Non-technical users in niche domains (gaming, rewards, engineering homework) are building hacky automation scripts to escape tedious repetitive manual tasks, revealing demand for a simple visual macro builder.

Target User

Non-developers who perform repetitive click/type/lookup tasks on desktop or mobile — gamers, students, rewards chasers, data entry workers

Product Idea

A visual desktop/mobile macro builder with a record-replay interface, conditional branching (if this pixel color, then click there), human-like randomized delays, and a community library of shared macros for popular apps. Think 'Zapier for your desktop screen.'

Evidence

• “I got tired of doing Microsoft Rewards manually, so I spent months building a desktop app to automate it" —”

  https://www.reddit.com/r/software/comments/1sef31o/

• “Got tired of the 100 manual daily trades, so I coded an Android macro anyone can use" —”

  https://www.reddit.com/r/PoGoAndroidSpoofing/comments/1samtka/

• “I got so tired of manually interpolating steam tables, so I spent the last few months building an app to do it for me" —”

  https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalEngineering/comments/1sak5ol/

Why this opportunity matters

This opportunity surfaced from Reddit where Non-developers who perform repetitive click/type/lookup tasks on desktop or mobile — gamers, students, rewards chasers, data entry workers are actively describing the problem in their own words. We classified the demand intensity as medium — meaning the problem is consistent enough that multiple users are searching for a fix, even if they have not committed to paying yet. When users self-select to post a problem on a public platform like Reddit, they are usually already trying to solve it — which makes them strong candidates for the right paid alternative.

How to validate this before you build

Before writing a single line of code, three lightweight steps will tell you whether this opportunity is worth pursuing:

1. Read the original conversation. The evidence links above lead to the exact threads where users described this problem in their own words. Read every comment — what people argue about in the replies often matters more than the original post.
2. Talk to five real users. Find five people who match the target user description above and ask how they handle this today. You are looking for two signals: a consistent workaround they hate, and a willingness to pay for something better. If both show up in three of five conversations, the demand is real.
3. Test willingness to pay before building. Put up a one-page landing site describing the proposed product, with a deposit or pre-order checkout. If even a small fraction of traffic converts to a real payment, you have validated more than most products that ship to production.