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Askly

AI help for study, work and everyday life. Top up and pay as you go.

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Listed by lianvyver,

Everyday AI, on your terms

Askly helps you tackle questions, develop ideas and get things done, with no monthly subscription.

What can you do with Askly?

  • Understand tricky topics and practise for exams.
  • Draft and improve emails, CVs, applications and reports.
  • Get help with maths, coding and technical questions.
  • Brainstorm business ideas and plan everyday tasks.
  • Upload pictures and documents to explore their contents.
  • Turn your ideas into images.
  • Produce downloadable documents, presentations and spreadsheets.

Choose the help you need
Use Quick, Smart or Deep Think, with access to AI from OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini and DeepSeek.

Top up when it suits you
In South Africa, AI Airtime is your prepaid balance for Askly. Add funds in rand and use them whenever you need AI. Your balance has no expiry date.

Costs vary by task. Payment is deducted after successful completion, and you can check your remaining balance and activity.

Try a few free Quick questions to get started.

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How to test this app

  1. Open the app and sign up with your real email. Start the free trial if there is one.
  2. Use it the way you would use it for real, for at least a day.
  3. Come back here. Post a screenshot of your signup and what you honestly think. One post per app, worth the listing's bounty when approved.

Feedback

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janTested on Web

Hi! Here's my feedback after testing the website and the app. Overall it's a solid product. Most of my notes are about positioning, not the tech.

1. Website

  • Your CTA is above the fold and it's very clear how to get started. Probably inspired by ChatGPT.com, and it works well.
  • The top says 5 free questions, but the bottom of the page says 3 free questions. Make sure both say the same thing.
  • The About section ("side hustle, CV builder, assignments, homework…") is too general. I can do all of that with the models directly, so it doesn't add value. I'd leave it out.
  • I didn't know I could log in until I tried to buy credits. Get people logged in earlier. It's a better experience (the app logged in is wayyyyy better), and you collect their email sooner.

2. The app

  • Easy to use and clearly better than the website, which is how it should be. Technically, I don't think anything is holding you back.

3. Positioning
You're in a very competitive market, so positioning is the hard part. A few ideas:

  • Prepaid instead of subscription is a strong concept. Sometimes I just need a bit more usage without buying a big package.
  • Your biggest unnamed benefit: you use Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT and DeepSeek and can pick the right model automatically, for one price. I pay for several AI subscriptions, I don't always need the expensive model, and I honestly don't know when to switch. Say this loudly.
  • Show which model is answering. As a heavy AI user, not knowing is frustrating. (I believe Perplexity does something similar.)
  • Add a comparison table showing what you cost vs. Claude, ChatGPT, etc. Be honest about it. Since you're cheap and it's one price, people instantly see the value.
  • Keep pricing simple. API pricing is per token and most people don't know what a token is. Simplifying that is part of your positioning.

4. Pricing & top-ups

  • Prices only show in South African rand. Add a simple currency selector (USD, etc.). Someone might live in South Africa but earn in dollars.
  • If you plan to auto-detect location, great, but always keep a manual option as a backup.
  • Allowing small top-ups is good. Low budget, but still access to AI.

5. Shortcuts: your biggest opportunity
This is what I like most, and what Claude and ChatGPT don't offer. It might mean a bit of a pivot, but I'd focus here.

  • Market to people with little AI experience. That's not a bad thing. One price plus lots of shortcuts makes AI understandable for them.
  • Show the shortcuts earlier. Many people write vague prompts, get a bad result and conclude "AI doesn't work." Shortcuts fix exactly that.
  • Replace placeholders with a short questionnaire. Right now a shortcut writes out a prompt full of placeholders (Task, Outline, Context, Add details…), which isn't clear enough. Ask a few quick questions and build the prompt for them.

That's how you win people over: "I tried ChatGPT and the results were bad. Then I tried Askly, it asked me a few short questions, and the result was way better."

6. Growth idea: invite rewards

  • Add an invite option: when someone invites a friend, both get a bit of free balance.
  • It fits your prepaid model perfectly. "Hey, it's prepaid, no subscription, and we both get credit" is an easy, low-risk pitch to share.

As for your app: it wasn't clear from the website you had an app. I would add a simple banner with the official App Store and Play Store buttons if someone accesses your site via a mobile device. That will help you get more downloads directly.

from the team
Builder's replylianvyver15 Oct 2026

Hi Jan

Thanks for your insightful feedback. We will take this and improve our product even further!