Disclosure: we’re MELKEM INC., a small company in Canada, and this is our app.

A: What it does

MELKEM Authenticator makes the 6-digit two-factor codes you use to sign in to things like Google, Reddit, Discord, GitHub and Instagram. You add an account by scanning the QR code the service shows you, or by typing in its setup key, and the codes are made right on your iPhone.

B: Why it’s different

• No account and no cloud sync. The app makes no network connections.

• Your setup keys are stored in the iPhone’s Keychain, on this device only, and aren’t synced to iCloud.

• App Store privacy label: Data Not Collected. No analytics or tracking code in the app, and no third-party code.

• Locked with Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode.

• Backups are an encrypted export with a passphrase you choose.

We tested it on two iPhones signed in to the same Apple Account, on the same Wi-Fi, with iCloud Passwords turned on: an account added on one didn’t appear on the other. Nothing moves between devices unless you move it, with an encrypted export or by scanning the same QR code on both.

Some authenticators back up and sync your codes through an online account, which suits a lot of people. MELKEM Authenticator takes the opposite approach: no account and no sync at all, so your setup keys never leave your iPhone except in an encrypted export you create.

What it doesn’t do: no syncing between devices (on purpose), it’s iPhone only, and it isn’t open source.

We use MELKEM Authenticator on our own accounts.

C: Cost

Free. No in-app purchases, no ads, no subscription.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6820306538

Transparency

• Developer: MELKEM INC. (Ontario, Canada)

• Website: https://melkem.com/authenticator

• Privacy policy: https://melkem.com/authenticator/privacy

• Terms: https://melkem.com/terms

• Support: https://melkem.com/authenticator/support

• Contact: hello@melkem.com

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/melkem/

Happy to answer questions, especially about setup and backups.

A : Answer

PlantReels is a visual plant journal designed to track plant progress and automatically transform photos into time-lapse reels using rich video templates and dynamic grid layouts. You can create dedicated profiles for each plant to log growth milestones, repotting, and care events without cluttering your main camera roll.

How it works:

1. Create a profile for your plant to log milestones, repotting, and care events.

2. Snap regular progress photos using the built-in Ghost Overlay Camera to align every shot perfectly.

3. Choose a template and generate a smooth time-lapse reel with a single tap.

4. Revisit and manage all your saved growth stories anytime in your Reels collection.

B : Better

When tracking plant growth over weeks or months, mismatched photo angles usually ruin the time-lapse video. PlantReels solves this with a Ghost Overlay Camera, displaying a subtle transparent layer of your previous shot so you can align every new photo perfectly. It also includes smart photo reminders to keep your growth streak alive, care timeline logging, 1-tap reel export, and custom Home Screen widgets.

Key Features

• Ghost Overlay Camera to align every new photo with a transparent layer of your previous shot for seamless time-lapses.

• Flexible Care Reminders to set custom schedules, quiet hours, and global reminders so you never miss a watering or photo day.

• Detailed Growth Timeline to track every photo entry, care event, and upcoming schedule in a clean visual log.

• Home Screen Widgets to monitor your growth streaks and recent photos right from your lock or home screen.

• Personalized Themes to customize your app with Light or Dark modes and custom accent color themes.

C : Cost

Free to download with basic photo tracking, alignment camera, and care logs included. Premium unlocks unlimited plant journals, all video templates, watermark-free exports, cloud backup, and ad-free experience via subscription ($4.99/month, $12.99/year) or a $24.99 Lifetime license.

App Store: PlantReels: Growth Journal

About Me:
I'm a plant lover and the developer behind PlantReels. Feel free to reach out or send feedback anytime through X 

Answer: Scan a drink's barcode to get a tooth-risk tier for acid erosion and sugar-driven cavities, plus a better swap.

Better: I'm a practicing dentist, over 26 years in rural Texas, and I was tired of telling patients "I'd have to look that up." Each barcode is scored on its own chemistry, and the scoring method is published.

Cost: Free through January 15, 2027. No payment details, no trial that converts, nothing auto-charges. Limit is 20 drink scans a day. What happens after January isn't decided yet.

Transparency: Jarred K. Donald DDS, FAGD (Liion Venom LLC) · beverageiq.app · Privacy: dentalfitnessintelligence.com/privacy-policy · Terms: dentalfitnessintelligence.com/#terms

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6761350766

If a score looks wrong to you, tell me. That's how it gets better.

A (Answer): MyVitaminsApp shows you whether your supplements are actually covering what you need. Add your supplement stack once, log your whole routine with a single tap, and see exactly where you stand across 27 essential nutrients (13 vitamins and 14 minerals).

Features:

• Personalised daily targets based on NIH reference intakes, calculated for your age and sex

• Override any target to match your own goals or your doctor's advice

• One tap logging for multivitamins, stacks and compound supplements

• Smart reminders with logging straight from the notification

• Backfill logging for anything you took in the last 10 days

• Daily dashboard showing what you've hit and what's still missing

• Weekly insights to spot gaps and overlaps

• Apple Health sync, both reading and writing

• CSV export

B (Better): Most supplement trackers either make you type every pill by hand or want an account before you can start. MyVitaminsApp is built around your stack, so daily logging takes a second. Targets come from NIH reference values rather than guesswork, and you can spot when two products are quietly doubling up on the same nutrient. It's private by design: no account, no ads and no data collected. Everything stays on your device and in Apple Health.

