u/Best_Inspector_4338

Hey,

I’m a solo dev, and I recently finished a working MVP of a productivity web app (it’s an all-in-one workspace — calendar, planner, Pomodoro, journal, notes, project boards). The building part was honestly the easy bit. Now I’m stuck on the much harder part: getting real people to use it and tell me what sucks.

I’ve tried a few Reddit posts in testing-focused subreddits, but have just few reviews. I’m not trying to spam — I genuinely just want 10–15 people to poke around and give me a feedback so I know what to fix before I build anything else.

So I’m curious: for those of you who’ve shipped side projects and actually got meaningful feedback, how did you do it?

Would love to hear your experiences and what actually worked.

Cheers!

Hey,

I've been quietly building Focusphere — a web app that brings together the tools I personally needed every day into one calm, unified space. As a solo maker, jumping between calendar, to-do list, Pomodoro timer, journal, and project boards was killing my flow. So I decided to fix that.

What's inside:

• Dashboard — today's events (syncs with Google Calendar), today's tasks, a quick-add section, and an inspiration quote to start the day right.
• Calendar & Weekly Planner — month, week, and daily views, drag & drop, color coding, and a week view with draggable time blocks (you can even copy-paste blocks between days).
• Projects — solo and team projects, each with a Kanban board, dedicated notes, and a Slack-like chat for team ones. Invite people by email.
• Pomodoro Timer — customisable sessions, background sounds (lofi, pink noise, brown noise), and notifications when the tab is inactive.
• Journaling & Notes — free-form entries plus guided templates (morning planning, anxiety journal, mind dump), and a separate space for global notes.

Everything lives in one place, with a minimalist design and no feature bloat. Web-based, Google auth, desktop-first.

Where I'm at:
The MVP is functional, and I'm now looking for early testers who can give brutally honest feedback. In return, I'm offering free lifetime access — even when paid plans eventually roll out, early testers keep full access forever.

What I'd love from you:
Just poke around, try to use it as you would any productivity tool, and tell me what confuses you, what's missing, or what simply doesn't feel right. My email's inside the app's Settings — that's the best way to reach me.

Thanks for reading — and even more if you decide to give it a spin. Happy to answer any questions in the comments.

I built a minimalist web platform that combines calendar, weekly planner, Pomodoro timer, journal, notes, and project management with kanban board and slack-like team chat — everything I personally needed without juggling five different tools.

Looking for a few early testers to try it out and share honest feedback. In return, you get free lifetime access, even when it eventually becomes paid.

Here it is: Focusphere

All I ask in return is your honest feedback. You'll find my email in the app's settings.

Thanks for helping a solo maker!

Hi everyone,

I’m a solo developer, and I’ve been building a web app that brings together the tools I personally needed every day without jumping between five different apps. I finally have an MVP that works, but now I desperately need real users to tell me what sucks and what’s missing. So I’m offering lifetime free access to the first group of testers who are willing to share honest, thoughtful feedback.

What the app does
It’s a minimalist, all-in-one workspace built around a daily dashboard. Right now there are 7 main pages:

• Dashboard — shows today’s calendar events (supports Google Calendar sync), today’s to-do list, an inspiration quote, and a quick-add section for tasks, events, or fleeting notes.
• Calendar — month/week/day views. If you connect your Google Calendar, events are pulled in and can be managed directly. Drag & drop, color coding, event descriptions.
• Weekly planner — top 3 goals of the week always visible, plus a week view where you can create, resize, drag and drop time blocks. You can also copy-paste time blocks between days (a huge time-saver for similar routines).
• Projects — split into solo and team projects. Inside a project you get a Kanban board, project-specific notes, and a Slack-like chat with channels (for team projects). You can invite people by email.
• Pomodoro timer — customizable work/break durations and sessions. Background sounds (lofi, pink noise, brown noise). Sends a notification if the tab is inactive.
• Journaling — blank entries or guided templates (morning planning, anxiety journal, mind dump).
• Global notes — free-form writing space, separate from any project.

All of this is web-based (mobile works in a browser but it’s definitely a desktop-first tool right now). Authentication via Google. Data stored in Appwrite. No AI features, no offline mode — just a practical workspace that doesn’t overwhelm you.

What I’m looking for from testers

• Use the app as you genuinely would for a few days.
• Tell me bluntly what breaks, what’s confusing, what’s unnecessary.

What you get

• Completely free lifetime access — even if the app starts charging later, you keep full access forever.
• Direct line to me (the developer) and the chance to shape a tool built for the way real people work.

If you’re interested, just comment “beta” below and I’ll DM you the invite.
(I’ll keep the link out of the post to respect the community — I’m really here for the conversation, not the self-promo.)

Thank you so much for reading — and even more if you decide to help a solo maker figure out if this thing actually works.