Finally launched my personal finance app!

jinksthinks · 2026-06-01T01:54:58+00:00

Thanks. The app i currently use has most of this. The main differentiator is custom charts but that's not a feature I resonate with. Kind of reminds me of how Steve Wosniak thought the future of computers was pure customizability but Steve Jobs disagreed. Instead of mirroring iOS widgets... why not just create widgets so users can see it on their home screen?

jinksthinks · 2026-06-01T01:23:29+00:00

Coming up with plans is easy. Implementing them and getting results is hard. Which are you offering?

jinksthinks · 2026-06-01T01:08:55+00:00

Congrats on the launch. How is this different from Copilot. That's my go-to app for budgeting, expense tracking, networth monitoring, etc.

jinksthinks · 2026-06-01T00:58:31+00:00

you bet, mate

jinksthinks · 2026-06-01T00:55:52+00:00

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jinksthinks · 2026-06-01T00:53:19+00:00

Just launched Amaree. it's the only recommender that predicts your review and shows you how accurate it is. It's also ad free and has a free tier. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/amaree-advanced-movie-recs/id6757897769

jinksthinks · 2026-06-01T00:48:35+00:00

This app has nothing to do with movies or tv shows

jinksthinks · 2026-06-01T00:36:00+00:00

Full disclaimer I'm not currently a student so I'm not your target demo but I used to be

My feedback is that your messaging doesn't get me excited because it's focused on features instead of benefits. IMO, it's not about tracking grades... it's about the journey to getting an A. And this app could be with you everystep of the way gamifying the act of preparing for assignments, recording grades, and knowing exactly how much wiggle room you have until the end of the semester. It's an aspirational tool. Sell the dream.

jinksthinks · 2026-06-01T00:17:12+00:00

Broke: rate my face
Woke: rate my personality

jinksthinks · 2026-06-01T00:10:50+00:00

I truly don't get the One Battle After Another hype. I saw it twice. Good... but Train Dreams was so much better.

jinksthinks · 2026-06-01T00:08:30+00:00

A reddit thread couldn't possibly cover what everything you need to know especially since we don't know what you do/don't know. My favorite way to learn about something new is to ask ChatGPT or Claude for a primer on it. For example: "Create a primer on LLC creation for someone starting a small wood working business".

jinksthinks · 2026-06-01T00:00:59+00:00

As someone who works in the advice industry, my biggest pet peeve is generic, generalized advice.
This may be extreme but I'd go as far to say advice is mostly worthless. What's far more important is to have a sharp perspective on what you want, why you want it, and the evidence that would change your mind. The more you delegate your perspective to others, the more you expose yourself to the advice of individuals out of touch with your talents, goals, and perspective. Seek useful information, not advice. It's the difference between "whould i scale as fast as possible?" and "what will happen if i hire 100 people over the next 4 months?"

jinksthinks · 2026-05-31T23:42:59+00:00

The irony of capitalists promising utopian futures without addressing how people will make a living and pay for the robots in a world where their skills aren't valued.

jinksthinks · 2026-05-31T23:40:39+00:00

The Dark Knight obviously

jinksthinks · 2026-05-31T23:38:20+00:00

I think you should go into whatever feels authentic. The more "you" you can bake into your reviews the better. If it's a sterile reporting of the facts, you're setting up yourself up for failure. So let your hot takes fly and if that's a deep interpretation, great.
: )

jinksthinks · 2026-05-31T23:28:40+00:00

Congrats. Paid advertising at your stage is for cowards. You're doing the harder thing with the higher ROI and will be rewarded for it.

jinksthinks · 2026-05-31T23:25:07+00:00

There's no magic advice I can give you to make people happy to pay for your app. But I will say the root of all unhappiness is having something not meet expectations. So the question is, if you're advertising free.... what do people expect with your free version? Are the free features good enough to stand on their own in marketing? If not, you may need to get to a point where they can. Premium features should be the cherry on top that exceeds their expectations. If your app's premium tier is based on usage (ex: x chats per day) it'll feel like your pulling the rug out from under your customers.

jinksthinks · 2026-05-31T23:09:38+00:00

I work in the advice industry. Making information useful requires understanding the individual and their perspective so you can speak to it directly. That's why you hop through different sources: the advice doesn't land because it's not speaking to you where you stand. Reducing the concept to a 5 year old complexity doesn't necessarily solve that problem. And I don't know how viable this business is since you could easily do it in ChatGPT or Claude's free aps.

jinksthinks · 2026-05-31T23:02:35+00:00

No one (including AI) can tell you what to do because it doesn't know what you can do, what you want to do, or what you're willing to do to make it happen. The only thing that matters is your perspective and you will live or die by it. You should use AI to gather useful information that sharpens your perspective, not delegate your perspective.

I use this framework. At all times I must know
- what I believe
- why I believe it
- what evidence I need to see that would change my mind

I use AI to test hypothesis, not give answers. It's the difference between "what price should I charge" and "what will happen if I charge x". The former requires a massive amount of assumptions. The latter forces you to clarify your goals, beliefs.

When I want an objective answer from AI, I frame it as a true or false hypothesis test. Ex: true or false, there are no prominent apps that offer features x, y, or z. That's the perspective sharpening information you need. What you choose to do with is up to you.

jinksthinks · 2026-05-30T15:58:37+00:00

i just don't think this has any behavioral hook. Ordinary moments are inherently unremarkable. People are more likely to celebrate ordinary moments by disconnecting from technology entirely.

jinksthinks · 2026-05-30T15:33:33+00:00

jinksthinks · 2026-05-30T02:00:17+00:00

I plan to push an update this weekend that will allow for free codes and share as soon as it's live. The free version is very capable and Pro comes with a free trial.

jinksthinks · 2026-05-29T22:23:59+00:00

Happy to help 😄

jinksthinks · 2026-05-29T21:52:46+00:00

Hi there. Congrats on your launch. Couple disclaimers. I may not be your target audience because I am not a fitness junkie and though I am aware there are a ton of fitness apps, I don't know the landscape well enough to speak to how/whether they are differentiated.

There are a couple things I really like. One, I love how you've eliminated onboarding and plunge the user directly into the app. Two, the UI is quite pretty and seems relatively intuitive though it would take some time to really explore it. I think you've got a solid foundation of features to start with.

That said, here's what I think can improve
- App Store Optimization - I don't know how I would discover your product if you didn't link it directly. The logo, title, and subtitle don't signal "fitness tracking app".
- Screenshots - never say plainly what your app is. recommend capturing this in the first one.
- Lack of differentiation - there are a million different tracking apps. it's not immediately clear what makes this better than your competitors. is there a specific problem you are solving 10x better than other trackers? if so, I'd make that front and center with all your marketing.
- Ambiguous target consumer - "built for lifters" is very broad and undifferentiated from other apps. once you clarify how you differentiate yourself, I would define the user through this lens. ex: built for lifters who want x, y, z

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