Sign up for your product like a stranger

See your signup the way a stranger does.

Every screen timed, beside two competitors.

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How it works.

River signs up for your product from the homepage like a new user, screenshots and times every step to the moment it first pays off, does the same on two competitors and ranks five fixes.

  1. Name the moment that matters

    When a new user first gets value, and the two competitors to compare.

  2. River signs up cold

    From your homepage, counting every click, field, second and email along the way.

  3. Five fixes, ranked

    Ranked by users likely lost, each pinned to a screenshot of the step.

What you get.

  • An Onboarding teardown Doc with every screen screenshotted and annotated
  • Clicks, fields and minutes to first value, side by side with two competitors
  • The top five fixes filed in Linear or your tracker, screenshots attached
The finished result of Sign up for your product like a stranger in River

Start in three steps.

  1. River’s app icon

    Get River

    Download the app for your computer.

  2. River’s first question, “What’s your role?”, with Founder chosen

    Sign up as a founder

    When River asks your role, choose Founder.

  3. Start “Sign up for your product like a stranger”

    Press + in your Dock, open Playbooks, and press Start. River suggests your product’s key moment from your homepage and customers’ praise.

A few things to know.

What does River measure?

Clicks, form fields, seconds and emails to the moment a new user first gets value, plus every spot a stranger might quit: a long form, an empty screen, a wait or insider words.

Will it sign up for anything else?

Only the products on the card, yours and the two competitors you confirm, each starting from its homepage like a real visitor.

What does it cost?

It uses your plan’s AI credit, like everything else in River. Fixes go into the Linear or tracker you already use.

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