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Portreya

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AI headshot generator that turns your selfies into studio-style professional portraits for LinkedIn and resumes.

Domain registered 5 months ago

No subscription
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How it works
Upload a few selfies, get studio-style portraits with natural lighting
Pricing
no subscription (one-time)
Best for
Job seekers, founders, and freelancers needing a quick professional photo

Watched for 6 days · last checked 6d ago

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The OS Suite

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76 separate browser-based, offline, pay-once workspaces built for specific roles like real estate agents, fitness coaches and developers, pitched as an escape from stacked SaaS subscriptions.

Nothing to installWorks offlineData stays with youPay once
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How it works
76 self-contained, browser-based workspaces, each with 8-10 purpose-built modules for a specific role or niche (real estate, fitness coaching, cybersecurity, development, etc.), running 100% offline and locally.
What's different
Data never touches a server (local-first architecture) and it's a one-time purchase instead of a stack of monthly SaaS subscriptions.
Pricing
Pay once, own forever (one-time payment, no subscription).
Best for
Professionals in specific niches who want purpose-built tools without recurring SaaS fees or sending business data to the cloud.

Watched for 14 days · last checked 8d ago

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Nocrai Digital Business Card

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A one-time-purchase digital business card (QR code / vCard) with no recurring subscription, aimed at professionals doing networking at events.

No subscription
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How it works
A permanent digital business card (QR code or vCard) linked to your email, fully customizable with your colors, logo, and links.
Pricing
One-time purchase, no recurring subscription.
Best for
Professionals doing networking at events who don't want to pay monthly for a digital card.

Watched for 13 days · last checked 11d ago

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Tos trap scanner AI agent

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An AI agent that reads a Terms of Service document and flags hidden fees, auto-renewals and arbitration traps, pay-per-use with no subscription.

No subscription
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How it works
An AI agent reads a Terms of Service document and flags predatory clauses — auto-renewals, hidden fees, arbitration traps, and other buried terms.
What's different
Runs on Gemini 2.5 Flash with a Llama fallback, and is deployed on the CROO Network agent marketplace on Base chain.
Pricing
Pay-per-use, no subscription.
Best for
Anyone about to accept a Terms of Service document who wants it checked for hidden traps first.

Watched for 17 days · last checked 8d ago

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Tiger Fast VPN

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A VPN billed by the hour or day instead of monthly, so there's no auto-renewal or surprise charge - currently iOS beta only, with 20 countries of servers.

No subscription
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How it works
Buy a time-based pass — like 1 hour for $1 or 24 hours for $3 — pick a country, connect, and the pass expires automatically.
What's different
No subscriptions, no auto-renewals, and no activity logs, unlike typical monthly VPN plans.
Pricing
1 hour for $1, 24 hours for $3, with longer options also available.
Best for
People who want VPN access occasionally without committing to a monthly subscription.
Watch out
Currently in iOS beta only, with servers in 20 countries.

Watched for 17 days · last checked 8d ago

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Uncreep

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Flags out-of-scope client requests against your original quote, prices the extra work, and drafts a change-order email — built to stop freelancers losing thousands a year to scope creep.

No sign-upPay onceNo subscription
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How it works
You paste your scope of work once and any client message; it flags out-of-scope requests, prices the extra work at your rate, drafts a change-order email, and a dashboard tracks the unpaid work it catches.
Pricing
Free demo with no signup; $29 lifetime deal for founding members.
Best for
Freelancers who want to catch and bill for scope creep instead of absorbing it for free.

Watched for 18 days · last checked 2d ago

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PassTIA

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An all-in-one CompTIA exam prep platform (A+, Network+, Security+, Data+) with a question bank, flashcards and labs on web and mobile, for people who want to skip bloated courseware.

Domain registered 17 months ago

Pay onceNo subscription
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How it works
A CompTIA certification prep platform covering A+, Network+, Security+, and Data+, with a question bank of over 500 practice questions, smart flashcards, hands-on labs, and detailed explanations per answer.
Best for
People studying for CompTIA A+, Network+, Security+, or Data+ certifications who want to skip outdated courseware.

Watched for 14 days · last checked 8d ago

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Vaaya

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One connector that plugs your AI agent (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Codex) into outside tools for building demos, running outreach and researching your market.

FreeNo subscription
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How it works
A single connector that plugs into AI agents in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Codex, sitting between the agent and paid outside services (web search, scraping, contact enrichment, image/video generation, email, phone calls, code sandboxes) so the agent can call them without you creating separate vendor accounts or managing API keys.
What's different
You pay per successful call in cents rather than maintaining multiple separate subscriptions; failed calls cost nothing.
Pricing
Starts with free credits, no card required, then pay-per-call with no subscription.
Best for
Developers and teams building AI agent workflows who want their agent to reach outside tools (outreach, research, demos) without managing each vendor integration separately.

Watched for 18 days · last checked today

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