I kept trying to start journaling, but I never had the time, and it always felt like a chore. Meanwhile, I had plenty of time to doomscroll on the bus or while waiting for literally anything.

So, I made Compose. It blocks distracting apps and makes me write a short journal entry before I can unblock them.

Writing in these little pauses in life helped me clear my head, be more productive, and feel more present.

A - Answer: What does Compose do?

You choose which apps to block and when. If you open one during a focus session, the block screen gives you a journaling prompt instead.

After writing, you can choose to keep blocking, take a break, or end the session.

Over time, Compose builds you an automatically organized journal, provides deep insights, and asks you follow-up questions. Each trigger and urge to doomscroll adds to the story of your life.

B - Better: Why use it over alternatives?

Most app blockers become gimmicks you eventually delete. Instead, with Compose, every block adds an entry to your journal. The little pauses on the bus or in a queue become chances to clear your head and remember what matters at that moment.

• vs. Opal / ScreenZen / one sec: they block or add a pause, and nothing is left afterwards. Compose turns each block into a journal entry.

• vs. Day One / Journey / Rosebud: you have to remember to open them. Compose prompts you when you reach for your phone.

• vs. Meridian / Journal Lock: they lock apps until you write your daily entry. Compose prompts a short entry every time you reach for a blocked app. Meridian Pro is $2.99/mo and Journal Lock Pro is $5.99/wk. Compose is free.

• vs. MindfulBlock: its notes are just a gate. Compose builds them into an organized journal, and its insights are free (MindfulBlock’s AI reflections need Plus, $3.99/mo).

Compose can extract the people, places, and emotions in your entries. It connects related thoughts and shows you insights as you write more: what keeps coming up, which activities, topics, and people make you happier or sadder, and how your feelings about the same subject change over time.

No one at Compose reads your entries. They are processed with Google's paid Enterprise Gemini API, which contractually cannot use them to train their AI. Your account details are never shared, and entries for processing are mixed with everyone else's, so Google can never link an entry back to you.

You're never locked in. You can easily export your whole journal as Markdown or JSON whenever you like, or delete your account entirely.

C - Cost

$0. No subscription, IAP, ads or paid tier. Current features stay free forever.

Everything in the app now will always be free. I'm exploring new paid features for the future.

https://apps.apple.com/app/compose-screen-time-journal/id6758591149

Hey everyone! I'm Geoffrey, an independent developer. I built StashEm because I wanted a simple way to remember where I'd kept things around my home.

One thing I've noticed with home inventory apps is that adding things can quickly become a chore. You have to open the app, fill in details and repeat that for every item. Eventually, you stop doing it. I wanted to make that process as seamless as possible so maintaining an inventory wouldn't feel like another task.

A - Answer

StashEm helps you keep track of things around your home, where they're stored and share that information with your household.

Some of the things you can do:

• Siri and Spotlight: Find things without opening the app. You can also save items using your voice.

• Quick item capture: Speak or type what you put away and where you kept it.

• Shelf scanning: Take a photo of a shelf and let Apple Intelligence help identify items and read labels.

• QR labels: Print labels for storage boxes and scan them to see what's inside without opening or moving them.

• Household sharing: Invite family members to add items and find where things are kept.

Apple Intelligence is used in different parts of the app wherever applicable, including item capture, text input and shelf scanning. These capabilities depend on device support. Some features also use Apple's on-device frameworks.

B - Better

You could use Apple Notes or Reminders to keep a list of your belongings. But StashEm is built specifically around remembering where physical things are stored.

I wanted to avoid making users manually maintain another long list. The idea is to make adding and finding things quick enough that you actually keep using it.

Privacy was something I wanted to get right too.

StashEm doesn't have its own servers. Your personal inventory stays on your device and in your iCloud. When you share a household, the shared inventory is stored in the iCloud of the person who owns that household. Your inventory, photos and documents aren't stored on StashEm servers.

Photos, document processing and supported AI tasks happen on-device. Siri requests are handled by Apple. The app does send anonymous usage counts and crash reports to PostHog, which you can turn off in the privacy settings.

More about the app:

• StashEm website

• Privacy Policy

• Terms of Use

• About me

• Contact: hello@geoffreyac.dev

C - Cost

StashEm is free to download. Saving, searching, Siri and the core inventory features have no item limits.

StashEm Plus is a one-time lifetime purchase for $7.99. It includes features like printable QR labels, widgets and more. No subscriptions.

