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. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. Said.fm now with Semantic-ish Search launched in 2011; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Radar by Particle▲145

   The Podcast Search Engine

   Aug 2026 · radar.particle.pro · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Popup Archive▲79

   Makes Sound Searchable

   2014 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Audiosear.ch 2.0▲131

   One-stop search and recommendation engine for podcasts

   2017 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   MentionBirdfree tier, from $79/mo▲164

   Ahrefs for AI Search

   18d ago · mentionbird.ai · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Audiosear.ch▲198

   Full text search & discovery engine for podcasts

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6SF
   Said.fm curated & connected audio content. Feedback Appreciated▲10

   Hey, I think I did this the wrong way round last time. I hope I'm doing it right this time. This is the latest incarnation of the app, http://said.fm/. A lot of people love listening to talk programmes but don't have the time or bandwidth to look for them and just want a trusted suggestion. They also seem to like listening to stuff mostly on the go or while performing some mundane task. With this release, we tried to solve both those 2 problems. We still have a way to go with introducing a proper mobile app but a lot of people still use their iPods and we tried not to exclude them. Finally,…

   2010 · said.fm · its alternatives →

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   Tesse▲99

   A new interactive search engine with people as results

   2017 · tesse.io · its alternatives →

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   Ask.fm 3.0▲72

   Global social network built on a Q&A format

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Sourced.Fm▲58

   Connecting local music communities through conversation.

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10MS
    Music Search Engine▲7

    2012 · tunesicles.com · its alternatives →

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    Niice.▲73

    A search engine with taste.

    2014 · niice.co · its alternatives →

12. 12AA
    Audio + AskReddit + TikTok = Tell.fm▲5

    2020 · tell.fm · its alternatives →

13. 13IM
    I'm building an API that allows you to train semantic search for RAGs▲6

    When your embedding provider is good, but could be better for your use-case.

    2024 · zoplabs.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Google Search from the Terminal▲8

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15JI
    Jekyll + indextank = static websites with fulltext search▲6

    2011 · pwiddershoven.nl · its alternatives →

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    Semantic Search for Ctrl+F▲14

    Hi HN! Ctrl+F sucks because I can never seem to find what I'm looking for. I built an NLP-based alternative that works pretty damn well. Let me know what you think. P.s. it will soon support image searches

    2022 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

17. 17CS
    Conversational search engine powered by GPT-3▲5

    2022 · friday.education · its alternatives →

18. 18SS
    Semantic search engine for Lenny's Podcast▲14

    2023 · search.broadn.io · its alternatives →

19. 19BP
    Bulgarian Podcasts Search Engine▲6

    2023 · podcastalot.com · its alternatives →

20. 20SE
    Search Explorer – A new kind of WMT-based SEO tool, needs alpha testers▲9

    2015 · searchexplorer.com · its alternatives →

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    Omnity▲3

    Next-generation semantic search engine

    2016 · omnity.io · its alternatives →

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    Audiosear.ch▲7

    Search (soundcloud) podcasts for words or phrases

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23SS
    Semantic Search Across RSS Feeds▲5

    2022 · diva.so · its alternatives →

24. 24HN
    Hot Notes – Fuzzy Search for Apple Notes (macOS)▲9

    2025 · hotmatcha.dev · its alternatives →

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