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24 alternatives to Fatherly's Back to School Gear Bot

A Messenger bot to help parents find cool school gear

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Fatherly's Back to School Gear Bot launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Fatherly's Dad Joke Bot▲104

   A never-ending supply of punchlines in Slack & Messenger

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   A chat bot about bots▲90

   A chat bot via old school SMS

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Botkit▲287

   Building blocks for building Slack bots

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   There Is A Bot For That▲219

   Search engine for bots

   2017 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Bot Store▲289

   A marketplace for ready-to-customize chatbot templates.

   2017 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Bot Stash Messenger Bot▲145

   Find chatbots resources & tools on messenger with Bot Stash

   2017 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   SlackBotList▲169

   A collection of some of the best Slack Bots

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Growbot for Slack▲201

   Celebrate team wins in Slack

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Here Comes SantaBot!▲69

   A bot to help children send their letters to Santa!

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Nerdify Bot▲147

    First AI-powered tutor bot for Facebook Messenger

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Slack Meme Bot▲147

    Spice up your team conversations with memes

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Alex WikiMessenger Bot▲98

    A Wikipedia bot for messenger

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    ChatBottle▲148

    Chatbots Search Engine

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Captain▲92

    Streamline family logistics with this SMS bot from Yahoo!

    2017 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Chatbot for Education▲79

    Educational templates to kids through chatbots.

    2017 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Request For Bot▲199

    Discover, discuss & share ideas for great bots/chatbots

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    ExponentFM #075 — Baby Picture Bots▲68

    Why Messenger is a good idea, but bots may not be

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    eBay ShopBot▲96

    A newer, smarter, easier way to shop in Facebook Messenger

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Swell Bot▲164

    Make better decisions with friends

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Dad.do▲120

    Get tips of things to do with your kids sent to your inbox.

    2020 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Project Murphy▲140

    The chat bot with imagination by Microsoft

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    bottr.me▲169

    Create your bot by simply talking to it!

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    BirthdayBot for Slack▲111

    Don't miss your teammates' birthdays!

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Cody bot for Slack▲76

    Finally brings visual discussions to Slack (by Codesign.io)

    2016 · 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 →