ROAL
AI phone host for restaurants that builds itself from your site
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Beat 70% of Show HN launches that day
#39 of 175 on Oct 29
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points · traction gained Oct 30, 16:20 UTC → Oct 31, 15:35 UTC · % shown only when the previous traction was 5+
Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Nov 5, 14:08 UTC).
comments · buzz 0 in latest interval
listed Oct 29, 14:08 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 3points
- Comments
- 0
- Rank in BOPS this week
- #1of 6 HN
- Rank overall this week
- #181of 998 HN
- Sector hit rate
- 0.0%0/4 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 2Oct 29, 16:38 UTC
- Last reading
- 3Oct 31, 15:35 UTC
- Readings
- 3over 49h
Grades · each graded against other Business Ops & SMB Software launches from the same source
Momentum
—+0 points
Traction gained in the latest daily interval
Too few peers to grade (5; need 20)
Velocity
B0.06 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 75% · vs 30 Business Ops & SMB Software · Show HN launches, last 30 days
Engagement
——
Comments per 10 points
Needs 10+ points; below that the ratio is mostly noise
Staying Power
——
Votes at last reading ÷ votes at first reading
Needs 10+ points and readings from two runs
Launch-day race · #39 of 175 Show HN launches on 2026-10-29
- #37Howler, a macOS menu bar AI that burns the chat after reading3 points
- #38Nagi, Arc-style spaces in Chrome's side panel3 points
- #39ROAL3 points
- #40OLake3 points
- #41A tool to capture eye blinks, a fatigue checker for eyes3 points
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Data as of Oct 31, 2026, 3:03 PM UTC. Sector comes from keyword rules on the title and tagline and can be wrong. How it works