AlphaShot
A free directory for discovering new startups, AI tools and apps, ranked by community votes.
Developer Tools·Productivity·Marketing
What is AlphaShot?
AlphaShot is a directory for discovering new startups, AI tools and apps, ranked by votes. Visitors can browse products by category, check the Leaderboard for top launches over a chosen period, and use a set of free tools such as an MVP cost calculator, a launch checklist, an idea validator, a SaaS pricing calculator, a landing page analyzer, and name, domain, tagline and logo checkers.
The site is aimed at founders and makers who want to get their product in front of people. Listing a product is free, and the listing stays on the site permanently. Each launch gets a dofollow backlink, a permanent product page, and an auto-posted announcement to the AlphaShot Telegram channel and community group, along with a post on X. The page also describes an earned badge for listed products.
What sets AlphaShot apart, as described on the page, is its positioning as a free alternative to Product Hunt, with an emphasis on permanent listings and push distribution rather than a launch that fades quickly. Users can sign up to upvote launches, submit their own, and follow the weekly newsletter.
Ready to launch?
Submit your product and get discovered by builders and creators worldwide.
Launch Now
FounderPlaybooks.
What other founders did to grow.
2722 dispatches from hundreds of founders, pulled from the week's best podcasts.
If I experienced this pain I could build a better product than my competitors. Also I would care more about it... if you love what you're building you'll put in the effort and put in those extra details to craft a better experience...
Filter Every Idea Through Your Own Daily Habits So Specs Come From Lived Experience
Pre picks ideas only from activities he personally does — cold plunges, sunlight, posture — so the product specs come from lived experience instead of survey decks. The personal-pain filter doubles as a motivation moat: caring more compounds into better craft, which compounds into downloads and revenue.
The Core Technology Fee is the only fee that you pay. Inside those marketplaces you can use any payment provider you want, you don't pay Apple any commission, you don't pay Apple any billing fee — the only thing you pay Apple in these marketplaces is the core technology fee.
Third-party marketplaces flip the math — only CTF, no commission, no billing fee
Distribute through a third-party marketplace and Apple takes zero commission and zero billing fee — only the €0.50 CTF per install. The economics get interesting for high-LTV or paid-upfront apps that can absorb the per-install cost without freeloader exposure.
There's a play for whatever you're stuck on.
Read all 2722 playbooks