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Grateful is a gratitude app with a simple social layer.You write a short entry, keep it private or share it to a circle. A circle is a small private group of your own making — family, close friends, whoever you'd actually want to hear from.It shows you the most recent post first. People in the circle can react or leave a comment. There's also a daily notification that sends you something you were grateful for in the past.Try it out on both iOS and Android. Go to grateful.so

HN · launched Apr 12, 2026 · 9 upvotes (top 45%) · 0 views

Niche: niche social networking platforms · 322 launches, 34 in the last 7 days ▲ +26% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags
  • Horizontal
  • Communication
  • B2C
  • Not AI
  • Commercial product

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More like this: all 322 launches in niche social networking platforms →

Could you build this?

Yes Grateful is a straightforward mobile/web app featuring standard CRUD, user authentication, and private circles/feeds, which fits neatly into standard Firebase/Supabase setups built via vibe-coding.

Discussion

5 comments analyzed.

Competitors mentioned: Private Instagram accounts, Google Plus

Concerns raised: Cold-start problem getting friends to download, Unclear differentiation from existing platforms, Data privacy and security risks, Sustainability/company longevity concerns

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 591 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #224 of 592 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 144 days after the earliest competitor.

  • Graceup · ph · 2026-11-09 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.67
  • Grateful · ph · 2026-09-28 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.60
  • Grateful · ph · 2026-09-19 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.59
  • Blessed · ph · 2026-09-11 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.58
  • Fondly · ph · 2026-09-20 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.54
  • FiveClose · ph · 2026-11-10 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.49
  • Jarflow · ph · 2026-11-10 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.49
  • Throwing Kindness · ph · 2026-09-26 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.48

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