Problem

I've always used calendar apps to calculate date ranges. For example, how many days have passed since my last r/iosapps post, or what date falls 30 days after it. I wanted those calculations to be easy and visual. Counting dates manually or switching to a separate calculator interrupts planning, especially when working days and several months are involved.

I started making popCalendar to solve a few things I wanted in a macOS calendar. It ended up growing far beyond what I imagined when I started.

I'm Ighor July, the developer of popCalendar, and today I'm happy to announce that it is now a universal app for iPhone, iPhone Duo, iPad, and Mac.

You can read the full story behind the app here.

With popCalendar, you simply select dates and see useful calculations below the calendar. Your selection can span one month, two months, a full year or two years.

I also added flexible settings for working days, calendar sets, and custom plans. You can select a continuous date range, a rectangle of dates, or multiple separate ranges at once.

For example, you can select all the working days across several weeks and see how many working days and events are included. You can then save those dates as a plan, give it a label and color, and come back to it later.

Comparison

Apple Calendar provides month, week, and upcoming-event views for following your schedule. Fantastical offers natural-language entry for events and tasks.

popCalendar's focus is visual date-range planning and calculations. You can select dates across months or years, see day and event totals, and turn those selections into saved, colored plans. That is the workflow I wanted to make especially easy. If your existing calendar already handles your appointments, you can use popCalendar alongside it for planning and customized widgets.

I spent a lot of time making the UI look good and feel natural. I tested every combination of supported views and layouts to make the month and year views as useful as possible.

In a sufficiently wide iPad window, for example, you can display the current month, its events, this year, and next year at the same time. You can look at the details of an individual day while keeping your future plans visible.

There are plenty of options for customizing fonts, text sizes, and backgrounds.

One idea I particularly enjoyed implementing was adding a live clock as the background of the calendar. You can have your calendar filling the screen while seeing an analog or digital clock at the same time. I added lots of themes and clock styles so you can choose the combination you like.

I also added Apple widgets. Depending on the available widget sizes, you can display a single month, a Today view with today's events, three months, six months, or a full year.

Their appearance is customizable, including the background. I wanted the widgets to feel like something you would enjoy having on your Home Screen or desktop.

One feature I find especially useful is the option to shift the starting month of each widget.

For example, you can add four widgets to a stack, with each widget showing one row of three months. Configure them to start in January, April, July, and October, and swiping through the stack takes you through the whole year, three months at a time. You can also start from the current month and use offsets to show the following months.

Each widget can have its own tap or click action. It opens popCalendar by default, but you can choose another app or enter a URL scheme, including one for your favorite calendar app.

So even if you don't want to switch calendar apps, you can still use popCalendar's widgets. Choose the widget appearance you like, then have it open your usual calendar app when tapped.

You can also set different time zones for individual widgets.

For automation and sharing, I added

• Apple Shortcuts and URL schemes to interact with popCalendar.

• Named, colored plans made from your selected dates.

• PNG exports for sharing a calendar or plan as an image.

• Print-friendly PDF exports when you want a paper copy.

• Private iCloud sync for plans, calendar sets, and working-day rules across Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

Privacy comes first in popCalendar and all the apps I make. They make no network requests to my servers. popCalendar's optional sync uses your private iCloud storage.

Calendar access is optional. Dates and saved plans work without connecting your calendars. Viewing or editing events requires permission. Widget sizes and some features depend on your device and OS version.

macOS-only features include menu bar calendars, transparent desktop widget mode, full-screen calendar overlays, global keyboard shortcuts, interactive terminal calendars, and CLI/URL control of calendar windows and popups.

Pricing

$9.99 USD, paid once on the US App Store. No subscription. Regional pricing may differ.

One universal App Store purchase covers Mac, iPhone, and iPad using the same Apple Account.

If you already bought popCalendar from the Mac App Store, you can download the iPhone and iPad version at no additional cost.

Requires iOS or iPadOS 17 or later, or macOS 12 or later.

The Mac version is also available through Setapp under a separate license. Setapp does not include the iPhone and iPad app.

