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24 alternatives to I shipped my first product
I shipped my first product Today, the first version of TrackMe is available from the App Store. This is my first product as an indie developer, and even though it’s very simple, I’m proud to have gone...
TrackMe is a simple tracking application available on the App Store. Built by an independent developer, it represents the first shipped product from its creator. The app is designed for users who need basic tracking… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. I shipped my first product launched in 2011; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Hi, I'm a developer and first time i shipped the real product after observing the startups and indie hackers community for years. I had made so many useless apps [you should check my website https://ansh.life], but this time I built a very useful product that has a number of super easy-to-use tools in one app for video, music, and photo files. Users can compress, convert, resize, and do so much more with easy-to-use tools. Background: I developed a frame-by-frame video cropper to upload cropped landscape videos to Instagram Reels. However, it required FFmpeg, and as a noob video…
2025 · pimosa.app · its alternatives →
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2013 · mandarintap.com · its alternatives →
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brag.fast▲212Ever since AI made it 10x easier to build apps I've been shipping like crazy. The one thing I didn't do was show off. Building is fun, but if no one sees how cool your app is then what's the point? There's where brag.fast comes in.
Apr 2026 · brag.fast · its alternatives →
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TrackOrder▲167Create order tracking pages for your ecommerce
2024 · apps.shopify.com · its alternatives →
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Product Front▲144I've launched on Product Hunt, Beta List, Peer push and similar platforms but the problem is they only show top 5 on on first page view you have to click "see more" and scroll to see the next 10 products, also total products are up to 100+ especially product hunt, usually people don't scroll that deep if your product is above top 20 you're much likely invisible and buried down the list, On top of that, paid Ads occupies 30 - 40% of the screen, what about the small startups and solo makers who just getting started and wants to get their first users and don't have budget to advertise? It's…
Feb 2026 · productfront.tech · its alternatives →
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EarlyFinder▲133Track startup growth from first tweet to first million
2025 · earlyfinder.co · its alternatives →
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Showcase your development journey milestones, wins, progress
2023 · its alternatives →
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FoundersWall▲35I used to be just a blogger. Now I build internet products, still without code, using AI, design, and taste. I was building in public on X for last 2 months. And honestly, I got tired of how it became performative and started to feel fake. I shipped 2 products. Both failed to get any real traction. I kept sneaking into popular builders’ profiles, hoping to learn how they do it. One thing I kept seeing everywhere, product launch directories. I thought here is the scope. So I started building one. Same UI like the rest. Nothing special. Suddenly one day when it was half built, I realized…
2025 · founderswall.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN When ProductHunt Ship shut down, I missed having a simple way to collect early signups, email my waiting list, and see how much traction a product idea was getting without setting up half a dozen tools. So I built Debutsoft. It’s a lightweight pre-launch tool for makers and indie founders. You can create a clean landing page, collect and export waitlist signups, send update emails, and see basic analytics all in one place. My goals were: - Simplicity: launch pages that load fast and look good without editing templates. - Ownership: you always own your data and can export it any time. -…
2025 · debutsoft.com · its alternatives →
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The twist is that although it does (part of) the job of an app store, it's not (nor aims to be) an app store. It's a script you add to your existing web app that makes it "self-distributing". Check it out: https://progressier.com. Under the hood, it leverages the concept of "PWA", but it goes further: 1. It creates an installation page for your app that looks like an app store listing. Demo example: https://install.page/covid 2. It handles every OS/browser combination to create an installation flow that works everywhere (e.g. on Safari/iOS, with in-app…
2022 · its alternatives →
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Over the last months, more people are shipping small apps, experiments, and side-projects at a much higher pace. I'm one of them and initially created a showcase page for myself to track them but this week decided to create something for others. Happy to read feedback on how to improve it further!
Mar 2026 · vibefolio.link · its alternatives →
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I made a free IndiePa.ge Alternative to track and show your startups!
2025 · innovativ.es · its alternatives →
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Hey HN. I'm a developer and solopreneur. Few months ago I realized I was doing the same thing over and over again: set up onboarding flow, user authentication, payments, connect a DB... So I built ExpoShip for 3 reasons: 1. Save Time and focus on what matters: building a business. 2. Avoid headaches like setting up authentication or handling in-app payments. 3. Get profitable fast. I hope this boilerplate will be as helpful to you as it is for me. Would love your feedback. Rudolfs
2024 · expoship.dev · its alternatives →
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Hello HN! I'm excited to share my product that helps companies to track their competitors, their website updates, new features, social media activity etc. I already have the first set of early adopters (thanks to a pretty good ProductHunt launch) who're using it on the daily basis so I'm excited to remove the waiting list and share it with everyone. Cheers!
2023 · rivalhunt.co · its alternatives →
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I've been a React Native developer since 2018, and I've built a whole lot of products with it. I know how hard it is for newcomers (and pros) to build an app, get it approved and actually attract users. It's so easy to get bogged down in confusing documentation and 3rd party dependency fluff. The good news for you: I've read every different push notification service/auth provider/etc's documentation and made informed choices, so you don't have to! I've made HyperFast (https://hyperfa.st), a service which includes: - A boilerplate to get you up and running (hyper) fast -…
2024 · hyperfa.st · its alternatives →
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Tracksy▲8I'm a freelance developer who got tired of switching between time-tracking apps, spreadsheets, and invoicing tools. I built Tracksy because I just needed something simple: start timer → log hours → export PDF → send to client. I’ve been using it daily and recently added: responsive UI invoice templates analytics watermark removal feedback system interactive demo Would love feedback from the HN community. Demo: https://app.arcade.software/share/ipJQTkzCnEgNaXaHCS3z
2025 · tracksy.me · its alternatives →
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Upsells, Branded tracking page, Order tracking & lookup
2021 · apps.shopify.com · its alternatives →
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A minimal tracker for indie devs. iPhone, web app, Watch
Apr 2026 · shipfolio.app · its alternatives →
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