Yourshoesmells.com
Shares rank 9 of 14 web apps by recommenders
Recommended as a funny, practical way to check whether a boulder gym stinks, though critics find the font hard to read and report false positives.
Recommended as a funny, practical way to check whether a boulder gym stinks, though critics find the font hard to read and report false positives.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 75%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: 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: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 3 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
Funny, practical gym smell check
“Funny and practical to know if the gym stinks. I find the font incredibly hard to read.”
Comment from 4 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Yourshoesmells.com – Find the most smelly boulder gym” “this product got me laugh for five minutes”
Comment from 4 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Yourshoesmells.com – Find the most smelly boulder gym”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Font hard to read
“The font you chose is borderline illegible. Password being 3-20 characters makes me nervous.”
Comment from 4 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Yourshoesmells.com – Find the most smelly boulder gym” “Funny and practical to know if the gym stinks. I find the font incredibly hard to read.”
Comment from 4 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Yourshoesmells.com – Find the most smelly boulder gym” “that font sucks for readability”
Comment from 4 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Yourshoesmells.com – Find the most smelly boulder gym”
Other web apps people recommend
The four most recommended other web apps, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bigwords.page | 45 | 3 | 94% | 1 | — | — |
| Jmail | 39 | 10 | 80% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Stowaway | 21 | 4 | 84% | 2 | — | — |
| Scroll Wikipedia like TikTok | 18 | 5 | 78% | 1 | — | — |
| Yourshoesmells.comThis page | 6 | 2 | 75% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“that font sucks for readability”
“Amazing, the one I go to that only opened last year in Ede, the Netherlands is there!”
“there's quite a few false-positives”
“The font you chose is borderline illegible. Password being 3-20 characters makes me nervous.”
“this product got me laugh for five minutes”
“10/10 for the login username placeholder text alone”
“Funny and practical to know if the gym stinks. I find the font incredibly hard to read.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.