Reverb

Inspiration : We love how film lovers use Letterboxd to review movies — but there’s no modern, social-first platform where music fans can review and rate albums, discover hidden gems, and highlight the best records together. We wanted to build that for music, powered by Spotify.

What it does : Reverb lets listeners discover, rate, and review music albums. Fans build personal review logs, see the top albums of the month or year, and connect with other music lovers. Verified artists can log in, add their own albums, and see real listener feedback — all in one place.

How we built it :

Challenges we ran into : We had to solve role-based access: making sure users can’t import albums but artists can. Connecting smoothly to Spotify’s API and handling token refresh securely was also tricky. Designing a slick, mobile-friendly dark UI that feels fresh for Gen Z took multiple iterations.

Accomplishments that we're proud of : We successfully built a real, working music community app — not just static reviews. Users can track every album they’ve reviewed like a diary. Artists can upload albums directly from Spotify. The UI feels like a night-time studio — exactly the vibe we wanted.

What we learned : We deepened our skills in role-based auth, third-party API integration, and scalable database design. We learned how important smooth UX is for community platforms — and how to keep a clean data model when mixing user-generated content with external APIs.

What's next for Reverb : Next, we’ll add social features: following other users, creating public album lists, AI-powered recommendations, and tools for artists to run listening parties or highlight reviews. We’re exploring partnerships with indie labels and vinyl stores to monetize the community sustainably.

Built With

• node.js
• react-native
• sql
• supabase
• talwind
• typescript