Consumer apps
Consumer apps: the closure stories and lessons of 59 startups.
59 startups
The app for saving articles from around the web to read later
Closed2022 – 2024Artifact
The Instagram founders' news app, personalised with super intelligence
Closed2019 – 2023Neeva
A search engine founded by a former Google executive that promised search without ads or tracking
Closed2017 – 2022Yaani
Turkcell's mobile-first search engine, launched with the promise of keeping data in Turkey
Closed2010 – 2020Wunderlist
The Berlin-born to-do list app that reached 13 million users
Closed2015 – 2019Sinemia
The cinema subscription app that let film fans go often for a fixed monthly fee
Closed2006 – 2016ChaCha
A text-message search service where human guides answered the questions
Closed2011 – 2016Mailbox
The mobile email app that promised inbox zero with a few swipes
Closed2012 – 2016Sunrise
The calendar app Microsoft bought for more than $100 million and folded into Outlook
Closed2012 – 2015Bawte
The Iowa start-up that kept the manuals and warranties for everything you buy in one place
Closed2011 – 2015Dakick
The social time guide that recommended events based on the artists, teams and venues you followed
Closed2008 – 2014Springpad
The note-taking app that reached 5 million users in Evernote's shadow but never built a revenue model
Closed2011 – 2013Everpix
The much-loved photo service that gathered all your photos in the cloud and picked out the best
Closed2010 – 2013Flud
A San Diego app that wanted to turn reading the news into a social experience
Closed1994 – 2009GeoCities
The free personal web page host organised into virtual neighbourhoods
Closed2005 – 2006Kiko
The online calendar that launched just before Google Calendar and ended up sold on eBay
Closed1996 – 2026Ask.com
Search engine
Closed1997 – 2025goo
Japanese internet search engine and web portal
Closed2003 – 2024Internetstores
Consumer apps
Closed2007 – 2024Mibbit
Web based IRC client
Closed2017 – 2024NT Mobile
Consumer apps
Closed2022 – 2023Cade
British made Website Design tool
Closed2014 – 2023Clover
Dating app
Closed2009 – 2023Omegle
Free online chat website
Closed1996 – 2022SinnerSchrader
Digital agency with headquarters in Hamburg
Closed2002 – 2021Relatieplanet
Dating site
Closed1997 – 2020terraserver.com
Website
Closed2009 – 2019Videdressing
Consumer apps
Closed2008 – 2018Klout
Website
Closed2006 – 2018SimplyMarry
Consumer apps
Closed2012 – 2018Thunderclap
Social gathering website
Closed2009 – 2017indoona
Consumer apps
Closed2005 – 2017Mininova
Dutch BitTorrent website
Closed2005 – 2017Nigma
Russian search engine
Closed2005 – 2016ArticlesBase
Consumer apps
Closed2014 – 2016Fling
Messaging app
Closed2009 – 2016Readability
Service for cleaning up web pages for reading
Closed2012 – 2016Tvyo.com
Consumer apps
Closed2008 – 2015Clewwa
Search Engine
Closed2006 – 2015TheFind.com
American online discovery shopping search engine
Closed2005 – 2014Cupid Plc
British company that owns and operates dating websites
Closed2007 – 2014Graphic.ly
Website
Closed1996 – 2014Suite101
Company
Closed2005 – 2013Qype
Company
Closed1996 – 2013Track
Web search engine
Closed2002 – 2013Worth1000
Website
Closed2009 – 2012Face.com
Israeli facial recognition technology company
Closed2006 – 2012Jaiku
Company
Closed1999 – 2011AlltheWeb
Search engine
Closed1999 – 2011SPB Software
Company
Closed2006 – 2010Brenda Vasquez
Search engine
Closed2006 – 2010Viewzi
American internet search engine company
Closed2009 – 2010Zoombu
Metasearch engine
Closed2008 – 2009Wikia Search
Free and open-source web search engine by Wikia
Closed1998 – 2007Schlund+Partner
Consumer apps
Closed1991 – 2005Emulti
Polish search engine
Closed1995 – 2005NDO
Consumer apps
Closed1996 – 2002Yomi Media
Finnish dot-com company
Closed1994 – 1999Senrigan
Consumer apps
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