my first paying customer too 🎉 — I’ve been building **Organizer** over the last few months and it is live now.\n\nI wanted one board that I could throw everything into tasks, emails, notes, docs, GitHub notifications, anything so whenever I ","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/StartupSoloFounder/comments/1v2rmo3/i_got_tired_of_using_diffrent_productivity_apps/","role":"pain","weight":0.92418873,"occurredAt":"2026-07-21T18:54:50.000Z","sourceKey":"reddit","sourceName":"Reddit","credibility":0.62,"venue":"StartupSoloFounder","intent":"feature_request","painScore":0.42666668,"sentiment":-0.16666667,"confidence":0.64779586,"matchedPatterns":["missing_feature"],"statement":"* What's missing?","title":"I got tired of using  diffrent productivity apps, so I built one instead and got my first paying customer too 🎉","body":"I’ve been building **Organizer** over the last few months and it is live now.\n\nI wanted one board that I could throw everything into tasks, emails, notes, docs, GitHub notifications, anything so whenever I opened it, I had a complete picture of what needed my attention.\n\nThe goal is simple: **one app for everything(boards, notes, docs, files, integration,** etc)\n\nSome things Organizer can do:\n\n* Multiple Kanban boards with drag & drop\n* Natural language task input (pay rent Friday 6pm #home !high)\n* AI that answers questions from your own tasks, docs, and linked Notion pages (with citations) - Personal Knowledge base\n* Built-in document editor with shareable pages via quick links with passwords.\n* Personal email inbox that turns emails (and attachments) into tasks \n* GitHub integration PRs, mentions and issues become task on the board\n* Pomodoro timer, sticky notes, command palette (cmd/ctrl + k)\n* Google Calendar, Google Tasks, Todoist & Notion integrations\n* Can work with any app literally just point to capture endpoint in settings and you can send the tasks to your board.\n* Detailed Dashboard with charts and data about your boards.\n* Sync across devices\n\nNo signup requires to use it and I want a honest feedback.\n\nI'm looking for honest feedback:\n\n* What would make you replace your current productivity stack with something like this?\n* What's missing?\n* Is there anything that's an instant dealbreaker?\n\nI'd genuinely appreciate any feedback.\n\nHave a look: [https://organizer.devadvent.com](https://organizer.devadvent.com)","offTopic":true},{"id":"fab1d712-a4af-4718-b441-28f87858c321","excerpt":"Would you use a free app for competitor research — I built a free a free alternative to expensive ad swipe-file tools ( pipi ads, swipekit, foreplay.co etc)\n\nI’ve been working on app for the past year- basically helps you save and organise ads u find across platforms such as Google, Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube, x, ","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/dropshipping/comments/1vu0vue/would_you_use_a_free_app_for_competitor_research/","role":"demand","weight":0.9201411,"occurredAt":"2026-08-21T00:21:47.000Z","sourceKey":"reddit","sourceName":"Reddit","credibility":0.62,"venue":"dropshipping","intent":"alternative_search","painScore":0.5366667,"sentiment":-0.6666667,"confidence":0.5987903,"matchedPatterns":["alternative_to"],"statement":"I built a free a free alternative to expensive ad swipe-file tools ( pipi ads, swipekit, foreplay.co etc) I’ve been working on app for the past year- basically helps you save and organise ads u find across platforms such as Google, Meta, L…","title":"Would you use a free app for competitor research","body":"I built a free a free alternative to expensive ad swipe-file tools ( pipi ads, swipekit, foreplay.co etc)\n\nI’ve been working on app for the past year- basically helps you save and organise ads u find across platforms such as Google, Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube, x, Reddit etc etc .\n\nThe idea is similar to tools that are already out there, but I wanted something simpler and more affordable. And I didn’t want to have the repository of everyone’s saved ad in one massive pile of shit. The reason I came up with this idea is seeing how much of a rip off most of these ad saving tools are esp if ur just a solo marketer/student  etc etc don’t have the cash. \n\nSo I basically went through loops to build this app..  but at the same time I’m thinking am I a dumb dumb to make it totally free? And would the app be liked if it’s free?( this app has sucked all the life force out of me ) and no that isn’t the only reason i want it free- i also want to make it free as a big middle finger…\n\nSo the tool basically can save ads/images/videos and, organise them into collections, and which then help you with competitor research. ( you can export an xlsx of all saved ads/post per platform.) I originally considered making it a paid product, but I’m now like fudgeee that and would probably just link to my Twitter/X account and other resources instead. I am more concerned on whether this tool is a genuinely useful tool. And would you theoretically follow the person who made a free tool you use? ","offTopic":true},{"id":"0b109264-39d8-4acb-bce0-290bae7ed36e","excerpt":"I built a free email marketing software finder — looking for honest beta feedback — Hi everyone,\n\nI’m working on an early version of BestFitTools, a free tool that helps people choose email marketing software based on their actual needs.