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24 alternatives to Hooked

How to Build Habit-Forming Products

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

1. 1
   "Hooked" Book▲55

   How to Build Habit-Forming Products

   2014 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Hooked▲69

   A guide to building habit-forming technology.

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Hooked▲836

   A book on how to build habit-forming products

   2014 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The Science of Habit-Forming Products▲166

   (and how to build them)

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Hooked: The Course▲158

   A course on building habit-forming technology by Nir Eyal

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Hooked▲3

   How to Build Habit-Forming Products

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   User Defenders: Hooked: How To Build Habit-Forming Products with Nir Eyal▲58

   Learn how to design habit-forming products for good.

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Hooked▲173

   Fiction in the form of text messages

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Maker Stories▲303

   Discover the stories behind products

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Hooked as a the microcourse▲4

    Bite-sized version of Hooked: building habitforming products

    2017 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    HOOKED▲27

    Bite-sized stories for the snapchat generation

    2017 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Learning To Launch▲228

    Stop failing. Start launching.

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Daydeed▲103

    Build habits that stick

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Hooked▲25

    Create products people can't put down

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Build Better Products▲86

    Your guide to building successful, user-centered products

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Product Hunt Activity▲160

    New activity feed! (login to try it out)

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Hooked 2.0▲140

    Tell a story through text messages

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Sticky: Insight and Audit▲86

    See and feel through your users' eyes

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Maker Hunt▲268

    The knowledge-sharing community for Product Hunt makers

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    5 Habits to Building Better Products Faster▲164

    Learned from 12 years and 5 multimillion dollar products

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Open Habits▲287

    An app to help you build new habits

    2018 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Booklights▲169

    Make America Read Again 📖

    2017 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Way of Life 3▲104

    The ultimate habit maker and breaker

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    The Power of Habit ▲112

    Why we do what we do in life and business

    2015 · 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 →