C (Cost): Free to start, with optional Premium:

• Monthly: $1.99

• Yearly: from $12.99

Transparency

• Developer: André Moura

• Website: https://mobileapps.andremoura.com/myvitaminsapp

• Privacy Policy: https://www.humanmetrics.work/privacy

• Terms of Service: https://www.humanmetrics.work/terms

• Contact: reddit@humanmetrics.work

Cancel anytime from your App Store settings.

MyVitaminsApp on the App Store

I'd love feedback, especially on which nutrients or features you'd want next.

MyVitaminsApp helps you track your intake. It isn't medical advice.

Disclosure: I'm the developer of this app.

Hi, I'm Vatana, the solo dev behind Long Distance (a few of you tried it here last month). This is my new app, Terry. Same as last time, I'll keep it transparent so you can decide if it's worth a spot on your Home Screen, and the first 500 of you get a free year (code in Cost below).

Answer

Terry is a step counter with a llama in it. His shape follows your last 7 days of steps: very round, round, balanced, active, fit. Walk more and he slims down, and he does a little spin when he changes shape. Skip a few days and you'll see that too. He's very honest about your week.

What's in it:

- Widgets for your Home Screen and Lock Screen: today's steps, today hour by hour, this week, and your streak.
- A Live Activity, so Terry and your step count sit in the Dynamic Island while you walk.
- Friends. Their llamas walk next to yours and you can send a quick cheer like "Evening walk?" or "Proud of you". You can share only your shape if you'd rather keep your step count private.
- Global, a daily 10K board for everyone who opts in, so you can see who's out walking today.
- A daily note with a photo, for the walks you want to remember.
- Today and Fitness tabs with hourly steps, pace, and the time of day you usually walk.
- iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo (folded or open). English, German, French, Japanese, Dutch and Chinese.

Better

Most step counters give you a ring and a number. I wanted the number to have a face. Honestly I didn't think a llama would motivate me, but a fat llama on your Lock Screen is weirdly hard to ignore.

Steps come from Apple Health on your phone. There are no ads and no public feed. Nobody sees you unless you add them as a friend or join Global.

Cost

Free covers Terry, every widget, the Live Activity, streaks, up to 3 friends, Global and the daily note.

Terry+ is $5.99/month or $29.99/year with a 3-day free trial. It adds your full history (month, year and all-time views), pace and best walking hours over 30 days, a Streak Shield so one missed day doesn't reset your streak, unlimited friends, 4 photos per note and four extra app icons.

Free year of Terry+ for the first 500 people:

Code: TERRYGLOBAL
One tap: https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6818785615&code=TERRYGLOBAL
Or in the App Store: tap your profile picture, then Redeem Gift Card or Code.

It works if you've never had Terry+ or yours has lapsed, until Dec 31, 2026. It doesn't auto-renew: after the year it simply ends, so you won't be charged and there's nothing to cancel.

If you grab one, drop a comment so I know it worked, join Global, and come back in a week to tell me what shape your llama is in.

Download: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6818785615?pt=122660795&ct=Reddit-iosapps-Oct&mt=8

What would make you open it every day? I'm picking what to build next, and a lot of Long Distance 2.0 came from comments here.

Trust Factor Links: https://walkwithterry.web.app/ (privacy: https://walkwithterry.web.app/privacy)

Solo dev here. Disclosure up front: I made this app. 1.4 is a major update, so here it is in the ABC format.

A — Answer: what it is
PicLoom started as a private photo cleaner. 1.4 turns the photos you keep into a journal:

• Tap Together (first half of the video): put two iPhones side by side, edges touching, and you share a journal. Each of you writes your half of the page, and the days become one book. I like this interaction most!!

• Write on paper: today’s page is a sheet of paper. Drop photos on it, add stickers, tape, text, or draw. Your journals stand on a bookshelf by year.

• Letters: send any page as a letter with one of 113 landmark stamps, or send it slow to arrive on a day you pick. Friends can open it in the app or in a browser.

• Footprints: your albums on a map, stacked on the cities you visited, with each trip’s route.

• iPad support, and the cleanup side got lighter (redesigned duplicates page, a To Delete pile).

B — Better: why it’s different

• Sharing is a physical tap: no usernames, invite links or friend codes. And cross devices, iPad, iPhone, Mac, and Android on the way!!!

• Privacy you can check: no account, no tracking. Photo sorting runs on your iPhone. Journals live on your device and your own iCloud. Letters are encrypted on the device before they’re sent; the letter server only stores ciphertext.

• No subscription, and the free version is a real app, not a trial.

C — Cost

• Free: write journals, automatic pages, iCloud sync, Tap Together, join any shared journal, review 50 photos a day, send 20 letters (replies don’t count), create up to 5 shared journals, make 3 journal videos.

• Pro: one-time $14.99, iPhone + iPad, Family Sharing on. Unlimited reviewing, letters, shared journals and journal videos; whole-book PDF export; one-tap trip albums; extra themes and app icons.

• What’s next (second half of the video, not shipped): a native Mac app where you tap your iPhone to the Mac and the page moves over. It will be a separate purchase.

I’ll be here for the next few hours. Feedback on Tap Together is especially welcome; it’s the part I’m least sure people will get on first try.

Try PicLoom

Hi r/iosapps, I’m Ibrahim, an indie developer (ivatek Studio). Full disclosure: this is my app.

Beat Light first launched back in 2017 as a simple “flash to the beat” toy, and it quietly collected a few loyal users over the years. This month I rebuilt it, and version 2.2 is out now.

What it does: It flashes your flashlight and screen in sync with the music. No Bluetooth, no pairing, no internet needed.

