Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Anticipatalk
A messaging app to test how much you know about each other.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Anticipatalk launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Hey HN! Alexis here, I’m a product manager and software developer in Berlin by way of New York. I want to show you this app I made – It’s like a "buddy" for those, like myself, who inadvertedly talk too much in meetings. The app gives me feedback and a little more in control of what I have influence over by: * Keeping track of how long I’ve been speaking * Catching myself before I talk too much * Developing a better sense of timing I truly love having conversations with people in real-life. But online meetings, especially group calls, tend to make me nervous. I can't read body language. The…
2022 · unblah.me · its alternatives →
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Group Text+▲99A messaging productivity app Apple doesn't want you to have
2014 · contrast.co · its alternatives →
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Yes/No Messenger▲118The messaging app that cuts the bullsh*t out of texting
2015 · its alternatives →
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Hie Chat▲73Know what your friends are doing and chat without typing
2017 · hie.me · its alternatives →
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Chatous▲99Meet new people and talk about what matters to you.
2014 · chatous.com · its alternatives →
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