System that sends me my receipts electronically via email rather than paper copies at the store. Could either work with my credit card company or via the loyalty cards stores offer.
Neighborhood phone book
A service that connects the homeless with someone who is regularly integrated into society. This person will become friends with the homeless person and talk with them, help them to believe in themselves again.
An app that tracks when you're your best self and aims to do what it can to keep you/get you back to that point
An app that lets you scan a parking sign and tell you if you can actually park there or not
Subscription service that send you one random trendy movie each week
Prepackaged school supplies based on the lists from the school districts
Automated invoice collections for small businesses
An online community where investors share investment ideas with each other
A self praise app. Sometimes you need encouragement, use the applause app to get praise for your accomplishments from supporting peers
Keep track of your plants and remember to water them
A trend of the month club, where each month you get mailed something hip with a glossy booklet explaining how cool that item is about to become. Limited to 5,000 people. Gives you a cool story to tell yourself for the rest of the month, and something to talk about with your friends.
An app that sends you alerts for limited free stuff in your area everyday
A marketplace for developers to sell their side projects
Uber for auto-repair. Get a trusted mechanic sent to your home.
Birthday gifts reminder app
An app to tell you exact wait times at restaurants nearby
An app to help you read through web pages faster
A place to play board games and eat/drink, like a coffee house, but where board games are the main focus.
SMS reminders for TODOs
A service that allows restaurants to fill tables by varying prices to increase demand
A gift recommendation engine that pulls products from Amazon
Job swap board for stay at home moms – I'll do your laundry if you do my grocery shopping.
Netflix for home exercise equipment. Swap out your ergometer for an elliptical and then swap that for a treadmill.
A service that lets you annotate any video on the web
A water testing kit to see if your water has minerals and stuff in it and is making you sick
Meal delivery in hospitals
A gratitude app that teaches you to thank yourself for all the good you do for yourself and for others too.
Ads on paper towels. Give out free paper towel rolls, each tab has some unique advertisement on it.
This or that comparison app
A platform for professionals to donate their time/services to local charities
Tool to generate simple placeholder logos
American Idol online where the user judge the you own peers and strangers, built on a karaoke format.
Online shark-tank - pitch investors online
An app that tells you why modern day trends exist and why you don't necessarily need to conform to them.
Platform to discover emerging social media influencers
Keyless entry using your phone
Rent a pet to see if it's a good idea for your family
A service that lets you rent a fully loaded adventure car
An app to figure out how arrogant you are, what level is acceptable for your life/career path and how to improve that.
Relaunching a service like Vine
A platform for entrepreneurs to find co-founders
Real-time world/local news on an interactive map
Service that declutters your home when you aren't there
A meditation app
A tool that predicts flight delays
Real world bookmarking app
In-grocery store prep service (buy vegetables first and drop them off to be chopped to your specs - pick them up on the way to checkout)
SMS alerts of news based on events within a 3 mile radius of you
Car/home insurance where each user ends up owning part of the insurance company
Subscription service that send you one random book each month
A calorie counting app that gives advice to improve what you're doing based on the actions you’re taking
Self-destructing text messages
An app to learn one super interesting fact everyday
A website that aggregates food in grocery stores that is about to expire and gives you a big discount on it. This would help to greatly reduce the millions of tons of pre-consumer food waste each year.
A company that digs your car out of the snow and removes snow from your driveway and starts car in the morning.
Uber for babysitters
ThatsAThing.com - tells you if things already exists
An easier way to meet like minded people in your area
A tailored surprise subscription box. The user tells you their interests. You send them something awesome each month.
A service for spam mailboxes, disposable email accounts for all your junkmail
A workaholic checker app - Analyses your calendar and where you spend your time, helping you move away from workaholism, and closer to balance.
A habit tracker
Self-destructing emails
An app to count how many times per day you unlock your phone, and translates that data into how fragmented and weak your focus has become
Search engine for reviews
A service where you are sent a random awesome product from Amazon each week for $5 or under
A website that aggregates places you can go for factory tours. Like Ben & Jerry's, the Cape Cod potato chips factory, etc.
A social network for sharing film suggestions
Personalized alarm clocks that sync with a user's body and their iPhone
Known For - discover what each restaurant or store is known for or special for
Relaunching a service like StumbleUpon
An email bot that sends sarcastic messages over and over when you open your emails (client or otherwise).
Blockchain based lending platform
Chewing gum that is good for braces and dentures
An online marketplace for scientific experiments
Site to discover startup ideas that were acquired
A browser extension that monitors surfing behavior to let you know when you spend too much time on time wasting sites
Annotations for Netflix - see the most interesting scenes in a movie. See what others are thinking about any particular scene.
eBay for free stuff
A place where people could go to eat/study but would HAVE to do it at the same table with a stranger. It would encourage us to talk to/meet new and interesting people.
A water bottle that rewards you for reusing it, refilling it and drinking more water.
Travel agency that shows you dying civilizations
Home delivery of pet food/snacks/toys on a set schedule
A platform for professionals to barter time and services
An app to help beat procrastination
A service that automatically invests in stocks based on your interests
Train delay alerts by SMS
Privacy policy generator
An app to notify you when you are no longer on hold, so you don't have to listen to hold music anymore
Virtual home interior decorator
Uber for caregivers
Weekly deliveries of fresh groceries from your local farms
An app to track the progress on the book you're reading through, giving an estimation of how long is left.
