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quizzy

A quiz application

Web app Rated 7 Oct 2026Dormant

Link
quizzy-app-ytx7.onrender.com/results/5
Built by
Frectonz

Bloat

77/500

Where it landed on the scale

Bloat
0
Float
300
Moat
400

Summary

Quizzy is a working but thin quiz app hosted on a free Render subdomain, with a single post in 2024 and no activity since. It has no accounts, pricing, payments or support, and the creator calls it a dumb project, so there's no sign of a user or a way to charge. It reads as a personal practice build.

Bloat · Not much here works or looks likely to last, yet.

Breakdown

Five measures, 100 points each. Open the receipts under any of them to see the posts and pages behind the points.

Viability

Is there a real problem, someone who would pay, and a market this builder can actually reach?

There's no defined user or paying customer, and the creator himself calls it a dumb project. Quiz apps are a crowded space and nothing here points to a local need.

8/100

Rubric 0–20No clear problem or user. A toy, a practice clone, or a solution looking for a problem.

Receipts (2)

  1. The creator describes it as 'dumb name, dumb project', which frames it as a hobby build rather than a product.

    “quizzy (dumb name, dumb project) [results]”

    Post · @thefrectonz · 19 Jul 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  2. The only content is a sample quiz on the novel 1984, with no accounts, pricing or audience-specific angle.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · quizzy-app-ytx7.onrender.com/results/5 (opens in a new tab)

Moat

What stops someone copying it?

A quiz scorer is something anyone here could rebuild in a weekend, and the code is public on GitHub. No data, integrations, Amharic content or distribution sets it apart.

4/100

Rubric 0–20A thin wrapper or a clone that anyone here could rebuild in a weekend.

Receipts (2)

  1. The repo link is public, and the page is a simple quiz results view with no proprietary content.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · quizzy-app-ytx7.onrender.com/results/5 (opens in a new tab)

  2. The quiz content is in English and based on a well-known book, so there's no local depth.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · quizzy-app-ytx7.onrender.com/results/5 (opens in a new tab)

Momentum

Did the updates keep coming?

It was posted once in July 2024 and has had no sign of shipping for about 810 days, so there's no sustained cadence.

0/100

  • Sustained shipping0/60

    Worked on across 0 days.

  • Consistency0/40

    Updates in 1 of 1 month.

  • Quiet

    No update for 810 days, so scaled to 20%.

Receipts (1)

  1. Earliest post about it.

    “quizzy (dumb name, dumb project) [results]”

    Post · @thefrectonz · 19 Jul 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

Infrastructure

Does a real, working product exist?

A working quiz and results page is live over HTTPS on a free host, but it has no accounts, docs or status page, so it's a thin app.

52/100

  • It's live20/20

    https://quizzy-app-ytx7.onrender.com/results/5 responded when checked.

  • HTTPS5/5

    Served over HTTPS.

  • Real product25/35

    The live results page shows quiz questions, correctness marks and a score, so the core flow works. It's thin: there are no accounts and only a sample quiz is visible.

  • Own home0/10

    Only on a free subdomain or link-in-bio page.

  • Maintained0/15

    Last sign of shipping 2024-07-19.

  • Operations2/15

    It's a single web app on a free host with a versioned GitHub repo. There are no accounts, docs, API, status page or second platform.

Receipts (4)

  1. https://quizzy-app-ytx7.onrender.com/results/5 responded when checked.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · quizzy-app-ytx7.onrender.com/results/5 (opens in a new tab)

  2. Page shows a score of 9/13 with per-question correct and incorrect markers, so scoring logic works.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · quizzy-app-ytx7.onrender.com/results/5 (opens in a new tab)

  3. Facts show no accounts, docs or pricing, which keeps it at a thin working app.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · quizzy-app-ytx7.onrender.com/results/5 (opens in a new tab)

  4. Facts show accounts false, docs false, status_page false, and a repo link plus version 0.1.2 on the page.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · quizzy-app-ytx7.onrender.com/results/5 (opens in a new tab)

Sustainability

Is it being set up to last?

It's on a free subdomain with no payments, pricing, privacy policy or terms, no support contact, and the creator treats it as a throwaway, so nothing suggests it will continue.

13/100

  • Distribution12/30

    A site on a free subdomain.

  • Payments0/15

    No payment provider found.

  • Pricing0/10

    No pricing found on the site.

  • Revenue0/5

    Nothing in the post or on the site mentions customers, prices or revenue.

  • Privacy policy0/7

    No privacy policy found.

  • Terms0/5

    No terms of service found.

  • Support0/8

    No support contact found.

  • Commitment1/20

    There was one post, no roadmap, no team and no dedicated channel, and nothing has been shipped since July 2024.

Receipts (4)

  1. A site on a free subdomain.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · quizzy-app-ytx7.onrender.com/results/5 (opens in a new tab)

  2. The only post is a one-line announcement with no mention of customers or money.

    “quizzy (dumb name, dumb project) [results]”

    Post · @thefrectonz · 19 Jul 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  3. A single post is the entire public record, with no follow-up.

    “quizzy (dumb name, dumb project) [results]”

    Post · @thefrectonz · 19 Jul 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  4. The page version is 0.1.2 with no sign of a roadmap or community.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · quizzy-app-ytx7.onrender.com/results/5 (opens in a new tab)