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. Spiral 2.0 – A Reddit-inspired local message board app launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Spiral▲4

   A Reddit-inspired local message board app

   2014 · getspiralapp.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Spiral 3.0▲81

   Proximity-based community forum

   2014 · getspiralapp.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Restyaboard▲197

   An open source alternative to Trello

   2015 · restya.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Slack▲128

   A platform for team communication

   2014 · slack.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Metachat▲76

   A news feed for unread Slack messages

   2016 · metachat.io · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Slack▲93

   Platform for team communication

   2015 · slack.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Pingly▲86

   A new messaging platform working to evolve email

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Redditlater▲142

   An app that lets you schedule a post to Reddit

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   PowerPack▲127

   An autoreply toolkit for Twitter

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Readder▲152

    A Reddit client with advanced features

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Flock▲118

    A messaging app for making plans

    2014 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Feedworthy▲72

    A beautiful way to experience Reddit

    2014 · yapstudios.com · its alternatives →

13. 13SA
    Spiral – A Reddit-inspired local message board app▲37

    2014 · getspiralapp.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    lurk▲110

    Free, open-source Reddit and Twitter lead monitoring

    24d ago · lurk.so · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Inline▲99

    A thread-based chat app for work with your team and agents

    Sep 2026 · inline.chat · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Maslow▲78

    A new social opinions platform

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Nestor V2.0▲78

    The easiest way to customize bots for Slack

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    HiveFlux + Slack▲93

    Real-time task management meets real-time communication

    2015 · blog.hiveflux.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Spiral▲73

    Your expandable community -- Join the conversation

    2014 · getspiralapp.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    TextCraft▲66

    Slack as old-school MUD client

    2015 · textcraft.co · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Slack▲31

    Platform for team communication

    2015 · slack.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    PostHang▲71

    A real-time, collaborative tumblr

    2014 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Ito▲66

    Hypervoice communications assistant / bot for Slack

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Hi▲62

    A real-time writing community.

    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 →