Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Best Time to Buy (BTTB) – See the best time to buy stuff and save money
Hey HN! I wanted to show you BTTB, a site I've been building off-and-on for the past year or so. I did all the end-to-end coding and design and enlisted the help of a few professional researchers and writers to gather and aggregate data. My background is in frontend engineering, design, and product development. BTTB is a web app that illustrates the best time to buy common products (e.g. washing machines, snowblowers, TVs, fitness equipment, etc.) and notifies you the next time it's a good time to buy. I also built some cool indicators like sale rarity. Why I built it: We bought a new house…
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Best Time to Buy (BTTB) – See the best time to buy stuff and save money launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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A few months ago my Pixel 4A phone was dying so I started thinking about upgrading to a newer model. I didn't want to get hit with buyer's remorse if a price drop happened after buying, due to a new model being announced or released. After digging around, it turns out that understanding the lifecycle of even the most popular phones isn’t that easy. That's why I've made this simple site: keeps tabs on phones lifecycles and gives you a heads-up on upcoming sales seasons to nail your purchase timing. At the moment it only covers the big Android players—Samsung and Google, but I'm keen to expand…
2024 · theupgraderadar.com · its alternatives →
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Wait For Savings▲111Found a product but not at the price you are willing to pay?
2016 · blog.waitforsavings.com · its alternatives →
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See how much your dumbest purchases would be worth in BTC
2021 · bitcoinorshit.com · its alternatives →
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Why customers buy, use, and stop using your product
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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Room Steals▲128Honey for hotels. You browse. We’ll show when it’s cheaper.
2020 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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HomeFlow▲68Make home buying easy with a self-paced home buying platform
2020 · tryhomeflow.com · its alternatives →
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Should you build an internal tool or just buy it?
2022 · baremetrics.com · its alternatives →
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Calculate the opportunity cost of not buying bitcoin
2021 · bitcoinoripo.com · its alternatives →
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Listte▲91Save time and money with our complete shopping list app
2023 · listte.app · its alternatives →
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Tidbyt▲111Use to check weather, train arrivals, stocks, Dogecoin etc
2021 · tidbyt.com · its alternatives →
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Figuring out the best day of the week to schedule a bitcoin auto-buy. - bitcoin-autobuy-weekday-comparison/comparison.ipynb at main · berkserbet/bitcoin-autobuy-weekday-comparison
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Casa App▲67Simplest, most secure app for buying and storing Bitcoin
2020 · casa.io · its alternatives →
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