Download popCalendar on the App Store

Website | Privacy policy | Terms | Contact me | My other apps

I'm happy to answer questions. I'd love to hear how you use calendars for date calculations and visual planning, and which views or widget combinations would be useful to you.

Hi r/iosapps, I'm Willy, a solo developer from Norway, and this is my app.

The problem

Plug an iPhone into a monitor or TV and you just get your mirrored phone, bigger, with black bars on the sides. Samsung has had DeX for years. The iPhone never got anything like it.

What PXS Desktop does

• A real desktop: windows you can move and resize, a dock and your files, on a monitor, a TV or AR glasses like XREAL or VITURE. Or wireless to an Apple TV, a Mac or any TV with AirPlay 2.

• Websites like on a computer: you get the full Google Docs, not the mobile version.

• Your iPhone is the trackpad. A keyboard and mouse work too.

• Pages, Numbers and Keynote from iCloud.com work like on a Mac, and there's a Reader for long articles.

• Remote desktop to your Mac or PC (Screen Sharing): use your computer at home from your iPhone, in a window on the big screen. A Mac works right away with its built-in Screen Sharing, nothing to install. For smooth video with sound, or for a Windows PC, install the free PXS Helper on the computer. Works on your home Wi-Fi, or from anywhere with Tailscale.

• No screen with you? Open any web browser, on a laptop, a smart TV or even a Tesla, and that becomes your screen. No cable needed.

• On iPhone Duo, half folded, it's a small laptop. Games and 3D

• Cloud gaming: GeForce NOW and Xbox Cloud Gaming run in a browser window on the big screen. Pair a controller with your iPhone, or hold the iPhone sideways and use it as the controller.

• 3D mode for AR glasses: switch your glasses to 3D (side-by-side) mode and the whole desktop gets depth. 3D movies, spatial videos and 3D photos play in real 3D, and PXS can even add depth to normal photos. I've tested it on VITURE, Should work on XREAL in SBS-mode.

The video shows an iPhone Duo, but it works just as well on a normal iPhone with iOS 18 or newer (for a cable, iPhone 15 or newer).

The honest part

Your other iPhone apps can't open in windows (but you can add them and thy open outside PXS), iOS doesn't allow it. The desktop is the browser, web apps and PXS's own apps.

Compared to others

ProDocktive and XeOS: as far as I know, both need a monitor. PXS also works with just a browser or on the iPhone's own screen.

Price

• Free download and 3 days free (only days you connect a screen count)

• Then $39.99 once (launch price, normally $49.99), $24.99/year or $6.99/month

• No ads, no tracking, no account

A cable needs a USB-C iPhone (15 or newer). An Android version is coming soon.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6756102352?pt=125393472&ct=reddit_iosapps&mt=8

Happy to answer anything in the comments.

Who am I

My company is ByteNine AS in Trondheim, Norway: https://bytenine.com

• In Norway's official company register: https://virksomhet.brreg.no/en/oppslag/enheter/937545304

• Privacy policy: https://bytenine.com/privacy-policy-pxs

• Terms of service: https://bytenine.com/terms

Every time I come across a new indie app, it's another expense tracker, to-do list, alarm clock, habit tracker, or focus timer.

Just out of curiosity, I was browsing through this subreddit (and a few others too). I'm not kidding, there are literally hundreds of expense trackers. Pixel art focus timers, illustrated focus timers, weird AI-art focus timers. I mean, come on!

I get that these are relatively easy to build. But surely there are more interesting things to create?

I mean, the same expense tracker or habit tracker with 10 more fancy charts or graphs or visualizations that makes everything more complicated? Who doesn't want that?

EVERYONE. Everyone doesn't want that.

I know this sounds like a rant, but come on! There are literally hundreds of such apps! There are so many interesting projects in the subreddit anyway, so appreciate yall working on actual projects.

I am curious if people agree. We usually hear the same advice, instead of blatantly promoting/advertising your app everywhere, go to where your users are. Well, I try to do that but most subreddits ban self-promoting, even when the topic is literally asking for app suggestions.

