Cal AI
AI calorie scanning“ai calorie counter” on TikTok +780%
1.2M/mo
Downloads
$2.1M/mo
Revenue est.
⛏ Demand mining for indie hackers
YOUR NEXT APP ISBURIED IN THE DATA
TrendLode mines what people search for, crosses it with what they already pay for, and surfaces ideas you can actually ship — build prompts included.
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Stratum 01 · Demand
FIRST,THE DEMAND
TikTok, Google and Reddit, scanned daily. We keep only what's genuinely climbing.
Stratum 02 · Money
THEN,THE MONEY
Real revenue from the apps already serving each niche. If nobody pays, it isn't a market.
Stratum 03 · Gaps
ANDTHE GAPS
What users beg for in competitor reviews — and nobody ships.
WHERE ALL THREE CROSS,
THERE'S GOLD.
Assay № 003 · all signals crossedMother lode
Lode Focus — async body doubling
Virtual coworking with recorded presence: no scheduling, no camera anxiety. A proven $163K/mo (est.) market with the mobile gap wide open.
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Lode score
Demand28/30
Money23/25
Gap17/20
Fit19/25
Fit for youBuildable with Claude CodeMVP in 4 weeks
The demo
Touch it yourself — no account
A real 20-credit exploration, pre-loaded and navigable. What you see is what you get.
trendlode.app · sample session (read-only)
1,240cr
Tuned to youClaude Code · 10 h/week · Side income · blocked: crypto, gambling
adhd body doubling
TikTok+340%Reddit+85%
custom sleep sound mixer
TikTok+120%Google+45%
couples journaling app
Google+95%Reddit+60%
dog enrichment games
TikTok+210%
micro habits tracker
Google+38%
ai crypto signals
blocklist: crypto
3 veins selected · scouting is free
Veins filtered to your profile · crypto excluded (blocklist) · scouting is free
Sample session with demo data · the rail steps are clickable
The receipts
Real apps. Real gold.
Indie-built, mostly AI-coded, all found in plain sight — the exact kind of vein this tool exists to spot.
Rizz
AI dating assistant“rizz” search volume ×40 in a year
640K/mo
Downloads
$1.0M/mo
Revenue est.
Quittr
Quit-porn streaksr/NoFap pain threads + #quittr UGC
240K/mo
Downloads
$830K/mo
Revenue est.
Umax
Looksmaxxing scores#looksmaxxing 2.1B TikTok views
310K/mo
Downloads
$480K/mo
Revenue est.
Peptide trackers
GLP-1 / peptide logging“peptide cycle log” +310% on TikTok
90K/mo
Downloads
$140K/mo
Revenue est.
Public estimates from app-intelligence trackers (est.) · last-month figures · not affiliated. The point isn't the exact number — it's that the vein was visible months before each launch.
Every idea ships with prompts for your tool
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How it works
From vague trend to build plan
You steer for free. You only pay for the two moments TrendLode actually works: explore 20 · go deep 30.
2 min
1.Tell it how you build
Your tool, your hours, your goal, your blocklist. Two minutes, editable anytime. Everything you see gets filtered through it.
Free
2.Scout the veins
Trending keywords mined from TikTok, Google and Reddit, pre-filtered to your profile. Pin the must-haves, veto the rest.
20 cr
3.Explore
The engine digs into the ~12 most promising: search intent, real pains, the apps already earning, and their blind spots. Only ideas that clear the bar come back — 3 to 7, never filler.
30 cr/idea
4.Go deep
Per idea: MVP plan, positioning, monetization, roadmap, and the exact prompts to build it with your tool. Exportable.
The difference
Built the way we wish things were sold to us
Personal, for real
Every idea is filtered through your tool, your hours and your blocklist — and we always show our work: “Buildable with Claude Code · ≤10 h/week · crypto excluded.”
No filler
If only three ideas clear the bar, you get three. We never pad the results to look busy.
Honest with your money
Exact cost before every action, a transparent ledger, automatic refunds when anything fails, and a heads-up when a source is degraded.
Credits that never expire
Whatever you don't spend this month waits for you next month. Your credits are yours — forever.
Miners' log
People who already struck gold
Illustrative testimonials — the real ones arrive with launch.
“I spent six months circling what to build. One exploration gave me four ideas; the second one already does €800/mo.”
Marta R.
Indie hacker · builds with Claude Code
“The deep-dive prompts are what I use most. I paste the first one into Cursor and the MVP basically starts itself.”
Dani V.
Solo founder · 2 apps shipped
“What sold me was the credits never expiring. I pay one month, explore at my own pace, and nobody rushes me.”
Lucia A.
Product engineer · side projects
Pricing
One sentence is the whole model
Scouting is free. Exploring is 20, going deep is 30. That's it.
Indie
Validate your next idea without burning out.
€19/mo
300 credits/mo
≈ 24 keywords analyzed + 6 deep dives a month
- 300 credits/mo that roll over
- Unlimited trend scouting (free)
- Ideas tuned to your profile
- Markdown & PDF export
Most popular
Builder
For people who ship something every month.
€49/mo
1,000 credits/mo
≈ 80 keywords analyzed + 20 deep dives a month
- 1,000 credits/mo that roll over
- Everything in Indie
- Fresh-data re-runs at 10 cr
- Watchlist & idea compare
- Priority support
Studio
For teams and serial shippers.
€149/mo
4,000 credits/mo
≈ 320 keywords analyzed + 80 deep dives a month
- 4,000 credits/mo that roll over
- Everything in Builder
- 3 team seats
- Priority export & API (soon)
- 1:1 onboarding
Your credits never expire. Ever.
Whatever you don't spend this month waits for the next one, and the one after that. A busy month isn't a wasted month — it's balance stacking up for your next building streak.
On a hot streak? One-time top-ups, no extra subscription:
Nugget200 cr
For a quick push
Seam500 cr
The balanced one
Motherlode1,500 cr
Best price per credit
FAQ
Honest questions
Why is there no free plan?
Because every exploration burns paid data — trend feeds, revenue estimates, analysis. A free plan would force us to serve you worse data or sell you something else. We'd rather show you the entire product in the demo above, no account needed, and have you join only if it earns it.
Do credits expire?
No. Never. Plan credits roll over month to month while your subscription is active, and top-up packs never expire at all. A month without exploring isn't money down the drain — it's balance waiting for you.
Where does the data come from?
Demand: TikTok trends, Google Trends and Reddit. Money: estimated app revenue and downloads via AppFigures. Gaps: analysis of public reviews. If a source is down during your session, we say so right in the results — no makeup.
Are the revenue numbers exact?
They're industry estimates (the same kind VCs use to map markets), always labeled “est.” They exist to compare niches and spot where the money is, not to audit a company.
Are the ideas unique to me?
The signal crossing is the same for everyone, but the filtering, the fit scoring and the build plan are generated from your profile: your tool, your hours, your blocklist. Two different profiles see different ideas and different plans.
What if I cancel mid-exploration?
You pay only for what was processed and the rest is refunded automatically, instantly. And if a step fails because of a technical error on our side, the refund is total — no support tickets.
Can I cancel my subscription anytime?
Yes, from Settings in two clicks. You keep access and your credits until the end of the paid period.
Do you issue VAT invoices?
Yes: every payment comes with a proper VAT invoice and company fields, downloadable from Billing.
The vein is right there
STRIKE GOLDYour first exploration takes less time than a coffee. And if you don't dig this month, your credits wait for the next one.