10 ideas
Your own Duolingo
A gamified language learning app: short lessons of mixed exercise types, streaks and daily goals, xP and a weekly leaderboard and more.
1–2 weeksYour own Quizlet
A flashcard and study app: create sets of term and definition cards, flashcard flip mode, multiple choice test mode and more.
WeekendYour own Photomath
A homework helper that solves maths from a photo: snap a photo of a problem, recognise the maths, step-by-step solution and more.
WeekendYour own Khan Academy
A free online learning platform: courses split into units and lessons, video lessons, practice exercises with hints and more.
1–2 weeksYour own Brilliant
Interactive maths and science lessons: bite-size interactive lessons, visual puzzles you can manipulate, course paths and more.
1–2 weeksYour own Anki
Spaced repetition flashcards: decks and cards, spaced repetition scheduling, again, Hard, Good and Easy buttons and more.
WeekendYour own Kahoot!
Live classroom quiz games: host a quiz on a big screen, players join with a PIN, timed answers and more.
1–2 weeksYour own YouVersion Bible
A Bible reading app: read by book and chapter, reading plans, highlights and notes and more.
WeekendYour own Muslim Pro
A prayer times and Quran app: prayer times by location, qibla compass, quran with translation and more.
WeekendYour own Wikipedia
A collaborative encyclopaedia: articles with wiki markup, edit history, talk pages and more.
1–2 weeks
More things to build
Upscalers, background removers, converters and generators. Image tools pull huge search volume and most of the work can run in the browser.
Compressors, croppers, GIF makers, subtitle generators and intro makers that people search for every month.
Voice generators, transcription, trimmers and noise removal. Pair a simple editor with a speech API and you have a product.
Hashtag, caption, title and bio generators, plus schedulers and thread tools. Small AI tools with steady search demand from creators.
Checkers, validators and generators for site owners: sitemaps, robots.txt, meta tags, SSL, speed and broken links.
Resume builders, AI writers and other everyday tools that people search for by name.
Profit, tax, churn, ROI and creator rate calculators. The easiest wins on this page: no backend, one formula, and searchers who are ready to act.
Your own take on ChatGPT, Perplexity, Midjourney, Otter and more, each with a prompt that wires up the API calls for you.
Feeds, follows, stories and communities: prompts for your own Instagram, Reddit, Threads or Letterboxd for a niche.
Chat, email and calls, from a Slack for your community to a Discord-style server app.
Swipe stacks, matches and chat for a niche dating app, with safety features built in from the start.
To-do lists, notes, wikis, kanban boards and project trackers. Most are a weekend to a week with Claude Code.
Form builders, help desks, e-signature, website builders and design tools. Plenty of people pay for each of these every month.
CRMs, email marketing, social schedulers and lead tools: the software that businesses pay per seat for.
Budgeting, invoicing, expense tracking, trading journals and more. Where money moves, the prompts point you to a licensed provider.
Job boards, applicant tracking, shift scheduling and HR records for small teams.
Two-sided marketplaces and online stores, from a niche Etsy to a local Airbnb, with payments through Stripe Connect.
Scheduling, appointments, reservations and point of sale for local businesses: some of the easiest software to sell.
Workout logs, calorie counters, meditation and running plans. Many are a weekend build with a clear audience.
Streaming, players, live video and media databases, with a video or audio API doing the heavy lifting.
Link-in-bio pages, newsletters, digital product stores, memberships and video editors for creators.
Maps, trail finders, flight trackers and booking tools built on open map data and travel APIs.
Scanners, file storage, password managers, blockers and other everyday tools.
Original browser games in the genres of the classics: puzzle, arcade, platformer, runner and party games. Your own name, art and levels, with familiar mechanics.
Give Claude more to work with while it builds: skills, MCP servers and subagents. Once it ships, use the overnight prompts to find users for it.