Growth · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to R&D Weekly

A weekly digest of the craziest ideas being developed today

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. R&D Weekly launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Product Design Weekly▲118

   Digital product design newsletter

   2014 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   EMERGING▲141

   Weekly newsletter about technology in the developing world

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   AI Weekly▲117

   Weekly collection of the top news on Artificial Intelligence

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Charged newsletter▲156

   Weekly roundup of tech, boiled down into bite sized pieces

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   iOS Dev Weekly▲157

   The best iOS development news delivered weekly

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Digest▲86

   Reddit newsletter based on your sub-reddits

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Hot Pod▲108

   A weekly newsletter all about podcasts

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   iOS Components Weekly▲119

   Weekly newsletter dedicated to iOS developers

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Dev Ideas▲86

   An email newsletter for dev project ideas.

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Awesome Weekly▲38

    The most awesome stuff on the web in the past week

    2017 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Ideabox▲188

    A place to store you million dollar ideas

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    IdeaSparked▲68

    Simplify and Spark Your Idea Muscle

    2014 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Startup Curated▲192

    The best of the week for founders, in one minimal email

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Startup Book Buzz▲106

    One new startup related book recommended each week

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    The Sunday Dispatches▲109

    A newsletter for creativity, freelancing and life.

    2014 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Tweek▲100

    Team collaboration and task sharing

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Roadmap.com▲218

    A community of product managers

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    SummaList▲110

    We summarize all the best tech & startup newsletters.

    2014 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Random App Of The Week▲76

    One very weird app delivered to you each week

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Laugh Digest▲85

    A weekly newsletter with links to make you laugh

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Tech Insider▲106

    New tech, science and innovation blog from Business Insider

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Swift Weekly▲87

    Free Swift development newsletter

    2014 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    The Technology Bullshit Generator▲138

    Create fancy tech jargon in seconds

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Endless▲132

    Random and amazing Wikipedia articles.

    2014 · 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 →