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I thought I spent $120/month on subscriptions. Turns out I was off by $167. So I built the app I wished existed. It's called RELIEF. 💰
Here's the real problem : 89% of us underestimate our subscription total. Not because we're careless - because every app built to fix it is made for finance-savvy people. Dashboards, charts, jargon, rounded cards. If you're not already comfortable with all that, you close the app and keep bleeding $2,004 a year.
None of them make you "Feel" the money leaking. And feeling is the whole point. So I didn't design a finance app. I designed a sculpture.
RELIEF runs on Michelangelo's Idea - the statue is already inside the marble, you just carve away the excess.
– Your finances are the block
– Unused subscriptions are the red veins in the stone
– Cancelling is a chisel strike
– The money that returns is the figure emerging
13 screens, one system. Two colors carry all the meaning: vermilion for waste, gold for what you've reclaimed. Nothing else.
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Carve it Yourself
- Live prototype - RELIEF
- X post - Social Post
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WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT
01 · Demo - the full walkthrough: the story, the flow, and the drag-to-strike that cancels a subscription.
02 · Sites UI - the prototype in motion, no narration, just the carve.
03 · Flowchart - all 13 screens on the Flowstep canvas, wired end to end.
04 · Thumbnail - a six-second sweep across the finished canvas: strike, impact, gallery, share.
RELIEF - carve away what you don't use.
Cool stuff!
Thanks Shibangi 🤝
Framing financial cleanup around Michelangelo’s sculpture philosophy "carving away the excess" is pure storytelling. Do you plan to build this out into a live fully functional production app next.
Thanks so much ! That's exactly the plan - start with the story, then ship the production app 🤝
What I love most is the idea behind this project. Instead of treating subscriptions as numbers on a dashboard, you turned them into something people can actually feel. The Michelangelo metaphor is clever and gives the whole experience a clear purpose. It makes canceling unused...
Thank you so much for the kind words Olena 🤝
Turning subscription cancellation into a physical act of 'carving' is absolute genius. Most finance apps feel like spreadsheets wearing designer clothes - RELIEF actually makes the psychology work for you. Incredible execution on the concept and the 13 screens!
Thanks a lot 🤝
Love the colours and design! So slick.
Thanks, Kirsty ! Means a lot - the goal was something that felt effortless.
Lovely
Thanks Adesina!
That's great
Thanks Amina.
Can we use this too? I'm just starting some subscriptions.
Hey Frank, really glad it caught your attention. It's currently a prototype built for the challenge, but the response has been far better than I expected, so I'm fast-tracking the MVP for release later this month. I'll personally reach out as soon as it's ready - I'd love to have you as one of the first users.
That's a very interesting idea 10/10
Thanks Idemudia ! Check out my new submission for another challenge : https://contra.com/community/P093Pxgs-paper-girl-a-127-one-take
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