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Running campaigns isn't marketing
Free your team to strategize
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Featured app • Uplane
Let AI run the campaigns so your team can run the marketing
Most marketing teams spend their days launching ads, A/B testing landing pages, and babysitting budgets. That is execution, not marketing. Uplane hands the whole funnel to AI so your people get back to strategy. Deutsche Bahn is already moving from manual campaign execution to AI-driven automation on it.
What is it:
A full-funnel AI marketing platform that runs market research, ad and landing page creation, testing, and budget management automatically.
Who is it for:
Marketing teams who spend more time executing campaigns by hand than actually planning the marketing behind them.
Alternative to:
Smartly.io, Madgicx, AdCreative.ai, or steering campaigns manually across each ad platform.
Why we like it:
We like Uplane because it automates the tedious execution layer of performance marketing, from research to budget steering, so marketers focus on strategy instead of busywork.
Explore more app discoveries
Missed a previous issue? Don’t worry! Catch up on all the incredible apps we’ve featured in past issues and find hidden gems you might have overlooked.
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 | A calendar-based time tracking tool that captures your meetings and activities, then turns them into reports and productivity insights. |
 | A lightweight teamwork OS that distills activity across your tools into personalized intelligence, keeping people and AI agents aligned. |
 | A private meeting notes app that records, transcribes, and summarizes conversations with 100% on-device AI. |
10x the context. Half the time.
Speak your prompts into ChatGPT or Claude and get detailed, paste-ready input that actually gives you useful output. Wispr Flow captures what you'd cut when typing. Free on Mac, Windows, and iPhone.
Sponsor • Buddy Punch
Time Tracking Your Whole Team Will Actually Use
Buddy Punch is the all-in-one time clock and attendance platform that lets employees punch in from anywhere while you track hours, locations, and overtime automatically. Then run payroll in minutes.
What Buddy Punch Delivers:
Flexible clock-in options: Let employees punch using PINs, QR codes, facial recognition, or username and password from any device.
GPS and geofencing: See where your team is on the clock and prevent off-site punching with virtual job-site borders.
Photo verification: Require a photo on punch to stop buddy punching and keep your time data honest.
Automatic timesheets: Regular hours, overtime, and PTO are calculated for you, so payroll takes minutes, not hours.
Payroll integrations: Sync timesheets to QuickBooks, ADP, Gusto, Paychex, and more, or run payroll built right in.
Perfect for construction, healthcare, retail, and field service teams managing on-site, remote, and mobile workers. Try Buddy Punch free for 14 days.
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