\n\nInstead of showing the same generic “top 10” list to everyone, it asks a few ques","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/alphaandbetausers/comments/1vvmlno/i_built_a_free_email_marketing_software_finder/","role":"pain","weight":0.9154782,"occurredAt":"2026-08-22T20:11:08.000Z","sourceKey":"reddit","sourceName":"Reddit","credibility":0.62,"venue":"alphaandbetausers","intent":"feature_request","painScore":0.5885714,"sentiment":-0.5714286,"confidence":0.57629025,"matchedPatterns":["missing_feature"],"statement":"\\* Is there an important question or decision factor missing?","title":"I built a free email marketing software finder — looking for honest beta feedback","body":"Hi everyone,\n\nI’m working on an early version of BestFitTools, a free tool that helps people choose email marketing software based on their actual needs.\n\nInstead of showing the same generic “top 10” list to everyone, it asks a few questions about your business, contact list size, budget, automation needs, and preferred ease of use. It then recommends the platforms that should fit your answers best.\n\nThe current version focuses only on email marketing tools.\n\nYou can try it here — no signup required:\n\n[https://www.bestfittools.com/](https://www.bestfittools.com/)\n\nIf you test it, I’d really like to know:\n\n\\* What tool did it recommend, and does that result make sense to you?\n\\* Is there an important question or decision factor missing?\n\\* Is the explanation behind the recommendation clear?\n\\* Did you find anything confusing or broken, especially on mobile?\n\nPlease be direct. I’m looking for problems and improvement ideas, not compliments.\n\nThanks!\n","offTopic":true},{"id":"0fad5a6d-9288-428c-97a6-7777bff083d6","excerpt":"Launching Chippie after a year of building: job management for tradies, by a father and sons trio (two carpenters, one software engineer) — TLDR - Launching Chippie. A new mobile-first quote to invoice job management app for Australian tradies. Simple, affordable, fast, fun to use. Identified a gap in the market. Team ","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ausbusiness/comments/1u3p5zo/launching_chippie_after_a_year_of_building_job/","role":"request","weight":0.9009774,"occurredAt":"2026-06-12T08:12:33.000Z","sourceKey":"reddit","sourceName":"Reddit","credibility":0.62,"venue":"ausbusiness","intent":"feature_request","painScore":0.36,"sentiment":0.26530612,"confidence":0.66248333,"matchedPatterns":["missing_feature"],"statement":"Ideally if you could open the demo, have a play around and tell me if it is missing anything in particular that you would need to use it for your business then that would be super appreciated.","title":"Launching Chippie after a year of building: job management for tradies, by a father and sons trio (two carpenters, one software engineer)","body":"TLDR - Launching Chippie. A new mobile-first quote to invoice job management app for Australian tradies. Simple, affordable, fast, fun to use. Identified a gap in the market. Team of three co-founders. Two carpenters/arborists and one software engineer. Father & sons trio.\n\n***Disclaimer:*** *This is not another vibe coded app for tradies. I know we're all sick of seeing these by now with every man and his dog thinking they can create the next big thing. I'm a professional software engineer and have put in the work to create a real product here which I continue to work on day in and day out.*\n\nMy brother proposed the idea of building a job management app 2 or 3 years ago when he first started looking around for an app to help run the business he runs with our father. They're both qualified carpenters who now run a tree felling business together. He struggled to find something that fit the bill with everything being overly expensive, complicated and just not quite to their taste. They ended up settling on Tradify as the most small business friendly with a usable mobile app. When I first opened their Tradify and saw they were paying $49 *per user* ($98 mo) I was horrified. They didn't even know they were paying double.\n\nI started out building Chippie as a contracting job for their in-house business management solution. We had talks of turning it into a full SaaS from the beginning. But it wasn't until I really got into the project that I locked into the idea. We formalized a partnership (now a company) and have been working on this together every day since. They provide the domain knowledge of what features the app needs and how it needs to work on the job. I interpret and build it. They run their business through the app every day so we've been refining it to the typical quote, job, invoice workflow for a while now.