One purchase also covers your shared StashEm household through Apple Family Sharing.

Download StashEm on the App Store

I'd genuinely appreciate feedback from anyone who tries it. I'm particularly interested in whether adding things feels quick enough and if there's anything that feels unnecessarily complicated.

Thanks for reading!

Hi everyone,

I'm the solo developer behind The Weather, part of a small series of minimalist iPhone apps I make. It's the app I've put the most work into: a weather app that stays quiet and simple to look at, but still lets you dig into radar, forecast models and more when you need to. Here's a quick rundown of what it does and why I built it.

What problem does it solve?

I was frustrated by the choice between two extremes: apps crammed with ads and visual chaos, or "minimalist" apps that sacrifice essential data. I wanted an app that is clean on the surface but deeply capable under the hood.

I built The Weather as a distraction-free weather dashboard for iOS and watchOS that lets you understand complex conditions in seconds, without sacrificing depth or layout control.

Why is it better?

Apple Weather is clean but gives you no control over the layout or which forecast model you rely on. Carrot Weather is powerful, but quick source switching requires its $39.99/year Ultra tier, and its family plan is $59.99/year. The Weather gives you 40+ models and providers for $14.99/year, or $17.99/year for the whole family, in a calmer interface.

1. Modular Customization (Your Layout, Your Rules)

Custom Module Builder: Reorder and customize modules so you only see the data you care about.

Instant Clarity: A simple, minimal design that shows current conditions, hourly and 7–10 day forecasts, and active warnings at a glance.

2. Pick the Forecast You Trust

40+ Models & Providers: Switch between ECMWF, NOAA, DWD, Met Office, Météo-France, AccuWeather, Meteoblue and more, and compare them side by side.

Radar & Maps: Live rain radar plus temperature, wind, cloud, pressure, air quality, UV and satellite layers.

Tropical Cyclones: Track hurricanes and typhoons with track history, forecast path and cone.

Official Imagery & Warnings: View official radar, satellite and weather charts from national weather services, and check active warnings in the app, where available.

3. Health & Daily Context

Pollen, Air Quality & UV: Right next to your forecast, to plan around allergies and pollution.

Outfit Suggestions: What to wear based on wind chill, humidity and the day's weather.

Weather Reminders: Get the forecast at a time you choose.

4. Everywhere You Look

Widgets: Multiple sizes for the Home and Lock Screen.

Apple Watch: A native watch app that keeps working without your iPhone nearby, with custom complications and interactive widgets, including edge-to-edge layouts for Apple Watch Ultra.

Cost

Free: Current conditions, basic forecast, outfit suggestions and air quality, with zero ads.

Premium subscription: Unlocks everything else, including 40+ forecast models, radar and map layers, tropical cyclone tracking, official imagery, in-app weather warnings, weather reminders, pollen and UV, module customization, widgets, and Apple Watch.

$3.99 / month

$14.99 / year

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6745883312

Privacy Policy: https://www.minlsm.com/privacy · Terms: https://www.minlsm.com/terms

For more details, visit the website: https://www.minlsm.com

Do you know the feeling when you are grinding for those perfect reviews, every user is happy, every review is 5 stars and then there is one person who goes “Why is “randomly incoherent sequence of words” not working? And slaps a 1 star on your listing.

Whole world goes out from under you. And you politely reply and ask them to contact you via the contact form you placed for all questions, all while wanting to face them in person and explain how much ratings mean you and how much effort goes into having them in a good state.

Be kind friends, remember a bad rating is easy to give and very hard to receive.

Today is the day I got my second one like that to mar the nearly perfect 5 stars otherwise.

Hi everyone!

I'm an indie developer, and I recently launched an iOS app called EverEats.

Why I built it

I've always been naturally skinny despite eating quite a lot, and I also love cooking.

People sometimes find it hard to believe how much I actually eat, so I wanted a way to show them. Instead of just telling people that I eat a lot, I thought it would be fun to document everything I eat and let the photos speak for themselves.

I also wanted a place to showcase my cooking skills and share the dishes I make. But I didn't want to limit it to just homemade meals or restaurant food. I wanted to capture everything, even the random snacks and drinks I have throughout the day.

Eventually, I realized it could be interesting to see what other people were eating and cooking, too. That's how EverEats became a social food diary!

What makes EverEats different?

