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Show HN: Figr.app – a real time, multi-user, notepad style calculator

figr.app

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I really like the product, but the wording, emojis, and highlighting on the landing page really put me off for some reason. I had the same with y.at.

It's hard to take something like that seriously. However, if that's something that people like nowadays, more power to them.

Congrats on shipping. I like the product.

What are your plans on developing this further? Who do you see as a potential user of this product? How does the product intend on making money and remaining profitable?

Thanks! Yeah it's a tough one - I feel it would be someone who'd want to use Google Sheets, but doesn't want the full weight of using Google Sheets.

The challenge being that this type of app isn't well known, so has been difficult targeting ads / SEO. I'm also finding the usefulness of other notepad calculators being that that they're desktop apps, so I'm investigating creating an Electron desktop app (plus gives the advantage of the App Store as another channel)

In terms of monetisation, most probably a freemium model where a user can create 5 sheets, and if they want more it could be a $5/month product. If it gets in an organisation it could scale but one step at a time ;)

I've also optimised those templates to be indexed as landing pages so if there's enough traffic, advertising could be another option.

Finally, has been in the back of my mind but potentially trying to hit the education market, though I'm not really familiar in the space so that's a bit further down the list.

Hi all. Figr's a side project I've been working on to get back into coding after being in management the last couple years. I decided to create it as I love using other notepad style calculators i.e. Soulver, Numi, etc, but was always frustrated there wasn't an online version to share and collaborate like Google Docs.

It's a little hard to explain but I've got some examples which are hopefully relevant to the community

- https://www.figr.app/s/RUNWAY - An example to work out your burn rate / runway - https://www.figr.app/s/LTVCAC - An LTV/CAC calculator

Has been a fun project to work on, and a great way to see where modern web stacks are currently at. Of course opened to feedback, whether it be technical or product related.

Thanks!

Love it!

Damn that looks fucking good.

Edit: I wonder if it can display into charts, or work with date and time, or send notifications.

For example:

Netflix $5 - Due every 5th of month - Alert me on email / sms

Laundry - Due every monday

Exercise - Every day 7pm

Thanks! And it's interesting you mention those features as I was thinking of adding some in the same vein e.g. charts, stock quotes, pivot tables, etc.

Didn't think about notification though but sounds like a good idea!

I also created a roadmap too in case anyone wants to have a look

https://www.figr.app/s/FIGR11

I made something similar - replpad[1], a real time notepad style repl. Not multi-user, though.

[1]: https://replpad.com

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