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Products that do what Bubblic – end loneliness together using the power of your voice does

We have gotten over 1000 voice messages left by the users of our platform. We take privacy seriously, so all data are anonymized and are not sold to anyone. So far, we had a user who said that 'had it not been for Bubblic, I might not be here today'. This gives us so much drive to carry on with our project! We'd appreciate any feedback you have :)

  1. 1IB

    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

  2. 2IM

    I hope you are doing better today than yesterday. (TLDR in the comments; or enjoy my story :) ) Why: About 11 months ago, I launched my app for the first time on Reddit's r/lonely because I had previously experienced loneliness myself during grad school. I wanted to reach out to people going through similar experiences by providing them with what would’ve helped me in the past. I felt this was an important mission for me and a much more rewarding one than my day job that I quit my job to work on the app full-time. It was necessary because I did not come from a programming background. I…

    2024 · main.d1lmgoealm7rq0.amplifyapp.com

  3. 3MH

    Wife of an app-builder here. My husband quit his full time job at Apple to work full-time last year on a new social audio app where you are anonymous and there are no videos or images - people can only connect with their voice. The app has been up for just less than 2 months, and it was incredible to see 300 users from all around the world leave voice messages of support for each other. It definitely restored my faith in humanity, so much so that I decided to jump on board as a co-founder :) We are on a mission to end loneliness that is gripping our world today, and we hope you also come…

    2023 · bubblic.app

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    Bitchat280

    Anonymous messaging via Bluetooth mesh networks by Dorsey

    2025

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    Overtalk286

    A free walkie-talkie for the web

    2024

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    Connect with people through your voice & audio-memes

    2023

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    Blarb137

    A free, frictionless web chat. No sign ups. No installs.

    Sep 2025

  8. 8DS

    Hey HN – I built Dock after years of team chat frustrations as a founder. Free forever for teams up to 5. Unlimited search, unlimited history. No "upgrade to see messages older than 90 days" nonsense. Built for teams who work both async and sync/real-time when it matters. runs on SOC 2 infra, compliant, secure and in-transit and at-rest encryption, runs on Cloudflare. Early stage – would love feedback from anyone who's felt the same pain.

    Jan 2026 · getdock.io

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    Bubi Chat113

    Location based anonymous chatting app

    2019

  10. 10IM

    Hey it's Andrew - author of https://www.crowdwave.com here! - crowdwave works best on your phone - unless you've got your headset and microphone plugged in to your desktop, in which case desktop works great too. Here's the story: So about six months ago I saw this post on HN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39910119 https://afterthebeep.tel is really cool - it's an anonymous voicemail box - you call the provided phone the number and leave a message. Blaine - the guy who runs the site (eventually) listens to and approves your message and writes a…

    2024 · crowdwave.com

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    A call-first community for remote workers to connect

    2020

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    Ephemeral microblogging for unfiltered sharing

    2022

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    A free mental health peer support app

    2021

  14. 14BC

    Thanks for checking out Babble! You might wonder why this app is even useful and why not just use Signal/PGP. This app's target audience is actually ordinary people in China or similar countries who are under severe government surveillance and censorship, where access to Signal and similar E2EE messaging software is blocked by nationwide firewalls, such as the Great Firewall of China (GFW). Chinese people have been deprived of freedom of speech even before the COVID-19 pandemic. Li Wenliang, who was among the first to notice the spread of the virus and warned his colleagues about it in…

    2022 · babble.landrop.app

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    Cercle116

    The bat signal for your closest friends.

    Jul 2026 · cercle.me

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    Bringing likeminded people together for 1:1 video chats

    2023

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    Brb131

    Voice Messaging for Friends

    2019

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    The anti-lonely real-time video chat app

    2020

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    Secure group video chat

    2020

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    Connect to the buzz near you, anonymously!

    2017

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    Layers61

    The private network strangers literally can't reach you on.

    Apr 2026 · layers-app.com

  23. 23FI

    This is something fun I’ve been hacking on recently: ridiculously simple group chat. Go to http://faces.io and then get your friends to do the same. That’s it! :-D Currently works best in Chrome. It’s definitely beta status at best. Audio can get weird—be ready to mute. ;-) Let me know what you think!

    2014

  24. 24AH

    Hi everyone! I’m Arvid, cofounder of Anysphere (https://anysphere.co). With my two friends Sualeh and Shengtong I have been spending the last few months building a dedicated home for important, long-form conversations. We’re super excited to let the HN community test it out! We think that no existing platform for point–to-point communication prioritizes the conversations that you actually care about and that really matter. Instant messaging is filled with careless texts and stickers, email is filled with receipts and spammers, and physical mail, while better in those respects, is…

    2022 · gist.github.com

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