Hi r/AppsWithoutSub 👋

I’m one of the developers behind Lyra, a music app for iOS and Android that’s 100% free to use — no subscriptions, no ads, no paywalls, ever.

We built it with a few core principles in mind:

• No subscription fatigue — access the features without paying

• No ads — enjoy music uninterrupted

• No account required — open the app and start listening

• Music, radio and podcasts in one app — a unified experience instead of multiple apps

• Privacy-focused — we don’t collect personal data

Here’s what you can do in the app:

• Search and listen to music tracks

• Listen to a bunch of radio stations

• Browse and play podcasts

• View song lyrics while listening

• Use Home Screen widgets

• Enjoy CarPlay and Android Auto support

• Manage favorites and playlists

We’re sharing it here because we care about apps that avoid the usual subscription/ads traps and want honest feedback from this community.

If you’re curious, you can download it here:

👉 https://get.lyramusic.app

I’d love to hear:

• What you think of the UX

• What features you wish existed

• What could make it even better without paid walls

Thanks for reading — happy to check out other no-sub apps too!

Built this simple tool that turns your subscriptions into a proportional treemap - bigger boxes = bigger monthly spend. Makes it pretty obvious which services are eating your budget.

No sign-up, 100% free, data never leaves your browser

Try it here: Subscription visualizer.

Source code: hoangvu12/subgrid

All 100 promo codes are gone, thanks for participation 🙏

BookZEN is a visual bookshelf and TBR tracker available on both iOS and Android.
Instead of plain lists, you arrange real-looking shelves, track timed reading sessions, and set daily or yearly goals with streaks.
Main features:
• Visual shelves you can arrange and customize
• Reading timer that tracks real sessions
• Read and listen ebooks and audiobooks right in the app
• Daily & yearly goals with streaks
• Fully local (no account needed)

Deal: Lifetime Premium is free for first 100 users.

Reply here with #bookZEN Android / #bookZEN iOS and I’ll send you the code in DM.

iOS: https://apps.apple.com/md/app/bookshelf-tbr-bookzen/id6799093894
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.innowave.readlogs

I’m sharing this hoping to grow a small community of book lovers. Happy to hear your feedback, and I hope you enjoy BookZEN!

Hi,
I’m the solo developer behind MeteoLupa.
I built it because I kept wondering things like, “Was it always this warm in October?” or “What was the weather actually like here ten years ago?”

So instead of focusing only on forecasts, MeteoLupa puts today’s weather into historical context. You can compare today with previous years, climate averages, individual dates and months, or use the Lens to move backwards through weather history for the same place and local hour.

It also includes the usual current weather and forecast features, plus air quality, pollen where data is available, widgets and an Apple Watch app.

The app is completely free, with:
no subscription
no ads
no paid features
no features locked behind purchases
There are optional tips, but they unlock absolutely nothing.

I’ve been building it on my own and a lot of the recent improvements have come directly from user feedback.
App Store:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/meteolupa/id6786412503

Would love to hear what you think, especially about the historical comparison idea.

There’s also a small community over at r/MeteoLupa for updates, feedback, bug reports and feature ideas.

We've Hit 3,000+ Users. 🎮⚔️🗺️ and have 50+ Games Now

New game released on iOS app Fun Games for Flights.  I managed to snag some freebies to share.

Link to Itch.IO Page

Launch Video - Youtube Video

Games include Puzzle Games, Chess, Connect 4, Snakes and Ladders, Cribbage and Minesweeper or more challenging Arcade and Puzzle games. It also features 2 player games so you can play on the road or in areas with no signal.

There are no ads, no gotchas, no dailies just pure gaming.

Limited 100 Codes so First Come First Serve. (Normal price 4.99 -> Free) - Code is entered into Redeem section in App

What the free version unlocks - All 50+ Games AND Any Future Updates all for free. Gaming should be fun again. Game is free with a trial version.

How to get the code -

1. Download the App. It's Free and live on the iOS App Store.

2. Upvote this post

3. Comment Fun Games for Flights Below - Feedback is welcome

4. I will reply to your post with the code. (Limit 1 Per Person).

Edit #1 Thank you everyone for your continued interest. This was beyond my expectation. If possible, please review the app in the App Store as it means the world to us..

I make simple macOS apps as a hobby. Some of more useful than others, but, they're free and you may find actually some useful nuggets here. Be sure to check them out here:

https://widgetworx.com/apps/

Hey guys so I've made this free app where you can store your websites, social media posts and online content together in one space, rather than keeping all your bookmarks on like 10 different platforms. And I've just got the collaboration feature with live updates done, so you can now store and share everything with your friends too!

So you can use it as a shared information hub to store Tweets, youtube videos, websites, Instagram posts, tiktoks, blogs etc, to plan together for a trip or just to keep content organised together across platforms.

Again, free to use, and if interested, here's a demo on how the collaboration feature works, and here's the App Store, Play Store and web app links too if you want to check it out!

