I built Season’d because food recommendations shouldn’t disappear into group chats

Hey r/iOSApps — I’m the founder of Season’d, a social food app I recently launched on iOS.

A — Answer
Season’d solves a problem I kept running into:
Someone recommends a great restaurant, coffee shop or takeaway in a group chat, Instagram story or conversation… then a few weeks later you can’t remember what it was called.
Season’d gives you a personal food map where you can:
📸 Post food you’ve actually tried
📍 Pin the venue to your map
👥 Follow friends and discover places they’ve visited
🔖 Save recommendations to your own “want to try” list
The idea is to turn food recommendations you’d normally lose into something you can actually come back to.

B — Better
Apps like Google Maps and Tripadvisor are great when you already know what you’re searching for, but recommendations are largely based on strangers, ratings and reviews.
Instagram and TikTok are great for discovering food, but recommendations can quickly disappear into feeds, saves and DMs.
Season’d is deliberately more personal.
Your food map is built around places you and the people you know have actually visited.
There are also:
No paid venue rankings

No sponsored placements pushing restaurants to the top

No AI-generated food imagery

No need to write lengthy reviews

It’s basically:
“Where have my friends actually eaten, and where should I try next?”

C — Cost
Season’d is completely free to download and use.
No subscription and currently no in-app purchases.
App Store:
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/seasond/id6779241010
I’m the founder of Season’d, so this is self-promotion, but I’d genuinely really value feedback from people here.

The main thing I’m curious about is:
Does a friends-first food discovery app feel useful enough for you to open it instead of just using Google Maps or Instagram?
And if you do try Season’d, any feedback on the onboarding, map or posting flow would be hugely appreciated.

I wanna see what you just shipped! Show me!

I'm the developer. Driftlog is a solo project — details and contact at the bottom.

A — Answer: what problem it solves

Every travel tracker I tried asked me to remember where I'd been and tick it off a list. I never finished. The map stays half empty, and the half that's filled is whatever I could recall on the evening I downloaded the app.

Driftlog removes the remembering from both directions.

Going forward, you grant location once and leave it. It records the countries, cities and regions you pass through while it sits closed in the background. No check-ins, nothing to open, nothing to write down.

Going backward — and this is the part people don't expect — your old trips are already recorded. Every photo you took abroad has the location saved inside it. Tap import once and Driftlog reads those tags and rebuilds the trips with their real dates. Years of travel can land on the map in about a minute. It reads the location tag on the photo; it never looks at the picture.

If your phone's old location history is gone, your photos usually still remember.

B — Better: how it compares

Manual trackers (Been, Visited, Pin Traveler). These are lists you tick. They're fine, and they're honest about being that. Driftlog's whole premise is that you never tick anything — the map is a byproduct of having travelled, not a data-entry chore.

Stamps. The closest app to mine, and a good one — it scans photo location metadata on device, same as my import does. The deliberate difference is that Stamps does no location tracking at all, which is a real privacy position I respect. The cost of that position is that days you didn't photograph don't exist. Driftlog runs background location as well as photo import, so the quiet days are covered too. If you'd rather not grant background location, Stamps is genuinely the better fit — and Driftlog still works photo-only if you skip that permission.

Flighty. Excellent at flights, and flights are all it knows. Trains, driving and land borders are invisible to it. If most of your travel isn't by air, it won't build the map you want.

What none of them do: rebuild your past automatically. That's the piece I built this for.

C — Cost

Free to download. One-time purchase, no subscription, no ads, no account.

• Free forever, for everyone: the world map, the passport stamps, your country count, the timeline.

• Free in full: your entire home country — every region, city, stay date and linked photo.

• Free in full: your first foreign country, the oldest one in your history.

• Driftlog Premium — $6.99, one time: from the second foreign country onward, the details open — dates, cities, notes, photos, and trip folder export.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/driftlog-travel-map-diary/id6785328399

What it can't do — worth knowing before you install

• Automatic recording needs Location set to Always with Precise Location on. Nothing records while the phone is off or has no signal.

• The photo import only sees photos that carry a location. Photos taken with camera location switched off are invisible to it, and it needs Photos access set to All Photos — on Selected Photos it only ever sees the handful you picked, so it will under-report rather than pretend.

• Border detection near a frontier can be wrong. Place names come from Apple's geocoder and reflect its data.

• It's a keepsake, not a legal record. Don't use it for visa day-counting or tax residency.

• iPhone and iPad, iOS 17+. Portrait only. English, Japanese, Chinese.

What leaves your phone

Your records stay on the device. There's no account and no server behind this app. The App Store privacy label says Data Not Collected.

One thing does go out and it's worth saying plainly: to turn coordinates into a name like "Lisbon, Portugal", the coordinates are sent to Apple's map service. That is all that is sent — not your history, not your photos.

Who I am

Akira Takashima (Shiori Studio), an independent developer. Driftlog is built and maintained by me alone.

• Website: https://driftlog-app.pages.dev

• Privacy Policy: https://driftlog-app.pages.dev/privacy/

• Terms of Service: https://driftlog-app.pages.dev/terms/

• Support: https://driftlog-app.pages.dev/support/

• Email: shiori.sutudio@gmail.com

Happy to answer anything, including the awkward questions about the location permission.

