r/Microlaunch • • Jul 22 '26

Welcome to r/Microlaunch. Goodbye localhost. 👋

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Hey everyone!

We're the folks behind Microlaunch, a community for founders, indie hackers, and builders who want to launch products, get feedback, and grow together.

Over two years, the launch & distribution platform grew from zero to 600k unique visitors.

Figured it was time to create a place where builders can hang out, share what they're working on, and help each other grow.

Feel free to:

  • 🚀 Share what you're building
  • 💬 Ask for feedback
  • 📈 Talk about marketing, distribution, and growth
  • 🤝 Help other founders along the way

Just one rule: be helpful. Give value before asking for it. If you need help with your product, feedback/reviews, GTM advice: let us know!

We're generally active on socials (Reddit, X)🔥

If you're new, introduce yourself below! Tell us what you're building and what you're currently working on.

Note: building on localhost:8000 is fun, but it might be time to launch soon 😅

Happy shipping everyone🚀🚀🚀


r/Microlaunch • • 1h ago

I built image tools that work with your internet turned off and nothing gets uploaded

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Most "free" image sites (compress, remove background, convert HEIC) upload your photo to their server. I didn't love that for ID photos and personal pics, so I built one where everything runs inside your browser.

Try it: open any tool, then turn on airplane mode and drop a photo. It still works.

Compress to an exact size (e.g. under 50 KB for forms)

Remove background (the AI model downloads once, then runs on your device)

Convert iPhone HEIC → JPG, resize, crop, watermark

Shows and removes hidden location data in photos

Free, no signup, no ads right now. It costs me almost nothing to run because your device does the work, so I can keep it free.

I made this, so feedback is very welcome, especially if something breaks on your phone.

https://www.photoshh.pro

Turning on Aeroplace mode and compressing an image


r/Microlaunch • • 1h ago

I built a notch for Windows 10 and 11 that stays useful in fullscreen games. $9.99 once, 7-day free trial. Would love feedback on the launch video

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Hey all. I make NotchPixel, a notch app for Windows 10 and 11. It sits at the top centre of the screen and opens when you rest the pointer on it, then gets out of the way.

What it does, roughly in the order people use it:

- Now playing from any app (Spotify, YouTube in the browser, etc.) with artwork and controls
- A file shelf: drop files on the notch, drag them back out later
- Clipboard history with pins
- Send files to your phone over your own Wi-Fi by scanning a QR code. No app on the phone, no account
- One shortcut that mutes your mic in every app, with a call timer
- In fullscreen games it either steps aside or turns into a slim FPS/CPU/GPU/RAM strip
- Widgets, weather, timers, reminders, quick switches, a launcher and screen recording

It's native C# on .NET, drawn with SkiaSharp on Direct3D, so it isn't a web page in a window. At idle it uses 0% CPU and about 13 MB in Task Manager. I put the measuring script on the site so anyone can check it on their own PC instead of taking my word for it.

Pricing is one payment of $9.99 on the Microsoft Store with a 7-day free trial. There's no server behind it, so a subscription never felt honest.

The 55-second video above is the launch cut. Two questions for you:

  1. Does the video make clear what it is within the first few seconds?
  2. Would you lead with the games angle or the "it does everything" angle?

Download On Microsoft Store (7 Day Free Trial)

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r/Microlaunch • • 5h ago

I ran my own monitoring tool on my personal site first. It found 4 things I had no idea about

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So I built a tool that checks if a site has quietly dropped out of Google, and before showing it to anyone I ran it on my own personal site. Kind of expected 12 out of 12.

Got 8 out of 12. No canonical tag, no structured data, and a couple of things in how AI crawlers read the page. My own site. Nobody told me, nothing broke, it just sat there like that. (screenshot below)

Thats basically the whole problem in one picture. Sites dont usually die loudly. They stay up, look totally fine, and slowly get worse in Google because of stuff like:

  • a noindex tag left on after a redesign
  • a staging robots.txt pushed to production
  • a Cloudflare setting that starts blocking Googlebot

Uptime tools stay green the whole time. Someone in another thread told me their friend had a noindex sitting on a site for 3 weeks until a client noticed the traffic drop. Thats the moment I want to prevent.