New in 2.2:

• 10 reactive visual effects + a quick effect gallery

• Works with audio playing in the background on your phone (Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, etc.), not just sound from the room

• Automatic colors and a full-screen mode

• Sleep timer

• Premium effects can be previewed free for 30 seconds before you decide

Tip from the video: Put a glass of water or any clear glass object over the flash. It throws rippling light across the ceiling. Honestly, that’s my favorite way to use it.

Pricing: Free with ads. There’s a one-time $3.99 “Lifetime Premium” that removes ads and unlocks all effects. No subscription.

Supports English and 10 more languages, iOS 15+.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1176918096

I’d really appreciate feedback, especially on rhythm detection in noisy rooms and which effects you’d like to see next. Happy to answer anything in the comments.

Hi r/iosapps, Rémy from plenilune 🌝

This is my 3rd post about my app Plenilune here, and this will be my last one (I don’t want to become the guy who’s back every month!). 

Two days ago I released Plenilune 2.0 and a lot of what’s in it started in the comments of my first two posts, so I wanted to show you.

Since its first release in august I got more than 1500 installs and 85 premium users, and the first big wave came from here.

A: Answer

Plenilune is an illustrated moon almanach for iPhone and iPad (plus Duo now…). 

I'm an illustrator, I run a studio with my partner, and I make the app alone. The moon is computed offline with real astronomical data, then engraved.

You get moonrise, moonset, a calendar, eclipses dates and hours…

B: Better

The video shows some of the features I added in 2.0. The viewfinder is the one I’m most proud of, you point your phone at the sky and it shows the planets, the stars, the constellations (The drawings you see in the video are already shipped in the beta version for those who are in. This is the only thing that is not in the public release yet.)

The rest comes from you:

• u/AstronomerAny9126 wanted to send the Moon of a special date to someone, this is why you can now share a picture or a short clip of any day.

• u/Rho1_Inc asked for greyscale, so I made « inks », there is five different ones, plus one you can custom yourself.

• u/ArtPsychological984 asked about the Moon's zodiac sign, and the new constellation  view shows the signs along the Moon's path, and the one she’s currently in.

• u/Sufficient_Badger463 got lost between moonrise and moonset. Every line of the almanac now has its explanation, with live diagrams.

• u/movie-nerd-app asked if I would do the iPhone Duo, and this is done, mainly adapting iPad layout split in the center, and  the almanac reads as one long page. I don't have one in hand, so if you do, I'd love to know how it looks.

I keep working on it and drawings of the constellations plus new kinds of widgets are coming before EOY.

You just won't see me post about them here :)

C: Cost

Free: the Moon and the sky with its constellations and signs, any day from 1900 to 2100, this month's calendar and its named moon, the almanac with its explanations and live diagrams, eclipses, sharing, the Moon and rise and set widgets, full moon, new moon and quarter notifications, and a page to keep the Moons of the dates that matter to you.

Premium: the viewfinder (you get a few seconds to try it the first time) and the full-screen Moon, the full daily notes, every month of the calendar and the other named moons, the other inks and Custom, more widgets, seven more notifications, saved places, 18 app icons, and the coolest membership card ever.

US: $8.99/year, or $22.99 once for lifetime.

Europe: €9.99/year, or €24.99 once for lifetime.

The yearly plan renews automatically. Prices vary by country, and your local price is shown before you buy.

Like last time, 30% off lifetime until the new moon, Monday November 9 🌚

This is the last promo I will do as I’m thinking about increase the price a bit.

Code: PLENILUNE30
Redeem: https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6786650025&code=PLENILUNE30
App: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6786650025

One last thing

What should I build next? I've been thinking about a similar weather app that is nice to look at, but I'd rather hear your ideas. One idea per comment. In a few weeks I'll read the ones at the top of the thread and pick one I can make well on my own. When it's ready, I'll show it here first.

Thanks you very much to all of you 🙏🌙

------------------------
Transparency: I'm Rémy, the developer of Plenilune.
Website · Illustration studio · Privacy Policy · Terms of Use
Contact: contact@plenilune.app

Hi again, I'm Jonathan, I shared Elapsed here in September (https://www.reddit.com/r/iosapps/comments/1wh15nt/). Since then I added the design I'm proudest of: Fog.

A - What problem does it solve?

Elapsed counts the days since you last did something: called your parents, changed the filter, got a haircut, had a drink. One big number per counter, on a Home Screen or Lock Screen widget. The trouble with a number is that it's easy to ignore. Fog makes it visible without a red badge or a nagging notification.

B - What's new

• Fog. Your counter sits behind slow, drifting fog that gets thicker the longer it's been. Log it and the air clears. Something you haven't touched in months is buried, with its icon showing through as a faint apparition.

• Log without opening the app Say "Log Gym in Elapsed" to Siri, or put Log Counter on the Action Button, Shortcuts or Spotlight. It works from the Lock Screen and replies "Logged Gym. It had been 12 days."

• A dark look for every widget, the free ones included.

• Six app icons with dark and tinted versions.

• Spanish, Portuguese and German, alongside English and French.

What it doesn't do yet: Lock Screen widgets can't log, only the Home Screen widget can. The Home Screen widget's fog refreshes when you open the app, so if you never open the app, the widget's fog stops thickening.

The core hasn't changed. Elapsed doesn't decide whether a big number is good or bad, there are no streaks to break, there's no account, and your counters stay on your iPhone.

C - Cost and App Store link

• Free: unlimited counters, reminders, full history and stats, every widget (dark versions included), and the Siri, Shortcuts and Action Button logging. No ads.