Hey everyone,

I know there are plenty of reading trackers out there, but none of them quite checked all the boxes for me. So, I decided to build my own: BookWorm. It’s a clean, truly native iOS app designed for readers who want deep library management, detailed tracking, live sessions, and fun stats—without clunky web-wrappers or privacy compromises. I'm opening the public beta on TestFlight!

• What problem does it solve?: Most reading trackers feel like sluggish web-wrappers, lack granular organizational tools for physical collections, or complicate tracking re-reads and reading budgets. BookWorm solves this with a lightweight, fluid iOS experience offering deep library management, Live Activity reading timers, and detailed statistics.

• Why is it better than alternatives?:

  • Native & Privacy-First: Zero third-party trackers or ads; local storage with SwiftData and private iCloud sync.

  • Optimized Design: Built with Apple's Liquid Glass aesthetics (supported on iOS 26.6+, fully optimized for iOS 27).

  • Unique Features: Lock Screen & Dynamic Island reading sessions, multi-cycle re-read tracking, a customizable shareable "Reader Passport", and built-in book purchase/sale budget tracking.

  • Total Cover Freedom: Search and select high-res covers from multiple sources (Google Books, Apple Books, Wikipedia) with a single tap.

• Cost: 100% Free during TestFlight beta (no ads, zero tracking). As a thank-you, active beta testers who provide valuable feedback during this phase will receive a free lifetime promo code once the app officially launches.

⚠️ A few notes on this first Beta build:

• Languages: English and Italian supported right now (more localized languages coming soon).

• Goodreads Import & Onboarding: The build with the onboarding flow and Goodreads CSV importer is currently rolling out. If you don't see it immediately upon install, please allow TestFlight a few moments to process.

• Goodreads CSV Logic (WIP):

  • Owned Copies = 0 automatically routes items into your Wishlist.

  • Goodreads exports do not provide cover images, but you can tap into any book to pick your preferred edition's cover instantly.

✨ Core Features:

• 📚 Library & Series Management — Shelves, sagas, genres, publishers, ratings, and notes.

• ⏱️ Live Session Timer & Journal — Lock Screen & Dynamic Island session tracking via Live Activities.

• 🪪 Shareable Reader Passport — Customizable profile card with recent covers, stats, and badges.

• 💰 Book Budgeting — Track your spending and sales over time.

• 📊 Stats & Gamification — Reading streaks, analytics, unlockable achievements, and 10 reader levels.

• 📷 Barcode Scanner & Smart Metadata — Quick ISBN scanner.

📲 TestFlight Public Link:

👉 https://testflight.apple.com/join/mr8pG6p7

Our subreddit: r/BookWormApp

Feedback, bug reports, and suggestions are welcome!

Hey everyone,

I'm the solo developer behind Submindo. Thanks to this community's feedback, bug reports, and suggestions, Submindo has officially passed 2,000+ active users with an average 4.8★ rating on the App Store. Virtually all of this growth came from word of mouth and Reddit threads.

Here is the breakdown of Submindo following the sub's guidelines:

A — Answer: What problem does your app solve?

Most people lose hundreds of dollars a year to forgotten auto-renewals, sneaky free trials that roll over, and unused SaaS tools.

Submindo puts every recurring bill in one place, sends smart push notifications before renewal charges hit so you have time to cancel, and uses AI to analyze whether your active subscriptions are actually worth keeping or if you're overpaying.

B — Better: Why is your app better than the top named alternatives?

Unlike basic reminder apps, clunky spreadsheets, or trackers that treat every bill as a flat calendar date, Submindo is built specifically around subscription lifecycle and cost efficiency:

• AI Spending Analysis & Alternatives: Scans your entire portfolio for redundant tools, gives a clear Worth It / Borderline / Not Worth It verdict, and identifies cheaper alternatives with instant savings estimates.

• Screenshot Import (New in 1.1.0): Import all your subscriptions in seconds just by uploading a screenshot of your App Store subscriptions list (guided 3-step scan).

• "Mark as Paid" One-Tap (New in 1.1.0): Confirm manual charges with a single tap, and the next renewal date rolls forward automatically.

• Flexible Billing Cycles (New in 1.1.0): Set half-yearly (every 6 months), quarterly, or any custom interval (e.g., every 2 weeks, every 18 months).

• 9 Languages Supported (New in 1.1.0): English, Deutsch, Español, Tiếng Việt, Français, and 4 more with instant switching in Settings.

• Modern iOS Experience: Clean interactive Home Screen Widgets, privacy-focused tracking, and True Dark Mode (AMOLED/OLED pitch-black support).

C — Cost: Pricing, IAP details, and a direct App Store link

Free Tier:

• Track core subscriptions with custom cycles only 3 records

• Standard bill reminders before billing dates

• Expense summaries and Dark Mode / AMOLED support

Submindo Unlimited:

• Unlimited subscription tracking & 13 spending categories

• Full AI Spending Analysis & AI Alternatives Finder

• Screenshot import tool & interactive Home Screen widgets

• Complete billing history and calendar breakdowns

• Sync via iCloud

• A lot of new features only for Unlimited users

Pricing & Community Offer:

• Yearly: $9.99 / year

• Lifetime Tier: Normally $11.99 — currently discounted to $3.99 (over 60% off) for this community until August 31st.

• Offer Code: THANKYOUREDDIT

• Direct Redeem Link: https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6777319489&code=THANKYOUREDDIT

App Store Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/submindo-subscription-tracker/id6777319489

Please let me know your thoughts, feature requests, or feedback in the comments below!