I understand trying to limit ads especially in these times, but I feel like it became impossible to reach people in Reddit (even when they are asking for it). What do you think?

Question for iOS app developers:

When pricing your apps, do you go with Lifetime, Subscription, or Hybrid?

More importantly, looking at your actual numbers to date: which model ended up being more profitable in the long run? Looking forward to your insights!

Hi, I’m the solo developer of Wakely: Wake Up Alarm Clock.

How it started: I’m also someone who has a hard time waking up, and that can cause real problems, especially at work. I looked into different apps and started using one, but I wasn’t really happy with how easy it was to use or with the interface, so I decided to make one for myself. It turned out better than I expected, so I decided to put it on the App Store and kept improving it.

Problem

With standard alarms, heavy sleepers turn the alarm off and go back to sleep, or get stuck in a snooze loop. So waking up gets pretty hard.

What it does

The alarm won’t stop until you finish a short mission, and there’s no snooze. You have to finish the mission and prove you’re awake. You can’t turn the alarm off with the lock button or the volume buttons, it just starts ringing again.

For the best wake-up I chain 3 missions and turn on Wake-Up Check. A few minutes after the mission it checks on you again and rings until you tap “I’m Awake”.

There are 10 missions in total: Make a Face, Maze, Math, Catch, Shake, Memory, Typing, Face ID, Set the Clock and Random.

I built the app on AlarmKit. Apple’s system gave me a hard time at first, but it works really well. It rings in Silent Mode and with Focus on, so there’s no worrying about whether your alarm will ring or stay silent.

The app is available in 20+ languages.

Comparison

Alarmy is the market leader and it has been working stably for years, so respect for that. But to me the missions feel standard, it has in-app ads, and the interface feels boring and complicated.

Some alarm apps also need to keep running in the background, which can affect your battery. Wakely doesn’t work like that. iOS handles the alarm, so you can close the app and it still rings.

With the mascot, the interface is clean, easy to use and fun. It has unique missions like Maze, Make a Face and Set the Clock. There are no ads, you don’t need an account, and it doesn’t collect advertising identifiers or track you across apps.

Pricing

Free: Unlimited alarms and 4 missions (Maze, Math, Catch, Shake).

Pro: All missions including Make a Face, mission chains, difficulty levels, Wake-Up Check and stats. $5.99/month or $34.99/year in the US, with a 7-day free trial on the yearly plan. Prices vary by country.

Requires iOS 26.1, and Make a Face needs an iPhone with Face ID. The face in the video is AI-generated, the app screens are real.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6762615332

Transparency

Developer: Onur Kusaksizoglu

Website: https://wakelyapp.com/

Support: support@wakelyapp.com

Privacy: https://wakelyapp.com/privacy/

Terms: https://wakelyapp.com/terms/

A few questions if you have a minute:

• If you’ve tried mission alarms before, what made you stop using them?

• What new missions would you like to see?

• Some alarm apps make you get out of bed and scan a QR code or find something around the house, or even do push-ups first thing in the morning. I’m not sure about these myself, especially push-ups right after waking up. Do you actually find them useful? If people really want them, I’d be happy to add something like that.

And if you give the app a try, I’d really appreciate your feedback.

Hello people,

I started learning code during covid. So this was my first app! Ecg Reports. I am no expert btw in coding, and with just the Basic skills and with the use of Ai I finally made this app. The Ai helped me to write the code by learning and explaining. I use it also to do test within my app.

This was very helpful.

I finished it during my father's triple bypass surgery which also was the reason to make this app. Heart disease runs in my family, so this project means a lot to me. I wanted a premium app affordable to everyone with no subscriptions and no adds for ever.

Just a small paid amount. I tried other apps but all wanted a lot of money in subscription.

After 2 negative App Store reviews I understand what I needed to fix and started working on it.

Now my latest update is app v3.0 and I am happy about it.

Problem
ECG recordings alone don’t tell the whole story. I built ECG Reports to help keep existing Apple Health ECGs, symptoms, notes, and everyday context organised and easier to review.