\n\n# The gap\n\nIf anything the amount of apps coming out in this space at the moment is validation in itself of the gap in the market here. Although no one is quite hitting it on the mark from my observation. Plenty of tradesmen are discovering vibe coding and hand rolling their own little apps to try and solve their frustrations. These ones still look like an early MVP. Then there's the AI wrappers. Personal assistants, AI receptionists, AI quoting etc. AI heavy but shallow features. But still expensive. With Chippie we've taken the reverse approach. Build the simple, reliable traditional workflows with a lean modern stack. AI is a non-essential optional add-on after you've got the basics right. An enhancement. Not a core feature. Deterministic workflows are the foundation of good software.\n\nNow let's look at some of the more established job management software options in the wild:\n\n\\- ServiceM8 feels like process heavy industrial software. Great for larger teams and even has a more affordable entry tier for small businesses, but it doesn't feel very intuitive or approachable until you learn their system. It's also predominantly built for iOS with a weaker Android version. Most tradies are on Android.\n\n\\- Tradify has per user pricing that can get very expensive very quickly as your team grows. Overall has some quirks here and there that my brother did not like where he wanted more control of things. Decent mobile app but feels like it was primarily designed for a desktop computer.\n\n\\- Fergus again with the per user pricing that makes it feel excessive if you're not overly inclined to splurge on software. They seem to have a stronger mobile philosophy but personally I wasn't able to test it out as the app freezes when I open it. Recent reviews on the Play Store show I'm not the only one having issues with a range of complaints.\n\nThere are many more such as Ascora, AroFlo, Jobber etc. and they all seem to follow the same theme as above.  \n\\- Expensive per user pricing  \n\\- Complex software with a steep learning curve  \n\\- Don't work great on mobile despite tradies preferring to use their phone over a desktop\n\n# Chippie\n\nThese are the exact issues that Chippie was built to solve. It's built to not only be dead simple to use but also fast and enjoyable. It makes the business admin feel fun. As opposed to feeling like you're interacting with some legacy janky software that wasn't built for your phone. Chippie is built for mobile from the ground up. All the same features on mobile as you get on the web with a consistent UX.\n\nFor a small to medium business it has all the core features required with the added bonus that the team will actually want to use it, and can use it with ease on the go. All for less than half the price you'd be paying with the other options on the market. Free if you're a solo operator, or if you only need one person on the admin.\n\nAt the moment it's a fully functional PWA app you can download to any phone. Android and iOS releases coming soon.\n\nI won't spend too much time selling it here. You can check out the landing page and try out the instant demo if you're interested to see more.\n\nI'm primarily looking to share our story here, my take on the market for these apps, and to gather feedback. Roast me where it's warranted. All feedback appreciated. Ideally if you could open the demo, have a play around and tell me if it is missing anything in particular that you would need to use it for your business then that would be super appreciated. Thank you!\n\n[https://chippieapp.com](https://chippieapp.com)","offTopic":true},{"id":"c4ccf20d-b943-46b0-a8fa-f4eb0bf24105","excerpt":"I built Klyaso — a Chrome extension that gives Instagram creators an all-in-one workspace — https://preview.redd.it/2ggzt5b8fzkh1.png?width=1889&format=png&auto=webp&s=5b9f238e702199f2d3b85dd3d7a64ef32bfd2389\n\nhttps://preview.redd.it/uzorkvi9fzkh1.png?width=1856&format=png&auto=webp&s=d40617a16a53b48def9b5da31a789016cf","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/chrome_extensions/comments/1vvmap7/i_built_klyaso_a_chrome_extension_that_gives/","role":"pain","weight":0.8990128,"occurredAt":"2026-08-22T19:59:26.000Z","sourceKey":"reddit","sourceName":"Reddit","credibility":0.62,"venue":"chrome_extensions","intent":"feature_request","painScore":0.56,"sentiment":-0.5,"confidence":0.57629025,"matchedPatterns":["missing_feature"],"statement":"If you try it, I'd rather hear **what's wrong with it than a polite \"looks cool.\"** If something is confusing, unnecessary, missing, slow, or you think there's a better way to implement something, tell me.","title":"I built Klyaso — a Chrome extension that gives Instagram creators an all-in-one workspace","body":"https://preview.redd.it/2ggzt5b8fzkh1.png?width=1889&format=png&auto=webp&s=5b9f238e702199f2d3b85dd3d7a64ef32bfd2389\n\nhttps://preview.redd.it/uzorkvi9fzkh1.png?width=1856&format=png&auto=webp&s=d40617a16a53b48def9b5da31a789016cface1a8\n\nHey everyone,\n\nI've been building **Klyaso**, a Chrome extension that works alongside Instagram and brings a bunch of creator workflows into one place instead of making you jump between different tools.