“Most of the reference apps out there are bloated with menus or paywalls, so I just built my own.”
Nathan Ross Mueller, on reddit.com ↗
Chord reference apps put the interesting voicings behind a paywall. Oh a Chord hands you a six-voice synth and asks for nothing.
Monarch and Copilot bill you monthly to look at your own money. Cairn looks at it on your phone and bills you never.
“I was paying too much for Monarch Money and Copilot, so I built my own personal finance tracker.”
Phone cleaner apps want a subscription to delete your own screenshots. ByeScreen lets you swipe them into the bin for free.
“The “phone cleaner” apps I tried wanted to also do duplicates, similar photos, blurry shots, and a subscription.”
Weather apps sell you ads, then sell you next week's forecast. HonestSky gives you the forecast and skips the sales pitch.
“I built HonestSky because I was tired of weather apps that were slow to load, covered in ads some to the point of being unusable and then putting longer forecasts behind paywalls.”
Built something because a company wanted your credit card for a feature that fits in a single file? That's spiteware. Submit it and join the hall of fame.