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# App marketplace presence truth: Promptly and Drishti

Date checked: 2026-08-09

## Claim

Promptly and Drishti (Tiny Studio's two public apps) have zero indexed Product Hunt or AlternativeTo presence.

## Verdict

**True as checked on 2026-08-09.** Neither app has a listing, page, or indexed mention owned by Tiny Studio on Product Hunt or AlternativeTo. All name-matching results belong to unrelated third parties. This document records the exact checks so the claim can be re-verified.

## What was checked

- On-platform search on Product Hunt (`https://www.producthunt.com/search`) for `promptly`, `drishti`, and `tiny studio`.
- On-platform search on AlternativeTo (`https://alternativeto.net/browse/search/`) for `promptly` and `drishti`.
- Web index checks via DuckDuckGo site-restricted queries for any `tinystudio.in` or Tiny Studio reference on either platform.
- The live app pages (`https://tinystudio.in/promptly/`, `https://tinystudio.in/drishti/`) for links to either platform and for crawl blocking.

## Findings

### Product Hunt

| Query | Result |
|---|---|
| `promptly` | 5+ unrelated products named "Promptly": a no-code generative AI app builder, a ChatGPT master plugin, an AI-prompt saver, a no-code web page editor, and a customer-support email autopilot. None is Tiny Studio's booking/no-show app; none links to tinystudio.in. |
| `drishti` | "No products found for 'drishti'." Zero results. |
| `tiny studio` | Fuzzy matches only (Supernotes, PicSo, Kapwing, etc.). The exact-name product page `producthunt.com/products/tinystudio` is an unrelated Mac app ("Using AI to generate subtitles on Mac", launched 2023, maker handle `tinyfool`, App Store id 6448954288). It is a different brand, not this Tiny Studio; its site is an Apple App Store listing, not tinystudio.in. |
| `site:producthunt.com "tinystudio.in"` | No results. |

### AlternativeTo

| Query | Result |
|---|---|
| `promptly` | "Promptly AI" (chatbot builder) and "Promptly" (open-source blog publishing tool) plus fuzzy matches (Prmptly.xyz, Promptless, etc.). None is Tiny Studio's booking/no-show app; none links to tinystudio.in. |
| `drishti` | "Drishti" (open-source scientific visualization software for volumetric/tomography data) plus fuzzy matches (Now&Me, Pollscape). None is Tiny Studio's mindful screen-time app. |
| `site:alternativeto.net "tinystudio.in"` | No results. |
| `site:alternativeto.net tinystudio OR "tiny studio" promptly OR drishti` | No results. |
| `site:alternativeto.net "promptly" booking` | No results. |

### Live app pages

- `https://tinystudio.in/promptly/` returns HTTP 200.
- `https://tinystudio.in/drishti/` returns HTTP 200.
- Neither page contains the words "Product Hunt" or "AlternativeTo" (zero matches in page HTML).
- Neither page carries a `noindex`/`nofollow` robots meta; `robots.txt` allows crawling of all paths and lists the sitemap.
- The pages are pre-launch product pages with an early-access mailto CTA; they are not listed on either marketplace.
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Check link targets and HTTP robots headers before recording these conclusions.

Line 45 checks only for the words Product Hunt and AlternativeTo. This does not prove that the HTML contains no links to producthunt.com or alternativeto.net.

Line 46 checks the robots meta tag and robots.txt, but it does not record the X-Robots-Tag response header. Inspect anchor href values and response headers for both pages before claiming that they contain no marketplace links and are not noindexed.

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Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@docs/research/app-marketplace-presence-truth-2026-08-09.md` around lines 41 -
47, Update the evidence for both live app pages to inspect anchor href values
for producthunt.com and alternativeto.net, and record the HTTP X-Robots-Tag
response header alongside the existing robots meta and robots.txt checks. Only
retain the conclusions about absent marketplace links and noindex/nofollow
status after these checks confirm them.

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P2 Badge Remove the nonexistent early-access CTA claim

When this truth document is used to assess launch readiness, this line records an acquisition path that neither checked page provides: the primary actions in public/promptly/index.html and public/drishti/index.html are Support and Privacy, while their only mailto: links are explicitly labeled as email support in the footer. Readers could therefore incorrectly conclude that pre-launch demand capture is already available; either link to an actual early-access CTA or describe these as support-email links.

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## Interpretation boundary

- "Zero indexed presence" means no marketplace listing, profile, review page, or mention owned by or attributable to Tiny Studio's Promptly and Drishti on Product Hunt or AlternativeTo. It does not claim anything about the unrelated third parties that share the names.
- The generic names "Promptly" and "Drishti" collide with unrelated products on both platforms. That collision is a naming/positioning risk to manage, not a Tiny Studio presence.
- Product Hunt's exact-name "TinyStudio" page belongs to a different company's Mac subtitle app. It is not a Tiny Studio asset and must not be claimed or treated as one.
- Absence of indexed results is evidence of absence on these platforms as of the check date; it is not a claim that no listing can ever exist later. Re-check before any launch or before any "listed on Product Hunt/AlternativeTo" claim.

## Re-verification

To re-verify, repeat the on-platform searches and the two site-restricted queries above. The claim is falsified iff a Product Hunt or AlternativeTo page owned by or attributable to Tiny Studio's Promptly or Drishti (linking to tinystudio.in or named as Tiny Studio's app) appears in any of them.
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Correct the re-verification rule.

The document lists one Product Hunt site-restricted query at Line 29 and three AlternativeTo queries at Lines 37-39. Replace “the two site-restricted queries above” with an explicit reference to all listed queries.

The iff condition is also too strong. A matching page found by any check is sufficient to falsify the claim, but a page can exist without appearing in these search results.

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-To re-verify, repeat the on-platform searches and the two site-restricted queries above. The claim is falsified iff a Product Hunt or AlternativeTo page owned by or attributable to Tiny Studio's Promptly or Drishti (linking to tinystudio.in or named as Tiny Studio's app) appears in any of them.
+To re-verify, repeat the on-platform searches and all site-restricted queries listed above. A Product Hunt or AlternativeTo page owned by or attributable to Tiny Studio's Promptly or Drishti falsifies this claim if it appears in any check. Absence from these checks supports the claim only as of the re-check date.
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## Re-verification
To re-verify, repeat the on-platform searches and the two site-restricted queries above. The claim is falsified iff a Product Hunt or AlternativeTo page owned by or attributable to Tiny Studio's Promptly or Drishti (linking to tinystudio.in or named as Tiny Studio's app) appears in any of them.
## Re-verification
To re-verify, repeat the on-platform searches and all site-restricted queries listed above. A Product Hunt or AlternativeTo page owned by or attributable to Tiny Studio's Promptly or Drishti falsifies this claim if it appears in any check. Absence from these checks supports the claim only as of the re-check date.
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents 
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@docs/research/app-marketplace-presence-truth-2026-08-09.md` around lines 56 -
58, Update the Re-verification section to explicitly reference the one Product
Hunt and three AlternativeTo site-restricted queries listed earlier, replacing
“the two site-restricted queries above.” Revise the falsification rule so any
qualifying Product Hunt or AlternativeTo page found by the checks is sufficient
to falsify the claim, without stating that the condition is an iff relationship.