\n\nSome of the features currently built include:\n\n* Content downloader with bulk downloads, queue and history\n* Content Vault for saving and organizing content\n* Caption Studio\n* Cover Studio\n* 3×3 Grid Planner\n* Audio Studio\n* Hashtag/Tag Assistant with reach, competition and Smart Mix\n* Creator, audience and content analytics\n* Competitor Audits\n* Creator Goals\n* Comment Exporter\n* DM Templates with shortcuts\n* Public Creator Profiles\n* Creator Program\n\nThe extension is already available to try, but **the payment system isn't live yet**, so the paid/Influencer side is currently locked while I'm waiting for the payment processor to finish its review.\n\nI'm using this time to get Klyaso in front of actual creators and developers and get some real feedback before opening everything up.\n\nThere's also a **Klyaso Creator Program** for people who want to promote Klyaso to other creators. Getting involved early means you can start building referrals before the program becomes more crowded, with the intention of earning from successful referrals once the payment system is live.\n\nYou can check out the product and the full site here:\n\n[**https://klyaso.com**](https://klyaso.com)\n\nI'm especially interested in feedback from people who build or use Chrome extensions, as well as anyone who regularly works with Instagram.\n\nIf you try it, I'd rather hear **what's wrong with it than a polite \"looks cool.\"** If something is confusing, unnecessary, missing, slow, or you think there's a better way to implement something, tell me.\n\nI'm building this myself, so I'm actually reading the feedback rather than forwarding it to a committee of seventeen people named Brad.","offTopic":true},{"id":"fbd29f2e-53d8-463b-83b3-09d9b8d22755","excerpt":"Is a free swipe tool for marketers and businesses are good idea? — I’ve been building an app for the past year that helps marketers save and organize ads they come across on social platforms, then sort them into collections for competitor research.\n\nThe idea is similar to other ad-saving tools out there, but I wanted s","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/smallbusiness/comments/1vu0oci/is_a_free_swipe_tool_for_marketers_and_businesses/","role":"pricing","weight":0.8819525,"occurredAt":"2026-08-21T00:12:42.000Z","sourceKey":"reddit","sourceName":"Reddit","credibility":0.62,"venue":"smallbusiness","intent":"pricing_complaint","painScore":0.48,"sentiment":0.4117647,"confidence":0.5959139,"matchedPatterns":["too_expensive"],"statement":"In the end I decided to just make it free partly because I don’t have the energy for a payment system right now, and partly out of spite for how overpriced this category is.","title":"Is a free swipe tool for marketers and businesses are good idea?","body":"I’ve been building an app for the past year that helps marketers save and organize ads they come across on social platforms, then sort them into collections for competitor research.\n\nThe idea is similar to other ad-saving tools out there, but I wanted something simpler, and I didn’t want everyone’s saved ads sitting in one massive shared pile of doodoo 💩\n\nI built it after seeing how out of reach most ad-saving tools are if you’re a solo marketer or student without much mula to spare. It’s a good alternative but the only problem is would anyone even care as there’s like a bajilion other apps that do the same minus no free ones yet. ( I will probably be the only one) \n\nHonestly, building this thing has sucked the life out of me, and I went back and forth on whether to charge for it. In the end I decided to just make it free partly because I don’t have the energy for a payment system right now, and partly out of spite for how overpriced this category is.\n\nIt saves ads/images/videos, organizes them into collections, and helps with competitor research and then you can export it to google sheets and bandabing badabong\n\nAm I a dumb dumb? \n\nreasonable model, or would you expect a paid Pro version?\n\nAlso just link your twitter a good enough reason? Or they it’s not really a good ROI","offTopic":true},{"id":"df630cf4-ecaa-4faa-a062-395ee7279568","excerpt":"Building a free alternative to paid invoice/receipt generators for local shops - looking for feedback on edge cases. — Hey everyone,\n\nWhile talking to some local shopkeepers and freelance friends recently, I realized there's a weird gap in the market. 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A lot of micro-businesses are paying monthly SaaS subscriptions just to generate standard GST invoices or create 58mm thermal receipts.\n\nI wanted to see if I could build a completely free, privacy-first alternative. Over the last few weeks, I built a web app that does all of this completely client-side in the browser (no data is stored on servers).\n\nBefore I try to share this with actual shopkeepers, I wanted to get some harsh feedback from the builders and business owners here.