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Latest product ideas 👇 real users looking for alternatives

Alternatives for Things and Craft with Calendar Integration
14d ago
r/macapps
Opportunity: The user is seeking a productivity app that supports time-blocking, calendar sync, and list sharing. They like Things for its user experience but desire more features and find Craft lacking calendar integration. The community suggests using a combination of specialized tools like Google Calendar for time-blocking, or considering alternatives like TickTick, while emphasizing the effectiveness of using multiple apps for different functions.
limited features
poor ux
Alternatives for Adobe Illustrator and Animate
14d ago
r/macapps
Opportunity: The user is seeking alternatives to Adobe Illustrator and Animate due to dissatisfaction with Adobe's customer respect. Key community suggestions include the Affinity suite, Vectornator (Linearity Curve), Amadine, VictorStyler, Graphic, and Inkscape as potential replacements for Illustrator.
Alternatives for YMusic for Podcast Listening
14d ago
r/androidapps
Opportunity: The user is seeking an alternative to YMusic for listening to full-length podcasts from YouTube with playlist support. They require this as their current app, Pocketcast, doesn't feature their favorite artists. The community suggests alternatives like Metrolist, Gyawun music, Harmony, and Kreate from F-Droid.
limited features
Is Pear Cleaner Safe to Grant Full Disk Access or Should I Seek Alternatives?
14d ago
r/macapps
Opportunity: The user is seeking advice on whether to grant Full Disk Access to Pear Cleaner on their Mac or seek safer alternatives. They are concerned about security and effectiveness. The community suggests using alternatives like CleanMyMac or Nektony App Uninstaller, which are trusted and have not raised security concerns among users.
Alternatives for LocalSend
14d ago
r/androidapps
Opportunity: The user is seeking an alternative to the LocalSend app for Android TV, as they are experiencing issues when changing the download location to an SD card. The community suggests using a file manager to move files post-transfer as a workaround.
poor ux
limited features

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