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Two weeks ago I dropped a comment in a thread about getting early feedback on SaaS products. 208 founders so far and 60% who listed their apps on CanaryLaunch, a platform where founders review each other's apps and leave structured, specific feedback before public launch. More than 50% got reviews in first 36 hours!

Feedback is still the core. That has not changed.

But I kept noticing the same problem. A founder would get great feedback, fix the issues, and then ask: okay, now what? How do I actually get users?

So I built a Discovery module as an experiment alongside the feedback layer.

Here is the idea. We took the all the published apps on the platform and manually curated them into 20 real-world workflows. Things like "Launch a SaaS Product", "Master Personal Finance", "Scale B2B Sales". Each workflow is a sequence of steps a real user goes through to solve a specific problem, and each step is filled by an app that belongs there. Not paid placement. Not an algorithm. Hand-picked.

The goal is that a visitor does not browse a random list. They land on the workflow that matches the problem they are trying to solve right now, and they discover the right tools in the right order. Founders get feedback AND a place where users find them in context.

Both things in one platform. That is the bet.

We are still testing it. It might be wrong. While we are happy with the response our initial phase - Discovery is a completely different problem from feedback and I am not sure we can do both well. We plan to curate and add new workflows weekly!

So I am genuinely asking: if you had a SaaS and you listed it here, would a curated workflow placement actually matter to you? Or is the feedback alone the reason you would show up?

Browse the workflows here: https://canarylaunch.com/apps

Honest takes only. This community is good at those.

Two weeks ago I dropped a comment in a thread about getting early feedback on SaaS products. 208 founders so far and 60% who listed their apps on CanaryLaunch, a platform where founders review each other's apps and leave structured, specific feedback before public launch. More than 50% got reviews in first 36 hours!

Feedback is still the core. That has not changed.

But I kept noticing the same problem. A founder would get great feedback, fix the issues, and then ask: okay, now what? How do I actually get users?

So I built a Discovery module as an experiment alongside the feedback layer.

Here is the idea. We took the all the published apps on the platform and manually curated them into 20 real-world workflows. Things like "Launch a SaaS Product", "Master Personal Finance", "Scale B2B Sales". Each workflow is a sequence of steps a real user goes through to solve a specific problem, and each step is filled by an app that belongs there. Not paid placement. Not an algorithm. Hand-picked.

The goal is that a visitor does not browse a random list. They land on the workflow that matches the problem they are trying to solve right now, and they discover the right tools in the right order. Founders get feedback AND a place where users find them in context.

Both things in one platform. That is the bet.

We are still testing it. It might be wrong. While we are happy with the response our initial phase - Discovery is a completely different problem from feedback and I am not sure we can do both well. We plan to curate and add new workflows weekly!

So I am genuinely asking: if you had a SaaS and you listed it here, would a curated workflow placement actually matter to you? Or is the feedback alone the reason you would show up?

Browse the workflows here: https://canarylaunch.com/apps

Honest takes only. This community is good at those.

On May 2nd we launched CanaryLaunch. No big announcement, no paid ads. 5 days in, 113 founders are on the platform and 56 apps are live.

Here's what the platform actually is:

Structured feedback, not random comments
Every review follows a structure - what works, what doesn't, usability, first impression. You don't get "looks cool!" You get something you can actually act on.

Feedback for feedback
You review someone else's app, you get reviewed back. It keeps the community honest and active. No freeloaders.

100% human reviews, no AI
Every single review on CanaryLaunch is written by a real founder who actually used your app. No generated summaries, no bots, no shortcuts. Real people, real opinions.

A test centre
Browse all submitted apps, pick ones relevant to you, leave a review. Founders whose apps you review get notified and are encouraged to return the favour.

Works at any stage
Beta, pre-launch, or fully live. Doesn't matter. If you're building something, you need outside eyes on it.

Featured Apps
Hand-picked tools we think every founder on the platform should know about.

A rankboard
The more you contribute, the higher you rank. Encourages people to actually engage, not just drop their link and leave.

If you're building something right now, come in. Submit your app, start reviewing, and get real feedback from people who are also in the trenches.

👉 canarylaunch.com

Happy to answer questions below.

I’ve been working on a small SaaS around product discovery. It’s kind of in the same space as Product Hunt, but I’m trying to solve a slightly different problem.

From what I’ve seen, most launches get attention for a day or two and then… nothing really happens. You get some upvotes, maybe a few comments, but not much actual usage or feedback unless you are top tier and lucky!!

So I’m experimenting with something simple: people can submit their apps, and others are encouraged to actually try them out. In return, they get credits they can use to promote their own apps or top the tester's leaderboard.

Idea is to push things more towards “use + feedback” instead of just visibility.

Not sure if this is the right approach though. Early days and I’m already running into the usual marketplace problem, getting both sides active at the same time.

Also wondering if incentivising feedback is even a good idea, or if it just leads to low-quality responses.

Curious if anyone here has faced something similar. Happy to share it and open to some brutal reviews!!