This Week in StartupBase #24

Hey,

Quick one this week.

Vitals, my Mac app that shows you which app is slowing your Mac down, has now sold almost 1,200 copies. We launched on Product Hunt last week, and it's still going really well.

Next up is AppSumo, later this week.

If you've been meaning to try it, now's the best time. It's $9 for a lifetime licence: no subscription, and every update included. The price goes up as more licences sell.

👉 Get Vitals for $9

Want the full picture first? We published a review of Vitals today.

Thanks for the support, Atta

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Top launches this week

Black Friday France

🛍️ BlackFridayFrance.com tracks and curates Black Friday deals from 1,000+ retailers across fashion, tech, toys, appliances, beauty, jewelry and more. 🧩 Our new Chrome extension, Black Friday France – Deal Finder, recognizes the retailer you’re browsing and instantly surfaces its Black Friday p...

Hairstyle Atlas

Hairstyle Atlas shows you a haircut or hair colour on your own face before you sit in the chair. You upload one front-facing selfie, choose a cut (fade, buzz, bob, bangs, wolf cut and more) or a colour (balayage, blonde, grey), and the result is rendered onto that same photo in about 20 seconds. ...

Byteful

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Digital Interview AI

Digital Interview AI is an Interview Performance Platform that helps job seekers prepare, perform and improve throughout their interview journey. AI Interview Prep delivers realistic conversational audio and video practice interviews personalized to the company, role, job description, resume and ...

DOER

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Gemini Omni

Gemini Omni is a multimodal AI video generator and editor for turning text prompts, images, video, and audio into cohesive videos. Create scenes, refine edits, remix footage, and control camera movement through natural conversation. It supports character and scene consistency, keyframes, native s...

Eleven11 Finder

Compare prices for supermarkets, fuel, and pet products near you. The service combines public flyers, open data, and prices submitted by the local community. Build a shopping list to compare an entire cart across nearby markets, or set alerts for products and get notified when prices drop in your...

Zensei

Zensei scans more than 100 sectors and sub-sectors, ranks them by relative strength, and shows which areas are outperforming, emerging, cooling, or underperforming. Its live Index combines structural, tactical, and regime signals into a single market read. Use sector rankings, rotation maps, stoc...

Is My App Slop

What it does Is My App Slop is a one-time, $27 audit for websites and apps built with AI ("vibe coded"). Paste in a live URL and get back a score out of 100, a breakdown across six dimensions (clarity, design craft, trust signals, flow, mobile, and conversion), plain-language findings, and ranked...

multas.ar

multas.ar is an Argentine platform for checking and managing traffic fines, with services for individuals and businesses. Individuals can search by license plate, DNI or CUIT and receive real-time alerts about newly detected fines. The platform brings together information from different jurisdict...

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Recent articles

Vitals Review: The Activity Monitor Alternative That Shows Which App Is Slowing Your Mac

Activity Monitor shows you a thousand processes and leaves the adding up to you. Vitals groups them under the app that launched them, so the answer to "what is slowing my Mac down?" sits at the top of the list.

DOER Review: A LinkedIn Alternative With No Ads, No Algorithm and Zero Commission

DOER is a professional network where nothing in the feed is ranked or sponsored, and members keep everything they earn from courses, services and mentoring. This review covers how it works, what it costs, and when a flat fee beats a commission.