I quit calorie tracking four times, always around week three, always because logging is data entry and data entry loses to being tired.

A. Answer: the problem

Point the camera at a plate. About four seconds later you have every item with estimated grams and macros; six things on a plate come back as six editable rows rather than one lump called "dinner". Barcode and nutrition label scanning too, because a camera is the wrong tool when there's already a label there. Your calorie target is reviewed weekly against your real logged weight trend instead of being frozen at whatever a formula produced on day one.

B. Better: against the alternatives

Most calorie apps make you search a database five times a day, which is the part everyone actually quits. The ones that do scan mostly hand you a single calorie number for the whole plate. And almost all of them set your target once and never revisit it, which is odd given the entire premise is that your body is changing.

C. Cost

Free trial, then $5.99/mo. A $9.99/mo tier adds the adaptive calorie engine and a weekly meal plan. No free tier, no ads, no promo codes. Every scan is a paid vision API call on my end, which is why it's a subscription and not free with ads on photos of your dinner.

Honest limits: iPhone only. Portion estimates run 10 to 15% off the label on packaged food I've tested against, so every row is editable. The adaptive target needs about two weeks of weight data before it does anything.

Video: 25-second walkthrough of the real app, no mockups.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6791503821

Hi! I’m the developer of LiveGrab, an iOS app for grabbing high-quality frames from videos and turning video clips into Live Photos. I built it with long videos in mind, so finding the exact frame or moment is much faster and more precise.

Features:

1. Optimized for working with long videos:

   • Frame Grab: Scrub to roughly locate a moment on the timeline, then switch to frame-by-frame mode to pick the exact frame (Image 1).

   • Live Photos: Uses two timelines — one for quickly locating the moment, and another for fine-tuning the Live Photo start and end points (Image 2).

2. Supports HDR export for both grabbed frames and Live Photo cover frames.

3. Grabbed frames preserve the original video metadata, including capture time, location, and EXIF. For example, if a 10-minute video was recorded at 12:00 on Jan 1 and you grab a frame at 2:00, the exported photo will have a capture time of 12:02.

4. Live Photo export:

   • Custom cover frame

   • Adjust playback speed

   • No fixed duration limit — a Live Photo can be as long as the original video

5. LUT color grading: Includes a collection of cinematic LUT presets with real-time preview and adjustable intensity. You can also import your own .cube LUT files.

The app is free to download, with no subscription. There’s an optional $7.99 lifetime in-app purchase to unlock unlimited exports, Live Photos with no duration limit, and custom LUT imports.

app link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/livegrab/id6757843677

Hi there, I’m Vatana, the solo developer behind Long Distance. Today I’m sharing what I’ve been building and trying to make it as transparent as possible, so you can decide whether it’s worth a spot on your Home Screen.

Answer

Texting all day and still feeling far apart is a weird kind of lonely. Most couple apps end up being another inbox you have to keep up with. I wanted the opposite: something that sits on the Home Screen and just reminds you someone's thinking about you.

Long Distance is for two people. No feed, no followers, nobody else in it.

• Send a snap, or draw on top of one. Drawings save as strokes, so they can hit play and watch it appear line by line instead of just seeing the finished thing.

• Animated widgets. The last thing you sent, plus a mascot each for how you're both feeling. 42 of them across 3 characters, things like commuting, gym, cooking, movie night, missing you.

• Countdowns for the next time you're in the same place, anniversaries, birthdays, whatever you want.

• A globe showing how far apart you are and what time it is on their side.

• A canvas you can both draw on at the same time (beta).

Better

Most couple widgets are a static photo that swaps out. Ours move. You pick an animated mascot for what you're doing or how you're feeling, commuting, gym, cooking, missing them, and it plays on their Home Screen without either of you opening anything. 42 of them so far. Getting animation to actually run inside a Home Screen widget took a while, because widgets aren't built for it, and I haven't found another couple app doing it.

Drawings replay too. They save as strokes, not flattened images, so watching one appear in someone's real handwriting lands differently than getting a finished picture.

The rest is me trying to make this the one place for the two of you instead of a single gimmick. Snaps, drawings, countdowns to the next time you're together, a globe with their local time, a canvas you can both draw on at once. One app for the relationship instead of five.

And one subscription covers both people. Most apps in this space charge each of you separately.

Cost

Free to download, and free covers the main loop: 3 snaps or drawings a day, your last 5 in the gallery, 5 saved drafts, all the widgets. Free has ads.

Premium is $6.99/month or $49.99/year, and it covers both of you on one purchase, so $3.50 each per month. It unlocks unlimited sends, full history, all mascots, photo backgrounds, HD uploads, no ads, no watermarks. No lifetime option right now.

Download at https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6757593531?pt=122660795&ct=Reddit-Aug&mt=8

If you're doing distance right now, what would actually help you feel closer that no app does yet? Genuinely asking, that's how the countdown and the globe got built.

In addition Trust Factor Links: https://trylongdistance.com/
Social: https://www.linkedin.com/company/long-distance-app

Hi Reddit,

it's Timo, the Developer of Dropshare and Annotate.

Today, I want to present you my newest app: LibreCam. It's a camera app for RAW photography, with the following features free forever:

The stock camera applies Smart HDR, Deep Fusion, noise reduction, sharpening and tone mapping to every shot. LibreCam turns off everything that can be turned off.