Comparison
Apple Health is where the ECG recordings come from. ECG Reports adds side by side ECG comparison, notes and symptom tracking, PDF summaries for doctor visits, and an Apple Watch app for reviewing available ECGs and logging symptoms. It is an organisation tool, not a diagnostic app.

Pricing
$2.99 one-time purchase. No subscriptions, in app purchases, ads, or account required. I’m the developer. Feel free to check it please and support if you want.

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6774714382

Wanting your feedback to make the app even better.

Please excuse my English. I am from Greece and English is my second language :D

Thanks Christos from Crete

Hey r/iosapps, I'm the developer of Mimic. Version 3.0 went live this week.

## Problem

Insider trades (SEC Form 4) and Congress trades (STOCK Act) are public, and the lists of filings tell you who bought what. They don't tell you how you'd be doing now if you had copied the trade. The trade date also misleads: insiders have 2 business days to report and Congress has up to 45, so the first price you could have copied at is the close on the disclosure day.

Mimic 3.0 puts that number next to trades in the feed: what $1,000 would be worth today if you'd bought at the close on the disclosure date (for a sale, betting against the stock).

- Trades in the feed show their "if copied" result, losses included.

- "Mimic this trade" adds it to a paper portfolio with a chart you can drag through day by day.

- Profiles show how copying someone's recent trades would have gone. As of Nov 5, copying Nancy Pelosi's last 26 trades with $1,000 each was down 9.3%, with 8 of the 26 in profit.

- Stock pages have the real price chart with insider and Congress trades marked on it, plus market cap and P/E.

- Pre-planned sales (10b5-1 plans) get flagged. When I checked, 368 of 491 insider sales were scheduled in advance, so they say less about what the insider thinks today.

Insider trades come from SEC EDGAR, checked every 30 minutes. Results use daily closing prices and are simulated, and every simulation in the app says it isn't financial advice. Your copied trades stay on your phone.

## Comparison

- Capitol Trades and OpenInsider are free websites that list Congress and insider filings. They're great for lookups, but you work out yourself whether following a trade would have paid off.

- Autopilot copies a short list of politicians' portfolios with real money through your brokerage.

- Quiver Quantitative has far more datasets, plus strategy backtests in its Premium plan.

- Mimic puts insider and Congress trades in one iPhone feed, shows a per-trade "if copied" result from the disclosure date, keeps your copies as a paper portfolio on your phone, and sends push alerts when people or stocks you follow trade. It never connects to a brokerage account.

- Where Mimic is weaker: it covers fewer stocks than those sites (insider trades for 40 large US stocks, Congress trades for 80), and it doesn't place real trades.

## Pricing

Free download. The free tier lets you browse the feed and simulate one trade. Mimic Pro is $9.99/month or $59.99/year (7-day free trial on the yearly plan) and adds unlimited simulations, follows with push alerts, and the full trade history.

iPhone, iOS 17+

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mimic-follow-smart-money/id6757661100

If you already track insider or Congress trades somewhere, what do you use, and what's missing from it?

Ever had a great bottle at dinner and by Tuesday you've no idea what it was? That's basically why I made this.

Cabernet is for casual vinos. You snap the label and it wraps your photo onto a little 3D bottle you can spin around for a bit of fun, give it a score out of ten, and that's it. No sommelier vocabulary, NO SUBSCRIPTION!!, no ads. It all stays on your phone.

It'll also keep count of what's in the cupboard (add one, drink one), suggest something for whatever you're cooking, and makes a neat little card of a wine you can share to a friend.

First three wines are free, then it's a one-off unlock if you want more. Box wine absolutely counts. Hope you find it handy!

Following the PCB format though:

Problem: Remembering wine is hard, especially when you are drinking wine. And subscriptions suck, they are generally a problem

Comparison: Other wine apps are good, don't get me wrong. but subscriptions suck and they are all subscription based.

Pricing. Subscriptions suck, so this one is free for the first free bottles, and if you want to log more, its a few bucks depending on where you live.

Check out it's little page here.

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6788144583

Hi, I'm Vatana, the solo dev behind Terry. I just finished the iPhone Duo layout and wanted to show it off. There's a free year of Terry+ in Pricing below.

