Simple Form

A lightweight form + table tool for managing leads

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April 22, 2025 We Read 30 Painful Reviews About Form Builders. Then We Built Something Better.

Hey Indie Hackers 👋

Over the past few weeks, we read through 30 real reviews of form tools like POWR, 123FormBuilder, and others .Wow! the frustration was loud and clear.

Here are some real issues users kept repeating:

  • "The emails just stopped working. I lost leads."

  • "Support took days... or never replied."

  • "The pricing said $10 — I got charged $30."

  • "Editing was so glitchy. I couldn’t even publish the form."

  • "I kept getting logged out. Just to view one submission!"

These aren’t edge cases — they’re normal for thousands of people trying to run businesses online.


🧱 So We Continue Building: simpleformapp.com

We decided to fix this by going back to basics.
We’re building Simple Forms to be:

Email-reliable (with bounce monitoring)
Log-in stable (stay signed in!)
Easy to publish + update
Clear pricing — no surprises
Human support within a day, often hours
No learning curve. Just build and share.


📈 Progress so far:

  • ✅ MVP live and working

  • ✅ Email delivery set up (coming soon: monitoring)

  • ✅ Submissions auto-backed-up (coming soon: Google Sheets sync)

  • ✅ Embeddable widgets tested on Wix, Shopify, Webflow


We’re indie, bootstrapped, and building in public.

If you’ve ever felt let down by form tools, check us out or leave your worst form story below 👇

💡 Want the categorized spreadsheet of reviews? Happy to share.
🛠️ Try Simple Forms - Free trial and no credit card required

Let’s keep building tools people don’t rage-quit. 💪

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April 8, 2025 I built Simpleformapp to stop paying $58/month for lead capture and tracking

Hey Indie Hackers 👋

I was using Jotform to capture leads and Airtable to manage them. Together, they worked great — but they also cost me $58/month, which didn’t feel sustainable for a small business or solo project.

So I built my own tool:
👉 Simpleformapp.com

It’s a clean, minimal alternative that lets you:

  • Create responsive lead capture forms

  • Store and manage submissions in a simple table

  • Avoid bloated features and SaaS pricing traps

I built it mainly to scratch my own itch, but I figured others might want a lighter, cheaper solution too.

Would love your honest feedback:

  • Is the landing page clear?

  • Is the product too simple, or just right?

  • What would you need before paying for something like this?

Thanks for checking it out 🙏
Happy to share more about how I built it (or the mistakes I made along the way 😅) if anyone’s curious.

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    Honest feedback? 10/10.

    It's so impressive that you already managed to get thousands of B2B customers, having only registered the domain 3 days ago. I mean, you wouldn't lie about being "Trusted by thousands of businesses worldwide", right?

    Looking back on your success, do you think that keeping potential clients completely in the dark about what your product is before requiring them to sign up was a winning strategy? I mean, I for one love signing up for something after reading a few buzz words and having no idea what the product looks like or does.

    1. 1

      You're absolutely right—and we appreciate you calling this out. In hindsight, claiming to be “trusted by thousands” just days after launch was premature, and we’ve since removed that line. It wasn’t our intention to mislead, but we recognize how it came across.

      We also heard the feedback loud and clear about the lack of upfront clarity. To address this, we’ve added a short “How it works” video right on the homepage to give potential users a clear look at what the product actually does before signing up.

      We’re learning and iterating quickly, and feedback like yours genuinely helps us build something better. Thanks again for keeping us honest.

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I built Simple form out of frustration with overpriced tools. I was paying $58/month for Jotform and Airtable just to collect and manage leads not sustainable for a small business. So I built a simpler, cheaper solution