\n\n* Is a purely browser-based UI simple enough for a non-tech-savvy shop owner?\n* Are there any edge cases in GST invoicing I should look out for?\n\n**You can check it out here:** [**https://www.indiabiztools.com**](https://www.google.com/url?sa=E&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indiabiztools.com)\n\nIf anyone is willing to test it out and tear it apart, I'd really appreciate your honest thoughts and feedback in the comments!","offTopic":false},{"id":"c165e5d4-2914-4ae5-9cf6-ec87f707ef8e","excerpt":"I got tired of paying for three apps to run one freelance business, so I built one — For years my setup was a time tracker, a separate tool for invoice generation, and Notion for projects. That meant paying three subscriptions for tools that weren’t able to link with each other.\n\nSo I built Tempolio. Who each part is f","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/indiebiz/comments/1uwinia/i_got_tired_of_paying_for_three_apps_to_run_one/","role":"request","weight":0.841666,"occurredAt":"2026-07-14T19:26:55.000Z","sourceKey":"reddit","sourceName":"Reddit","credibility":0.62,"venue":"indiebiz","intent":"problem_report","painScore":0.36,"sentiment":0,"confidence":0.61887205,"matchedPatterns":["manual_process"],"statement":"Invoice generation pulls directly from your tracked time, so if you hate rebuilding invoices by hand every month, that part is for you.","title":"I got tired of paying for three apps to run one freelance business, so I built one","body":"For years my setup was a time tracker, a separate tool for invoice generation, and Notion for projects. That meant paying three subscriptions for tools that weren’t able to link with each other.\n\nSo I built Tempolio. Who each part is for:\n\nThe timer and time entries are for hourly freelancers who bill by tracked time. The project and task boards are for people juggling multiple clients at once. Invoice generation pulls directly from your tracked time, so if you hate rebuilding invoices by hand every month, that part is for you.   \nI also created a dashboard called Financial Pulse, it shows earned income, ready to invoice amounts and projected revenue in real time, which is for anyone who never actually knows how much they made this month until they sit down and do math.\n\nIt is free right now while we are in beta. When payments turn on, the first 100 users keep a founding price of 8 dollars a month locked forever. No credit card required at the moment, nothing.\n\n*Important limitation: there is no expense tracking yet. If that is a dealbreaker, tell me about it, but right now it might not be the best option for you.*\n\nWould love honest feedback from people who actually freelance.\n\n***LINK IN COMMENTS*** ","offTopic":false},{"id":"3f35c5e9-78da-4649-8ed5-7aae834c811d","excerpt":"After years working with performance data, I built a tool that turns spreadsheets into answers. — For most of my career, I’ve worked with marketing and performance data.\n\nOne thing I’ve noticed is that people aren’t lacking data anymore.\n\nIf anything, they have too much of it.\n\nBusiness owners export reports from Faceb","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/buildinpublic/comments/1tri1wa/after_years_working_with_performance_data_i_built/","role":"request","weight":0.841666,"occurredAt":"2026-05-29T22:38:38.000Z","sourceKey":"reddit","sourceName":"Reddit","credibility":0.62,"venue":"buildinpublic","intent":"feature_request","painScore":0.36,"sentiment":0.4,"confidence":0.61887205,"matchedPatterns":["missing_feature"],"statement":"One thing I’ve noticed is that people aren’t lacking data anymore.","title":"After years working with performance data, I built a tool that turns spreadsheets into answers.","body":"For most of my career, I’ve worked with marketing and performance data.\n\nOne thing I’ve noticed is that people aren’t lacking data anymore.\n\nIf anything, they have too much of it.\n\nBusiness owners export reports from Facebook Ads, Google Ads, Shopify, Stripe, or their POS systems. People download fitness data from their watches. Freelancers track revenue in spreadsheets. Everyone has numbers somewhere.\n\nThe problem is figuring out what those numbers are actually trying to tell you.\n\nMost people don’t want dashboards.\n\nThey don’t want pivot tables.\n\nThey don’t want to spend an hour looking at a spreadsheet wondering if things are getting better or worse.\n\nThey just want answers.\n\nQuestions like:\n\n•    Am I wasting money on these ads?  \n•    Why are sales down this month?  \n•    Which clients make me the most money?  \n•    Am I actually getting healthier?  \n•    Where is all my money going every month?\n\nAfter seeing the same problem over and over again, I decided to build something for it.\n\nIt’s called Quicklytics.\n\nThe idea is simple:\n\nYou upload your data, and instead of getting another spreadsheet back, you get a report written in plain English.\n\nIt highlights trends, finds anomalies, generates charts, points out what’s working, what’s not, and suggests what to do next.