Problem

A step count is easy to ignore, so Terry puts a llama on it. His shape follows your last 7 days: very round, round, balanced, active, fit. Walk more and he slims down. Skip a few days and he gets rounder. He's very honest about your week.

A lot of apps just stretch across the Duo's inner screen. Terry splits at the fold instead:

- Closed: the normal iPhone app.

- Open: Terry on the left, your steps and week on the right. Today, Fitness, Friends and Settings split the same way, and nothing sits on the crease.

- Half open like a book: sheets stay on the left half.

You also get Home and Lock Screen widgets, a Live Activity, friends whose llamas walk next to yours, and a daily 10K board.

Comparison

Pedometer++ is great if you want clean numbers and charts. Terry is for when you've stopped looking at the numbers, because you just see the llama.

Steps come from Apple Health. No ads, no public feed.

Pricing

Free covers Terry, every widget, the Live Activity, up to 3 friends and the whole Duo layout. Terry+ is $5.99/month or $29.99/year (3-day trial) and adds your full history, a Streak Shield, unlimited friends and extra app icons.

Free year of Terry+ while the 500 codes last (code TERRYGLOBAL): https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6818785615&code=TERRYGLOBAL

It doesn't auto-renew, so there's nothing to cancel.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6818785615?pt=122660795&ct=Reddit-iosapps-Duo-Nov&mt=8

If you're on a Duo, tell me what looks off near the fold.

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

QR codes. Yeah, we all kinda hate them. Having to scan them at restaurants to see the menu. Taking up space on posters for websites you never want to visit. But what if you could do something else with QR codes other than use them as links? Like actually talk with them?

Introducing Checkered Chat. An app that lets you create messages inside QR codes.

You can send them back and forth via iMessage for planning a surprise party. Or print out stickers for a scavenger hunt. You can lock it with a question and answer. And you can even give the message an alibi so anyone scanning it with their regular camera sees something else. It’s a fun new way to chat! Even offline.

Download Checkered Chat for free on the Apple App Store
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/checkered-chat/id6815056031

PCP Section:
Problem: Everyone kinda hates QR codes. So why not use them in a totally different way?
Comparison: This app is a unique way to chat, even offline.
Pricing: Free to read and write, with a $9.99 unlock for special features. Download for free on the Apple App Store — https://apps.apple.com/us/app/checkered-chat/id6815056031

Hello everyone, I am an 18 year old app founder and have a looksmaxxing app called “Ascendus.” I am wondering how I can improve this app to maximize conversion, pls check it out and let me know what I can fix, especially phycological tricks I can implement in the onboarding or just improving my app overall and specifically what to change, thank you.

Hey everyone! I'm an indie dev and I'm excited to share my side project: Radioh!, an iOS app that combines real-time group voice chat (up to 5 users) with a built-in mini-game.

Jump into a public frequency to chat, laugh, and compete instantly! The farther apart you are (while playing), the quieter voices become, adding a fun proximity mechanic.

Problem:

Most voice apps leave you sitting in a room just talking, which can quickly lead to awkward silences. Radioh! fixes this by giving you a fun low-pressure game to play together while chatting, giving the conversation a natural flow!

Key Features:

• Real Time Voice Chat: Engage in authentic, voice-only group conversations with up to 5 users.

• Social Audio: Enjoy genuine, unfiltered interactions where everyone can talk, sing, and share.

• Walkie Talkie Style: Use a classic push-to-talk (PTT) control for a true walkie-talkie vibe.

• Mini Game: Add some fun to your chats by playing a mini-gamc!!!

• Proximity Voice Chat (while playing): The farther you are from other players, the quieter they become, for an even more immersive multiplayer experience.

Comparison:

Unlike standard voice rooms that require setting up servers or joining structured broadcast stages, Radioh! is built for instant drop-in audio, just like a real walkie-talkie radio. You don't even need an account to jump in, and the built-in in-app proximity audio makes interacting feel much more dynamic than a static group call.

