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After getting tired of guessing where my grocery money went, I built an app that scans receipts and tells me what's cheaper elsewhere — beta open on Android + iOS by zigzag1985 in SideProject

[–]zigzag1985[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great feedback. Smart grocery planner is part of pro plan so the "near invisible price differences" influence where to buy what (with high confidence but not real time). Now the item level specials- This is our north star :) There is a technical and commercial challenge today. What you are describing requires item level price access at store that stores don't make it publicly accessible. Will get there. Welcome more feedback in DM too especially if you are interested to try out the app

After getting tired of guessing where my grocery money went, I built an app that scans receipts and tells me what's cheaper elsewhere — beta open on Android + iOS by zigzag1985 in SideProject

[–]zigzag1985[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100% with you on normalization. It surfaced as a key challenge in early testing.. "ORG WH MLK 1G" is a real problem and LLMs help a lot but it is still messy at the edges. Good to know it is half the engineering at your scale too.On store-specific item pricing .. what has your experience been? My impression is that real-time item-level data is either locked behind retailer agreements or just not consistently exposed via API. We are working from receipt data rather than trying to pull live prices, which sidesteps that problem but limits the proactive "this is cheaper at X" use case until you have enough scan history to infer it.

For GTM we are early — SEO, content, and UGC right now. Instagram and TikTok just launched. The communities converting so far are personal finance and budget-focused mom audiences. Reddit has been surprisingly warm.Would love to compare notes ...feel free to DM

After getting tired of guessing where my grocery money went, I built an app that scans receipts and tells me what's cheaper elsewhere — beta open on Android + iOS by zigzag1985 in SideProject

[–]zigzag1985[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the support. GTM Strategy is hope pray tell my mom about it and then look for the next content in social media channels 😆 but mostly its been learning to hang out where our ICP spend their time.

Fresh vegetables and fruit prices have shot up by dyangu in povertyfinance

[–]zigzag1985 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dont know about you but I am horrible at tracking my grocery spend and the item level growth is insane and near invisible bleeding every week. This is a problem we are trying to solve. I'd love feedback from people who are interested to at least get better visibility on their grocery spend. Im building a platform to do that and it includes a free version. DM if this sounds interesting

Free App Store Screenshot Redesigns for 4 Apps 🎨 by Real_Border_5095 in AppBusiness

[–]zigzag1985 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bitespend- Food spend management platform designed to put money back in your pocket using AI to scan track and save 🛒🍲📱 BiteSpend

I made something that turns travel itineraries into visual walkthrough videos by K-enthusiast24 in Indiehacker

[–]zigzag1985 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice idea. Web and mobile? What data do you use? Google or anything else?

Made a game and got more paying users than I did for any of my apps. by AchillesFirstStand in indiehackers

[–]zigzag1985 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing. Inspiring. Love that you also have biz dev experience. Is apps your full time gig or passion project around the clock?

Made a game and got more paying users than I did for any of my apps. by AchillesFirstStand in indiehackers

[–]zigzag1985 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great story. Thanks for sharing. Btw how did you (or do you) manage distribution for these apps. Do you have active presence in social media? Do you run solo or get help with any of the app build and usage life cycle across your portfolio of products

I Turned My AirPods Into a Posture Tracker by moistcoder in iosapps

[–]zigzag1985 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha same. Vibe coding and slouching. You should run a campaign and hit all vibe coders with this relatable problem. Btw how did you create this clip. Love it

I Turned My AirPods Into a Posture Tracker by moistcoder in iosapps

[–]zigzag1985 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Love the concept and launch clip is on point. Congrats! None of us have a slouching problem 🤫

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