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Basin

Don’t love your web forms? Check out Basin. It’s a backend automation platform that integrates with your existing tech stack and simplifies your form-building and processing flow. No coding skills or technical knowledge required, no spam allowed — so you can scale and collect those leads.

Instacap

Use Instacap to instantly collect visual feedback and annotation on a screenshot or scrolling webpage without the use of other apps, windows, or photo editors. No signups or meetings required—just share the link.

Simple Analytics

If you’ve had it with GA4, check out Simple Analytics. You guessed it: the UI is simple, the dashboard is intuitive, and privacy is the priority. Your data is encrypted, no personal user data is stored, and you can import, download, and delete your data at any time.

Eesel

“@Eesel, do we have a process for this?” Eesel uses ChatGPT to integrate with your company’s knowledge hub—like Notion or Google Docs—and build an oracle that can answer any question over Slack or Microsoft Teams. So you don’t have to interrupt your favorite coworker for the sixth time today.

Zoomerang

Get access to over a million short-form video templates across all the apps with Zoomerang’s marketplace, which integrates your brand kit, stock media, royalty-free music, and editing tools for a fully equipped creator studio. It’s super affordable at just $13/month, but you can take a look around with a free plan.

Recast

ATTN: Auditory learners, multitaskers, audiobook fiends, podcast fans, screen-time savers, and AI early adopters.

Recast is an iOS app and browser tool that uses the power of AI voice to transform long articles on the web into podcasts and rich audio summaries, so you can consume your Read Later list in a more engaging way. The Pro version even generates a personal RSS feed for you, so you can access your recasts from your favorite podcast app.

Legal Lullabies

Can’t sleep? We’ll bet you’re out like a light after 10 minutes of listening to an actor softly reading Instagram’s Terms of Service, which you could probably use a refresher on anyway. It’s kind of like a relaxing podcast to have on in the background while you work, too. There’s even a version for TikTok. No promise that your dreams won’t be weird after this, though.

SnapTik

Gotta turn that TikTok into a Reel? If you don’t have the original file, you’re working with a watermarked video, which is not only a little sloppy but probably bad news for the algorithm. Use a browser tool like SnapTik to download a watermark-free version of your video (or any video) and you’re in business. It’s lightning quick — you just need a URL.

Gen Z Music Lineup

Google’s new ad tool is designed to help you connect with 18- to 24-year-olds, who are “shaping the zeitgeist” as we speak. Google uses frequently refreshed YouTube data to package trending songs and music videos together, so you can inject your brand into the ever-evolving hype.