Site to discover failed startup ideas
An app that makes mondays less awful
Interest free loans
Wearable device for assisting the visually challenged
Marketplace for pre-owned high end clothing
Super local news
Pandora of news
An app to suggest outdoor activities based on the weather in your area
Platform to let users split subscription costs and share services such as cable tv, HBO, Netflix, etc
A service for landlords, managers, and agents to simplify the process of finding and signing a new tenant for your rental property
Cell phone made of biodegradable materials
An app that tells you what places are open right now
A service to browse live supermarket inventory
An app that lets you grab your favorite snips/clips from a movie to share them with friends
SMS alerts for last minute extremely cheap flight tickets
An ethical hotline - ethics experts answer questions related to ethics for fee per hour
Smart IOT devices for gardening
An app to post a list of food from your pantry you want to get rid of, to see if others want it
A gift card exchange marketplace where anybody can buy, sell, or trade their new or pre-owned gift cards
Social media platform where users vouch for other users on certain topics, skills or professions
An app to help you better focus throughout the day
An app that asks if you should send an email or message before you send it (avoids being triggered by emotions etc.)
Advertisement based captcha
Marketplace for wedding vendors
Mobile app that notes the GPS location of your car when you park it so you can find it again
Relaunch something like Homejoy
Currency calculator with on-the-fly conversion
Themed newsletters - Daily, weekly or monthly newsletters themed at making you the best possible version of you that you can be
A fresh/warm loaf of bread delivered to your door in under an hour
Search engine for K-12 students
An alternative to Linkedin. Something way less spammy.
A service that lets you Airbnb your backyard pool
Linkedin for challenged/disabled people
An app to cheer you up when you're having a bad day
Cleanflix - a service that lets you automatically skip nudity on Netflix
A company that makes cloth napkins made of old tshirts
Bike Garage. A garage within a current attended car garage that stores bikes for a small fee and you are guaranteed it will not be stolen.
Automatic thank you notes, sent to contacts as a postcard generated from uploaded contact lists. On the card is a highly realistic signature that users digitally upload.
A service to let you create your own ice cream flavors
An app to quickly fact check arguments using high quality resources/sources if a point/argument has solid scientific backing
Netflix for books/used books; online delivery service
Uber for lawn care/yard work
An app that notifies you of new laws in your area
A lost and found aggregator, pulling from craigslist and various other sources
Vacation rental management service
SMS alerts for traffic nearby
Coffee with nearby professionals
Snap a picture of a food dish and get similar dishes or recommendations
Order fresh stuff from local farms
Interview practice company - A company that will do mock interviews with you and give you feedback on your performance.
An alarm clock app that charges you a nickel each time you click snooze
Service to find a hiking buddy
A live streaming video platform focused on video gaming and eSports
Service to rent a personal assistant for the day
Grocery delivery service for college campuses: Fresh direct for dorm rooms.
App to clear your camera roll of duplicates and automatically pick the best photos
Brainstorm support – call in service with someone to talk with you to help get your brain going
A memory training chrome extension - Every day a new memory training exercises will appears in your Chrome tabs for you to work through.
Bedtime story company - Company that you call who reads you a bedtime story if you can't fall asleep
Netflix for expensive clothing. Users can cycle through a couple items per month
A tool to generate or relieve boredom when people need a mental boost
An app to split the rent with roommates automatically
An app to find someone to go on an adventure with
A note taking app that's actually affective and different from all the other ones
A tool to keep track of all your subscriptions
Tool to plan a random vacation based on your budget
Service to get paid for reviewing products
Chat with a random person about a current event
Service that keeps inventory in a household (products, cleaning, etc.)
Discovering some random plant based alternative to lithium, something that is a battery technology breakthrough
Selfie drones. Cheap drones that you can attach your smartphone to, that will take the best possible selfie/group selfie.
A browser extension to show a summary at the top of any news article you are reading
A chat app for discussing divisive topics with strangers
SMS donations for charities
A meter that tells you when you've had enough caffeine and when you should stop drinking.
Photography studio that casts you as characters from movies
A food service where you can email them your mom's recipes and have them make it for you and deliver it during lunch time.
A directory of conferences, events and speakers
A travel company that takes people around to small towns in the South.
An app to help you fall asleep
Find someone to learn a foreign language from, while you teach them your language
Hug Buddy - find a random person that is going through tough times to give them a hug and show emotional support
An alternative to Facebook, that's clean, functional, and has some basic respect for user's privacy
Uber for home made meals. Hire a mom to make you a great meal.
Book summary podcast – would include a long version with an in-depth summary and a lazy person’s version with three things to know and what to say when someone asks you about it.
An app to gently remind you of people worse off than you and why you should be grateful for being you.
Nap stations throughout the city. To integrate it into our culture, we can introduce them through napping stations similar to coffee houses.
An IMDB for people who have won awards. I want to a quick way to find the professors with the most citations in any given subject, the chefs in the area with the best Zagats reviews, the local high school football players with the most touchdowns, etc.
A social platform for watching sports and communicating with others who are watching the same game
23andMe for cats/dogs - Most pet owners want to know there pets are healthy and in good shape, this would help improve anxiety and do just that.
Uber for dog walkers
Real-time mentions of your startup from social & the web
A social network for doctors
A service that provides specific enthusiastic people who want to volunteer or have time to go engage with people at nursing homes and doing activities with them.
Recycling for people (offer to pick up their recyclables and take care of it all for them... for a fee + the value of the recyclables
App to round up your spare change on purchases and donate it charity
A service to get on demand help and advice on the health of your pets, making sure they’re always happy and well
Have a good app idea you wanna build? Get your product roadmap.
