Posting your startup in r/ProductivityApps
Yes. r/ProductivityApps is one of the subreddits that lets founders share their own product, as long as you follow its self-promotion rules and give the community more than you take. The rules and the post formats that get approved are below.
Posts that tell a genuine origin story (why the maker built it, what problem they solved) or frame the app as answering a real pain point, rather than hard-selling features. Community also responds well to comparison posts ("why doesn't existing tool do X?") and discussions asking what people *actually* use.
Self-promotion rules
Self-promotion is allowed once per month, but you must have at least 10 community karma earned within r/ProductivityApps first. Avoid Vibe Coded apps, wrong flairs, low-quality "Feedback Wanted" posts, and survey requests. For beta testers, use r/betatesters instead.
Post templates that get approved
Posts that tell a genuine origin story (why the maker built it, what problem they solved) or frame the app as answering a real pain point, rather than hard-selling features. Community also responds well to comparison posts ("why doesn't existing tool do X?") and discussions asking what people *actually* use.
i built a task manager because i kept forgetting things between thinking of them and opening my phone
I noticed I'd have an idea, reach for my phone, and by the time it unlocked I'd already forgotten what I wanted to capture. So I made something that lives right in the notification shade—no opening required.