u/Ronak6

Hi r/VibeCodersNest!

I came across this subreddit through r/AppBusiness and wanted to share my journey of building and shipping TrimTrack!

I have a very specific problem: I can never remember the haircuts I actually liked. I'd scroll through my camera roll for 10 minutes looking for that one cut from 8 months ago, give up, then try to describe a "vibe" to my barber and get something completely different.

So I built TrimTrack — a haircut journal for people who care about their hair but terrible at remembering what worked. Additionally, this app helps people try out new styles before having the cut in real life.

What it does:

• Simple Haircut Form: Log every haircut with photos, style name, barber/shop, rating, and notes
• AI Stylist: upload a selfie and preview yourself in a new hairstyle before committing
• Visual Haircut History: Pull up your history and show your barber exactly what you want (4 photos per entry)
• Simplified Expense Tracking: Track spending over time with charts and projected costs

The AI feature is something I'm proud of — you pick a style category or describe your own look, and then I have Gemini's Nano Banana 2 generate the photo. It's super realistic and grounded on just changing your hairstyle.

How I built this app:

Firstly, I started with the idea itself and planned out key User Journeys + target audience. Once I had this figured out, I played around with Gemini 3.0 and 3.1 Pro to build out the initial skeleton using React Native, Expo and Supabase.

I did initial testing with family and friends and continued to iterate. After what feels like weeks, I started using Claude Sonnet + Opus and saw significant efficiencies in my development. Obviously, AI can and will hallucinate things so after every feature update, I picked up core skills needed to implement projects with Claude (skills, agents, memory, rules). Lastly, I then tested the app manually before any production release and setup testing frameworks (Jest) for unit/e2e/integration testing.

I would love any feedback on:

1. What's missing, what's confusing, or what would actually make you use this day-to-day?
2. How do I market TrimTrack and get more users organically? I'm trying out Reddit, sharing with family/friends, building live on X, and next will be trying out TikTok.

TrimTrack as shown on the App Store

Hey everyone,

I just hit the "Publish" button on my first solo project, TrimTrack - Haircut Tracker.

The Problem: I’m one of those people who can never remember the haircuts I liked from months ago. I usually ended up showing my barber a blurry selfie or trying to describe a "vibe" that never quite landed. Sometimes it takes me forever to find a haircut in my photos app that I actually liked and I just give up :(

So, I built TrimTrack to be a dedicated digital logbook for hair. No social feed, no bloat—just:

• Visual History: Side-by-side photo logs of previous cuts.
• Barber Notes: A dedicated space for technical specs (lengths, products used).
• Smart Reminders: Frequency tracking so you know exactly when you're due for a cleanup.
• AI Stylist: Try out haircut styles on yourself before you go to the barber and if you like it then have your barber give you the haircut
• Haircut Spending Analytics: Keep track of how much you spend on haircuts, how frequent you get a haircut, and total # of haircuts (last month, last 6 months, last year, etc.)

I’d love some high-level feedback on:

1. Onboarding: Is the value prop clear within the first 30 seconds?
2. UI/UX: Does the layout feel intuitive for a utility app?
3. Marketing: As this is my first ever app that I've deployed publicly, I'm so lost on how to market the app and get genuine users to find and use the app. What's worked for people in the past?

Thanks for checking it out. I'm happy to answer any questions about the build process!

TrimTrack - Haircut Tracker app as shown in the Appstore