Looking to Review Dev & Fintech Projects
I see here many founders, marketers and pro-active people looking to spread a word about his or her or they projects. I face the same problem. The amount of platforms like IndieHackers is limited! Paid reviews on linkfarms can be poisonous as you don't know when your purchased platform will get dropped or how many prohibited reviews would be next to yours.
And prices are wild. Does that mean that only companies with large budgets and grow visibility in SE and LLMs? Do you want to fight?
So I think if we can help each other on a fair terms like for free or for certain contribution.
Want to try and find here people, who would be helpful for me and I can be helpful in return.
If you have tech projects with already started efforts in terms of online visibility, which could me measured in SemRush (at least 2-3M per their rate and stronger), ping me in comments and show off your site.
I'm sure there are plenty of great projects to spread the word about.
Cheers!
Hit 500 users on my newest project—a site speed analyzer that highlights lazy-loaded images killing load times. I was optimizing for a client and realized most tools miss this. Been sharing it in web dev forums and got traction from people who hate slow sites. Not monetized yet, but the feedback loop is gold. Keep shipping.
"Great initiative, Daan! I completely agree that authentic collaboration is the best way to grow.
I'm a Motion & UI Designer specializing in tech-driven products. I believe that for fintech projects, building user trust through intuitive micro-interactions is just as important as the backend. I'd love to review your project and share my insights on how motion can directly improve user engagement and conversion.
I'd love to take a look at what you're building! Could you share your project link? I'm happy to support your project and explore a fair way to help each other out!"
Interesting point.
We’re building AI SaaS & RAG systems at Skyllect and focusing more on long-term visibility instead of paid link spam. Curious what others here are working on.
Sounds aligned. I'm building Money Me, a UK personal finance app (web + Android, currently closed beta on Google Play). The angle is privacy-first, no bank linking, you enter the numbers yourself and the app does the maths on what's safe to spend each month. Existing footprint: money-me.com (about a year live with paying users), two dev.to write-ups on the TWA approach and budgeting product, and a small IH presence I've been building.
Happy to do a structured review swap. I'd value real fintech-eye feedback on the positioning ("no bank linking required" vs "know what's safe to spend", I keep flip-flopping) and on the dev.to articles. In return I can give a thoughtful review of your project, write a piece referencing it where it fits, or share within my IH network. What's the project?
If you're on Android and want to try the app while you're at it, the join flow is:
I’m looking to review development and fintech projects. Interested in exploring innovative products, providing feedback on architecture and usability, and discussing technical or business improvements. Open to collaborating with startups, indie builders, or growing teams working on impactful ideas.
This is a solid idea in principle—mutual distribution and peer validation can be way more sustainable than paid link farms, especially for early-stage dev/fintech projects.
One thing worth being careful about is quality dilution: once “free exchange” networks scale, they tend to drift toward low-signal promotion unless there’s some structure (clear criteria, niche focus, or editorial filtering).
A few approaches that tend to work better in practice:
Small curated groups (10–30 founders max) instead of open call threads
Rotating “review standards” so everyone is evaluating on the same dimensions (UX, traction, clarity, technical depth)
Focusing on niche overlap (e.g., fintech infra only, devtools only) rather than general SaaS swaps
Tracking impact (traffic, backlinks, conversions) so contributions stay balanced and not purely anecdotal
Also, visibility today isn’t only SEMrush-driven anymore—LLMs and AI search layers are increasingly influenced by structured mentions, consistent branding, and credible backlinks, not just volume.
If you structure this like a signal network instead of a promotion swap, it could actually be useful long-term.