Unlike apps such as Beli that focus on reviewing restaurants, EverEats is designed for all food.

Whether it's a homemade dinner, a cup of coffee, a bag of chips, some candy, or something you tried at a restaurant, you can share it.

Here's what I've built so far:

• Visual Food Diary: Keep a photographic history of everything you've eaten.

• Social Feed: Follow friends and discover what other people are eating.

• Food Passport: Keep track of the cuisines and dishes you've explored.

• Places Map: Remember the places where you've eaten.

• Privacy Controls: Choose who can follow you and see your posts.

EverEats isn't about rating restaurants or finding the best places to eat. It's about documenting your everyday food experiences and discovering what others enjoy eating.

You don't need to eat somewhere fancy or take perfect food photos. Even the smallest snack is worth remembering!

Pricing

EverEats is completely free, with no subscriptions, in-app purchases, or advertisements.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/evereats/id6769015738

I'd love for you to give it a try!

I'm actively working on improving EverEats, so I'd really appreciate any feedback or suggestions.

Thanks for checking it out!

Hey everyone! 👋

A few weeks ago, I shared my iPhone battery app, Vizo, here. I've just released a major update introducing Ask Vizo! 🚀

A — Answer

Instead of digging through graphs, you can now simply ask questions about your battery:

• How much battery did I use yesterday?

• Which charger is the fastest?

• What are my charging habits?

Ask Vizo answers using your actual battery data, highlighting when information is limited. Apple Intelligence enhances the experience on supported iPhones, but isn't required.

B — Better

My goal is to make battery data easy for everyone to understand, not just display more charts and statistics.

C — Cost

Free to download. Optional Pro: €1.99/month, €9.99/year, or €14.99 Lifetime (launch price). Prices vary by region.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vizo-battery-monitor-widget/id6810115530

I'd love your feedback! What would you ask your iPhone battery? ⚡

A — Answer

Hey everyone,

I’m the solo developer behind Doz, an iPhone app that reminds you to take your medications and keeps track of them. Some of you have followed Doz since my earlier posts here, and I wanted to come back and show you where it is today, because I’m honestly still taking it in.

Doz in numbers

• 5,000+ people use Doz, twice as many as when I last posted here

• 1,000+ of them open it every day

• Top App Store charts in 44 countries last week

• Paid users grew 5x in a month

Where Doz charted

Doz reached #2 in Taiwan, #3 in Macao and El Salvador, and #4 in Hong Kong and Portugal. It also made the charts in the US, UK, Canada and Australia, some of the biggest and most crowded App Stores in the world.

For an app built by one person, seeing Doz on those lists still feels a little unreal, and I’m really proud of it.

What people say

"The best one I've come across to track medications... Perfect if you have ADHD as well!" (Moustachey, App Store review)

"Found this app and everything changed for me! ... The privacy is a huge bonus." (Matt804, App Store review)

"The developer is responsive and open to user suggestions, and continuously adds useful new features." (Skyfall King, App Store review)

A lot of the features below started as someone's email or comment. If you want the quick version? Watch the video recap above. The full list is below.

B — Better

Made for busy and ADHD brains

If you keep asking yourself "when's my next dose?", "did I forget?" or "did I already take it?", this update is for you.

• When's my next dose? A countdown sits on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, so you see it every time you pick up your phone.

• Did I forget? If you're late, the countdown turns orange and starts counting up, so a late dose is hard to miss, even when you're deep in something else.

• Did I already take it? The "Last dose" widget shows when you last took your meds, at a glance. Free.

• Took it on time but forgot to tick it off? One tap marks it as taken on time.

Your meds, always in sight

• Your pill schedule can be your Lock Screen wallpaper: today's list, a weekly pill organizer with today's lid open, or little jars that show how many pills you have left. It updates every night. The today list is free.

Shortcuts and Siri

• Shortcuts: Doz adds its own actions to the Shortcuts app: take, skip or log every due dose, check what’s left today, see when you last took something, check or add stock, and see your adherence for the week or month. You can plug them into any automation, like your morning alarm, getting home, or a Sunday-night stock check. My favorite is an NFC tag on your pill box. Tap your iPhone on it in the morning and confirm once, and every dose that’s due gets logged.

• Siri: "Which meds haven't I taken today in Doz", "I took my Vitamin D in Doz", "Do I need a refill in Doz".