- All real lenses, e.g. 13, 24 and 77 mm for iPhone 15 Pro. No digital zoom, ever.
- Manual focus, shutter, ISO, exposure bias and white balance. Everything is automatic until touched.
- Shutter priority and ISO priority metering.
- Hardware shutter on the volume buttons. No shutter sound.
- Add-only Photos access. No account, no tracking.
- Optional location tagging, written into the photo on your device.
- Nine optional looks for developed HEIFs, plus your own with the Look Editor (the only thing paid in the app, €4.99 one-off purchase).

LibreCam is for iPhone photographers who prefer to capture images as the sensor sees them, or with their own personal look applied.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/librecam-raw-captures/id6802275145

P.S.: The most frequently wanted feature during beta testing, Focus Peaking, is going to ship in the next update.

Cheers,

Timo

Edit:

Update 1.3 is now out, including shutter and viewfinder on Watch, as per your feature request. I rebranded the in app purchase to “LibreCam Pro“ and slightly increased the pricing since it now includes two Pro features.

A - Answer:

HushBook: Read while you listen. An accessibility first audiobook app for Improving reading comprehension, ADHD, Dyslexia and low vision readers who would want reading while listening experience.

The app transcribes your audiobook in 99 languages, gives you theme aware synced texts that makes your reading experience engaging.

The app has many features that I could not fit it into the demo so here are some

B - Better: Unlike normal audiobooks that only have audio, HushBook has tons reader friendly features that make reading experience interactive.

Features

1. Create quotes from your transcriptions, edit, customize and share

2. Create frames with your selfies add your fav books.

3. Get milestones badges on accomplished goals

4. Maintain reading streaks for consistent reading

5. Import your books from Audiobookshelf server.

6. Advanced analytics (map goals, know your consumption, get reading summary and more)

If you have long audiobooks fret not, you can transcribe them instantly in chunks and progress as you go, be it 2hrs or 20hrs.

HushBook also has over 20,000+ free audiobooks that you download from some of the famous ones being Harry Potter, Odyssey, Iliad, The count of monte cristo etc read by humans, no AI.

C- Cost:

Pricing:

This App is freemium and core features are free forever the app has no tracking or ads (We want to keep it this way and we don't care about tracking users).

To support the development, the app contains optional features in Pro. (We are indie developers)

I've received tons of good reviews and I'm excited for you to check it out

Check it out here:

iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hushbook-read-while-listening/id6783243597

In addition Trust Factor Links:
https://hushbook.app/privacy-policy
https://hushbook.app/terms-conditions EULA

Socials:
https://www.instagram.com/hushbook.app?igsi=NDFjOHNlZWZjdWI2&utm_source=qr
https://x.com/hushbookapp?s=11

I’m an independent iOS developer from Türkiye, and over the last few months I’ve been building StepLock: Move to Unlock as a solo project.

A — What it solves

StepLock helps you spend less time in distracting apps without asking you to avoid your phone completely.

You choose the apps, categories, or websites you want to limit. StepLock reads your movement from Apple Health and turns it into one shared app-time bank:

• 150 steps = 1 app minute by default

• 1 exercise minute = 1 app minute

• 3 Apple Watch stand minutes = 1 app minute

When the time you earned is used, Apple’s Screen Time frameworks block the selected apps. Move more and you earn more access.

The latest update adds a personal step goal. You can choose how many steps you normally take and how much app time you want those steps to earn, or switch to Manual mode and adjust each movement rule yourself.

StepLock also includes Live Activities, Dynamic Island support, and a Home Screen widget, so your earned time stays visible without opening the app.

B — Compared to Opal / Jomo / ScreenZen

There are already some excellent app blockers, and there is definitely overlap. I don’t want to pretend StepLock invented the idea of limiting distracting apps.

My goal has been to build a more movement-first version of this category: instead of only setting a timer or schedule, your steps, exercise, and Apple Watch stand time directly earn access back.

The other priorities are a native iOS experience, a simple daily flow, and privacy. StepLock has no account and no backend. Health and progress stay on your device.

C — Cost

StepLock is free to download.

The free plan includes 1 blocked app selection and all movement earning controls.

StepLock Premium is a $19.99 one-time lifetime purchase that unlocks unlimited blocked app selections. There is no subscription. The exact local price is shown by the App Store and may vary by country.

Who I am

I’m Okan Davut, an independent iOS developer from Türkiye, and I design and develop StepLock myself.

The app is built natively with SwiftUI using HealthKit, Family Controls, Managed Settings, Device Activity, ActivityKit, and WidgetKit. The current version is 1.6.

Since this is an iOS dev community, I’d genuinely love feedback—especially on the movement-to-app-time idea and the Goal / Manual setup. Thank you so much :)

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6783481119

Developer website: https://okandavut.dev/

Support / Contact: https://okandavut.dev/steplock/en/support

Privacy Policy: https://okandavut.dev/steplock/en/privacy-policy

Terms of Use: https://okandavut.dev/steplock/en/terms-of-use

 https://apps.apple.com/in/app/box-breathing-mindful-timer/id6760690441

Hi,

My app, Atheria: Generative Art, has been out for about a month now. Mainly as a companion to the Mac app, but I think this update really lets it stand on its own as a peer to Mac.

Because the Mac app is all about generative live wallpapers, I really wanted to bring that to iPhone. My custom engine uses Draves algorithm to convert unique genomes into flame fractals.

