Show IH: I built ReviewPace — a reputation growth & fake-review recovery OS for local businesses
Hey IH 👋
I'm Mouhcine — solo dev, building in public. Today I'm sharing ReviewPace, something I've been working on for months.
The problem I kept seeing:
Local business owners are losing customers silently. A 1-star review goes live before they even know there's a complaint. A coordinated fake-review burst tanks a 4.8 rating overnight. And the standard advice — "just send a Google review link" — converts at about 12%.
There was no tool that treated this as a system. So I built one.
What ReviewPace does:
→ Guided Review Funnel — instead of a cold link, customers land on a branded, mobile-first star-rating page. Happy ones (4-5★) get an AI-drafted review copied to clipboard and land directly on Google. Unhappy ones go somewhere else entirely.
→ Resolution Bridge — 1-3 star customers land on a private feedback form instead of Google. You get the complaint, fix it, and can invite them back. No public damage.
→ Incident Command Center — when a fake-review attack hits, the tool clusters suspicious reviews by timing, language, and reviewer profile, scores them, and exports a policy-complaint brief ready for Google's dispute portal.
→ Competitor Intelligence — crawl competitor negative reviews, find recurring pain points, turn those into marketing angles for your own GBP.
Current status:
- App is fully live at reviewpace.com
- 8 free SEO tools as traffic/funnel engine (GBP Audit, Rank Checker, Review Link Generator, etc.)
- Waiting on Google Business Profile API approval for full sync
- Pricing: Free / Starter $39/mo / Growth $89/mo
Honest ask:
I'd love brutal feedback on positioning, pricing, or anything that feels off. And if you know any local business owners who'd benefit — I'd be grateful for an intro.
Link: https://reviewpace.com
I like the idea. Reviews are one of those things that look small until they suddenly become a real problem.
The part that stood out to me most was the Resolution Bridge. Giving unhappy customers a private place to explain what happened before it turns into a public 1-star review feels very practical.
One thing I wondered while reading: who do you think feels the pain more strongly right now — the business owner, or the agency managing reviews for several local businesses?
For a small business owner, the fake-review attack part sounds scary but maybe rare. The guided review flow sounds more like something they could use every week.
Either way, nice work getting it live. I’m also learning how hard it is to explain a product clearly once it has more than one strong feature.
This actually feels like a real product, not just another SaaS with a fancy wrapper. The fake-review recovery angle is especially interesting because it solves a real problem for local businesses.
The positioning is strong, and the “reputation growth” framing is way more compelling than plain review management.
This is a stronger product than the usual “get more Google reviews” tool because you are treating reputation as an operating system, not a review link.
The best parts are the Resolution Bridge and Incident Command Center. That is where the product becomes more serious: prevent public damage, recover from fake-review attacks, and turn competitor complaints into positioning. For local businesses, that is much closer to revenue protection than simple review collection.
The naming is worth pressure-testing now. ReviewPace is clear, but it still sounds like a review-management tool. The product you described is broader: reputation defense, customer recovery, competitor intelligence, and growth actions for local businesses.
Beryxa .com would fit that bigger direction better because it feels more like a serious business intelligence and reputation system, not just a review tool. That matters before more SEO pages, pricing, and GBP approval lock the product into the ReviewPace frame.
If you want local business owners to see this as protection and growth infrastructure, the brand should carry that weight before the feature list has to explain it.