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ELEMENT 003 · LISTENING
Never miss the moment someone needs you.
Earshot keeps an ear on Reddit, Hacker News, Google News and Stack Overflow for your keywords — and emails you the second a new mention shows up, so you reply while the thread is still hot.
Free forever for one keyword · no card · live in 20 seconds
HACKER NEWSweb scraping2mREDDIT · r/SaaSnotion alternativejust nowGOOGLE NEWSyour product6mSTACK OVERFLOWrate limiting11mHACKER NEWSyour competitor14mREDDIT · r/webdevyour product20mHACKER NEWSweb scraping2mREDDIT · r/SaaSnotion alternativejust nowGOOGLE NEWSyour product6mSTACK OVERFLOWrate limiting11mHACKER NEWSyour competitor14mREDDIT · r/webdevyour product20m
01 / THE LOOP
One keyword in.
One keyword in.
The signal out.
Nothing to babysit. You name what to listen for; a cron does the listening; your inbox does the notifying — deduped, on time, every time.
0Pro sweep cadence
0Sources swept
0First-sweep lookback
0Scraping — official feeds
02 / COVERAGE
Four channels your
Four channels your
customers already talk on.
Official APIs and public feeds only — never scraped. Two work the second you sign up; Reddit and Stack Overflow tune in on Pro.
Reddit
PRO · KEYED
Hacker News
OUT OF THE BOX
Google News
OUT OF THE BOX
Stack Overflow
PRO · KEYED
03 / PROOF
Watch it work — right now.
No account, no card. Type anything and Earshot scans Hacker News live, exactly like a real sweep — deduped, most-relevant first.
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RESULTS APPEAR HERE — REAL HACKER NEWS POSTS FROM THE LAST 7 DAYS
04 / THE ENGINE
Built like an instrument,
Built like an instrument,
not a notification toy.
Four sources, one inbox
Reddit, Hacker News, Google News and Stack Overflow, unified into a single clean digest — official APIs and feeds only.
RedditHacker NewsGoogle NewsStack Overflow
5-minute sweeps
Pro keywords re-checked every five minutes, around the clock.
SHA-256 dedupe
A deterministic id per post — never pinged about the same thread twice.
Grouped digests
New matches arrive together in one email, each a direct reply link.
Pause & resume
Mute a keyword when a launch gets loud; flip it back on with one click.
Reply while it's hot
The answer you leave in the first hour beats ten you find a week later. Earshot exists to get you there first.
05 / SIGNAL VS. NOISE
Stop refreshing tabs.
| By hand | Earshot Free | Earshot Pro | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coverage | Whatever you remember | HN + Google News | All 4 sources |
| Cadence | When you have time | Daily sweep | Every 5 minutes |
| Dedupe | Your memory | Automatic | Automatic |
| Alerts | — | Email digest | Email + Slack/Discord |
| Effort | Hours a week | None | None |
| Price | Free | $0 | $12/mo |
06 / PRICING
Free to start.
Free to start.
Twelve dollars to go wide.
Your first keyword is free forever — no trial clock, no card. Upgrade when you want every source and a five-minute pulse.
FREE · RECON
$0/forever
- 1 keyword
- Checked daily
- Hacker News + Google News
- Email alerts
- No card, ever
PRO · FULL SWEEP
$12/mo
- 25 keywords
- Swept every 5 minutes
- All 4 sources
- Slack & Discord webhooks
- Cancel anytime
07 / FAQ.LOG
Good questions.
Where does Earshot look?
Reddit, Hacker News, Google News and Stack Overflow — through their official APIs and feeds only. No scraping, ever.
How fast will I know?
Pro keywords are swept every 5 minutes; Free keywords once a day. Alerts go out in the same sweep that finds the match, and your first sweep looks back over the previous 24 hours.
What do I get for free?
One keyword, checked daily against Hacker News and Google News, with email alerts. No card, no trial clock.
Do you read any private data?
No. Earshot only reads public posts, and stores just your email, your keywords and the matches it found. Delete your account any time to remove everything.
Why do Reddit and Stack Overflow need Pro?
Both block anonymous datacenter traffic, so they use free API credentials that ship with Pro. The other two sources work out of the box.
Can I cancel Pro?
Any time — it's a standard Stripe subscription. Your keywords keep running on the Free plan afterward.
Start listening.
Your first keyword is free forever. Set it in twenty seconds and never miss the next thread with your name in it.