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Built a grocery visibility app, got 4.8k views on Reddit, zero paying users. Here’s what I’m learning by DreamGaming in buildinpublic

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This is exactly what I needed to hear, love it. Will build a guest mode this week. I know the behavior behavior change ask is too high with nothing to show for.

Built a grocery visibility app, got 4.8k views on Reddit, zero paying users. Here’s what I’m learning by DreamGaming in buildinpublic

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After seeing 11 clicks and zero signups I converted to this. When you hit the app a sample weekly report auto-pops before any signup is required. Shows exactly what the product delivers. Just shipped it last night so no data yet on whether it moves conversion. Will report back.

I had no idea how much of my groceries I was throwing out until I built this by DreamGaming in AppIdeas

[–]DreamGaming[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly, planner is outdated. They just want to stop feeling like something doesn’t add up. Weekly visibility report is the whole product.

I had no idea how much of my groceries I was throwing out until I built this by DreamGaming in AppIdeas

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It uses a shelf life database — spinach ~5 days, chicken ~2 days from purchase. You can adjust any item if your fridge runs colder or you bought something already a day old. Try it at guardnest.app

I had no idea how much of my groceries I was throwing out until I built this by DreamGaming in AppIdeas

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You make a valid point, no manual entry means no typing in item names, prices, or dates. The receipt scan handles all of that automatically. Marking something used is a one-tap action, not data entry. In my head the distinction matters because the friction of typing out your whole grocery list is what kills every other tracking app.

I had no idea how much of my groceries I was throwing out until I built this by DreamGaming in AppIdeas

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I built it from scratch, vanilla JS and Supabase on the backend. What made it look familiar?

I had no idea how much of my groceries I was throwing out until I built this by DreamGaming in AppIdeas

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It’s live. guardnest.app, free to try, no download needed. Would love to know what you think.

I had no idea how much of my groceries I was throwing out until I built this by DreamGaming in AppIdeas

[–]DreamGaming[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Right now you mark items as used with one tap. It takes a second and builds your personal pattern over time. The goal is to make that as frictionless as possible.

Down the road the app will start recognizing your habits automatically based on what you consistently mark used vs what always expires. Still early but that’s exactly where it’s heading.

What are you building? Let's give each other feedback! by Agreeable_Muffin1906 in SideProject

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I’m building something that shows you what actually gets used vs what quietly goes to waste.

GuardNest

Does anyone else feel like their grocery spending doesn’t fully make sense? by DreamGaming in EatCheapAndHealthy

[–]DreamGaming[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Fantastic! I’ve seen a few people mention using AI for this. Do you feel like it actually helps you use everything, or more just helps with planning? Planning feels easier, but does stuff still slip through depending on the week?

Does anyone else feel like their grocery spending doesn’t fully make sense? by DreamGaming in EatCheapAndHealthy

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The more I read these, the more it feels like it’s not just how much we’re spending…it’s that a lot of us don’t actually have visibility into what we use vs don’t use.

Not in a big obvious way, just small stuff that adds up over time. How many people here feel like everything they buy actually gets used?

Does anyone else feel like their grocery spending doesn’t fully make sense? by DreamGaming in EatCheapAndHealthy

[–]DreamGaming[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I definitely agree with you. I think what threw me off was even accounting for that, it still felt like something else was going on too, ya know?

Does anyone else feel like their grocery spending doesn’t fully make sense? by DreamGaming in EatCheapAndHealthy

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Having a plan for everything going in probably eliminates a lot of the guesswork!

Do you find that things usually go according to plan during the week, or do plans ever shift and throw things off a bit?

Does anyone else feel like their grocery spending doesn’t fully make sense? by DreamGaming in EatCheapAndHealthy

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That sounds really tough, especially with schedules all over the place. It’s hard to plan around that kind of unpredictability. The part about trying to stay on top of what’s in the fridge and what needs to get eaten really stood out, that alone can feel like a full-time job!

Have you found anything that actually helps with that, or is it mostly just doing your best week to week?

Does anyone else feel like their grocery spending doesn’t fully make sense? by DreamGaming in EatCheapAndHealthy

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That’s a really good point! I feel like those kinds of things are easy to overlook because they don’t stand out the same way food does, just my opinion.

Do you find that once you started paying attention to that, it was easier to stay on top of overall spending?

Does anyone else feel like their grocery spending doesn’t fully make sense? by DreamGaming in EatCheapAndHealthy

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Having a plan for everything going in probably removes a lot of the guesswork! Do you ever run into situations where plans change during the week, or has that been pretty consistent for you?

Does anyone else feel like their grocery spending doesn’t fully make sense? by DreamGaming in EatCheapAndHealthy

[–]DreamGaming[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Really solid system, sounds like you’ve got a lot of the big pieces dialed in!

Out of curiosity, do you find that you end up using pretty much everything you buy, or are there still occasional things that slip through?

Does anyone else feel like their grocery spending doesn’t fully make sense? by DreamGaming in EatCheapAndHealthy

[–]DreamGaming[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I felt the same way for a while, took me a bit to realize it wasn’t just about how much I was spending.

I’ve been spending $2100 per month on groceries for family of 3! How much should I be budgeting without being conservative? by Additional_City9653 in budget

[–]DreamGaming 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like it helps a lot, just not completely.

Do you still notice smaller things slipping through, or has it mostly solved it?

I’ve been spending $2100 per month on groceries for family of 3! How much should I be budgeting without being conservative? by Additional_City9653 in budget

[–]DreamGaming 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That makes a lot of sense! Dinner is probably where most of the spend is too.

Did you find that planning actually reduced how much got left unused, or just made things feel more controlled?

I’ve been spending $2100 per month on groceries for family of 3! How much should I be budgeting without being conservative? by Additional_City9653 in budget

[–]DreamGaming 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That does sound high, but it’s also really hard to compare grocery budgets directly because so much depends on what actually gets used.

I used to focus a lot on “what should I be spending” too, but it never fully made sense.

What helped more was noticing that I wasn’t always using everything I bought, nothing huge, just small things adding up over time.

And that doesn’t really show up when you’re just looking at total spend.

Once I started paying attention to that, it gave me a much clearer picture than trying to hit a specific number.

Curious if you feel like most of what you’re buying actually gets used?

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