\n\nThen you can chat with it.\n\nNot with a generic AI that gives generic advice, but with an AI that has actually read your data.\n\nFor example:\n\nA business owner can upload ad reports and ask:\n\n“Which campaign should I stop spending money on?”\n\nSomeone tracking their finances can ask:\n\n“What’s the biggest reason I didn’t save money this month?”\n\nSomeone using a Garmin or Apple Watch can ask:\n\n“Am I becoming more active or just imagining it?”\n\nA freelancer can ask:\n\n“Which clients are generating most of my income?”\n\nAnd get answers based on their actual numbers.\n\nRight now it supports:\n\n📈 Facebook & Google Ads Reports  \n🎨 Ad Creative Analysis  \n💰 Personal Finance Reports  \n⌚ Apple Health & Garmin Data  \n💪 Workout Progress Reports  \n🧾 Freelancer Revenue Reports  \n🏋️ Gym Member Progress Reports\n\nThe first 100-200 users get full access free while I’m collecting feedback from early users.\n\nI’m genuinely curious what people would use something like this for, because a lot of the future features will come directly from that feedback.\n\nYou can try it here:\n\nquicklytics.io\n\nA few questions:\n\n•    What data would you upload first?  \n•    What’s one spreadsheet or report you regularly deal with that you’d love explained in plain English?  \n•    Is this something you’d use more than once, or would it be a one-time tool for you?\n\nTo be clear, this is still the MVP.\n\nThere are plenty of things I want to add, but I’d rather get it into people’s hands now and learn from real usage than keep building in isolation.\n\nThe feedback from early users will have a big impact on what gets built next.","offTopic":true},{"id":"81857cbd-d04c-481a-be64-fdd2432040af","excerpt":"Free tier or trial-only at launch? Building solo and can’t decide. — So I’m about to launch and I’m honestly nervous as hell. I built an income tracking tool for freelancers and small business owners. It pulls in bank data, payment processor data, POS sales puts it all in one place and tells you what you probably owe i","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/microsaas/comments/1sihwvd/free_tier_or_trialonly_at_launch_building_solo/","role":"pricing","weight":0.83983296,"occurredAt":"2026-04-11T12:35:13.000Z","sourceKey":"reddit","sourceName":"Reddit","credibility":0.62,"venue":"microsaas","intent":"pricing_complaint","painScore":0.24,"sentiment":0.8333333,"confidence":0.67728466,"matchedPatterns":["free_tier"],"statement":"Free tier or trial-only at launch?","title":"Free tier or trial-only at launch? Building solo and can’t decide.","body":"So I’m about to launch and I’m honestly nervous as hell. I built an income tracking tool for freelancers and small business owners. It pulls in bank data, payment processor data, POS sales puts it all in one place and tells you what you probably owe in taxes each quarter. I build an AI model in there too that answers tax questions using actual IRS sources and your financial history instead of hallucinating.\n\nI’m a college student. No cofounder. No funding. Just me and a lot of late nights arguing with deployment errors. \n\nThe thing that’s messing with my head right now is pricing. I have a free tier but I keep going back and forth on whether it’s worth it at launch. Free users cost money to serve especially when you’re dealing with bank API calls and AI tokens and at zero brand recognition I don’t know if they’ll ever convert. Part of me wants to just do a 14-day trial and paid from there. Still deciding.\n\nRight now I’ve got an early access signup going at tracledger.com if you freelance or run a small business and you’ve dealt with the pain of piecing together income from five different places every quarter, I’d genuinely love to hear how you handle it now. And if you want to try it when it’s live, the waitlist gets you in first plus a free tax deductions guide.\n\nAnyone else wrestle with free tier vs trial-only at launch? What’d you end up doing?","offTopic":true},{"id":"4063373a-9177-4e5f-b230-b9cb63da1c67","excerpt":"I created a helpfull webapp for freelancers (free) — Recently, I built MileGlide — a milestone-based progress and payment tracker for freelancers.\n\nAs freelancers, one of the recurring problems we face is keeping clients updated about project progress. Clients often ask:\n\n\\- How much work has been completed?\n\n\\- How ma","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/comments/1vtj0kw/i_created_a_helpfull_webapp_for_freelancers_free/","role":"request","weight":0.8143548,"occurredAt":"2026-08-20T13:07:02.000Z","sourceKey":"reddit","sourceName":"Reddit","credibility":0.62,"venue":"SideProject","intent":"problem_report","painScore":0.36,"sentiment":0.42857143,"confidence":0.5987903,"matchedPatterns":["urgent"],"statement":"For each milestone, clients can see things like: \\- Progress and completion status \\- Deadline \\- Payment amount \\- Delays \\- Budget increase requests I also wanted to solve another problem that freelancers often face: scope, cost, and pay…","title":"I created a helpfull webapp for freelancers (free)","body":"Recently, I built MileGlide — a milestone-based progress and payment tracker for freelancers.