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Sharing a link to Instagram Stories shouldn't take 10 minutes in Canva. But it does, because Instagram's link sticker is ugly and screenshots of article headers or YouTube thumbnails look lazy. DropStories fixes that. Paste any URL, whether it's a YouTube video, Substack post, podcast, blog article, or product page, pick a template, and tap share. The preview gets pulled in automatically. Done in 10 seconds. Built for creators, writers, and anyone who shares links regularly on Android.
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I'm Hari, an Android dev based in the Netherlands. I built DropStories because I kept wanting to share links to my Instagram Story and never had a good way to make a preview. So I screenshotted. Sometimes the article header, sometimes the YouTube thumbnail, sometimes a chunk of a webpage. It always looked lazy.
Some apps eventually started generating previews for specific things, but there's still no universal way to take any link and turn it into something that looks nice on a Story. I looked around and found a few options on iOS, but nothing that felt right on Android. So I built one.
DropStories is simple. You paste any link, whether it's a YouTube video, a Substack post, a podcast, a blog article, or a product page. It pulls the thumbnail, title, and source automatically. You pick a template and tap share. It opens in Instagram with the image attached and ready to post. About 10 seconds end to end.
The whole app is built with the latest Material 3 Expressive design, so it actually feels like it belongs on Android instead of looking like an iOS port.
Different people use it differently. YouTubers promote their latest video. Newsletter writers share their new issue. Podcasters share episodes. Bookstagrammers share what they're reading. Whatever the link, the workflow is the same.
A quick note on the model. Free tier gives you 2 templates and unlimited links. Pro unlocks all templates. It's €0.99 a month or €4.99 a year (₹79 a month or ₹499 a year in India). Cheap on purpose, because I'd rather more people use it than squeeze a few. Brand presets and a few other things are on the roadmap.
I'd love to know which templates feel right and which feel off, and what kind of links the app doesn't handle well yet. I read every comment and ship fast.
Not asking for upvotes. Just try it on a link you actually want to share, and tell me what's broken.
Thanks for hunting 🙏
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About DropStories on Product Hunt
“Paste a link, get a beautiful Instagram Story”
DropStories was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 9 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #19 on the daily leaderboard. Sharing a link to Instagram Stories shouldn't take 10 minutes in Canva. But it does, because Instagram's link sticker is ugly and screenshots of article headers or YouTube thumbnails look lazy. DropStories fixes that. Paste any URL, whether it's a YouTube video, Substack post, podcast, blog article, or product page, pick a template, and tap share. The preview gets pulled in automatically. Done in 10 seconds. Built for creators, writers, and anyone who shares links regularly on Android.
DropStories was featured in Android (57.3k followers), Social Media (89k followers) and Marketing (464.8k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 138.2k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted DropStories?
DropStories was hunted by Hari Vignesh Jayapalan. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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Hari Vignesh Jayapalan