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Productivity · Consumers4.0

Writers struggle to spell and type accurately across languages

For multilingual writers and people who struggle with spelling

4 people · 4 threads
Would pay
Productivity · Consumers3.9

Busy adults lose focus managing work, home tasks, and transitions

For busy adults balancing work and personal responsibilities

6 people · 6 threads
Productivity · Consumers3.9

People struggle to control Do Not Disturb reliably

For android and Mac users

4 people · 4 threads
Would pay
Productivity · B2B3.8

Screenshot-based work is tedious to assemble, annotate, and share

For people who create or review screenshot-based instructions and evidence

5 people · 5 threads
Productivity · Consumers3.8

People lose access to chat histories across apps and workspaces

For AI-chat users, developers, and messaging-app users

+71 people · 61 threads
Productivity · Consumers3.8

Obsidian users can’t use formulas flexibly in notes

For obsidian users with formula-heavy notes

5 people · 3 threads
Productivity · B2B3.7

Form responses are hard to collect and keep spreadsheet-ready

For researchers, schools, associations, and small teams collecting form responses

7 people · 7 threads
Productivity · Pros3.7

Researchers lose time tracing and managing paper citations

For researchers and graduate students reading and writing literature-heavy papers

21 people · 19 threads
Productivity · Pros3.7

People lose their workspace when apps restart or tabs change

For developers and power users who work across many windows and tabs

28 people · 18 threads
Productivity · Pros3.6

Spreadsheet users get stuck translating calculations into formulas

For spreadsheet users who need occasional custom calculations

26 people · 28 threads
Productivity · Consumers3.6

Drivers lack reliable, car-friendly ways to listen to reading material

For drivers who listen to articles, documents, summaries, and audiobooks

4 people · 4 threads
Would pay
Productivity · Consumers3.5

Readers lose track of fragmented publication subscriptions

For readers of independent journalism and email newsletters

6 people · 6 threads
Would pay
Productivity · B2B3.5

Teams lose useful knowledge across chat and scattered docs

For teams with scattered internal documentation

10 people · 10 threads
Productivity · Pros3.4

People struggle to keep browser sessions distinct and predictable

For people who separate browser sessions for work, projects, or accounts

5 people · 5 threads
Productivity · Consumers3.4

Note users struggle to keep structured data connected to documents

For people building document-centric knowledge systems

6 people · 6 threads
Productivity · Pros3.4

Obsidian writers cannot keep note word counts in properties

For obsidian users organizing long-form writing in notes

14 people · 7 threads
Productivity · Consumers3.3

People struggle to keep unwanted AI out of everyday apps

For people who prefer software without generative AI

6 people · 6 threads
Productivity · Consumers3.3

Users struggle to copy, verify, and recover text

For desktop and web users who frequently copy text

5 people · 4 threads
Productivity · Pros3.3

People lose time finding files across folders and project scopes

For developers and power users managing many local files

+35 people · 31 threads
Productivity · Consumers3.3

Multilingual users repeatedly reset language preferences across websites

For multilingual internet users

9 people · 8 threads
Productivity · Consumers3.2

People lose track of personal tasks and struggle to follow through

For people managing personal tasks and recurring routines

24 people · 23 threads
Productivity · B2B3.2

Teams struggle to delegate and claim tasks in shared lists

For small-team coordinators and group organizers

13 people · 8 threads
Productivity · B2B3.1

Project progress and accomplishments are hard to see at a glance

For independent consultants and project-based teams

5 people · 5 threads
Productivity · B2B3.0

People struggle to spot meaningful changes across web pages

For people who monitor web pages for updates

5 people · 5 threads