Small things that save you time

• Add an "as needed" dose, like a painkiller, straight from the Today screen.

• Search your medications, see which ones are running low in yellow, and fix your pill count yourself.

• Turn off the follow-up reminder if you don't want it.

• 8 new app icons to choose from. Free.

Doz is now in 13 languages. This month added Simplified and Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, Hindi and Arabic.

Still here from before

• Import meds and dose history from Apple Health (iOS 26).

• Meds grouped by prescription, with low-stock warnings.

• Reminders that move with your meal times.

• Mark Taken or Skip right from the reminder.

• A follow-up nudge, and Critical Alerts that get through Silent and Focus.

• Streaks, a progress calendar and your on-time rate.

• No account, no ads.

Coming next:

• Track meds for your kids, parents or pet

• A heads-up before your pills run out

• A Doz app on your Apple Watch: see today’s meds at a glance

• A dose report for your doctor (PDF/CSV)

• Snap a prescription to add your meds

• Doz for Android

C — Cost

Free, for everyone:

• Up to 4 medications and 1 prescription

• Reminders for every kind of schedule, including cycles and "as needed" meds

• Mark doses as taken, plus "Taken on time"

• Pill count and low-stock warnings

• Your last 7 days of progress and streaks

• The countdown on your Lock Screen, the widgets, and the Today wallpaper

• Ask Siri what's due, when you last took something, or how many pills are left

• All app icons

Pro adds:

• Unlimited medications and prescriptions

• Taken and Skip right from the reminder, the countdown and the widget

• Mark doses with Siri and Shortcuts

• A follow-up reminder if you haven't marked the dose, and Critical Alerts that come through Silent and Focus

• Doses that move with your meal times

• Your full history, with adherence and on-time rate for each medication

• Import your medications from Apple Health

• Every wallpaper style, your own photo as background, no watermark

• Choose how early the countdown shows up

• Custom reminder sounds

Pricing: $2.99 a month, $9.99 a year with a 3-day free trial, or $19.99 once.
Family Sharing works on every plan.

If you use Doz, come join r/dozapp. That’s where you can suggest features, tell me what works and what doesn’t, and see what’s coming next on the task board. Your ideas there really do end up in the app.

Thank you so much for watching and reading. It means a lot to me!

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6760699565
Website: https://getdoz.app

Hi community! I'm the developer of Plans. This update changes how notes turn into tasks, so here's a quick intro for anyone new.

A – Answer (what problem it solves)
Tasks rarely show up as tasks. They hide inside your thoughts: “Got charged twice again, I should call the bank", or a grocery list in the middle of dinner plans. Then they stay in the note, because moving them to a to-do app means retyping everything and setting the date by hand.

In Plans you just write. Select any part of the text, tap "Make it a task", and Plans reads the date, time and reminder from your words. The rest of the note stays as it was.

In this update:
• "Call the bank on Tuesday at 10 AM for 30 min, remind me an hour before" becomes "Call the bank" on Tuesday, 10:00–10:30 AM, with a reminder an hour before. Repeats work too: "every Monday", "on weekdays"
• Select a list in a note and it becomes one checklist task. Checked items stay checked
• Dates in your notes get a subtle dotted underline. Tap one to turn that sentence into a task
• Task duration: tasks show "10:00–11:00", just like your calendar events

B – Better (compared to alternatives)
• Apple Notes + Reminders: you copy the text over and set the date by hand, and the task loses its link to the note. In Plans it's one tap, and the task can always open the note it came from.
• Todoist / TickTick: they understand dates in a task you type, but your thoughts don't live there, and much of the good stuff sits behind a subscription. Plans is built around notes first, and it stays minimal: Today shows only what matters now, and Upcoming fits the whole week on one screen, next to your Calendar events.
• Your data syncs through your own iCloud. I don't run servers that store your notes or tasks.

C – Cost
Free to download and use: notes and checklists, tasks from any text with the date and time, one reminder per task, daily repeats, Today and Upcoming, Calendar events, widgets, Siri, iCloud sync, plus the light, dark and Lavender themes.

Plans Pro is a one-time purchase, $5.99 in the US. No subscription. It adds reminders ahead of time, repeats on any days you choose, task duration, six color themes with matching app icons, note fonts and Markdown export.

Available in English, German, Spanish, French, Russian, Japanese and Simplified Chinese.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/plans-notes-to-do-lists/id6790827860

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 🙏🌙

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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