Week 33 · Aug 10–16

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This week's race

Week of Aug 10, 2026

48 launching

ORBII ORBII is a women's safety app with hands-free Voice SOS that runs entirely on your device and offers other safety features such as Geofencing , Walk with me ,etc.

TenThirty Your phone is the reason you're still awake. TenThirty gets you to commit to habits proven to improve sleep and closes the apps keeping you awake at night.

StudyEaseHaven Crafting Comfort In Every Note

+ 45 more on the board — see the full list

Verstage

A lightweight, shareable progress tracker.

Cite Hustle

Put your organic traffic on autopilot. We automate keyword research, AI writing, and CMS publishing from start to finish.

Omogle

Get a free AI face rating and PSL-style score from six facial measurements.

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Products Launching This Week

Week of Aug 10, 2026

BeartIMAGE

Resize, convert, compress, watermark and edit hundreds of photos right in your browser.

Design Tools Photography by @arthur_arthur S +8 9 upvotes

Paper Critters

Decorate paper toys for free in 3D. Safe, creative fun for kids with full COPPA compliance parents can trust.

3D & AR/VR Design Tools by @jr_fabito C +7 8 upvotes 1

StreamCalc

Compare YouTube, Twitch, Kick, Spotify & TikTok creator payouts with our free, instant earnings calculator.

SaaS & Tools FinTech by @artzz_phone C +6 7 upvotes 3

Chiplab

Give your AI agents virtual hardware to build, test, and simulate on. No real chip required.

AI & ML Developer Tools by @sohyeon_park E +9 10 upvotes

LegitCheck

Spot contract risks, understand confusing clauses, and negotiate with confidence.

SaaS & Tools Legal & Compliance by @risingdevs N +5 6 upvotes 1

4.0

Synthreel

AI writes scripts, animates videos, adds voiceover and posts to YouTube automatically.

AI & ML Content Creation by @cody_braden E +9 10 upvotes

BuyingWindow

Know who's ready to buy, before they start looking

SaaS & Tools Marketing by @victor_oluwaleke E +9 10 upvotes

Reader Alive

Translate, listen to, and ask questions about your ebooks.

AI & ML Productivity by @phil_ren J +2 3 upvotes 1

Focora

A robust all-in-one productivity tracker

Productivity SaaS & Tools by @justin_hadinata A +2 3 upvotes

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Previous Launches

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Blog2Video

Turn blog posts, articles, PDFs, and documents into narrated videos with templates, voiceover, scene editing, and cross-channel distribution workflows.

Content Creation Video & Audio by @arslan_shahid 2

FLIK

FLIK is a professional platform and community for filmmakers, screenwriters, actors, and crew — find collaborators, set up and run your productions fast, discover film funding and opportunities

Social & Community Collaboration by @sylvie_marinkovic 1

Convertica

Free online PDF tools — convert, merge, compress, OCR. No signup, no watermarks.

SaaS & Tools Productivity by @convertica_convertica 1

5.0

My Planner Web

Create routines, timetables, habits, stress resets, and premium lifestyle challenges in one calm planner dashboard.

Productivity Health & Wellness by @ozair_sahil 1

Scalnex

Scale your organic growth with Scalnex — an AI-powered SEO automation platform for link building, keyword tracking, and content optimization

SaaS & Tools AI & ML by @arpita_saxena 5

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About Smol Launch

The questions makers ask us before signing up.

Why should I launch on Smol Launch?

You get a full week in front of 16,000+ makers, not 24 hours. Free launches are paced at 30 per week so the home page stays worth scrolling — when a week fills, you go into the next open one — and your listing keeps its spot through Sunday.

Does my product get a link back to my site?

Yes. Every approved product gets a permanent listing that links to your site and keeps sending referral traffic. Verify the free Smol Launch badge on your site to become a verified listing, or skip the badge with Premium or the Maker Pass.

How do I get feedback on my product launch?

Every submission gets votes, comments, and star reviews from signed-in users. Engagement also feeds the ranking score, so good comments aren't just nice — they help you climb the page during launch week.

What is Smol Launch?

