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I bought a house in Germany. The notary read 47 pages of legal German while I nodded along understanding maybe 60%. That experience became explains.app — upload any contract, lease, or NDA and get every clause explained in plain language. Risk alerts, key terms, AI chat per section. PDF, Word, scanned docs. 7 languages. 14-day free trial. Nobody should sign something they don't fully understand.
Hey Product Hunt! 👋
I'm Alexandru, a developer from Romania living in Germany.
Last year I bought a house here. The notary read the purchase contract aloud for 90 minutes — 47 pages of dense legal German. I'm a developer, not a lawyer. I understood maybe 60% of what I was signing. The rest I just... hoped was fine.
It was fine. But that experience stuck with me.
Why is it so hard to understand a document you're literally putting your signature on?
So I built explains.app. You upload any legal document — contract, lease, NDA, employment agreement — and the AI breaks down every section in plain language, right next to the original text. It flags risky clauses, defines key terms, and lets you ask follow-up questions about specific paragraphs.
A few things I'm proud of:
→ It works in 7 languages (useful for expats like me)
→ OCR support for scanned documents
→ AI Chat per section — not just "explain this," but actual back-and-forth on specific clauses
→ 14-day free trial, no commitment
The hardest part wasn't the tech — it was figuring out where the line is between "making it accessible" and "giving legal advice" (which I explicitly don't do).
Would love to hear from anyone who's been in a similar situation — signing something and hoping for the best. What would have made that experience less stressful for you?
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About explains.app on Product Hunt
“ Understand any legal document in 60 seconds”
explains.app was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 4 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #131 on the daily leaderboard. I bought a house in Germany. The notary read 47 pages of legal German while I nodded along understanding maybe 60%. That experience became explains.app — upload any contract, lease, or NDA and get every clause explained in plain language. Risk alerts, key terms, AI chat per section. PDF, Word, scanned docs. 7 languages. 14-day free trial. Nobody should sign something they don't fully understand.
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