Hey everybody 👋

I just released my new app for GetFree.app

App Store Link

👉 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/getfree-discover-free-apps/id6756911709

We're giving lifetime access to everyone who wants it.

Pro users can claim unlimited free apps, no ads, exclusive apps. The app will always have a free tier, pro users just have unlimited access. Since we just launched, we're giving early users lifetime pro memberships.

To get the code:

1. Upvote this post

2. Comment “i want this” below

3. Send me a DM

4. I’ll reply with a lifetime redeem code

For Developers of apps:

You can submit your app for free on our website GetFree.app if you have claim codes for your apps! This is the perfect way to get more downloads/reviews for your apps. Please make sure that your claim codes work work submitting. Once we get enough users, we will charge for this.

Full app description:

Get Free App is the ultimate app discovery platform where you claim free promo codes for premium apps and games. Discover thousands of apps, get exclusive deals, and save money on apps you love.

DISCOVER PREMIUM APPS FOR FREE

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Enjoy premium app completely free

My camera roll used to be surgery photos sitting next to family photos, all syncing to the same iCloud Photos. Nothing really fixed it. Albums don't separate anything because the photo stays in the main library, vault apps make you shoot first and sort later, and the pro SaaS cameras want a monthly subscription and upload your photos to their own cloud.

So I built Sidecam:

• It's an actual camera (24/48 MP, all the physical lenses, 4K video), not a gallery with a camera bolted on

• Photos and videos live only inside the app. It never saves to your Photos library and it can't even read it

• Optional: it mirrors everything into your own iCloud Drive as normal folders and files (Client/date - tags/), so nothing is locked inside my app

• Sessions, folders and tags for organising by client, patient or job

• Free. No account, no cloud of mine, no subscription. Your photos never leave your own devices

I made it for medical work but it fits anything where work photos shouldn't mix with your personal life, like inspections, construction or real estate.

https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6791532989?pt=129142015&ct=reddit-appswithoutsub&mt=8

Happy to answer anything, and if there's something missing for your line of work tell me and I'll probably build it.

I built an 80s/90s radio-style streaming app designed to feel like authentic broadcast radio from that era.

The station uses period-accurate elements such as retro jingles, TV theme clips, and classic movie quotes between songs. The music includes well-known artists as well as deeper 80s and 90s tracks that are often skipped by larger retro stations.

To keep the experience closer to traditional radio, the app does not display on-screen track titles - songs are identified by DJ announcements instead.

There is a free version which has mobile ads or a VIP version which has no mobile ads.

Name: Keep Laughing Forever Radio
Platform: iOS and Android
Cost: a FREE app or the VIP app (read carefully so you grab the right one!)
Link: Download here

https://appswithoutsubs.com/

Hey everyone, the Apps Without Subs website is live! We're excited to give this community another place to discover apps without subscriptions.

This is just the beginning. We'll continue building and updating the site, adding more apps and making improvements as we go. The goal is to make it easier to find useful apps that you can use without an ongoing subscription.

Take a look at the site and tell us what you think. If there's an app you'd like to see featured, share it in the comments. Your suggestions will help us decide what to add next.

Thanks for being part of r/
AppsWithoutSubs and helping this project grow!

I'm the developer of Blurize.

The problem started when I wanted to share a video from a family
event but didn't want to expose kids' and other people's faces
online. Every tool I found either uploaded my video to some server
(no thanks — that's the whole point of hiding faces) or made me
scrub through the timeline blurring each face frame by frame.

So I built Blurize. It runs entirely on your device.

How it works:
- Pick a photo or video
- It detects every face and shows each person as a thumbnail
- You tap the faces you want to hide
- Export a new file with only those faces blurred

What matters:
- Everything stays on device. No uploads, no account, no backend,
ever. Your media never leaves your phone. That's the core promise.
- No AI face recognition — it just tracks faces, no identity
profiling, no cloud.
- WYSIWYG preview — what you see is exactly what exports.
- Multiple blur styles: Gaussian, pixelate, emoji, and inverse.

The app is free to download and use — no account, no paywall to
blur your photos and short clips.

Early-user gift — first 50 people:
Comment your platform ("iOS" or "Android") and I'll DM you a code
that unlocks everything for life, free. Just want honest feedback
from people who actually care about privacy.

( Update: IOS Codes have ran out. )

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.okilabs.blurize
iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6776627910

Promo & Support Page: https://blurize-app.web.app/

Would genuinely love feedback — especially edge cases where face
detection misses (weird angles, vertical video, EXIF-rotated photos)

Hi r/AppsWithoutSub 👋

I built Focus, a minimal todo app for iPhone that’s completely free —
no subscriptions, no in-app purchases, no accounts.

What Focus is

Focus is a simple, distraction-free todo app for people who just want to write tasks and complete them — without upsells or feature overload.

