Ditch the guesswork
before you publish.
Not another AI chatbot. An actual score, an actual verdict, actual changes to make.
Free to start. No credit card required.
Used by football creators on channels up to 400k subscribers.
That anxiety before you publish?
Everyone gets it.
You've stared at it too long.
After an hour of looking at the same thumbnail you've lost all perspective. You genuinely cannot tell if it's good anymore. That feeling is the problem.
You publish anyway and hope for the best.
So you go with your gut, hit publish, and spend the next hour refreshing the analytics. Sound familiar? That's not a workflow. That's a coin flip.
By the time you know, it's too late.
The comments and the data tell you what went wrong after it's already live. The window that matters most — the first hour — is gone.
Three steps. One decision made.
Drop in your thumbnail or paste your title.
Takes ten seconds. Tell us a bit about your video and your channel and we'll calibrate the feedback to your format and your audience.
Drop thumbnail here
Get a real score and a straight verdict.
You'll see an overall score, a clear packaging state, and a breakdown across seven dimensions including football click strength. No waffle, no vague suggestions.
Fix it. Upload again. See what moved.
We give you the three most important things to fix first. Upload your revised version and you'll see exactly what improved and what's still holding it back.
Focal clarity up · Contrast up · Text readability steady
Not sure which title wins?
Neither are we — until we look.
Everything in one place, before you hit publish.
Thumbnail review
Scored across focal clarity, contrast, text readability, emotion, and football click strength. With the three most important fixes to make.
Title review
Curiosity gap, specificity, emotional pull, football relevance — scored, explained, and with better alternatives if you need them.
Combined review
Thumbnail and title reviewed together. Includes an alignment score so you can see how well the two are working as a pair.
Compare mode
Got two or three versions? Upload them all. We'll tell you which one wins and exactly why it edges the others.
Revision tracking
Upload your revised version and see which dimensions improved, which stayed flat, and what to go after next.
Channel-aware scoring
Connect your YouTube channel and your reviews get calibrated to your actual audience — what they click, what they debate, what they respond to.
"This tool has got me thinking."
— Football creator, 400k subscribers
Currently in closed beta with established football creators.
Start free. Upgrade when you're ready.
per month, forever
- 5 reviews per month
- Thumbnail, title, and combined review
- Compare mode
- Revision tracking
per month
Founding member rate — price increases as we grow.
- Unlimited reviews
- Everything in Free
- Channel-aware scoring
- YouTube channel connection
- First access to new features
Stop publishing on hope.
That pre-publish anxiety is real. prepublish.io gives you something better than a gut feeling — an actual verdict before you go live.
Free to start. No credit card required.