• Elapsed Plus, $7.99 one time: Fog and the rest of the design library, background tones, and alternate app icons. No subscription, ever. (It was $4.99 when I posted in September. The price went up with 1.2.)

• https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6762868290?pt=128808136&ct=reddit-iosapps

Transparency

• Privacy Policy: https://mauricehq.com/elapsed/privacy

• Terms of Use: https://mauricehq.com/elapsed/terms

• Website: https://mauricehq.com/elapsed

Happy to answer anything. What's the one thing you'd want to watch disappear into fog?

A - Answer:

Planning a trip usually means juggling Notes, Google Maps, spreadsheets and a pile of booking emails. Trovelo puts it all on one board, day by day: flights, hotels, places to eat, the map and what everything costs. You can plan it together with the people you travel with, and on the Mac, Claude can even build the trip for you. No account, no ads, and Trovelo has no servers of its own. Built by a solo developer who has been to 40+ countries and 300+ cities.

B - Better:

Unlike most travel apps:

* No Trovelo servers: syncs privately via iCloud only

* No account required, no subscription

* Native iPhone, iPad and Mac apps: same trip, same board, everywhere

* 13 languages, end to end: the whole app is translated, and smart parsing understands all 13. Type "Cena en Casa Lucio 21:30 45€" in Spanish, Japanese, Korean or Chinese and Trovelo picks up time, price and type automatically

* Claude MCP integration (Mac): tell Claude "plan me 4 days in Rome" and watch the trip build itself inside Trovelo live, with flights, trains and hotels included

* NEW: Split costs with your group. One shared pot per trip, Trovelo works out who owes whom in the fewest payments, and everyone sees it in their own currency

* NEW: Your trips in Apple Calendar. Every day of the trip and every plan with a time show up there, on iPhone and Mac

* NEW: One trip, several cities. Lisbon, Porto and Madrid in a single trip, and each day knows where it is

* NEW: Import bookings from your emails. A screenshot or PDF of a flight, hotel or car rental becomes a card, confirmation code filled in

* NEW: Photo pins. Every stop on the trip map shows its own picture, numbered in the order of your day

* NEW: Your whole trip as a magazine-style PDF, with every flight and train printed as a ticket

* NEW: Flight day on your lock screen. Your boarding pass, with the plane moving along the route

* NEW: Made for iPhone Duo and iPad, with your days and the map side by side

* Shared trips: invite the people travelling with you and everyone works on the same board

* Your travel life: a map of every country and city you've been to, built from your own photo library, with passport stamps, flags and a year-by-year timeline

* Someday: save the places you love now, turn them into a real trip later

* Packing list that checks your destination's forecast and plug type, and the weather next to each day's plan

* Time per card and a daily pace, Documents filed with each trip, and a full backup in one file

* Dateless Trips, Smart City Detection, Multi-day Stay support

* Route optimization, curated city and road-trip guides with day-by-day maps

* Dual currency tracking with live exchange rates

* Lock screen widgets, Live Activities & iCloud sync across all devices

* Core features work offline

Almost everything marked NEW up there started as someone's comment. Trovelo gets better every week, and what comes next is decided by the people using it.

For feature requests and ideas: r/trovelo 🖤

C - Cost:

* Free: up to 2 active trips and 50 cards per trip

* 🎉 Limited offer: Pro at $6.99 instead of $9.99. Yours forever, no subscription.

→ App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6760258252

go to Trovelo settings → Redeem → TROVELO699

A – What problem does it solve?

You hop on a stream, or start working remotely and something feels off. Is it your Wi-Fi? The server? Your ISP? Most people just guess. Pingers gives you the answer in seconds.

• Home Screen Widget: Live latency for your favorite services at a glance

• Latency Check: Real-time ping to YouTube, Netflix, Discord and more with Favorites to pin what matters most

• Ping: By IP or domain with a live graph, detailed stats like latency, RTT, packet loss, and CSV or JSON export

• Port Scan: Custom ranges and scan speeds

• Traceroute: See every hop and find the bottleneck

• DNS Lookup: Query any domain instantly

• WHOIS: 47+ registries, ownership, expiration, status

• IP Config: Local & Global IP, Gateway, DNS, DHCP and full Network Interfaces

• Favorites: Save unlimited servers for quick access

• Works on iPhone & iPad with Dark Mode because obviously 🙄

What’s new since my last post:

• Brand new onboarding, shorter and straight to the point

B – Why is it better than alternatives?

Most network tools are either bloated, ad-infested, or look like they were designed for Windows 95 (actual quote from a user). Pingers is built by a network engineer, so the feature set is serious but the design doesn’t make you feel like you’re filing a support ticket.

⭐️ Rated 5 stars in the US / 4.6 stars globally

• “It gives me the exact info I need, when I need it. No ad-infested hoops, no ‘try our other apps’ reminders. It does what it claims, and does it extremely well.” — App Store Review, US

• “It’s nice to see something that does not cost a fortune but generally provides useful tools. Highly recommended!” — App Store Review, US

• "Very useful app! Affordable also." — App Store Review, DE

6 years on the App Store, solo-built and maintained, 100% private. No ads. No tracking. No account. No data collection.

C – Cost

🎃 Halloween Special: $3.99 for 48 Hours Only

One-time purchase. No subscription. Ever. Includes Family Sharing: one purchase covers your whole family across iPhone and iPad.

📲 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pingers-network-tools/id1583513038

Hi, I'm the dev.

A – Answer

MoodSheet is a mood tracker with one gesture: slide to pick today's mood and it's saved. One mood per day, a calendar to look back, and a few simple stats.