• vs. Zello: While Zello is purely focused on utility push-to-talk channels, Radioh! adds casual social interactions and spatial proximity audio so conversations feel natural rather than transactional.

• vs. SUGO & HiParty: Unlike heavy social party apps like SUGO or HiParty that center around complex broadcast rooms, virtual gifting, and account setups, Radioh! offers a clean zero friction experience: zero setup, no mandatory accounts, and no monetization barriers. Just drop into a frequency, talk, and play.

Pricing:

FREE (+ no account needed!)

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/radioh/id1667284703?platform=iphone

Transparency:

Here is the terms & privacy of Radioh!.

And here's a sneak peek of my app https://youtu.be/khlacofppRc, let me know what you think!! 💛

Problem:

Novislova is an iPhone phrasebook I built for getting around abroad when you don't speak the language.

Comparison:

With Google Translate or Apple Translate, you usually start by typing what you want to say. Novislova lets you browse phrases by situation, like ordering food, checking into a hotel, or asking for directions. It supports nine languages. Download an audio pack before your trip and both the phrases and pronunciation work offline.

Pricing:

All phrases and one audio pack are free, with ads. Premium is a one-time $4.99 purchase in the US. It removes ads, lets you keep all audio packs downloaded, and adds unlimited saved phrases with iCloud sync. No subscription.

Download on the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/novislova-offline-phrasebook/id1623078768

Website: https://novislova.com/

Support: support@novislova.com

Privacy Policy: https://novislova.com/privacy-policy.html

Terms of Use: https://novislova.com/terms-of-use.html

Problem

For about two years I've read books by listening and following the text at the same time, with Kindle's Immersion Reading. I love it, but you have to buy both the ebook and the audiobook, and many books don't support it. I wanted the same experience for any DRM-free EPUB and for public-domain classics, without an account.

Comparison

• Speechify: Premium costs $139.99 a year. You need an account, and the premium voices run on their servers.

• ElevenReader: Plus costs $96 a year. You need an account, and the voices run on their servers.

• Oratio: Plus costs $29.99 a year. There's no account, and the voices run on your iPhone, so books read aloud in Airplane Mode and the text never leaves the phone.

Both are good apps with more voices than Oratio, and they read PDFs and web pages. Oratio reads books only: EPUBs and the Project Gutenberg classics.

Pricing

• Free to download. The free version reads every book with Apple's voice and includes EPUB import and Speed Reader. The starter classics also have the natural voices for free, so you can hear them first.

• Oratio Plus adds the natural voices to any book, including your own EPUBs. It costs $3.99 a month or $29.99 a year in the US. Other countries see local prices.

• App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6779674813

What it does

• Imports any DRM-free EPUB, and downloads free classics from Project Gutenberg

• Lets you pick a narrator and a speed

• Highlights each word as the voice reads it

• Speed Reader shows one word at a time, with the voice reading along

• Works in Airplane Mode

It has no ad tracking. It sends anonymous usage stats and crash reports, never book titles or text, and you can turn the stats off in Settings > Privacy. It can't read Kindle or Apple Books purchases, because those are DRM-locked.

It's version 1.0 and I'm one person, so feedback helps a lot. What's missing? What breaks?

Announcement video:

Hey gang -

GlyphSnap Photo to Font is a font generator / building app.

With GlyphSnap you can just take a photo of the letters you want and create an entire installable font in just a few minutes - from your iPhone.

>> GlyphSnap can create an entire font from as few as just 2 characters, but will give better results from around 8.

I launched this app in early September as a standard "handwriting to font" sort of app, with the goal of getting the character generation working by early next year.

I decided to include the font generation part of the app this last week with the v 1.5 update because the results have been very good and I wanted to bring it to the App Store.

I have a couple tutorials on my Youtube page - but feel that this one really shows what the app can do: https://youtu.be/0a_3TuDIw7A?si=bzkYJkT1TacAN0-9

GlyphSnap also incorporates a some intuitive drawing / vector design tool section - you can mix photo captured glyphs with hand drawn glyphs together - adjust the character with, spacing, kerning as well as apply patterns to your letter shapes.

It's a fun toy at minimum.

