Catch The Good Ones vs Unfollr
Unfollr tracks who unfollowed you on X. Catch The Good Ones tracks who arrives - the high-value people engaging with your accounts, competitors', or strong signal accounts.
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CTGO-only features
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Unfollr-only features
What Unfollr does well
Unfollr is a free, single-purpose tool that notifies you when someone unfollows you on X. It is intentionally minimal - no OAuth required, privacy-focused, takes a minute to set up. Useful for understanding audience churn or tracking unfollow patterns over time.
What Catch The Good Ones adds
Unfollr does one thing well: tells you who left. The data is interesting, occasionally informative, but rarely actionable - the people who unfollowed are gone, and most of them never engaged in the first place. The opposite signal - who arrived, and whether they matter - is where the actual opportunity lives. Unfollr does not surface that. Catch The Good Ones is built around the arrival side: we name the high-value people engaging with your accounts, your competitors', or any strong signal account in your space, classified by what they care about. The brand director who just followed you is a partnership conversation waiting to happen; Unfollr cannot tell you anything about her arrival, because that's not what it does.
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Catch The Good Ones
A growth lead at a Y Combinator startup just followed you.
Feature-by-feature
| Feature | Unfollr | Catch The Good Ones |
|---|---|---|
| Find the high-value people who just followed you | ||
| Mine competitor and strong signal accounts for high-value engagers | ||
| Get notified the moment a high-value person engages | ||
| Track any strong signal account (investor, podcaster, brand) for its engaged audience | ||
| Classify every match by job, skill, personality, or any criteria you describe in plain English | ||
| See exactly who liked your specific posts | ||
| Per-account pricing, no annual contract | ||
| Unfollower notifications on X | ||
| Free with no OAuth required | ||
| Privacy-focused minimal setup |
Based on publicly available information. Last verified March 2026.
The verdict
Unfollr and Catch The Good Ones look at opposite ends of audience change. Unfollr watches departures - useful for understanding churn, often emotionally interesting, occasionally signalling a misfire. Catch The Good Ones watches arrivals - the high-value people who just chose to engage, by name, classified by what they care about. The two signals have very different value densities. An unfollow is mostly information; an arrival from a brand director or partnership lead is an opportunity. Both can be tracked together, but if you have to pick one to act on this week, the arrivals are where the leverage lives. The deeper distinction: Unfollr tells you who left. Catch The Good Ones tells you who arrived and what to do about it.