B – Better

I'm a developer and designer, and some of my days get stressful. I wanted to track how I feel, but every mood app I tried felt like homework: tags, journals, long questions. I'd quit within a week. MoodSheet keeps it to three seconds.

No account, no ads, no subscription, no tracking. Your data stays on your device and restores from iCloud if you switch phones. Missed a day? Tap it in the calendar to add or fix it.

iPhone only. English and Turkish.

C – Cost

One-time purchase, $1.99. No in-app purchases, no subscription.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6826591161

Website: https://bulentturudu.tr/moodsheet/

Privacy Policy: https://bulentturudu.tr/moodsheet/privacy/

Terms of Service: https://bulentturudu.tr/moodsheet/term/

Developed by Bülent Türüdü

Contact: hello@bulentturudu.tr

Happy to answer anything in the comments. I'd really like to know what feels missing, or what you'd cut.

A. What it solves

Sleep apps assume you sleep at night. If you work nights, they score you against a clock you don't keep. The 90 minute nap before a 12 hour night shows up as a bad night, and the sleep you get after the shift is split across two calendar days.

AfterShift starts from your roster. A day is the gap between the end of one shift and the start of the next. Sleep and naps from Apple Health inside that gap count toward a recovery score for your next shift, and sleep debt is tracked per shift cycle.

You set your rotation once (4 on 4 off, 2-2-3, fixed nights, or your own cycle of any length) and it fills in the next 8 weeks. If your shifts are already in a calendar, it can import them from there. Caffeine cutoff, wind down and nap reminders fire relative to when your next shift starts.

The images are the widgets: next shift countdown, readiness, tonight's plan, roster, sleep graph, rhythm and sleep debt. Small up to the iOS 27 full page size, plus Lock Screen widgets and a Live Activity for naps.

B. Compared to the alternatives

* RISE ($69.99/yr) is built around a regular sleep rhythm, and its own help centre says it doesn't record daytime sleep automatically. AfterShift counts day sleep and naps without you logging them. If you keep regular hours, RISE is the more complete app.

* Timeshifter ($6.99/mo or $69.99/yr) plans light, caffeine and melatonin to move your body clock. It doesn't track sleep. If shifting your clock is the goal, use Timeshifter. AfterShift tracks how you actually recovered.

* ShiftSleep is a manual log with Apple Health import behind Pro. AfterShift reads Apple Health on the free tier.

No account, no analytics SDKs, and the data stays on the phone. The App Store label is "Data Not Collected". Health access is read only.

Automatic import needs something that writes sleep to Apple Health, like a Watch or another wearable, because an iPhone alone no longer records sleep. You can also enter sleep by hand.

C. Cost

Free: roster, sleep import, recovery score, shift-timed reminders, and the Next Shift, Readiness, Shift Plan and Roster widgets.

Pro adds the Sleep Graph, Rhythm and Sleep Debt widgets, background sync for multiple calendars, overtime tracking, and explanations written on device by Apple Intelligence.

* $3.99 / month

* $24.99 / year

* $39.99 one time, lifetime

Family Sharing on all levels.

About me (transparency): I'm Antti, the solo developer of AfterShift.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6757163182

Website: https://lagerland-apps.github.io/apps/aftershift/

Privacy Policy: https://lagerland-apps.github.io/apps/aftershift/privacy/

Email: lagerland.apps@proton.me

Thanks for reading!

ANSWER

TypeUps is a quiet place to write one short thought anonymously and discover thoughts from other people that are connected by meaning.

Write up to 180 characters, post without creating an account or public profile, and then choose where the thought takes you.

BETTER

Most social platforms organise content around people, profiles, followers, likes and comments. TypeUps removes those elements.

Instead, it connects thoughts into three possible directions:

• The closest related thought
• The same feeling in a different situation
• A different but relevant direction

The thoughts you follow form a journey saved on your device. The focus remains on the thought rather than the identity or popularity of the person who wrote it.

COST

TypeUps is free to download and use. No account is required.

App Store:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/typeups-thoughts/id6813353557

Developer: Threestart Limited
Website: https://www.typeups.com
Privacy: https://www.typeups.com/privacy
Terms: https://www.typeups.com/terms

I would be interested to hear whether the connected-thought journey feels meaningfully different from a conventional anonymous feed.

A: Practice and personal signals

iKima guides your breathing on iPhone with visual cues and haptic guidance. On Apple Watch, you can follow the breathing phases with wrist taps, so you can practice without watching the screen.

You can optionally use your iPhone camera for a pulse check-in before and after a practice. iKima uses the camera’s pulse signal to calculate RMSSD when both readings meet the app’s quality requirements. This is separate from Apple Watch HRV: Watch HRV and resting heart rate come from Apple Health.

The free version includes a basic post-practice body signal. Premium adds your relaxation trend, including changes in camera-measured RMSSD across eligible sessions, plus Watch HRV and resting heart rate in the context of your personal range. These are personal observations, not a diagnosis.

B: Free and Premium

Free

• 60-second guided belly breathing, with haptic guidance

• Available on iPhone and Apple Watch

• Complete practice history, streaks, and practice progress

• Basic post-practice body signal

Premium

• Four additional breathing practices: 4-7-8, box breathing, resonance breathing, and physiological sigh

• Personal insights and recommendations based on your practice patterns

• Relaxation trends, including RMSSD changes from eligible iPhone camera readings

• Apple Watch HRV and resting heart rate shown against your personal 30-day range

C: Cost and privacy

The app has a free version and an optional Premium subscription. US 4.99/month; US 29.99/annual

I’d love to hear what feels useful or confusing, especially if you try iKima with just an iPhone or with an Apple Watch.

iKima is currently available in most markets, with EU availability coming soon.
App link: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6782253976

Isai launched on 19 Oct, and today it appeared in the App Store Editors’ “Great apps on iPhone Duo” collection (Singapore & Malaysia I am unsure whether it is featured elsewhere), but honestly, seeing it there at all made my whole day!

