Growth · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Lively! - Read and Share New Composes

An app that helps you share your creativity with the world!

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

1
Lively▲86
Made to motivate you to get sh*t done!
2021 · its alternatives →
2
Chunks▲138
A new way to write a whole bunch of stuff
2018 · its alternatives →
3TI
This is what social media could be▲123
I made what I believe is a joyful slow social media. Would love to know what you think!
2023 · bloom.tendtoyourgarden.xyz · its alternatives →
4
Compose▲159
A tiny app that lets you send email distraction free.
2014 · its alternatives →
5
Literal 2.0▲397
Discover, organise & discuss books
2022 · its alternatives →
6
Compose for macOS▲280
Your personal writing assistant to increase productivity
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
7
Kuote▲172
Create Medium-like quotes, perfect for sharing on Twitter.
2020 · its alternatives →
8
Sparkles▲249
Resurface Wisdom with Widgets & Notifications
2025 · sparkles.im · its alternatives →
9RR
Readwise Reader, an all-in-one reading app▲326
Hey HN, cofounder of Readwise here. We've been working on this cross-platform reader app for about 2 years, excited to finally share it in public beta. Probably the most notable thing that makes Reader unique is that it supports almost any content type you could want to save/read/highlight: * web pages * emails/newsletters * PDFs * ePubs * twitter threads * youtube videos (with transcripts) * RSS feeds With all of your knowledge content in one place, we built powerful reading and highlighting, as well as a bunch of novel triage/organization features, so you can actually…
2022 · readwise.io · its alternatives →
10
Literal▲321
Track your reading and discover your next favourite book
2021 · its alternatives →
11
compose.ai▲326
Write email at the speed of thought with AI.
2020 · its alternatives →
12
Paragraphs▲272
A minimalist writing app for Mac
2015 · its alternatives →
13
Sparks▲128
The best way to express what you really think (w/ GIFs)
2014 · its alternatives →
14
CommonPlace▲99
Annotate books, save quotes and connect with fellow readers
2023 · its alternatives →
15
Niopub▲87
Explore posts from others or quickly publish your own ideas
2023 · its alternatives →
16
Notes▲103
Streamlined notes: quick & organized
2024 · its alternatives →
17
Kwotes • App▲139
Quote it, like it, share it
2024 · its alternatives →
18
Wise▲68
An elegant quotes app
2019 · its alternatives →
19
Authorly▲72
Connecting authors - read, write & explore
2022 · its alternatives →
20
Readup▲118
A social platform that incentivizes deep, focused reading
2020 · its alternatives →
21
Notational Velocity▲166
A unique modeless, mouseless Mac OS X note-taking app
2014 · its alternatives →
22
Compose ▲93
Personal assistant for your mac
2025 · aayushbuilds.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
23
Read Something Wonderful▲147
Timeless internet writing
2023 · its alternatives →
24TA
Telescope, a news reader app▲90
I got fed up with the news reader apps out there so I decided to make my own. Its a simple concept where it tracks all your favorite news sources for new posts and the social shares it received. Then it ranks it HN/Reddit style using social shares as upvotes. It's not meant to be alternative to HN, just a focused way to track your favorite sources. Please try it out and let me know what do you think, http://telescope.surf/ Note: you can do 'Add to Homescreen' on mobile to make it as an app. Please leave a feedback or any feature wishlist you may have. Thanks!
2017 · its alternatives →

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