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24 alternatives to Doorbells, Danger, and Dead Batteries

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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Doorbells, Danger, and Dead Batteries launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Humin▲225

   A smart(er) phonebook

   2014 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Doorbot▲73

   The Wi-Fi enabled doorbell for smartphones

   2014 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Hooked▲173

   Fiction in the form of text messages

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Story Wars▲83

   Writing stories together

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   HackerBracket▲219

   A community for sharing hacks

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Cyber War▲65

   The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do About It

   2017 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Humin▲91

   a smart(er) phone book

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Exponent - 57: The user experience▲88

   The importance of the user experience

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Cracking Security Misconceptions▲70

   Untangling common myths about modern information security

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Chatbots▲102

    Conversational UI and the future of online interaction

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Innovation and Its Enemies: Why People Resist New Technologies▲77

    Explains the roots of resistance to new technologies

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    WeWrite▲90

    Crowdsourced Storytelling

    2014 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Gum▲123

    The social network of things

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Bad Numbers▲137

    A reverse telephone lookup of unwanted calls

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Designing Conversational Interfaces▲86

    An introduction to creating compelling chat applications

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Buch▲71

    A Telegram book reader bot

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Wonker▲84

    User-generated explanations on complex current events.

    2014 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Innovation and Its Enemies▲65

    Why people resist new technologies

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Fuffr▲141

    A new way to interact with your phone

    2014 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Hackpad▲114

    The simplest way to organize and share knowledge

    2014 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    StoryTime.us▲87

    Create stories told one line at a time

    2014 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Zapped▲61

    Why Your Cell Phone Shouldn't Be Your Alarm Clock

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Manything▲77

    The future of home security starts here.

    2014 · its alternatives →

24. 24HN
    Hacker News for mobile devices▲49

    2014 · hnmobile.herokuapp.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 →