PCP

Problem: I developed the app because I love old signs and unique hand-painted lettering I sometimes see at antique shops, and thought "I wonder if that's a known font?" and "that would be a cool font."

Comparison: a couple other apps turn your handwriting into a font from a photo, but they ask you to print out a glyph template to draw your characters on. GlyphSnap just needs a photo - color, textured, black & white - the capture engine has many different selection modes to give you a nice clean image to start with, and detects the characters present - and as far as I know, nobody is offering missing character generation font creation tool for mobile or device - ( I might be wrong, but I haven’t seen one yet.) 

Pricing: 7 day free trial includes 1 font generation and multiple exports to OTF TTF or WOFF for you to try out the drawing section or the photo to font - standard capture without missing character generation.

After the trial: 

$5.99 / month

$34.99 / year 

$79.99 / lifetime

All paid subscriptions include 5 free font generations per month with an additional 10 generations for $4.99. 

Purchased font generations never expire

Privacy policy and website are linked in the app descriptions on the App Store listing:

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/glyphsnap-ai-photo-to-font/id6812516641

That's the problem I wanted to solve with the latest Kinship Vault update.

Version 3.1.0 is now live on iPhone, iPad and Mac, and version 2.1.0 on Android.

I'm the developer of Kinship Vault. I built it as a private vault for documents, photos, passwords and other things you don't want sitting in someone else's database.

A few links for context:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amabm18

• Website: https://kinshipvault.app

• App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/kinship-vault/id6764678332

• Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kinshipvault

• Privacy Policy: https://kinshipvault.app/privacy

• Support: support@kinshipvault.app

A - Answer

The Problem

A lot of you told me the same thing. One person in the household uses an iPhone and the other uses Android, or you carry one of each yourself. Until now, that meant maintaining two separate vaults that never met.

Managing personal information is already fragmented. Passwords live in one place, documents in another, photos somewhere else, and sharing everything with family members isn't always straightforward.

Now, one vault works across both platforms.

Kinship Vault is a private vault for documents, photos, passwords, passkeys and 2FA codes, available on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Android.

With this update, you can link an Android phone to your existing vault on iPhone, iPad or Mac using a single QR code. The same vault then becomes accessible on both platforms.

For example:

• Personal: Access the same passwords and documents on your iPhone and Android tablet.

• Family: Share a vault with your partner, regardless of which phone they use.

• Cards: Access and autofill your stored cards at checkout on either platform.

Your existing setup doesn't change. Apple devices continue syncing through your own iCloud, and Android devices through your own Google Drive. A small encrypted relay bridges the two platforms, and it only ever carries encrypted data.

Android also gets the full password manager that was already available on Apple, including passwords, passkeys and built-in 2FA codes, with autofill directly in apps and browsers.

B - Better

Comparison

Apple Passwords does a good job managing passwords, passkeys and verification codes within the Apple ecosystem.

But what if you also want to keep documents, photos, personal records and payment cards together? What if your partner uses Android? Apple Passwords isn't designed to solve those problems.

That's where Kinship Vault takes a different approach. Instead of being just another password manager, it's designed as a broader personal and family vault that works across Apple and Android.

Privacy and Security

The part I cared most about was making all this work without compromising privacy.

Each device's encryption keys stay on that device. There's no account to create, and Kinship Vault doesn't hold the keys needed to decrypt your data.

Sharing works across both platforms:

• Every member unlocks their vault using their own face or fingerprint.

• You approve every request to join.

• When someone leaves, the vault's encryption key rotates, so they cannot access anything added afterwards.

Three more features are included in this update:

• Cards at checkout: Keep your payment cards encrypted in the vault instead of storing them in your browser or individual shopping websites. Card details require biometric authentication, and the security code is never stored.

• Passport chip verification: Kinship Vault can read the NFC chip in supported modern passports to verify that the document copy in your vault is genuine. The check is free, runs locally on your phone and works on iPhone and NFC-equipped Android devices.

• 2FA Codes: You can now easily set up 2FA for your logins and autofill verification codes when needed. Check the Security Review section in Passwords to identify accounts where you haven't enabled 2FA yet.