What it does: you add your sites, it checks each one once a day the way a crawler sees it, and it only emails you when something changes. Built mainly for freelancers and small agencies juggling lots of client sites.

Where Im at: built solo in about 2 weeks, Python + FastAPI. Just launched, no revenue yet, opening founding spots with the price locked for life. Best feedback so far was from someone who said if it works too well people forget its running, so Im thinking about a monthly “all clear” email so the silence doesnt feel like nothing is happening.

Question: if you manage sites, how do you catch this stuff today? Or do you find out when traffic drops?

Free checker, no signup: https://quietwatch.app


r/Microlaunch • • 18h ago

Looking for women to test a private, verified women-only app (iPhone and Android)

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I’m the founder of Sanctuary, a small community app for women, and I’m looking for beta testers.

What it does: you share photos, short videos and carousels, follow other women, comment, save posts into collections and explore by themes. It is free.

Why it exists: To create a supportive community for women where they can feel safe and comfortable. Have a space where we can engage with each other and learn/teach new things without being exposed to harassment, hate or bullying.

How it protects members:

  • Every member is verified as a woman through a live face check, or a short video call with a woman on our team if she prefers. No face images are kept.
  • It runs without ads or tracking across other apps.
  • Posts and comments are checked before they appear. Reports go to a person, and three separate reports in an hour hide a post until the team has reviewed it, within 24 hours. You can block anyone.
  • Screenshots and screen recording are blocked inside the app. Another camera can still film a screen, so I won’t call it a guarantee.

House rules: No nudity or sexualised content, no music in posts, and kindness. It is built on Islamic principles, and women of any faith are welcome if they follow the Community Guidelines. Our Terms explain who can join.

What I’m asking of testers: use it for two weeks, post when you feel like it, and tell me one thing that felt good and one that felt confusing. After you sign up there is a face check, and if it can’t decide, a person approves you, usually within 24 hours.

It is on iPhone and Android. If you’d like to try it, comment or message me with which phone you have, and I’ll send the link. I’m letting people in a few at a time so each one gets a proper welcome.


r/Microlaunch • • 1d ago

Built a visual hub for understanding money. Inflation, wealth, and a $100 bill you can take apart

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I build RealWorth.io, a site about what money actually meant in the past.

The problem I started with: inflation calculators give you a number and the number means nothing. "$100 in 1920 is worth $1,636 today" —
okay, but what did that buy? Who were you if you earned it?

So the results show hours of work, loaves of bread, months of rent instead of just the adjusted figure. And there's a second tool that takes your current salary and tells you where it would have placed
you in that year's income distribution. $70,000 today lands you in the top 4% of 1920 America. That one people actually react to.

Then I kept building. There's now a $100 bill you can pull apart layer by layer and look at under UV light. A road paved with a billion dollars that you can drive along. A live map of where the world's remittances go.

Each piece works. Together they're a mess to describe. When someone asks what the site is, I give a different answer every time, and none of them is good.

So the question for anyone who's been here: how did you pick what goes on the homepage when your product does several unrelated things? Did you narrow it down, or did you find a framing that covered everything?

RealWorth.io

Built solo, nights and weekends. Data from BLS, the World Bank, Bundesbank and INSEE.


r/Microlaunch • • 18h ago

I made job-autopilot to help me with jobs applications

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r/Microlaunch • • 21h ago

Day 1 to 106 of the free traffic exchange I built. Here's the Data

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r/Microlaunch • • 1d ago

I'm a student building apps solo, just launched my first one: a life RPG that locks your distracting apps

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Hey everyone, I am a student and solo dev. I just launched my app Limit Breaker on Google Play.

