Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Apps Only, a Twitter account for great apps and nothing else
We read HN mostly for the Rate my Startup posts and the announcements of cool new apps. We thought, "wouldn't it be nice if there was one place that announced those, and didn't focus on politics and funding like TechCrunch?" and so we made Apps Only - https://twitter.com/#!/appsonly. Apps Only covers only new apps, with an extreme focus on product. We only tweet something if we've used and loved it ourselves. Enjoy! PS. We is https://twitter.com/#!/appsonly/curators
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Apps Only, a Twitter account for great apps and nothing else launched in 2011; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Twitter▲37Really short blog posts, unclear if it'll take off at all
2014 · twitter.com · its alternatives →
- 2One App▲182
Read Product Hunt, Hacker News, DN & Reddit in one place
2015 · reader.one · its alternatives →
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Read Product Hunt, HN, DN, Reddit, Medium on Android
2014 · one.hackplan.com · its alternatives →
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WhatsNew.co▲242Not a social media. Just product updates and sneak peeks.
2022 · whatsnew.app · its alternatives →
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Hype Link▲111List links to social, streaming platforms, and more.
2018 · hypel.ink · its alternatives →
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Tech Insider▲106New tech, science and innovation blog from Business Insider
2015 · businessinsider.com · its alternatives →
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Today's internet is filled with dopamine wells of content. I wanted to steer away from that and foster meaningful writing. So I made a site where you can only have a single post. The intention is to encourage thoughtful posts like the blogs we all love here at HN (Paul Graham's, fasterthanlime, Bartosz Ciechanowski's, etc). For now posts are only markdown, but I intend to make some markdown extensions to make posts more dynamic.
2022 · app.pressnt.net · its alternatives →
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I got fed up with the news reader apps out there so I decided to make my own. Its a simple concept where it tracks all your favorite news sources for new posts and the social shares it received. Then it ranks it HN/Reddit style using social shares as upvotes. It's not meant to be alternative to HN, just a focused way to track your favorite sources. Please try it out and let me know what do you think, http://telescope.surf/ Note: you can do 'Add to Homescreen' on mobile to make it as an app. Please leave a feedback or any feature wishlist you may have. Thanks!
2017 · its alternatives →
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Twurly▲65The best links from your Twitter Timeline (signups closed)
2014 · lego138new.yachts · its alternatives →
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Get@▲76Discover, curate & share the best content within one app
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Twitter▲3Really short blog posts, unclear if it'll take off at all
2014 · witter.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! For a while I’ve been trying (unsuccessfully) to find a community for tech bloggers to get together and share what they’re working on, so here’s my attempt at making my own. It’s a completely free website and designed to be super straightforward to use. Functionality wise it’s pretty minimalist right now, with just the ability to register accounts, post drafts, and comment on other user’s posts. Support for more features like tagging post topics, user profiles and more are coming soon! Thanks for checking it out, and I’d love to hear any thoughts from the community. P.S. if you don’t…
2024 · review.caleb.software · its alternatives →
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I built this app because I really enjoyed "Pulse" but I felt it lacked a few things. I wanted a web-based version, I wanted my news articles grouped together by topic, and I wanted an easy way to share with other people. It is early in the site's life, so somethings are missing, including the critical mobile app. If you have any feedback to give, it would be appreciated!
2011 · thread.ly · its alternatives →
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Live Blog▲11Inspired by the Social Network Movie. Write it down!
2021 · unruly-cadet-381.notion.site · its alternatives →
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Hey everyone, Common advice for inexperienced hackers suggests "scratching an itch." Like many others here, I spent too much time on HN, Google Reader and Twitter searching for interesting stuff, so I decided to write an app that brings interesting links to you with no other distractions. HighFive uses Twitter and bit.ly's APIs to find interesting links in your timeline. When you log in, you'll see a group of five links with voting arrows. No HN comments or RSS feeds with hundreds of links--just a few interesting articles that you can read, then get back to work. HighFive was built using…
2011 · acompa.net · its alternatives →
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Quickpost▲10Hi HN, I’ve been building a small social network where the feed is always chronological — newest posts come first, always. It’s not 100% algorithm-free (there’s still basic filtering to avoid spam or abuse), but the core idea is that every user has a real chance to be seen, even with zero followers. It’s lightweight, works well on mobile, and supports both posts and comments. Most of the content is currently in Portuguese, since it started with a Brazilian audience, but the interface is mostly language-neutral. I’d love any feedback on the concept, UX, performance, or anything else. Thanks!
2025 · qqpost.netlify.app · its alternatives →
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4x Your Social Followers by Doing Nothing!
Apr 2026 · microposter.so · its alternatives →
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Campfiree▲14I built Campfiree because I got tired of platforms treating users as products. On Campfiree, users submit feature ideas and vote on them weekly. Moderation is handled by randomly selected community juries, no corporate team deciding what's acceptable. It's free with ads or $7/year without (free during beta). We have 55 users so far and ship features every week based on what the community votes for. I'd love honest feedback on the model and the product.
2025 · campfiree.com · its alternatives →
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