CrankWheel
Spend your time selling, not teaching Zoom
crankwheel.com Productivity & Collaboration / Meetings & Note-Takers
- Monthly visits
- 111.1K
- Down1.6%MoMOct 2026
- Entry price
- $29/mo
- Higher than 82% of peersNiche median $14/mo
- Launched
- 10y ago
- 2016-02-24 · Est.
Traffic & revenue
- Sep 2026$51KSelf-reported MRR · unverified
Revenue evidence
Publicly disclosed & verified revenue figures, sorted by date“"Founder writes that CrankWheel has bootstrapped to roughly $370K ARR." Source: Starter Story founder interview (Feb 2020)”
Marketing moves
Launches, search & content, referrals, promotionsLaunched on Show HN (1 pts)Launch
Remote control from mobile or desktop browser
Jan 16, 2019 · 7y agoLaunch page
Launched on BetaListLaunch
CrankWheel Instant Demos – Conversational lead capture to screen sharing in seconds, free for founders — Conversational lead capture to screen sharing in seconds, free for founders
May 3, 2017 · 9y agoLaunch page
Launched on Product HuntLaunch
Insanely simple freemium screen sharing +enterprise features
Feb 24, 2016 · 10y agoLaunch page
Third-party reviews & case dossiers
Acquisition breakdowns, engineer reviews & open-source metricsTraffic sources
Traffic breakdown
Channels
- Direct60%
- Email15%
- Organic Search8%
- Referrals6%
- Other12%
Countries
- United States91%
- India3%
- Brazil1%
- United Kingdom1%
- Canada1%
Search
Domain authority —Domain registered 2014-07-07
| Keyword | Monthly volume |
|---|---|
| loom | 827.3K |
| crankwheel | 2,180 |
| crank wheel | 500 |
| blizz screensharing | 280 |
| crackwheel | 280 |
Traffic data: Vaneform
Pricing
Trial: None · 2 paid tiers ($29–$99) · Enterprise custom tier · Observed 2026-11-03 · Pricing page
Entry price $29/mo, Higher than 82% of peers; “Meetings & Note-Takers” median is $14/mo.View pricing benchmark
Pages & changes
Key pages
Weekly snapshotsChanges
No pricing, plan, or positioning changes detected since tracking started.
Design
Minimal Monochrome (Light canvas, airy density) featuring split copy & visual layout and photography / live video visuals.
First-screen preview · click to zoom
First-screen pitch & conversion flow
“Spend your time selling, not teaching Zoom”
Split Copy & Visual hero structure paired with start free / sign up CTA and stacked avatars & testimonials.
Conversion path: Split Copy & Visual + Photography / Live Video → Start Free / Sign Up · Trust bar: Stacked Avatars & Testimonials
- Pain Relief & Replacement
- Video Demo
- Metrics Strip
Palette · click to copy
- Typography
- 7.0
- Color & Contrast
- 7.0
- Layout & Spacing
- 7.0
- Craft & Polish
- 7.0
- Distinctiveness
- 5.0
Structure
- Fonts
- Inter
- Hero layout
- Split Copy & Visual
- Primary visual
- Photography / Live Video
- Conversion CTA
- Start Free / Sign Up
- Social proof
- Stacked Avatars & Testimonials
- Navigation
- Full-Width Top Bar
- Theme & density
- Light · Airy
- Corners & depth
- Large Radius · With shadow
Preview full AI design brief (includes :root CSS variables & layout rules)Style tokens only; never copy brand names, logos, copy, or images
# Design Brief: Minimal Monochrome (with Enterprise Clean)
Monochrome palette with a single accent color, hairline dividers, and generous whitespace.
## Design Tokens
```css
:root {
--background: #ffffff;
--surface: #f6f6f6;
--foreground: #1a1a1a;
--muted-foreground: #8a8a8a;
--accent: #f5b400;
--radius: 16px;
--font-heading: "Inter", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif;
--font-body: "Inter", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif;
}
```
Color area ratio: Background #FFFFFF (~62%) · Surface #F6F6F6 (~10%) · Text #1A1A1A (~12%) · Muted Text #8A8A8A (~8%) · Accent #F5B400 (~8%). Background and surface dominate the canvas; reserve the accent color for primary buttons and active states.
## Layout & Conversion Structure
- Hero layout: Split Copy & Visual
- Navigation: Full-Width Top Bar
- Theme & density: Light · Airy
- Border radius & elevation: Large Radius; use elevation shadows to separate layers
- Primary visual medium: Photography / Live Video
- Conversion CTA: Start Free / Sign Up · Trust bar uses Stacked Avatars & Testimonials
- Headline hook: Pain Relief & Replacement
- Hero components: Video Demo, Metrics Strip
- Spatial layout notes: Split Copy & Visual hero structure paired with start free / sign up CTA and stacked avatars & testimonials.
- Visual summary: Minimal Monochrome (Light canvas, airy density) featuring split copy & visual layout and photography / live video visuals.
## Avoid
- Multi-stop neon gradients
- Heavy drop shadows
- More than one competing accent color
Implement the UI following the design tokens and layout specifications above: use only these color variables, and reserve the accent color strictly for primary actions and active states. Adopt only this visual style—never copy any reference product’s brand name, logo, copy, or imagery.
Questions & evidence
- How much does CrankWheel cost?
- Solo: $29/mo; Team: $99/mo; Enterprise: Contact sales. Observed 2026-11-03. Check the source for current billing terms, usage limits and taxes.Source
- How much website traffic does CrankWheel get?
- Vaneform estimates 111.1K website visits in 2026-10. Visits can include repeat visits; this estimate measures web traffic separately from paying customers or revenue.Source
- What is CrankWheel and what platforms does it support?
- CrankWheel is catalogued under Meetings & Note-Takers: Spend your time selling, not teaching Zoom. Supported platforms: Browser Extension.
- What is CrankWheel's publicly disclosed revenue?
- Indie Hackers records a founder-reported figure of $51K /mo stated on 2026-09-29.Source
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