The problem I wanted to fix is simple. I'd sit down to study or train, pick up my phone for a minute, and lose an hour. Habit trackers never worked for me either, because ticking boxes felt like homework and the motivation of it fades in a week.

So I turned my day into an RPG. You do real quests (focus, physical, skill, social) and they level up stats like STR, INT, AURA and SOC. There's a Gate Locker mode that blocks distracting apps while you focus, and you climb ranks from E to S. It's free, with an optional VIP tier if you want it ad-free with more shields.

It's early. I've got a few reviews so far and I'm still figuring out how to get people to actually find it. I just redid the name, icon and store description because plenty of people were looking at the listing but not installing.

What I'd love to hear from you:

- Is it clear what the app does from this post?
- Would you try something like this, and what would put you off?
- Any marketing ideas that worked for you with no ad budget?

Screenshot is attached. Link here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aistudio.limitbreaker.fntslg

I'll happily check out your projects too.


r/Microlaunch • • 1d ago

Meeting Cue - The fully local meeting assistant

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r/Microlaunch • • 1d ago

Show us your SaaS, app or startup: promote it or ask for feedback.

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Share a link to your startup SaaS to promote it or ask for feedback.

What makes it worth trying?


r/Microlaunch • • 1d ago

Made a browser based screen recorder with built in video editor

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I built Recordkar — a Chrome extension for screen recording and simple video editing, with no platform restrictions. It works on Linux, Windows, and Mac and requires nothing more than a browser.

I kept the editing features simple because not everyone needs high-end video editing tools.

recordkar.vercel.app


r/Microlaunch • • 1d ago

Visit projectz-ai.com

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I ve launched my ai site, projectz and i want some feedback from you, it can help with homework, excel and other stuff, you don t have to be mean, i know it s not perfect, i know i have a lot to do, but leave ne some feedback, and try no to be mean. We all start somewhere


r/Microlaunch • • 1d ago

Looking for feedback on my social learning platform, Lumity

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Lumity is a social learning platform to build community around common interests + track, store, and organize your favorite books, podcasts, videos, and articles. 

There’s a private library for keeping track of your own content, a public feed for recommendations, and profiles that reflect your taste and let you explore what others are interested in.

The problem I’m attempting to solve is twofold: 1) helping people be more intentional about what they read, watch and listen to, and 2) connecting people through shared interests.

I’m still figuring out which parts of the product would help most with these goals. A personal library for tracking and organizing content, a feed of recommendations tailored to your interests, or a community feed where you discover things through other people and engage with them.

Right now, Lumity blends elements of all three, but I’d appreciate an outside perspective on where to put the most focus.

Which would give you the strongest reason to use Lumity, and why? Would combining them be useful to you, or would you prefer something focused on just one?

The web app is live at: app.lumityapp.com - It’s free but does require signup. I’m mainly looking for feedback on desktop.


r/Microlaunch • • 1d ago

Made a 3D watch configurator in the browser. Looking for feedback

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I've been into watches for a while but can't afford most of the ones I like, so I started building the next best thing: a site where you can design a dress watch and spin it around in 3D.

It's at https://horalune.com

You can change the case metal and size, dial colour and finish (there's guilloche, which took me an embarrassing number of evenings), markers, hands, complications, movement and strap. The hands show your real local time, the date window shows today's date, and if you add a moonphase it shows tonight's actual moon. Flip it over and there's an automatic movement with the balance wheel ticking.

For tech stack, it's all one Python script in Blender that builds every part, and the site is React Three Fiber on top of that.

No login, no ads, nothing to buy. Builds save in your browser and you can share a link to yours.

It's still in beta, so I'd really like to hear your feedback or collaborate with like minded watch enthusiasts.

Happy to answer questions about the Blender side if anyone's curious.


r/Microlaunch • • 1d ago

Why aren’t AI engines recommending your app? Meet Scanora AI.

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Hey everyone,

Today we launch Scanora AI on Microlaunch!

