u/Independent-Share-71

i didn’t sit down one day thinking “i’m going to build an app.”

I was just annoyed.

my phone kept running out of storage.

thousands of photos, random screenshots, videos i didn’t even remember saving.

and every time i tried to clean it… i’d quit in 2 minutes.

too many buttons. too much thinking. felt like work.

one night i was just scrolling through my gallery, deleting things one by one 

and it hit me—

why is this so painful?

what if it was just… swipe?

like instinct. no thinking. keep or delete.

i didn’t plan it. didn’t validate it. didn’t ask anyone.

i just opened my laptop and started building.

first version was rough. like really rough.

but it worked.

i could just sit there and swipe through my junk and it felt weirdly satisfying.

that’s when i realized—

the problem was never storage.

it was friction.

we don’t avoid cleaning our phones because we can’t.

we avoid it because it’s boring.

so i kept it simple.

no complicated features.

no “smart AI cleaner” nonsense.

just swipe to wipe.

i put it out there not expecting much.

some people tried it. some didn’t.

but a few people got it instantly—

and that was enough to keep going.

i’m still figuring it out.

but it’s funny…

this whole thing started with me being too lazy to delete screenshots manually.

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u/Independent-Share-71 — 3 days ago
▲ 3 r/startup+2 crossposts

Onboarding flow matters way more than people think.

learned this the hard way.

I had ~73 downloads… but only 14 actual installs. That’s a brutal drop-off. And the problem wasn’t the idea, not the app it was my onboarding.

It was weak, cluttered, and honestly… boring.

So I rebuilt it.

Reduced the number of onboarding screens (I had 6 before 😬)

Cut it down to 3–4 sharp, focused screens

Made the value clear instantly

Improved visual flow using Claude’s design approach

And the difference?

Way better retention. People actually stayed.

Lesson:Users decide in seconds whether your app is worth their time. If your onboarding doesn’t hook them immediately, they’re gone.

Build less. Say more. Make it obvious.

Your onboarding isn’t just an intro it’s your first conversion funnel.

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u/Independent-Share-71 — 3 days ago
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Onboarding flow matters way more than people think

I learned this the hard way.

I had ~73 downloads… but only 14 actual installs. That’s a brutal drop-off. And the problem wasn’t the idea, not the app it was my onboarding.

It was weak, cluttered, and honestly… boring.

So I rebuilt it.

Reduced the number of onboarding screens (I had 6 before 😬)

Cut it down to 3–4 sharp, focused screens

Made the value clear instantly

Improved visual flow using Claude’s design approach

And the difference?

Way better retention. People actually stayed.

Lesson:Users decide in seconds whether your app is worth their time. If your onboarding doesn’t hook them immediately, they’re gone.

Build less. Say more. Make it obvious.

Your onboarding isn’t just an intro it’s your first conversion funnel.

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u/Independent-Share-71 — 3 days ago

Used Claude’s design system… this is getting out of hands

I tried using Anthropic’s Claude to build a UI kit for my app…

wasn’t expecting much tbh.

but it literally designed a full UI system — colors, spacing, components — everything consistent.

plugged it into my app Swipe to Wipe
and it actually looks… legit.

not “AI generated” messy
but clean, usable, and production-ready.

kinda crazy how fast this is getting.

https://preview.redd.it/bnf53qshizvg1.png?width=1255&format=png&auto=webp&s=96e8c93133384365b6e9f1aa582668a3acdd2dd9

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u/Independent-Share-71 — 5 days ago
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Used Claude’s design system… this is getting out of hand.

https://preview.redd.it/yfbtj0tcizvg1.png?width=1255&format=png&auto=webp&s=ec9ef9dde2b621181ba13c35165d5c86d16d1e9a

I tried using Anthropic’s Claude to build a UI kit for my app…

wasn’t expecting much tbh.

but it literally designed a full UI system colors, spacing, components everything consistent.

plugged it into my app Swipe to Wipe
and it actually looks… legit.

not “AI generated” messy
but clean, usable, and production-ready.

kinda crazy how fast this is getting.

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u/Independent-Share-71 — 5 days ago
▲ 17 r/nocode

Used Claude’s design system… this is getting out of hand.

https://preview.redd.it/b4vqhousgzvg1.png?width=1255&format=png&auto=webp&s=9fbc0daf378c8b54a84ca3f2b9f653d670de0c99

I tried using Anthropic’s new Claude design system to build a UI kit for my app…

wasn’t expecting much tbh.

but it literally designed a full UI system colors, spacing, components everything consistent.

plugged it into my app Swipe to Wipe
and it actually looks… legit.

not “AI generated” messy
but clean, usable, and production-ready.

kinda crazy how fast this is getting.