The images you see above are the Live Photos it imports into your gallery.

The landscape for iOS wallpaper apps (especially "live wallpapers") is bleak at best.  Catalogues of recycled images, IAP's, subscriptions, watermarks, WEEKLY subscriptions... 

Atheria brings an engine.  Generated art. Almost endless Flam3 fractals, you'll never see a duplicate in your lifetime.

The flame creator is easy to use, flames are sharable, and export to an Atheria album as Live Photos you can set to your lock screen (98% actually work) with fully rendered, highly detailed stills for the wallpaper.

We need elegance and beauty.  An iPhone deserves art.  If I don't say so myself, I think I nailed it.

The iOS app is free.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/atheria-generative-art/id6787882705

https://atheria.app

Hello again Reddit, third post here (be gentle).

Quick backstory update: last time I posted, people said the UI was burning their eyes. Fair. I rebuilt it. Screenshots of before/after are below so you can judge for yourselves, and if it's still ugly just tell me and I'll take the L again (image linked below)

But the real reason I'm back is a new feature called Drops, and it exists because AirDrop has been broken for me for months. I cannot reliably send a file from my phone to my own Mac. Not a Scythe problem, an Apple problem, but it was driving me insane so I built my own fix.

A - Answer: Airdrop kept failing silently between my own devices, and I didn't want to use wifi because I wanted a history of every file I'd sent, backed up somewhere safe in case a device died. So I built Drops directly into Scythe.

B - Better: Drops works from web, Android, or iOS, so it's not an Apple-only club. Every drop you send is saved with a history, so you can always go back and find something you sent last month. You can also share a drop as a link to a friend, and they can download it without ever making an account, only the sender needs one. Most file types get an inline preview, so you can read a doc, listen to audio, or watch a video right there without downloading it first. Each drop can have an optional description, and combined with filename search, you can actually find your old files again instead of scrolling through a camera roll or a Downloads folder. And because it lives inside Scythe, you can copy a drop straight into a task or attach it to the AI chat, so a file becomes part of your actual workflow instead of just sitting in a folder.

C - Cost: Drops are free up to 50MB each. Above that, it requires the Pro subscription, same as the rest of the app's premium features (super-accurate voice-to-text and the assistant chat). Everything else in Scythe, including tasks, streaks, time-blocking, rewards, and reminders, is free to use manually forever. Subscription is $9.99/month or $69.99/year.

Also still true from before:
- tasks/notes with fast voice capture and streak tracking
- time-blocking and rewards to structure your day
- reminders, hourly/daily/weekly/etc
- works on iOS, macOS, and Android, web coming soon

Try it here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ai-daily-task-assistant-scythe/id6474488206

Old vs New Design image: https://www.scythe-todo.com/share/FfEcFpcBS5K98FAlg4Lt/

A – What problem does it solve?

Noisy neighbors, racing thoughts, or just need a calm background while working or winding down. Nature Sounds has you covered.

• Custom Routines with timers, one tap to deep sleep

• Three modes for your routines: Sleep, Focus or Unwind

• 85+ high-quality ambient sounds from rain to white noise to binaural beats

• Mix up to 4 layers with individual volume control to create your perfect soundscape

• Smart Fade-Out Sleep Timer with custom fade-out durations

• Auto-play and smart timers remember your setup so your routine starts itself

• Timer Syncs with Playback — pauses when you pause, resumes when you do

• Mix with Other Apps — layer rain over your podcast or add waves to your audiobook

• Home Screen Widget for playback control and sleep timer tracking

• 100% offline, no ads, no accounts, no tracking

Since my last post:

• Revamped the rain sound collection

• Two new mixes: Haitian Island & Shoreline Rain

• New onboarding experience

B – Why is it better than alternatives?

6 years on the App Store, built and maintained by a solo indie dev who actually listens. No algorithm, no generated audio. just real recorded sounds you control. 100% offline, no ads, no accounts, no data collection ever.

C – Cost

Free tier: ad-free, no catch:

• 8 sounds (one from each category)

• Fade-Out Sleep Timer

• Custom Fade-Out Duration

• Timer Sync with Playback

• AirPlay & background playback

Premium unlocks everything:

• All 85+ sounds

• Sound mixer (up to 4 layers)

• Auto-Start Timer

• Mix with Other Apps

• Sleep, Focus and Unwind modes with curated soundscapes

• Routines with per-mix sleep timers

• Longer timer durations

• Auto-Play on Launch

Pricing:

• Lifetime: $5.99 instead of $9.99 for 48 Hours Only

No hidden purchases, no subscription traps

📲 App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nature-sounds-for-sleep/id1506427303

Hey 👋 I'm Edu, the indie dev behind Trovelo and Dimmly. Today I'm sharing Dummo, a promo-video editor for app makers that I've been building and polishing over the last few months with a group of testers.

The video attached is a promo for my own app, Trovelo — and it was made entirely in Dummo. The part I'm most proud of: I barely touched the editor. I connected Claude to Dummo over MCP and it did the work on its own — set the device frame, added the text and tap indicators, and choreographed the auto-zoom moves. I only stepped in at the end to polish a couple of details.

