Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Optical Magnetic Stripe Reading launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1OS
   Optical stripe reading and floppy disk imaging attempt▲71

   2018 · anfractuosity.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Meta - AR Glasses▲73

   The first holographic interface.

   2013 · opticsmag.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Fragment▲115

   Prismatic Photos

   2013 · pixiteapps.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Smartphone Magnetic Field Visualizer▲6

   2019 · vieyrasoftware.net · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Olloclip▲65

   Advanced optic lenses for iPhone and Android

   2015 · olloclip.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Color Library▲116

   Automated color separation

   2016 · colorlibrary.ch · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Building The Future: Dhruv Adhia▲61

   World’s first Interactive, tabletop holographic display

   2016 · youtube.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Type Sample▲105

   A tool for identifying and sampling webfonts

   2014 · typewolf.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Scopemount▲106

   Beautiful themes for Telescope

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10AT
    A tool to reproduce images using ironing beads▲8

    2018 · beadifier.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    BeeLine reader▲65

    Read faster with this visual hack.

    2014 · beelinereader.com · its alternatives →

12. 12AV
    A visual HN reader build with Aangular▲5

    2016 · hnews.xyz · its alternatives →

13. 13AP
    A plain text HN reader▲5

    2018 · mm.dwyer.co.za · its alternatives →

14. 14DS
    Dovetail, Spectral Subtraction Mixing in the Browser▲6

    2019 · dsp.audio · its alternatives →

15. 15GA
    Glancy - Article lengths at a glance▲6

    2013 · glancyapp.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Crop and OCR PDFs in the Browser▲5

    2024 · pdf.darefail.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Optically for Sketch▲3

    Automated and mathematically precise optical adjustments

    2016 · designplugins.com · its alternatives →

18. 18PJ
    Picbit – JavaScript image processing experiment▲6

    2015 · pmav.eu · its alternatives →

19. 19AN
    A neat solution to note taking on small screens▲6

    2014 · palmnote.github.io · its alternatives →

20. 20RT
    Real time color previsualisation▲8

    2012 · blog.framebench.com · its alternatives →

21. 21IA
    Inspectar – Augmented Reality PCB Tool for Electronics Work▲5

    2019 · inspectar.com · its alternatives →

22. 22TA
    Tidbyt – A connected, programmable LED matrix display [KS]▲7

    2021 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

23. 23SC
    Simple Computer Graphic Effect Implementations▲5

    2017 · partow.net · its alternatives →

24. 24LS
    LightXLab – Simple Ray Optics Simulation Project▲7

    2018 · satu0king.github.io · 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 →