“All the apps on the app store wanted to charge me $20/mo to upload a pdf and export as SVG.”
Maytee Chinavanichkit, on news.ycombinator.com ↗
The App Store wanted $20 a month to import a PDF and export an SVG. Paintlustrator does both on your iPad for free.
Canva Pro wants a monthly fee to remove a background. Cutora does it in your browser and asks for nothing.
“While Canva keeps useful tools behind Pro plans, Cutora keeps image editing simple, fast, and accessible.”
CleanShot wants $10 a month to make a screenshot presentable. Glossyshots blurs it, circles it and frames it on Windows for nothing.
“I got tired of paying a subscription just to make screenshots look decent, so I built a free, open-source one with Claude Code”
Snapchat put your own old photos behind a storage plan. Snapback opens the free export in your browser and gives you the grid, the year scrubber and the flashbacks back. Nothing leaves your device.
“In 2025 Snapchat started charging for Memories storage above 5 GB.”
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