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u/Independent-Share-71 — 5 days ago

Launched my first app “Swipe to Wipe” 🚀

12 days in:

• 66 downloads

• 8 uninstalls

• ~$9 revenue (AdMob)

I started marketing just 7 days ago on Reddit, X & YouTube.

It feels small… but is this actually normal early growth?

What would you improve? 🔗 https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/swipe-to-wipe/id6761011430

https://preview.redd.it/ew2ys4to9xvg1.png?width=870&format=png&auto=webp&s=444f95049200c0b37e96910fde8d4193a7b355aa

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u/Independent-Share-71 — 5 days ago
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i hate switching keyboards just to paste stuff 😭

Is there any iOS app that lets you quickly access clipboard / paste history

without changing the default keyboard?

like a floating thing / shortcut / anything simple

does this even exist or is iOS just limiting here?😪

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u/Independent-Share-71 — 6 days ago
▲ 4 r/nocode+1 crossposts

Would you use an app that tells you what to do when you’re bored?

I keep finding myself opening Instagram/YouTube when I’m bored… then wasting 30+ minutes without even realizing it.

I’m thinking of building a super simple app where you tap one button and it instantly gives you something random to do like a quick challenge, something slightly awkward, a weird task, or just something fun to break the loop.

Examples:

\- text something random to a friend

\- do a 10-second challenge

\- check something weird about yourself

\- tiny real-life “dares” basically

Not trying to make it another productivity app more like something that interrupts boredom with action.

Would you actually use something like this?

What kind of “tasks” would make you tap again instead of closing it?

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u/Independent-Share-71 — 6 days ago

I have 12,000 photos. I've cleaned exactly 0 of them. Until now.

Every Sunday I tell myself today's the day.

Open Photos. Hit Select. Start tapping tiny thumbnails one by one.

Three minutes later I close the app and watch Netflix instead.

The problem wasn't laziness. It was that every single photo felt like a permanent decision.

Found something different that actually works. It shows you one photo at a time. Swipe left goes to a Review Bin nothing deleted permanently. Swipe right keeps it. When you're done, review the bin and decide what actually goes."

Cleared 3,000 photos last week without breaking a sweat.

Link in comments.

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u/Independent-Share-71 — 7 days ago
▲ 9 r/IPhoneApps+7 crossposts

Most photo cleaner apps terrify me. One wrong swipe and a memory is gone

That fear is exactly why I never cleaned my camera roll.

So I built something where nothing gets permanently deleted while you swipe.

Swipe left → Review Bin Swipe right → Keep

When you're done, open the bin. Restore anything you regret. Delete what you're sure about.

No pressure. No permanent mistakes.

Link in comments if curious.

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u/Independent-Share-71 — 2 days ago
▲ 5 r/startup+1 crossposts

How do you distribute a super early product (with almost no users)?

https://preview.redd.it/xwho08uf5zug1.png?width=2107&format=png&auto=webp&s=5b3db67dd34920ce4ea019b9248e1af76a583319

I’ve built a simple app and I’m at that awkward stage:

  • Product exists
  • A few users
  • No real distribution

I keep hearing “focus on product first” vs “distribution is everything”

But realistically… how did you get your first real users?

Not paid ads more like:

  • What actually worked early on?
  • What didn’t?
  • What was a waste of time?

If anyone’s been through this stage, I’d love to hear what signals mattered for you early on.

Also if you’re curious, I’d genuinely appreciate any feedback. It’s still very early and rough, but I’m trying to learn what’s working and what’s not.

https://apps.apple.com/in/app/swipe-to-wipe/id6761011430

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u/Independent-Share-71 — 10 days ago
▲ 17 r/IPhoneApps+1 crossposts

Most of our iPhone storage is just photos and we’re too lazy to delete them

I’m convinced most “storage full” problems aren’t because we need more iCloud.

It’s because we’re too lazy to clean our photos.

Not even lazy actually… just annoyed.

You open Photos.
You hit “Select.”
You start tapping tiny thumbnails.
Scroll. Tap. Scroll. Tap.

After 2 minutes you’re done. Mentally.

Meanwhile 80% of my storage is:

– screenshots
– duplicates
– 12 versions of the same selfie
– random blurry pics

Deleting them shouldn’t feel like admin work.

It should feel like Tinder.

Show me one photo.
Swipe left = delete.
Swipe right = keep.

Quick. Mindless. Slightly addictive. So I actually built a small app that does exactly that. It just shows you your photos one by one and you swipe through them.

Cleared a few thousand in one sitting without even realizing.

Not trying to spam, just genuinely built it because I was annoyed.

Curious if anyone else would actually use something like this?I swear I’d clear 10k photos in one night if it worked like that.

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u/Independent-Share-71 — 4 days ago