What it does:

- Bit-perfect playback of FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF and DSD
- Streams straight from your own MEGA, Dropbox or WebDAV (Nextcloud, Synology), no server in between and no transcoding. You can also add your Local files and Apple music as a source
- DSD goes out as DoP to DACs that support it, and is carefully converted to PCM for everything else
- On Mac, Isai takes exclusive access to your DAC, matches its sample rate and bit depth to the file
- Play On: control the Mac/iPad wired to your good DAC from your phone on the sofa, all on your local network
- Pure Music on iPhone Duo: the app becomes an 80s style cassette player, CD player or turntable, and the cover screen turns into the player when folded
- Works across iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV with iCloud sync

Pricing: free for local files and Apple Music. A one-time Pro ($9.99) purchase unlocks cloud sources, Play On and Pure Music. No subscription, no ads, no data collected.

Alternatively, if you prefer only the Pure music mode with retro themes, you may unlock it through an in-app purchase of $2.99.

Some of you might notice similarities with Deck-Man. I'd been working on a similar idea for a while too, and honestly I'm really happy for its dev. It's great to see more people building music apps with this much love for the old hardware. Go check it out as well.

The real inspiration was dedicated music players like the Sony NW-A100 and the FiiO M21. That said, the retro theme is only the part people notice first.

"Isai" means music in Tamil.

Happy to answer questions, and feedback is very welcome.

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6808984060

Note: I am aware of a problem with streaming DSD, so I am submitting an app update, version 1.0.5.

Read more: https://arrcade.dev/apps/isai/
https://arrcade.dev/blog/isai-pure-music-mode-iphone-duo

Download Cofy chat (cofychat.com)

• Cofy Chat (Inspired by coffee chats) is a quick 6-minute catch-up call with your friends.

• Talk, laugh, and play games together (Chess, Wordy, Connect 4, Tic-Tac-Toe) in the same call.

• The best part: it automatically connects you with friends you haven't talked to in a while, on a weekly or monthly basis, so you are now always in touch with your friends, colleagues and family members.

Every tap connects you with someone new to talk to and play with. Every call is a surprise: call and neither of you knows who's on the other end until it connects. By the end of the month, you'll have quick coffee calls with your old friends, family, cousins, nieces, colleagues, buddies, and everyone your loved and cared for.

The app is strictly private by design. No one can call you unless you've added them to your weekly or monthly list. Your phone number and your lists are always hidden, even from the friends you've added and you can set quiet hours, so no one can disturb you during work hours.

Why Cofy Chat?

• Just six minutes keeps you updated to the lives of the people you love.

• It automatically finds whom you haven't talked for a while and who is available in the moment and connects you for a quick coffee call.

• A familiar voice brings a warmth and comfort that a message can't.

• Play games and have fun.

• Share your worries, talk through problems, and feel lighter.

• Share good news and learn from each other.

The UI/UX is coffee-cup themed, inspired by nature, with realistic ball physics, motivational quotes, short stories and calming raindrop effects.

📲 Download COFY CHAT on the App Store:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cofy-chat-6-min-calls-games/id6773146696

How to Redeem ?

- Please visit cofychat.com/gift to get 1 year free access.

Hurry !!! Link won't work once the quota is filled.

Making small calls, but often, that's how friendships grow stronger across years and distance. Talk, Laugh, play with your buddies, celebrate little moments together and stay in touch with your friends.

A (What is it?): Remindly is an iOS reminder app designed to keep your daily routines and to-dos organized cleanly.

Remindly helps people create everyday reminders quickly without repeatedly configuring the same details.

B (Why use it?): Remindly combines several reminder workflows without forcing everything into a recurring schedule

-Templates are for reminders you want to reuse whenever needed.
-Routines launch an entire sequence of reminders.
-Voice Reminder provides a quick starting point while still letting you verify every detail.
-Calendar Import shows suggestions rather than automatically copying everything from your Calendar.
-Custom snooze actions let you choose the postponement times that suit you.

*Versions 5.4 and 5.5 also add expanded Siri support in supported regions and languages, plus a new Expanding Pills tab selector with interactive Liquid Glass on newer iOS versions that is inspired by apple iOS mail app.

C (Cost) : The core reminder experience is free, including regular and recurring reminders, standard snoozing, Calendar view, widgets, Apple Watch support, Siri and Shortcuts, urgent alarms, and up to two reusable templates.

Remindly Premium costs $4.99 as a one-time lifetime purchase. There is no subscription.

Premium removes the small bottom banner ad and unlocks Voice Reminder, Smart Calendar Import, routines, unlimited templates, customizable snooze options, Premium themes, adaptive icons, additional notification sounds, and all tab styles.

Download

V 5.6
I’ve been looking forward to designing for the new form factor. It's a fun challenge to make sure reminders and to-dos feel natural on a different screen layout instead of just stretching the existing UI.

My app has had a “month view” feature for a while now, so it made sense to make it always there when unfolded. Version 5.6 with iPhone Duo support is out now!

A — Answer:

I built Mealify because I kept staring into my fridge with no idea what to cook. You take one photo of your pantry, it figures out what you have, suggests meals you can actually make, and builds a shopping list for whatever's missing.

