FutureTools Review & Guide
Matt Wolfe's curated directory of AI tools, with a twice-weekly newsletter.
Facts checked 20 Oct 2026. See sources
Quick Facts
- Pricing
- Submitting a tool is free and reviewed by hand. Featured listings (pinned for a week, at most two a week) and newsletter sponsorships are quoted by email.
- Review Turnaround
- Not published. Its FAQ addresses submissions still waiting after a week.
- Free Option
- Yes
- Submitting a tool is free, and each one is reviewed by hand. The FAQ says over 75% of submissions aren't approved.
- Link Type
- Link type unverified
- Not verified. Tool links go through futuretools.io/go/ redirects, and we couldn't read a regular listing's attributes; the featured link on the homepage was marked sponsored.
Published audience: 250,000+ newsletter subscribers (its own figure). This is FutureTools's own figure (source, checked 20 Oct 2026).
Overview
FutureTools lists AI tools that its editor, Matt Wolfe, picks by hand, and runs a twice-weekly newsletter. Its FAQ says over 75% of submitted tools aren't approved.
Strengths
- A large newsletter audience, by its own count.
- Free to submit.
- Sponsored placements are clearly labelled.
Limits
- Very selective: over 75% of submissions aren't approved.
- Only suits AI software: it doesn't list custom GPTs, newsletters or aggregators.
- Featured and newsletter pricing isn't published.
How to Submit & Launch on FutureTools
- Submit software people can use, not newsletters, aggregators or custom GPTs.
- Its FAQ says a site that looks like a scam, or has many poor store reviews, is likely to be turned down.
FutureTools vs Hauntboard
FutureTools is a strictly curated AI directory with a large newsletter. Hauntboard takes any kind of real software, reviews launches in about 72 hours, and shows each launch's page views and visits in public.
Free Hauntboard listings show the Hauntboard badge on your site; while the badge isn't there, the link is nofollow.
No published click data found.
Not verified.
Highly selective, AI-only.
Sources
Facts on this page were checked against these pages on 20 Oct 2026. Platforms change their terms; check the live page before you pay.