"Not promoting anything - genuinely trying to figure out if this is worth building before I start." from Reddit r/saas, ranked #1. By Honest-Marsupial-450, 4 score, 8 comments. Data from Daily Trends.
Not promoting anything - genuinely trying to figure out if this is worth building before I start.
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- Honest-Marsupial-450
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- 3/26/2026, 10:09:32 PM
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- 3/27/2026, 12:00:00 AM
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Background: I'm a solo mobile developer. I've shipped an app to the App Store before so I know what building actually takes. I'm trying to validate before touching code this time. The problem I keep seeing: every receipt-scanning and expense tracking app is built for one of two people, the business owner tracking expenses for tax purposes, or the financially organised person who already has their life together. Nobody is building for the person who earns decent money, spends it, and genuinely has no idea where it went by month end. The concept: a dead-simple iPhone app. You scan a receipt - any receipt, from any store, paid any way (cash, card, transfer). App categorises it, builds your spending picture, and tracks it against a monthly budget and savings goal you set yourself. No bank connection. No account linking. No open banking dependency. Works anywhere in the world. The differentiation I'm betting on: bank apps and tools like Monarch, YNAB, and Copilot all require a bank conne...