Work · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. A weekend project for social reading launched in 2012; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Meaningful▲69

   The story of ideas that fly

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Librify▲76

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   2014 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Art of Plain Talk▲67

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   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

4. 4MW
   My weekend project, language immersion with Twitter▲7

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5. 5
   Gather The People▲61

   A human-centered approach to making and marketing

   2016 · gatherthepeople.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Collecting Words▲60

   (Very) short (visual) stories

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Understanding Media▲70

   The Extensions of Man

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Crucial Conversations▲69

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   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

9. 9MW
   My weekend project, conversation starters via SMS▲8

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10. 10CC
    CourtDateReminder.com - weekend project▲8

    2012 · courtdatereminder.com · its alternatives →

11. 11CN
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    2011 · iheartyou.net · its alternatives →

12. 12SL
    Social Layer – An RSS reader focusing on reading experience▲8

    2018 · layer.social · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Bookmarq▲14

    The best way to read with friends.

    2015 · bookmarq.io · its alternatives →

14. 14OW
    Our weekend project – isexdb▲9

    2014 · isexdb.com · its alternatives →

15. 15CR
    Clean Reading for Busy People▲7

    2020 · pipecontent.com · its alternatives →

16. 16IM
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    2021 · swapiverse.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    A Book Club About the Social, Ethical, Historical Aspects of Technology▲8

    2020 · launchpass.com · its alternatives →

18. 18WA
    WeeklySetup – A little weekend project about workspaces▲9

    2014 · weeklysetup.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

19. 19WP
    Weekend Project Showcasing US National Parks▲5

    2016 · mapofnationalparks.com · its alternatives →

20. 20TW
    Tiny weekend project from scraped Wikipedia data: whodiedhere.com▲6

    2012 · whodiedhere.com · its alternatives →

21. 21AA
    An app to track your reading▲6

    2020 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

22. 22MW
    My Weekend Fun Project - Pure-CSS Emoticons▲5

    2010 · alfajango.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    buk▲5

    Connect Books to the World

    2017 · buk.io · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Shorthand Social▲3

    Create stories that are made to be shared.

    2015 · shorthand.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →