5 New AI Tools: From splitting the bill to building with bricks
Written by Wilco Verdoold
Five new tools from the submission queue, each built for one person rather than a company, from splitting the household bill to building with bricks.
Our last edition went down into the plumbing that AI agents run on, from their memory to their voice. This one comes back up to ground level. Here are five tools, built for one person rather than a company or a workflow, from a household bill to split to a brick model to document.
As always, this is not a ranking. We pick tools from the submission queue that stand out to us, and that is a subjective call. The data-driven view, built on traffic, reviews and investment, lives in our monthly rankings.
BonSplit
BonSplit is a household budget web app that scans receipts and splits shared costs for couples, flatshares and families. It reads each receipt down to the individual products, so a shared shop can be divided line by line instead of as one lump total.
Good for: couples, flatshares and families splitting shared spending
Quick facts: web app, no install; pay per scan, no subscription; receipt reading runs on Claude
Yipara
Yipara reads a photo of a dog or cat and returns an educational report on the eyes, skin, ears and more, with an observed pattern, a severity level and suggested next steps. It is explicit that this is pattern recognition for information only, not a veterinary diagnosis, and it sends owners to a vet.
Good for: pet owners deciding whether a symptom is worth a vet visit
Quick facts: per-photo, monthly or yearly pricing; dogs and cats; educational only, not a diagnosis
ReadTube
ReadTube turns the YouTube channels you follow into a reading inbox, converting each video into a one-line headline, a short summary and a full article you can skim or sit with. Semantic search and in-place translation run across your whole archive, which you can annotate as you read, so your subscriptions become something to read and search rather than a feed to scroll.
Good for: people who save long videos for later and rarely go back
Quick facts: works with YouTube and Bilibili; source available and self-hostable; cloud free during beta
InTimid
InTimid is an AI matchmaking service for introverts and people returning to dating, currently in free beta in Los Angeles. An assistant called kAI builds a character-based profile for you, introduces a few matches at a time rather than an endless queue, and suggests openers, so there is no bio to write and no swiping.
Good for: introverts and re-entry daters who find dating apps draining
Quick facts: free beta, Los Angeles only; assistant named kAI; no swiping, no bio
BrickGPT
BrickGPT turns a photo of a finished LEGO or brick model into a step-by-step visual build board and a short assembly video. You upload one image and it generates the build stages and the clip, with no prompt to write.
Good for: builders, educators and custom-model (MOC) makers documenting and sharing a build
Quick facts: one image in, build board and video out; freemium; no API