Smol Launch — sometimes written as one word, smollaunch — is a weekly product-launch platform for indie makers at smollaunch.com. Submissions open every Monday, community voting runs through Sunday, and products are ranked by a multi-factor scoring algorithm that weighs vote velocity, maker reputation, engagement, and fraud signals.

Is Smol Launch a Product Hunt alternative?

Yes. Smol Launch focuses on weekly launch cohorts instead of the 24-hour Product Hunt format, which gives indie makers a full week of visibility per launch and reduces time-zone disadvantage. See our Product Hunt comparison for a side-by-side breakdown.

How do weekly launches work?

Each launch period runs Monday through Sunday. Approved products appear on the home page for that week, accumulate votes and comments, and finish ranked. Winners earn a permanent winner badge and remain discoverable on category and launch-period pages.

Is Smol Launch free?

Yes. Plain free submissions are paced at 30 a week and badge-verified launches are also free, with 30 slots a week. Both are platform-wide pools shared by every maker, not per-maker allowances — and they set which week you launch in, not whether you can: when a week fills, the next one opens and you keep your place in line. Premium and the yearly Maker Pass skip badge work and skip the wait. Launch Everywhere is a separate directory-submission service from $99, and Featured Spots are separate advertising. Free tiers cover a product's first launch; relaunches run on Premium.

What does the ranking score consider?

The score considers engagement velocity (votes and comments over time), maker reputation (karma earned across launches), content quality signals on the listing, and fraud-detection heuristics. The exact weights are intentionally not published to limit gaming.

Who runs Smol Launch?

Smol Launch is operated by Smol Launch's editorial team. Submissions are reviewed by automated checks plus human moderation through an admin cockpit before they go live.

How are votes counted?

One vote per registered user per launch submission. Votes are de-duplicated, rate-limited, and fed into fraud-detection heuristics. Anonymous votes do not count toward rank.

What is karma?

Karma is a gamification system that rewards consistent participation — voting, commenting, and successful launches. Karma can be redeemed for perks like featured placement and contributes to the maker-reputation factor in the ranking algorithm.

How do I get featured?

Submit a product, complete the listing with a clear tagline and screenshots, and queue it for an upcoming weekly launch. Premium verifies the listing without badge work; paid Featured Spots are separate advertising.

Where can I see past winners?

Every weekly launch period has its own page at /launches/<week>, and category pages aggregate top products by topic. Winner badges remain on the product page indefinitely.

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What Smol Launch is, and how a weekly launch works

Smol Launch is a weekly product-launch platform built for indie makers. Instead of a single frantic 24-hour window, every product gets a full week in front of the community. Makers submit a product to an upcoming launch period, each submission is reviewed before it goes live, and then the people who actually try new tools vote, comment, and leave reviews. Submissions are ranked by a multi-factor score that weighs engagement against a handful of quality and fraud signals, and the products that rise to the top of their week earn a winner badge that stays on their listing for good.

Each launch period runs from Monday to Sunday. Once your submission is approved it joins that week's cohort and stays visible the whole way through — not just for a single day — so word has time to travel and time zones even out. Past weeks do not disappear either: every period keeps its own page, so you can browse every past launch period to see how previous cohorts finished, or read how the ranking actually works for the full breakdown of what the score considers.

The weekly format is the whole point. A one-day launch rewards whoever can mobilise the biggest crowd in a single window, and punishes makers in the wrong time zone or without a pre-built audience. A week lets feedback compound and sends more qualified traffic than a front-loaded day. If you are weighing your options, our Smol Launch vs Product Hunt comparison lays out where the weekly cohort model helps and where a one-day launch might still suit you.

Getting your first launch live takes only a few steps: create a maker account, build a strong listing with a clear tagline and screenshots, queue it for an upcoming week, and show up in the comments during your launch. The free tier is genuinely free — including a permanent listing that links to your site once you verify the Smol Launch badge — while Premium skips badge work. Launch Everywhere and Featured Spots are separate services for wider distribution or paid placement. Our launch resources and guides cover everything from finding your first hundred users to a startup SEO checklist you can finish in an afternoon.