Ameliorate
Shares rank 14 of 17 diagramming tools by recommenders
Free app for visual diagrams, suited to running LEAN activities. Critics question the graph interface and find it hard to navigate.
Free app for visual diagrams, suited to running LEAN activities. Critics question the graph interface and find it hard to navigate.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Visual way to run LEAN activities
“I think this can be a good visual way to run LEAN activities”
Comment from 22 Aug 2026 in “Ameliorate” Shareable examples people can reuse
“Here are some I could share”
Comment from 21 Aug 2026 in “Ameliorate”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Graph creation interface questioned
“I question if the interface is optimal for creating the graphs vs something more conversational”
Comment from 22 Aug 2026 in “Ameliorate” Hard to know where to look
“one major issue with the app has been that it's just hard to know where you're supposed to look”
Comment from 23 Aug 2026 in “Ameliorate”
Other diagramming tools people recommend
The four most recommended other diagramming tools, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Krita | 77 | 11 | 88% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Excalidraw | 56 | 10 | 85% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Aseprite | 26 | 3 | 90% | 6 | — | Approved |
| Procreate | 23 | 0 | 100% | 6 | — | Approved |
| AmeliorateThis page | 5 | 1 | 83% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“one major issue with the app has been that it's just hard to know where you're supposed to look”
“I like this angle a bit better”
“I question if the interface is optimal for creating the graphs vs something more conversational”
“I think this can be a good visual way to run LEAN activities”
“Here are some I could share”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.