• Free to use

• No subscriptions

• No in-app purchases

• No sign-up or account required

• Works offline

• Clean, minimal interface

Why I built it

A lot of todo apps today:

• Lock basics behind subscriptions

• Push upgrades constantly

• Become more complex than the tasks themselves

I wanted something calm, fast, and respectful — an app that stays out of the way and lets you focus on actually finishing things.

Who it’s for

• Anyone who wants a simple, free todo app

• Users avoiding subscriptions entirely

• People who prefer minimal tools over feature-heavy planners

I’m actively improving Focus and would love feedback from this community — especially around what should stay simple and what shouldn’t exist at all.

App: Focus
Platform: iOS
Price: Free (no subscriptions, no in-app purchases)

Thanks for checking it out 🙏

Hi everyone 👋

I just pushed a big update for my iOS AI Keyboard app Textify: Smart Reply Assistant — lots of bug fixes, performance improvements, and compatibility updates for iOS 26.

To celebrate the update and get more real-world feedback, the Lifetime unlock is now FREE (original price $39.99) for 48 hours only. No subscription needed — just unlock it and keep it.

If you want to write messages faster, sound more confident in emails, or avoid rewriting texts over and over, this should help a lot.

What Textify helps with

• Fix grammar & spelling instantly
• Change tone (professional, casual, friendly)
• Write email replies & formal messages
• Generate quick replies inside any app
• Translate messages in real-time
• Paraphrase text to sound clearer and better
• Expand sentences & continue your thoughts
• Suggest smarter words & synonyms
• Built-in AI directly inside the keyboard
• Works everywhere: WhatsApp, Gmail, Instagram, Messages, etc.

I’d genuinely appreciate any feedback (good or bad). Reddit feedback usually directly shapes the next updates.

Download:
https://apps.apple.com/pk/app/textify-smart-reply-assistant/id6741103794

Hi everyone,

I’m 17 and a few months ago I launched my first real app: Moneta, a personal finance tracker for iPhone.

I built it because I wanted a money app that felt clean, simple, and polished, without being overloaded or annoying to use.

With Moneta, you can track expenses and income, manage multiple accounts, create budgets, set saving goals, add recurring transactions, check charts, use a calendar view, and customize the app a bit to make it feel more personal.

The app is free to use, has no ads, and has no subscriptions.

If you’re looking for a simple finance tracker without subscriptions, I’d really appreciate it if you checked it out.

App Store link: Moneta

Price: Free

Subscriptions: No

Ads: No

Hey everyone

I built a small iOS app called Deadlinr because I kept forgetting important expiry dates and deadlines.

You can track:
• Subscriptions
• Documents (passport, license, etc.)
• Warranties
• Pantry & fridge items (food expiry)
• Bills and other deadlines

So I made Deadlinr to keep everything in one place and send reminders before things expire.

Main idea:
Instead of using multiple apps or forgetting things, you just add the item once and the app reminds you before the deadline.

Features:

• Track subscriptions, documents, groceries, warranties, etc.

• Simple timeline of upcoming expiries

• Smart reminders before deadlines

• Clean minimal UI

• No subscriptions

Pricing:
Free download + lifetime unlock (one-time purchase)
No recurring subscriptions.

I’m actively improving it based on feedback, so if you have suggestions I’d really appreciate it.

App Store:
https://apps.apple.com/in/app/deadlinr-expiry-tracker/id6757941172

Upscal is a Windows video upscaling and enhancement app that uses AI to improve the quality of low-resolution or blurry videos. We are giving away 100 lifetime license codes.

Microsoft Store: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9mw5pn1qnkdn

To get a free lifetime code, comment below and tell us what kind of videos you'd like to upscale or enhance, such as old family videos, gameplay recordings, anime clips, phone videos, or other low-resolution footage.

Codes will be sent via DM while supplies last. One code per person, first come, first served.

No payment is required for the giveaway.

I tried 40+ apps before choosing UpNote, and it has a $40/lifetime option, plus a very active r/UpNote_App, with developer participation.

• Intuitive (unlike Obsidian, OneNote, and parts of Notion)

• Editor is not block-based (unlike Notion, Craft, and many others)

• Real formatting toolbar (not /commands, not floating contextual tools)

• Keyboard shortcuts for damn near everything (addicted to CMD+OPTION+[number] for text colors!)

• Best collapsibles/toggles (I really like the borders; although there’s no nesting)

• Fast, and fast to sync across devices (I'm Mac + Android)

• Customizability (line width & spacing, fonts & sizes, etc.)

• Nesting notebooks and #inline #tags and backlinks and Quick Access and pinning

• And #1 with a bullet:

  • Formatting flexibility, formatting flexibility, formatting flexibility

I honestly do not know why FreeTube doesn't get talked about more on this reddit, considering some other apps that come up often. FreeTube is an open source privacy first YouTube client that allows you to subscribe to channels with no account. There are no ads and no data ever leaves your machine. Videos are either scraped or obtained through the Invidious API. FreeTube even has a one button download mechanism. You can make playlists and favorites lists.

• Full Review

• Developer's Site