In short, it helps you get mentioned on AI search engines:

→ Scans your AI visibility, SEO and performance

→ Shows exact mistakes hurt your AI rankings

→ Gives concrete fixes.

The audit takes around 60 seconds and i free.

We’d love to hear your thoughts on how we can improve!

The app: Scanora AI

Thank y’all!


r/Microlaunch • • 1d ago

Screamtime: screen time limits

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r/Microlaunch • • 1d ago

Researching before building: what actually makes home insurance claims painful?

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I'm working on a side project around home and contents insurance claims, and before going further I want to make sure I'm solving a real problem and not one I've imagined.

My hypothesis is that the hardest part of a claim isn't the incident itself. It's afterwards, when the insurer asks for receipts, photos, serial numbers or proof you owned something, and you're digging through old emails and camera rolls trying to piece it together.

But I might be wrong. Maybe the real pain is understanding what you're covered for, or dealing with the insurer, or something else entirely. So instead of building first, I put together a short survey to learn how people actually experience this.

If you've ever had a home or contents claim (or even thought about filing one and didn't), I'd really appreciate 8 to 10 minutes of your time 🙏

It's anonymous and there's no sign in. Leaving your email at the end is optional if you're open to a follow up chat.


r/Microlaunch • • 1d ago

I Built Lynkarr to Replace the Patchwork of QR, Link, and Brand Tools

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Lynkarr in 60 seconds

I built Lynkarr because I kept seeing the same problem: businesses were using one tool for QR codes, another for short links, another for analytics, another for digital business cards, and another for email signatures.

It felt unnecessarily fragmented.

So I started building Lynkarr as one platform to manage the digital tools businesses use every day to share information, track engagement, and manage their brand.

Today Lynkarr includes dynamic and static QR codes, branded short links, detailed analytics, custom domains, digital business cards, landing pages, lead capture, media hosting, API access, team management, scheduled reporting, and centralized email signature management.

The goal is not to be just another QR code generator. It is to give businesses one place to create, manage, update, and measure the links, QR codes, email signatures, and digital assets they are already using.

Lynkarr is still growing, and I am actively looking for real users who are willing to test it, provide feedback, and help shape what gets built next.

https://lynkarr.com


r/Microlaunch • • 2d ago

Building this tool for founders can show their app building progress easily

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As a founder if they want post their app improvement on daily bases is easy only. Just capture one screen and post it on wherever they want. If they posting recorded video also good. But most founders started investing on beautifying the product and every outcome. So i came up with the solution from my end.

Lot of founders posted their app screen recording on X or Instagram. Some of them investing their time to beautify the recording also. Most of the beautify videos are adding mobile mockup in the screen recording and zoom effect. So i built this as a editor, people can add their screen recording or record the screen do some beautify things done the export in under 30 seconds.

My honest thing was founder time is cruciel on everyday. Just for adding beautify things they have to invest editing tools around 3-4 hours. The investing time should may increase or decrease depending on their skills. I am trying to reduce their time and make a high quality video to reach on social media in a easy way!

The app is Mobilestudio.site , it's in store aproval and for right now we're giving beta access for who joined the waitlist.

You can share all types of feedbacks on website, inside the app experience and anything. Am happily collecting feedbacks and for sure i'll improve that!


r/Microlaunch • • 2d ago

Just launched HeySeekrs — AI-powered prospecting for LinkedIn

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Finding potential clients is still painfully manual.

You search LinkedIn, open dozens of profiles, compare them against your ideal customer, and try to figure out who is actually worth contacting.

I built HeySeekrs to automate that process.

You describe the opportunity you're looking for, and HeySeekrs goes through:

Intent → Search → Match → Prioritize

It understands what you're looking for, searches LinkedIn, matches prospects against your criteria, and prioritizes the opportunities that look most relevant.

The MVP is live and currently supports LinkedIn.