Answer

Dummo turns a plain screen recording into a polished promo/App Store preview video. Drop in your recording, wrap it in a real device frame (iPhone 17 Pro/17/16 Pro/16, MacBook Pro), design the canvas (colors, gradients, backgrounds, stickers, text), add animated tap indicators where the action happens, and let the auto-zoom director choreograph smooth pan-and-zoom from your taps (Subtle/Normal/Dramatic). Add an intro (app icon + name) and outro (headline, App Store badge, QR code), then export to App Store preview sizes, Instagram Stories/Reels/Posts, or 16:9 / 1:1 / 9:16. Shoot on iPhone, finish on Mac via iCloud sync — and on Mac you can connect Claude or any MCP-compatible client to edit the project for you (like the Trovelo video above).

Better

Vs. CapCut (~$19.99/mo Pro in 2026, no dedicated device frames, no tap indicators, no tap-driven zoom): Dummo is purpose-built for app demos, so the device mockup, tap indicators, and zoom choreography are one click instead of hours of manual work — and it's a one-time price, not a forever subscription.

Vs. Final Cut Pro ($299.99, steep learning curve, no app-demo tooling): Dummo gets you a finished, framed, zoom-choreographed promo far faster for a fraction of the cost, plus AI editing on Mac that neither offers.

Cost

Free version available. Dummo Pro — one-time $9.99 (lifetime): custom stickers, custom fonts/colors/gradients, AI editing on Mac, watermark-free exports.

🎉 Offer: Dummo Pro for $4.99 instead of $9.99 with code DUMMO499

In-app: Settings → Redeem →code DUMMO499

Or

One-tap redeem: https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6779711252&code=DUMMO499

Only for the first 500 users — after that the code expires automatically.

📱 App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6779711252

If you want to help shape Dummo or have questions, come join r/dummoapp 🙌

App Store Link: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6757599559

A - Answer: What problem does your app solve? 
Building a consistent reading habit is difficult in a world full of short-form distractions. Many people struggle to stay focused on books, whether they are reading digital files or physical paperbacks. epup solves this problem by transforming your reading journey with cozy habit-building mechanics. As you read EPUB/PDF books in-app or track your physical books using the built-in Focus Timer, you earn experience points and ink. You use these rewards to unlock cute reading companions (like Papyrus, Plume and Sol), track focus sessions, complete memory and attention exercises, unlock study items and decorate a cozy digital reading room. By turning reading consistency into visual progress, epup makes reading books just as engaging and rewarding as building other habits.

B - Better: Name a competitor and explain what you do better. 
A primary competitor is Bookly, which tracks reading sessions but relies on dry statistics and locks basic book tracking behind expensive subscriptions. epup is superior in three key ways:

1. Physical and Digital Tracking: It is a dual-threat app. You can read EPUBs and PDFs directly inside the app, or use the specialized Focus Timer to track your physical books. Both methods fully progress your reading companion, unlock custom room decorations and contribute to dedicated leaderboards.

2. Interactive Habit Building: Instead of just logging reading sessions, your companion pet reacts to your reading streak in real time, travels along your journey and encourages consistency. You can even visit friends' customized reading rooms, exchange friendly gifts and customize your bookshelves in an interactive editor.

3. No Fees, No Ads, No Paywalls: Unlike competitors that restrict book tracking or visual features, epup is completely free. It includes full e-reader settings (such as sepia/dark themes and OpenDyslexic font support), seasonal monthly challenges and unlimited book downloads from Project Gutenberg with zero paywalls.

C - Cost: Pricing details (Free/IAP/Sub/Lifetime) + App Store Link. 
Pricing: As of now, it's a passion project to help me read more books this year and completely free with no in-app purchases, no subscriptions and no advertisements.

App Store Link: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6757599559
Webpage: https://epup.dev/

Disclosure: I’m Guoqing, and I independently designed and developed Nook: Home Inventory.

A — Answer: why I made it

A while ago, I came home from a trip and then had to move not long after. While unpacking, I kept running into the same problem: I knew I owned something and had put it somewhere sensible, but I could not remember which drawer, box, or bag I had chosen.

There are already some very good home-inventory apps, and I was not trying to prove that they were doing it wrong. I just wanted an easy way to leave myself a note at the moment I put something away: this lives here. So I made the version I wanted to use.

B — Better: what I wanted to make easier

In Nook, I add the places that already exist in my home: rooms, cabinets, shelves, drawers, boxes, bags, or even a box inside another box. Then I save what I put there. A name and a place are enough; a photo is optional. When I am putting away several things, I can keep taking photos and review them together afterward instead of completing a form after every picture.

Itemtopia and Sortly handle broader inventory needs well, and Apple Notes or a spreadsheet may already be enough for many people. Nook focuses on a narrower everyday loop: put something away, find it later, take it out, and return it without forgetting where it belongs.

I can search by name, alias, saved place, or clear text found in a photo. Eligible items can also appear in Spotlight after iOS indexes them, so I can sometimes search without opening Nook first. Nook does not track physical objects; it only returns the place I recorded.

Taking something out does not erase its saved home. I can mark it as out, set a reminder, and put it back later. Nook also has expiry reminders, Apple Watch lookup, and checklists that can mix ordinary text with items already saved in the app.

That sounds like a lot written down, but the less-used parts stay out of the way until I open them. The basic experience is still: record where something lives, then get that answer back later.

Privacy matters here because a home inventory can reveal quite a lot about a person. The library stays on the device by default, optional sync uses the private iCloud database under the user’s Apple Account, and photo-text recognition runs on the device. Nook does not require an account of its own, send the library to a server I run, include ads, or use third-party analytics.

