I just shipped my first paid app — mostly to learn how to do this end to end
I finally shipped my first real paid app.
It's called Tidyroo, and it solves an extremely boring problem I actually have: I own a ridiculous amount of stuff, especially in my basement/garage, and I regularly know I own something but have no idea where I put it.
So I built an app that remembers for me.
I'm under no illusion that I've discovered an untouched market — home inventory apps already exist, and some are very good.
The bigger goal with this project was learning the entire process: idea → product → auth → database → Stripe → deployment → landing page → launch.
Now I'm at the part I've never done before: putting something I built in front of strangers.
If anyone wants to pass feedback on the landing page/product/onboarding, I'm genuinely interested.
The “I know I own it, but have no idea where I put it” problem is easy to picture. Curious what part of Tidyroo people understand fastest when they first see it.
The interesting thing about Tidyroo is that “knowing where your stuff is” is probably just the surface-level problem. There are a bunch of much stronger use cases hiding underneath it — moving house, storage boxes, garages/attics, collectors, keeping a home inventory, avoiding duplicate purchases, even insurance. I’d lean heavily into these specific situations rather than positioning it broadly as an “organization” product, because each one gives you a much clearer reason for someone to discover and try it. The problem is also inherently visual, so there’s a lot of room for before/after content and those very relatable “where the hell did I put that?” moments to become acquisition loops rather than just content. Feels like the product is at the point where having a dedicated growth partner experiment with these angles could be pretty valuable.