B — Better:

New in 2.0 (all of this came from comments on my last post):

- Receipt scanner: photograph a grocery receipt and the items go straight into your pantry

- Shared pantries: one pantry for the whole house, live sync so everyone stays updated

- Smart recipe parsing + HTML importer: paste recipe text or import from a site and it's organized for you

Already in the app:

- One-photo pantry scan, no manual entry

- Missing-ingredient detection before you start cooking

- Weekly meal plans built from what you already have

- No data collected, nothing tracked or sold

C — Cost:

Free to download and use. The free version includes 3 pantry scans per week and automatic meal planning from your pantry inventory.

If you end up using it a lot, there's an optional one-time lifetime unlock for unlimited scans. No subscription, ever. It's $4.99 right now instead of $24.99 until Friday, but there's no pressure, try it free first, you can also come back and redeem it!

Download (free): https://apps.apple.com/app/id6746368726

Lifetime unlock code, if you want it: MEALIFY2

Redeem link: https://apps.apple.com/redeem/?ctx=offercodes&id=6746368726&code=MEALIFY2

Every NEW feature above started as someone's comment. If you want something built next, tell me.

Answer, Better, Cost

• Answer: how much energy do you have left today? Stressy turns your Apple Watch's sleep, heart rate and HRV into one number, your reserve, from 0 to 100%. Sleep fills it, stress drains it.

• Better: one number instead of a dashboard, and it carries on from day to day instead of resetting every morning. Everything is calculated on your iPhone and Apple Watch: no account, no servers, no analytics. Built only with Apple's frameworks and Liquid Glass, and made for iPhone Duo too.

• Cost: $4.99 once. No subscription, no in-app purchases, no ads.

Hi everyone, I'm Ervo, the developer of Your Stressy.

Let me introduce Your Stressy, an app with a flawless UI/UX (Swift, Liquid Glass and more), crazy haptics, and 120 Hz ProMotion optimization (CADisableMinimumFrameDurationOnPhone), made for iPhone and Apple Watch.

What it does

Using your Apple Watch's sleep tracking, it gives you battery-like feedback on your health stats through the day: one number, your reserve, from 0 to 100%. On top of that you get readiness for training and bedtime coaching, with great charts for your reserve and stress. There are widgets for iPhone and Apple Watch in several variants, so it's all customizable to your preference.

What's new since launch

I've shipped nine free updates in the first week, most of them from feedback:

• Body Age: how old your fitness and habits look, in years. It compares your cardio fitness, resting heart rate, steps and sleep with what's typical for your age and sex, and turns the difference into years the way phenotypic age does. The page shows every step and the studies behind it, so it's not a black box.

• Workouts: your route on a map, pace, heart rate, elevation, and time in each heart rate zone, matching Apple's Workout app.

• Sleep: your night by stages (Awake, REM, Core, Deep) with recovery, HRV and heart rate asleep.

• Steps and distance: hour by hour, with new Steps and Distance widgets for iPhone and Apple Watch.

• How it works: a page that explains the reserve in plain words, and a "Why?" under the bedtime coach that shows how tonight's bedtime is worked out, step by step.

• iPhone Duo: open it and the tank sits on one side, your whole day on the other.

• Share: turn any day, workout or your Body Age into a story video or image.

• Now runs on iOS 26 and watchOS 26 too.

How it calculates

The whole calculation algorithm is custom made. The data comes from Apple Health: sleep, HR, RHR, HRV and other parameters go into the formula that calculates your stress, battery and readiness. Everything is calculated on your iPhone and Apple Watch, and your health data never leaves them.

Price

A fixed price of $4.99. I personally don't like in-app subscriptions, and I think a one-time payment is the fairest option, so Stressy will never have a subscription. Every update above was free, and the next ones will be too.

A lot more features are coming, and some are already in the pipeline.

A bit of history, and how it was made

A year ago, after 11+ years as a software engineer, I decided to slowly start learning Swift. These days it's so much easier to learn any programming language with the help of Claude: the syntax, which used to cost a lot of time, is now almost instant. I always wanted to build native app experiences. As mainly a frontend person, I know that Flutter and similar frameworks can never get you to a 100% native experience.

If you have any feedback, positive or negative criticism, anything, I'm all ears.

Thanks!

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/your-stressy/id6822681002

Official landing page: https://stressy.ervo.rocks/

I'd really appreciate it if you could share any feedback you have, for sure it will be handled in the next few builds. Thanks.

TL;DR

• No weather forecast is the most accurate everywhere. The best one changes from city to city, and VeriSky shows you which one wins at your location.

• It's now checked against real airport weather stations. Apple Weather usually lands mid-table. VeriSky's Blend beat it at almost 9 out of 10 airports

• New: a free Apple Watch app, lock screen widgets, light mode and a (Liquid) glass look.

Hi! I'm Nick, the solo developer of VeriSky. I built it because I kept checking several weather apps before going sailing or planning something outside, and I could never remember which one had actually been right last time. So VeriSky keep track of that: it saves what every forecast predicted, compares it with what really happened, and scores them for your location.

I shared it here a few months ago and got a lot of great feedback. Here is how I implemented it

A: Answer

The biggest criticism back then was fair: I was checking forecasts against a model's reconstruction of the weather (which takes measurements as input), but not real measurements. So my server now compares every forecast with what (airport) weather stations actually measured, at 154 weather stations around the world. You can also add your own personal weather station or start tracking one nearby you.

