Help & guides

Everything you need, in the order you'll need it. Stuck anyway? hello@snailsy.app — a human reads it.

🐌 Start here

Snailsy is members guiding members past deceptive pricing. A Snail Trail is a short tip left on a website — "the $25 fee appears at step 4", "this trial converts at $29.99/mo", "this site is completely fair". Before you pay on any site, check its trails. After you pay, leave one. That's the whole habit — ten seconds that saves the next person real money.

Reading is open to everyone. Voting and leaving trails requires a free account — that's what keeps the map honest. Become a member →

💻 On your computer (Chrome extension)

• 1 — Download: grab snailsy-chrome.zip and unzip it anywhere.
• 2 — Enable Developer mode: open chrome://extensions and flip the toggle in the top-right corner.
• 3 — Load it: click Load unpacked and choose the unzipped snailsy folder.
• 4 — Use it: on any website, click the 🐌 icon in your toolbar. Sign in once and you can love and leave trails from the popup.

This is the standard early-access install; the auto-updating Chrome Web Store version is in review. Join the waitlist to get one email when it ships.

📱 On your phone (web app)

Phones don't allow Chrome extensions — so on mobile, Snailsy is a web app with everything members can do.

• Android: open snailsy.vercel.app in Chrome → menu ⋮ → Add to Home Screen. From then on, on any pricing page tap Share → Snailsy and that site's trails open instantly.
• iPhone / iPad: open snailsy.vercel.app in Safari → Share → Add to Home Screen. To check a site, copy the page's link and paste it on the trail page.
• No install at all: the trail page works in any browser — paste a link or type a site name.

✍️ Being a member

Your username is your whole identity. No real names, no photos. Your email is used only to sign in and is never shown to anyone.

Leaving a good trail: any thought that's worth your followers' time — a sharp review, a warning (where the fee appears, what the trial converts to), a gem you found. 280 characters max. Tags like 💸 hidden fees or ✅ all clear are optional flavor.

Following & your feed: follow members from their profiles and their trails become your feed — every website they visit, every thought they leave. Comment on trails to join the conversation.

Loves & karma: earned, never bought. Every ❤️ other members give your trails and comments builds the karma on your public profile (you can't love your own). Moderation: report anything that doesn't belong — three distinct reports and it disappears.

The stamp: when you leave a trail your browser quietly solves a small puzzle (about half a second). You'll never notice it; a spam bot posting thousands would. That's why the map stays clean without captchas.

Leaving Snailsy: delete all your trails, comments, loves, and follows anytime from the extension's settings, or email hello@snailsy.app to delete your whole account within 30 days. See the privacy policy.