\n\nAs freelancers, one of the recurring problems we face is keeping clients updated about project progress. Clients often ask:\n\n\\- How much work has been completed?\n\n\\- How many days are left?\n\n\\- What has been completed so far?\n\n\\- When is the next payment due?\n\nWith MileGlide, you can create milestones for a client project and generate an 8-digit project code that you can share with your client. They can use the code to check the project's progress from their phone without having to repeatedly call or email you.\n\nFor each milestone, clients can see things like:\n\n\\- Progress and completion status\n\n\\- Deadline\n\n\\- Payment amount\n\n\\- Delays\n\n\\- Budget increase requests\n\nI also wanted to solve another problem that freelancers often face: scope, cost, and payment disputes.\n\nWith MileGlide, you define milestones within an agreed budget. As you complete each milestone, you mark it as completed, and the corresponding payment is added to the project's completed value.\n\nSo, if a client decides to stop a project halfway through, you have a clear record of what was agreed upon, what was completed, and what payment is due for the work completed so far.\n\nYou can also track:\n\n\\- Payment history\n\n\\- Pending payments\n\n\\- Revenue\n\n\\- Current projects\n\n\\- Client projects and milestone progress\n\nA small caveat\n\nAt the moment, MileGlide supports UPI-based payments with manual payment verification. We don't have automated payment processing yet.\n\nIf the app grows, I plan to integrate payment gateways such as Razorpay or Stripe so payments and verification can be handled automatically.\n\nFor freelancers, MileGlide is completely free right now. If we introduce a paid plan in the future, my intention is to keep it affordable — no more than ₹99/month.\n\nThe idea is to solve two common freelancer problems:\n\n1. Clients repeatedly asking for project updates.\n\n2. Disputes around scope, completed work, and payments.\n\nI built this because I wanted a simpler way to make the freelancer-client relationship more transparent.\n\nI'd genuinely love to hear from other freelancers: How do you currently handle project progress updates and milestone payments?","offTopic":true},{"id":"fd0200dd-e2c9-4d91-aa0d-33e74b2ad820","excerpt":"I built a website with 135 free online tools. Looking for honest feedback. — Hey everyone,\n\nI've been working on this project in my free time for the past few months, and I finally feel like it's in a good enough state to share.\n\nIt's called **Utilix** and it currently has **135 free browser-based tools**. Everything w","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/IMadeThis/comments/1vuvcef/i_built_a_website_with_135_free_online_tools/","role":"request","weight":0.8038553,"occurredAt":"2026-08-21T22:54:40.000Z","sourceKey":"reddit","sourceName":"Reddit","credibility":0.62,"venue":"IMadeThis","intent":"problem_report","painScore":0.27,"sentiment":0.4,"confidence":0.6329569,"matchedPatterns":["i_need","missing_feature"],"statement":"\\-Are there any tools you'd expect to find that are missing?","title":"I built a website with 135 free online tools. Looking for honest feedback.","body":"Hey everyone,\n\nI've been working on this project in my free time for the past few months, and I finally feel like it's in a good enough state to share.\n\nIt's called **Utilix** and it currently has **135 free browser-based tools**. Everything works directly in your browser, so there's nothing to install and no account is required.\n\nThe idea was simple: instead of opening five different websites every time I need a small tool, I wanted one place where everything is easy to find and actually pleasant to use.\n\nI'm not trying to sell anything or promote a paid product. I'd just really like some honest feedback from people who weren't involved in building it.\n\nA few things I'm curious about:\n\n\\- Is the site easy to navigate?\n\n\\-Did you notice any bugs or anything that feels off?\n\n\\-Are there any tools you'd expect to find that are missing?\n\n\\-Would you actually use or bookmark a site like this?\n\n\n\nWebsite: [**https://utilix.app**](https://utilix.app)\n\nThanks! I appreciate any feedback, whether it's positive or critical. It all helps make the project better.","offTopic":true},{"id":"f4155b10-50c5-422c-b608-65114b2aa1a5","excerpt":"I made a simple alternative to Xero/MYOB for when you just need to send a quick invoice — **Hi everyone,**\n\nI wanted to share a project I have been working on called **Free Invoice App**.