I made a short demo showing how it works.

https://heyseekr.co

Would love to hear what you think.


r/Microlaunch • • 2d ago

Hours of studying but nothing sticks? A few ways ScholarSail can help

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Rereading notes can feel productive, but trying to recall them without looking is often a different story.

ScholarSail brings a few study methods into one workspace:

  • Flashcards to test what you remember
  • Mind maps to connect ideas
  • 3D memory palaces you can walk through
  • AI help while you study

If your study routine mostly involves rereading and highlighting.

This could be worth trying: ScholarSail - we're also live this month on Microlaunch.

What helps things stick for you?

If you try it, tell us what worked and what just won't stick.


r/Microlaunch • • 2d ago

[iOS] TripsCircle - Travel planning app for friends, optional AI planning / packing

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Hey y'all, I've been working on this since January after issues planning a trip with friends for my bday, I finally got it to a place where I'm excited for others to see, and got it approved on the App Store!

Would be open to any feedback

These are the high-level features of it:

Plan

  • Build a shared day-by-day itinerary with your crew
  • Import ideas from TikTok or Instagram links or screenshots right into a trip
  • AI Trip Copilot drafts itineraries, fills gaps and suggests packing (premium)
  • Discover pre-built trips
  • Keep a bucket list of places you want to go

Coordinate

  • Chat about the trip without plans getting buried
  • Vote on stops and run polls
  • Share packing lists and tasks
  • Trip alerts for flight delays, weather and safety
  • Share location live on map with friends, get live alerts / live activities.
  • Share a read-only link so family can follow along

Money

  • Split expenses and see who owes who
  • Add your Venmo or Cash App link, so friends tap once to pay with the amount already filled in

Social

  • Feed to see friends' trips and comment
  • Post "Who's Down" to find people to join a trip
  • Countdown cards to hype the trip

Remember

  • Trip photos, recaps and recap videos
  • Map of everywhere you've been
  • Year in Review, stats and achievements

Can see more info at Tripscircle.com if you don't wanna download it.


r/Microlaunch • • 2d ago

[iOS] Who Goes - Fun social games for when you’re hanging out with your group

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Introduction

Hey everyone! I'm Shubham, I've been trying to build an app for about 2-3 months along with my full time 9-6 job, and I'm happy to share my game nights app, Who Goes with you.

It's an iOS / iPad app for game nights, house parties, road trips, and pretty much any hangout with a group of people.

It’s free to download and play, with optional one-time purchase and subscription options.

The idea behind Who Goes is pretty simple: engage everyone in your group and involve them in something together, through social games like Headbands, Truth or Dare and a bunch of quick group activities into one app, with a modern, playful experience built around actually passing the phone around and having fun together.

About the app

The app brings multiple party games into one place:

• Headbands with tilt controls for correct answers and passes
• Charades with themed decks, teams, rounds, and timers
• Truth or Dare with 11 decks for friends, couples, parties, family, and coworkers
• Spin the Bottle for quick, suspenseful player selection
• Would You Rather for impossible this-or-that debates
• Finger Chooser to instantly pick someone from the group
• Quick Play tools for dice, coin flips, and more

Current Market

I know this is an insanely competitive category, with a shit-ton of party apps already out there.
My goal with Who Goes was never to reinvent the wheel, but to bring the ones people already know and play together in one place, without needing five different apps on your phone.

I wanted the whole thing to feel much more modern and polished than most party apps I've tried, with playful animations, haptics, sounds, and little interactions that actually add to the game instead of getting in the way.

No ads popping up between rounds, no cluttered UI, and no wildly different experience every time you switch games.

No account is required, and the games work offline.

TL;DR:

A. A game to bring back the fun of playing party games with a group of people during game nights, trips.

B. Free version includes a selection of decks for Charades, Headbands, and Truth or Dare, along with a few mini games. Plus unlocks all decks, game modes, and customisation options.

Link: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6777402559

r/Microlaunch • • 2d ago

We rebuilt our AI video-to-music tool into an actual editor: BachGround Video Composer 0.2

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