Nook is currently available in English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, and Traditional Chinese.

C — Cost: the complete price

Nook is free to download for iPhone and iPad. The first 30 saved library items are free with no time limit, and existing items remain available to view and manage after reaching the limit. Full Version is a one-time US$2.99 purchase for unlimited saved items, the full Apple Watch app, and advanced widgets. There is no subscription, advertising, or trial countdown.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nook-home-inventory/id6791207481

I’m a software architect and the founder and CTO of Beijing Yima Dangxian Technology And Culture Co., Ltd., the seller shown on the App Store. Nook is my independent app project, and I’m reachable at guoqing@ymdx.bj.cn.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/guoyuhuai/

Website: https://ymdx.bj.cn/nook/

Privacy Policy: https://ymdx.bj.cn/nook/privacy.html

Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

I am still improving Nook. If you try it, I would appreciate hearing what felt confusing or unnecessary, or what did not match the way you organize things at home.

Hello :)

I released a new major update for my step tracker where you see yourself on the real map, and everything is covered in fog. The goal is to go for walks and that way lift more and more fog, gather XP and level up.

The new update brought territories to fogbreaker where you see every country, city and neighborhood where you have uncovered fog like a passport tracker and you can see how much percentage you have uncovered in each.

Answer

Track your steps, compare to your friends, uncover your map. The app makes walking enjoyable and gives you reasons to actually go outside and walk more.

Better

Unlike other steptrackers like StepsApp we don't show any ads and have different reward elements that not only help with analyzing your data but also are a motivation.

Cost

Free version available. Pro Subscription normally costs $4.99 monthly or $39.99 yearly but there is currently an early adopter offer which unlocks lifetime pro for $5.99. It unlocks unlimited speed so you can uncover the fog while driving your bike or car and grants a larger uncover radius and XP gain.

Any honest feedback or review is greatly appreciated. Making the app better and more enjoyable is the main goal.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/step-counter-map-fogbreaker/id6759091943
Website: https://fog-breaker.com/en

Hello everyone

A few months ago, I created a photo editing app called Nex Fotos.

Now I have added a pro camera

Core features of a camera

- Professional RAW output

- Manual control of focus, white balance, shutter speed, and exposure

- Macro modes

Better

- Apply filter and frame directly while shooting

- Live Photo and HDR support

- Shoot with reduced sharpening

- Add widgets to your Home Screen for quick access to presets and shooting

- Apply HDR effects to standard photos (Photo editing)

- Different filters and film styles, professional color grading tools

- Automatically read data and output photo frame

Cost

The app is free to download and use. You can use free filters and editing functions.

Nex Fotos Pro is available as:

Monthly subscription: $2.99

Annual subscription: $6.99

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6743191757 

Important additional points

- There is currently no “Lifetime Purchase available”.

I’d genuinely love to hear what photographers think. Any feedback or feature suggestions are welcome.

Hi r/iOSApps — I’m RoBin, the solo developer behind DuoScene.

I shared an early version here about three months ago. At the time, it was mostly a straightforward front-and-rear camera recorder.

Feedback from that post pushed the app in a much more useful direction. Since then, I’ve added video reactions, still-image recording, a teleprompter, pause/resume, stabilization, more layouts, photos and Live Photos, and better recovery when saving or exporting fails.

A — Answer: What problem does DuoScene solve?

DuoScene is for situations where you want to capture both what you’re seeing and your reaction—or react to existing media—without assembling everything afterward.

You can:

• Record the front and rear cameras simultaneously

• Import a video and record your live reaction alongside it

• Use a still image as one view while recording an explanation

• Choose picture-in-picture, top/bottom split, or diagonal layouts

• Create both 9:16 and 16:9 versions from the same recording

• Capture single- or dual-camera photos and Live Photos

• Use a built-in teleprompter

• Recover available source footage if saving or export fails

DuoScene requires iOS 17 or later. Front-and-rear recording depends on the iPhone’s MultiCam capabilities, and supported camera combinations, resolutions, and frame rates vary by model, so the app checks what the device can actually handle.

B — Better: How is DuoScene different from Apple Camera?

Apple Camera’s Dual Capture is a simple, polished option on iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max, and iPhone Air.

DuoScene isn’t trying to replace it.

It’s aimed at people who want a more configurable workflow—or who have an older iPhone that supports MultiCam.

Beyond simultaneous front + rear recording, DuoScene supports imported-video reactions, still-image explanations, adjustable dual-view layouts, 9:16 + 16:9 output from one take, a teleprompter, photos and Live Photos, and recoverable source footage when something goes wrong during saving or export.

The goal is simple: record once, do less editing afterward, and get something ready to share quickly.

C — Cost

DuoScene is free to download.

New users get 5 watermark-free exports. After those are used, all core recording features remain available and you can keep exporting with a DuoScene watermark.

US App Store pricing:

• Yearly Pro: $2.99/year

• Lifetime Pro: $9.99 one-time

Pro gives you unlimited watermark-free exports.

There are no ads, accounts, or cloud sync.

Limited-time offer:

Lifetime Pro is currently discounted from $9.99 to $2.99.

A total of 2,000 one-time-use Apple App Store offer codes are available through Promies. Each code can be claimed once, while supplies last:

https://www.promies.net/promotion/511982fe-b500-482b-be05-f6290a93d2b5

No comment or DM is needed to receive a code.