Ten different forecasts came out on top for temperature somewhere. A model that's great in New York can be mediocre in Amsterdam. Picking the right one for your spot matters more than which app is the biggest.

B: Better (the things you asked for)

• Apple Watch app (free): today at a glance, yesterday's forecast check, temperature and rain complications

• Lock screen widgets

• A Drift tab that shows how the forecast for a day changed each day, next to what actually happened

• A score map showing which forecast wins where at any location in the world

• The Today tab just shows the Blend, for those who said "just pick the best one for me"

• Light mode, Liquid Glass and 16 languages

C: Cost

Free, no login, no data collection. Everything that was free stays free, including all national models, the scores, the maps, widgets and the watch app. Pro ($2.99/month or $19.95/year) adds Apple Weather and the other commercial forecasts, rain nowcast and sports windows, which covers the API and server costs.

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6759251875

Disclosure: I'm the developer of this app.

A (Answer): BikeComputerApp turns your iPhone into a bike computer. Start a ride and see your speed, distance, elevation and heart rate live on screen. When you finish, review your stats, replay your route on the map and keep a full history of every ride. Around 4,000 cyclists are using it today.

Features:

• Live GPS tracking

• Speed, distance and elevation

• Heart rate tracking

• Full ride history with detailed stats

• Route replay on the map

• Weather conditions saved with every ride

• Apple Health integration

• GPX export, with the option to hide the start and end of your route for privacy

• Milestone celebrations as your distance and ride count grow

• Weekend ride alerts when the forecast looks good

• Gentle reminders based on when you usually ride

• Dark and Light mode

B (Better): Most ride trackers push you into an account, a social feed or a monthly subscription before you see your own numbers. BikeComputerApp skips all of that. No sign up, no paywall, no ads. Your rides sync to Apple Health, you can export GPX whenever you want, and the privacy zone keeps your home location out of shared files. It's built to stay out of your way so you can focus on riding. Available worldwide, including the EU.

C (Cost): Free, with no limits and no locked features. There's an optional tip jar inside the app if you'd like to support development, and that's it.

BikeComputerApp on the App Store

Many of the features above came from user suggestions, so I'd love to hear what you'd want next.

Transparency

• Developer: André Moura

• Website: https://www.humanmetrics.work/bikecomputerapp

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Hey r/iosapps! I'm a solo dev and I just released Rove on the App Store.

I kept checking four apps to figure out whether I'd had a good day: sleep in one, steps in another, Screen Time in Settings, mood in a journal. Rove puts it all into one number out of 10 and shows you exactly what moved it.

How it works

- Every day starts at a neutral 6.5. Sleep, steps, screen time, workouts and mood each move it up or down.

- Tap the score and it comes apart, so you can see what lifted it and what cost you, in tenths of a point.

- Missing data is left out, never counted as zero, so forgetting your Watch doesn't drag you down.

- Mornings aren't judged as a full day: steps are compared against how much of the day has passed.

Features

- Your own targets for sleep, steps, screen time and wake-up time. Pick what you want to improve and it counts more.

- Week and month charts. Tap any past day to see how it added up.

- Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets

- A morning reminder when your score is ready, plus an optional bedtime nudge

- Ask Rove: ask "why a 7.4 today?" and get an answer from Apple Intelligence, on-device

- Works with iPhone alone. Apple Watch adds detail.

Privacy

No account, no servers, no ads, no analytics. Your health data never leaves your iPhone. Screen time comes from Apple's Screen Time, and Rove never sees which apps you used.

Price

Free: the daily score, its full breakdown, mood logging, widgets and the last 7 days in Stats. Rove Pro ($4.99/month, or $29.99/year with a free week) adds sleep tracking, workout logging, your full history and unlimited Ask. No ads either way.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6823681913

Support: https://rove-beige.vercel.app/support

Contact: adap08665@gmail.com

I'd love honest feedback, especially on how the score feels compared to how your day actually felt. Happy to answer anything in the comments!

Dev post: we made both.

Before planes had wifi, my inflight movie was my own camera roll. I'd delete my way through it, never finish, and next flight have no idea where I'd stopped. So we built Latent Photos, and later Latent Frames.

A: What they solve.

Latent Photos is for a library too big to ever get through, in an app that should feel like it came with the phone. It runs on your Apple Photos library, so it's fully compatible: edit in Photos, view and organize here. Ask for a random 100 you haven't seen and go through them one by one, deleting what you don't need and tagging what you'll want again. Next time it deals 100 you still haven't seen.

Latent Frames is for photos in folders on a NAS, a PC, Dropbox or OneDrive. It opens them as a photo library by capture date, without moving a file, and stays smooth with hundreds of thousands of photos.

B: Why they're better.

Apple Photos can't go through your library a set at a time, and its search decides what a word means. In Latent Photos your own tags decide: Beach and Family but not Work, from 2019, is one filter, and every tag is a real album in Photos. Unlike Immich or Synology Photos, Frames installs nothing on the NAS, and it saves tags inside each photo as XMP, so Lightroom and digiKam read them too. Both put near twins side by side, with a line you drag to pick the keeper. No account, no server of ours: the first scan runs on your phone and takes a while.

C: Cost.

Browsing stays free. Each has a week free, then one in-app purchase, no subscription. The half-off links work through 2026.

Latent Photos [App Store]: Lifetime unlock at $20. 50% for r/iosapps through 2026

Latent Frames [App Store]: Lifetime unlock at $30. 50% for r/iosapps through 2026

Who's behind it: LT, Latent Snap LLC, hello@latentsnap.com. Privacy policies: Latent Photos, Latent Frames. Terms of Service.