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Is There a Thing
A directory that answers "is there an app, tool or AI for that?" one question per page: an honest yes, partly or not really, plus the real tools that do it, their prices and the catch.
About
Most people who type "is there an app that" into a search box already suspect the answer is yes. What they want is which one, what it costs and what goes wrong. Is There a Thing gives them that, one question per page, with the URL reading like the end of the question: isthereathing.com/an-app-that-identifies-plants.
Questions sit in 12 categories, from writing and AI text to money and subscriptions, and new ones are published in waves. Each page gives a shortlist of real things, with their free tier, cheapest paid price as the vendor shows it, platforms and the catch.
Who it is for. Anyone who has wondered whether somebody already built the thing they need, from spotting AI-written text to finding every subscription on a bank account. It is written for people who want a straight answer and a short list, not a buyer's guide padded with affiliate links.
How it works in practice. The questions come from Google's autocomplete, so they are worded the way people actually ask them. The homepage is an explorable sky of those phrases grouped into categories, with answered questions shown as bright stars and a plain list view for anyone who prefers one. Open a question and you get the verdict first, then the shortlist. Free tiers, prices, platforms and catches are read from each product's own pages, help centre or app store listing, cited by number with the date they were checked. Where a price couldn't be confirmed, the page says "not checked" rather than guessing.
What makes it different. It will say no. A "not really" verdict means nothing does the job properly, and the page says so and points to the nearest fix. It also says when a popular answer is the wrong one, such as Shazam for a hummed tune. And where one of our own products fits, ScriptGrain for example, it appears with an "ours" label and is never forced to the top. Every third-party link is nofollow and there are no affiliate links.
Where it stands now. Live, with every page carrying a Markdown mirror and an llms.txt index that lists each question with its verdict and summary, so AI assistants can read and cite it too. Analytics are first-party and anonymous: no cookies, no accounts.
What it deliberately does not do. It doesn't pretend a detector score is proof or that every question has a happy answer. It doesn't take affiliate money, rank its own products first or invent prices it couldn't check.
Key features
- One question per page, worded as people type it
- Honest verdicts: yes, partly or not really
- Free tier, cheapest price, platforms and the catch for every tool
- Every fact cited to a dated vendor source
- Our own products labelled "ours", no affiliate links
- Markdown mirror of every page plus llms.txt
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