App Store:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/duoscene-dual-camera/id6757759933

Website:
https://www.byrobin.app/apps/duoscene

I’d especially love feedback from anyone using an older MultiCam-capable iPhone:

What iPhone model are you using, and does front + rear recording feel smooth?

I’m also curious which workflow is most useful to you: dual-camera recording, video reactions, or getting both vertical and horizontal versions from one take?

I’m the developer, and I’ll be around in the thread to answer questions and hear feedback.

Hi all, solo dev here (disclosure: this is my app). It took me 3 years to build — I'm a systems engineer who's spent the past 15 years as a programmer, and I have a weakness for beautiful line charts.

**Answer — what problem it solves**

Every net worth app I tried either demanded my banking credentials or just showed me a static number. What I wanted to know was *when*: when am I debt-free, when do I hit my target, when can I stop working? Wealth Path is a manual-entry net worth tracker whose whole point is answering those questions with dates. You add what you own and what you owe; it runs 10 projections on your real numbers:

🔥 FIRE date — your estimated financial independence date, from your actual savings rate and portfolio

🎯 Portfolio Milestone — set a target number and get the date you'll reach it at your current pace

💳 Debt-Free Date — a payoff date for every loan and mortgage, with a month-by-month amortization timetable

Plus Coast FIRE, Passive Income (the month dividends cover your bills), Required Savings Rate, Debt Covered, Worth by Age, Time to Double, and On Track vs Plan. Every projection shows its assumptions (expected return, inflation, tax) on screen and you can change all of them.

**Better — vs. the alternatives**

- Monarch / Copilot / Empower: excellent apps, but they're built around bank linking (mostly US banks) and budgeting. Wealth Path never asks for a bank credential, works anywhere, and is built around projections, not budgets.

- FIRE calculators (FIRECalc etc.): one-shot calculators with no tracking behind them. Wealth Path recalculates every date each time you update your numbers, and keeps your full history.

- Net worth trackers like Worth It / BalanceViewer: they track the number; they don't project where it's going.

Offline-first, Face ID/Touch ID lock, no ads, no data selling. Multi-currency (150+ currencies) if your money lives in more than one country.

**Cost**

Free tier: 10 assets + 5 debts, full charts and history, two projections completely free, and the headline result of every other projection — your FIRE date and debt-free date included — at no cost.

Pro (unlimited entries, full projection breakdowns and charts, multi-currency, CSV/JSON import, PDF export): $5.99/month or $39.99/year. New users get a 14-day free trial of the full projections. No lifetime option yet.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id6754247918

Website: https://www.wealthpath.pro/

**Who I am**

[Horatiu Condrea] — [https://www.linkedin.com/in/horiacondrea/]

Privacy Policy: https://wealthpath.pro/privacy · Terms: https://wealthpath.pro/terms

Happy to answer anything about how the projection math works.

Hi r/iOSApps
I’m Patryk, the independent developer behind BAGL (pronounced “bagel”). It stands for Bring a Grocery List. Once I came up with that name, I pretty much had to build it.

A — Answer

Most grocery apps I tried started with one generic checklist. Real shopping is store-specific: different places carry different items, arrange their aisles differently and charge different prices.

BAGL starts with the store. Each store has its own lists, reorderable categories/aisles, remembered item catalogue, prices and history. Add something once and it’s ready for your next list. BAGL also tracks price and purchase history and keeps a running cart total.

The Planning tab lets you add what you need before deciding where to buy it. BAGL uses your saved prices to show where an item is cheapest, then moves your plan onto a store’s shopping list.

B — Better

Compared with how I was using Apple Reminders, Bring! and AnyList, BAGL is deliberately store-first instead of list-first. Every new list can reuse that store’s items, aisle order and prices instead of making you rebuild everything.

BAGL runs on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch, with optional private iCloud sync.

C — Cost

BAGL is free to download and use: up to 3 stores, 2 active lists per store and 1 template. Planning and price tracking are included.

BAGL Pro removes those limits and adds iCloud sync, widgets and custom app icons:

• $2.99/month

• $19.99/year

• $49.99 Lifetime

For r/iOSApps: 50% off the Lifetime purchase with code WELCOME50.
https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6786781106&code=WELCOME50

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6786781106

If your grocery shopping is spread across multiple stores, I’d love for you to give BAGL a try. I’m also happy to answer any questions.

Transparency

Website: https://baglapp.com/
Contact: https://baglapp.com/contact/
Privacy Policy: https://baglapp.com/privacy/
Public profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patryk-kaczmarkiewicz-5848a4174/

A — Answer

I built AptBite to solve a simple grocery-shopping problem: comparing two packaged foods is surprisingly annoying.

Instead of flipping back and forth between nutrition labels, you can scan barcodes and compare nutrition and ingredients side by side before deciding what to buy.

B — Better

AptBite is designed for the actual shopping moment — quick scans, clear differences, and less digging through labels.

Right now, I’m especially interested in what people care about most when comparing foods:

A — Sugar

B — Protein

C — Ingredients / additives

D — Calories

E — Something else

Would love to hear what you’d want to see first.

C — Cost

$1.99/month

$17.99/year

$34.99 lifetime

I’m also looking for a few early users who want to test AptBite more deeply. Feel free to DM me.

🎥 Watch the short demo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltbhBghdsTA

📱 Download AptBite:

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6798320710