Poppy
Personal CRM in Productivity & writing
Recommended as a free, local-only app that nudges people to keep in touch with friends and family; critics mostly flag AI-generated website copy.
Recommended as a free, local-only app that nudges people to keep in touch with friends and family; critics mostly flag AI-generated website copy.
37 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 24
- criticize it
- 13
- approval share
- 65%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 24 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 1.8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 3 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
Local-only, no accounts, privacy first
“Everything lives locally on the device. No accounts, no backend.”
Comment from 6 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Poppy – a simple app to stay intentional with relationships” “The sales pitch is entirely privacy first”
Comment from 6 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Poppy – a simple app to stay intentional with relationships” “I do like that it's local and free.”
Comment from 5 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Poppy – a simple app to stay intentional with relationships” Gentle nudges and reminders
“By gamifying it, and setting reminders, it gives a nudge in the right direction.”
Comment from 5 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Poppy – a simple app to stay intentional with relationships” “I like the fact that you insist on "no social pressure" and a "gentle" nudge.”
Comment from 5 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Poppy – a simple app to stay intentional with relationships” Attractive design and clear concept
“It’s aesthetically pleasing and has a nice concept.”
Comment from 5 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Poppy – a simple app to stay intentional with relationships” “created a free app that looks pretty cool”
Comment from 5 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Poppy – a simple app to stay intentional with relationships” Does one thing well
“solves one particular problem for one specific group of people really well”
Comment from 5 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Poppy – a simple app to stay intentional with relationships” “it does one thing really good: be there”
Comment from 5 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Poppy – a simple app to stay intentional with relationships”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Website copy looks AI-generated
“Love the idea! Contrary to the comments i have seen this first time, just the website copy is AI generated hence it feels off.”
Comment from 5 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Poppy – a simple app to stay intentional with relationships” “You definitely slopcoded this entire thing, including all the text. It ha that weird AI tone to it.”
Comment from 5 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Poppy – a simple app to stay intentional with relationships” “The whole website was prompted. You can tell by the overload of emoji's on the page”
Comment from 5 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Poppy – a simple app to stay intentional with relationships” - Comment from 5 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Poppy – a simple app to stay intentional with relationships”
- Comment from 5 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Poppy – a simple app to stay intentional with relationships”
Privacy concerns about sharing data
“I see the merit in this project as well but no way in hell i share this data with a third party”
Comment from 6 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Poppy – a simple app to stay intentional with relationships” “no way in hell i share this data with a third party”
Comment from 5 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Poppy – a simple app to stay intentional with relationships” Not suited to its target audiences
“not well suited (in terms of visuals, name, language) to some of the audiences that need it most”
Comment from 5 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Poppy – a simple app to stay intentional with relationships” “the design is also a bit too quirky for neurotypicals anyway”
Comment from 5 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Poppy – a simple app to stay intentional with relationships”
What people recommend instead
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PoppyThis page | 24 | 13 | 65% | 3 | — | — |
| Monica personal CRM | 15 | 16 | 48% | 4 | 2 yrs5 owners | — |
What people said
40 of the 44 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“made a little popout extension for giving me a more minimal viewer experience with a button in safari”
“supports Opus as a first-class format”
“this project seems to be a solution looking for a problem”
“i kinda dont like the core concept of gamifying socialization”
“I see the merit in this project as well but no way in hell i share this data with a third party”
“The sales pitch is entirely privacy first”
“Even if this helps 100 other people, that's all the validation I need.”
“I'm so happy to see people also find it helpful like me!”
“Everything lives locally on the device. No accounts, no backend.”
“It’s aesthetically pleasing and has a nice concept.”
“Why is it only for iOS? That fully cuts me and many others off from even trying it.”
“exactly the kind of think I’ve looked for many times”
“website looks exactly like a millions of others ai coded tools”
“The review section looks very unpolished: no x-padding at all, a random black a rrow..”
“THere's a level of AI generated copy that makes the website look unpolished.”
“created a free app that looks pretty cool”
“The only thing I need an app for, is to keep track of birthdays, any calendar can do that.”
“I like the fact that you insist on "no social pressure" and a "gentle" nudge.”
“The avatars in the "testimonials" are all fakes by pravatar.cc”
“The whole website was prompted. You can tell by the overload of emoji's on the page”
“the design is also a bit too quirky for neurotypicals anyway”
“It wouldn't work if the phone is the only way to get to this.”
“no way in hell i share this data with a third party”
“By gamifying it, and setting reminders, it gives a nudge in the right direction.”
“Maintaining your social network is a skill, just like being able to swim, doing math”
“The AI writing is a big turn-off”
“people that install it aren't going to people that need to be using it.”
“Love the idea! Contrary to the comments i have seen this first time, just the website copy is AI generated hence it feels off.”
“You definitely slopcoded this entire thing, including all the text. It ha that weird AI tone to it.”
“solves one particular problem for one specific group of people really well”
“I love this! It’s a fantastic little free app.”
“it does one thing really good: be there”
“since it's contingent on already being cognizant of keeping up with relationships”
“I do like that it's local and free.”
“where it will take me around half hour to figure out”
“I noticed a bug during contact import.”
“Beautiful. I am a little worried that you’ll soon lose interest and stop supporting the app without a business model.”
“not well suited (in terms of visuals, name, language) to some of the audiences that need it most”
“as it is, it's completely blank without JS”
“This looks lovely! I've been meaning to do a better job of calling friends and family.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.