\n\n**The Problem** I realised that for many freelancers and sole traders in Australia, the existing invoicing software is often overki","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/comments/1qp8rip/i_made_a_simple_alternative_to_xeromyob_for_when/","role":"demand","weight":0.76046365,"occurredAt":"2026-01-28T11:24:18.000Z","sourceKey":"reddit","sourceName":"Reddit","credibility":0.62,"venue":"SideProject","intent":"alternative_search","painScore":0.27,"sentiment":0.3846154,"confidence":0.5987903,"matchedPatterns":["alternative_to"],"statement":"I made a simple alternative to Xero/MYOB for when you just need to send a quick invoice.","title":"I made a simple alternative to Xero/MYOB for when you just need to send a quick invoice","body":"**Hi everyone,**\n\nI wanted to share a project I have been working on called **Free Invoice App**.\n\n**The Problem** I realised that for many freelancers and sole traders in Australia, the existing invoicing software is often overkill. You end up paying expensive monthly subscriptions for complex accounting features when all you really need is to generate a simple, compliant PDF invoice to get paid.\n\n**The Solution** I built [freeinvoiceapp.com.au](https://freeinvoiceapp.com.au) to solve this. It is a straightforward tool that lets you create professional invoices directly in your browser.\n\n**Key Features:**\n\n* **Affordable:** 25 monthly invoices emailed to clients for free. For only AUD $5 monthly you get up to 250 invoices/month\n* **Analytics:** Revenue reports, Profit & loss, Client insights, Expense tracking, etc.\n* **Australian Focus:** Designed with Australian tax fields (GST, ABN) in mind.\n* **PDF Generation:** Creates a PDF and attaches it to the invoice email, the platform sends the email to the client.\n\n**Feedback Request** I would love to hear your thoughts on the user interface and ease of use. If you are a freelancer or run a small business, does this cover your basic invoicing needs?\n\nThanks for taking a look.","offTopic":false},{"id":"198ba957-23cc-450d-b5dc-3a79333a3b6b","excerpt":"I’ve built an app for UK & Irish tradespeople to make the business side a bit easier — **I’ve built an app for UK & Irish tradespeople to make the business side a bit easier**  \nI’m a UK developer and I’ve recently launched **TradeKeep** on the App Store.  \nThe idea came from a pretty simple problem: when you’re self-e","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/comments/1vthj3p/ive_built_an_app_for_uk_irish_tradespeople_to/","role":"demand","weight":0.70657253,"occurredAt":"2026-08-20T12:01:29.000Z","sourceKey":"reddit","sourceName":"Reddit","credibility":0.62,"venue":"SideProject","intent":"alternative_search","painScore":0.18,"sentiment":1,"confidence":0.5987903,"matchedPatterns":["currently_i_use"],"statement":"**If you’re self-employed, what’s the biggest pain in the arse when it comes to keeping on top of your business admin?** I’d love to know what you currently use and what you wish it did better.","title":"I’ve built an app for UK & Irish tradespeople to make the business side a bit easier","body":"**I’ve built an app for UK & Irish tradespeople to make the business side a bit easier**  \nI’m a UK developer and I’ve recently launched **TradeKeep** on the App Store.  \nThe idea came from a pretty simple problem: when you’re self-employed, actually doing the work is usually the easy bit — keeping track of customers, jobs, quotes, invoices, payments and appointments is where things can get messy.  \nSo I’ve built TradeKeep to put those things together in one simple app.  \nIt’s designed for **sole traders and small businesses**, particularly trades such as:  \n🔨 Builders  \n⚡ Electricians  \n🚿 Plumbers  \n🎨 Decorators  \n🌳 Landscapers  \n🧰 Handymen  \n🚗 Mechanics  \n…and plenty of others.  \nThe main areas are:  \n**Customers** – keep your customer details together  \n**Jobs** – keep track of jobs, work and appointments  \n**Quotes** – create and manage quotes  \n**Money** – keep an eye on invoices and payments  \n**Home** – a simple overview of what needs your attention  \nI deliberately didn’t want to build another massive piece of business software where you need a degree to work out how to use it 😂.  \nThe aim is something you can open on your phone while you’re out working and quickly see what’s going on.  \nIt’s currently available on the **Apple App Store**, and I’m particularly interested in hearing from people in the **UK and Ireland** who actually run their own business.  \nI’m the developer, **Wayne Buckley**, so I’m also very interested in honest feedback — good or bad.  \n**If you’re self-employed, what’s the biggest pain in the arse when it comes to keeping on top of your business admin?**  \nI’d love to know what you currently use and what you wish it did better.  \nTradeKeep on the App Store:  \nhttps://apps.apple.com/us/app/tradekeep/id6784760558  \nThanks to anyone who takes a look or gives feedback. 👍","offTopic":false},{"id":"268979ac-9cf7-4442-b842-7da55ec71af2","excerpt":"Built a free all-in-one utility site — would love feedback — Hey everyone, I'm a self-taught dev and I built toolverse456.netlify.app — a small collection of everyday web utilities in one place. 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Would genuinely appreciate feedback — what's useful, what's missing, what looks broken. 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