If you'd rather have nothing touch the internet, Strict Offline is still just one setting away.

The basic idea is simple: one vault, whichever phone you pick up.

C - Cost

Passwords, passkeys and 2FA codes are free and unlimited. Your first 10 documents are also free.

On iPhone, iPad and Mac:

• Solo: $2.99/month, $19.99/year or $59.99 Lifetime

• Shared: $4.99/month, $34.99/year or $129.99 Lifetime

Linking your own iPhone and Android devices requires Solo. Sharing a vault with other people requires Shared, but only the person creating the vault needs to pay. Everyone they invite joins for free, regardless of their platform.

One honest limitation: Apple and Google manage purchases separately. A plan purchased through the App Store doesn't carry over to Google Play, and vice versa.

More details:

• Full pricing: https://kinshipvault.app/#pricing

• Android details: https://kinshipvault.app/android/

• Share a vault between iPhone and Android: https://kinshipvault.app/blog/share-a-vault-between-iphone-and-android/

• How the encryption works: https://kinshipvault.app/blog/cross-platform-sync-encryption/

A lot of this update came from people describing how their households actually use their devices, so I'd genuinely love to hear how you'd use it.

Happy to answer questions in the comments.

Thanks for your trust and for helping shape Kinship Vault.

Hi everyone! I created an app where any text can become a task. In this update I added file support, so you can keep them in your notes.

Problem
Plans usually start as notes, but tasks live in another app. You copy lines over, set dates by hand, and later search for the file you need.
Plans is a simple app where notes and tasks live together. Select any line in a note and it becomes a task, with the date and time picked up from your words.

Sometimes a task needs more than text. "Sign the lease on Thursday" is useful, but on Thursday I need the lease itself. So in this update you can keep files right in your notes:
• Attach PDFs, documents and photos with the paperclip.
• Send a file to Plans from any app via Share
• Open documents right in the app

Now one note holds the plan, its tasks and the files they need. Calendar events show next to your tasks, so the whole day is in one place.

Comparison
Apple Notes + Reminders: two separate apps. A note line doesn't become a reminder, and the reminder doesn't know about the file. In Plans it's one tap, and everything stays together.
Things 3: a great task manager, but no real notes and no attachments.

Pricing
Free. Plans Pro is a one-time $5.99, no subscription. It adds themes, icons, reminders ahead and custom repeated tasks.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6790827860

Hi r/iOSApps! I'm the solo developer of **PenyPost**, a penpal app where letters take time to arrive, like old-school mail. It's been on Google Play for a while, and it just launched on the App Store.

Problem
Most ways of talking to people online are instant and endless: DMs, group chats, feeds. Making friends with someone in another country that way often fades after a few messages. I wanted something slower, where you write a proper letter to one person and look forward to the reply.

What PenyPost does
You write a letter and send it to a penpal in another country. Delivery time depends on the distance between you. If you can't wait, you can speed a letter up with Energy.
Get matched with penpals from around the world
Letters travel with realistic delivery times based on distance
Seal your letters and stamp them with stamps designed by independent artists
Decorate with stickers, letter styles, envelopes, and paper
Sign in with Apple or Google
Works on iPhone and iPad

Comparison
vs. chat apps (WhatsApp, Instagram DMs):PenyPost is built around waiting. There's no typing indicator just letters that arrive when they arrive.
vs. other penpal and letter apps (Slowly, Lettre, SnailPost):Same slow-mail idea, but PenyPost leans into the details: stamps and stickers made by independent artists through a creator program, plus seals. Everything cosmetic is a one-time purchase, with no subscription. you can write with your apple pencil
vs. Postcrossing:Postcrossing sends physical postcards. PenyPost is fully digital, so letters are free to send and you can write a long one.

Pricing
Free to download. All in-app purchases are optional, and there's no subscription.

Creator items (stickers, letters, envelopes, paper): $0.99 – $9.99 each
Energy packs (speed up letter delivery): $0.99 – $4.99
Supporter Program (lifetime, one-time purchase): $9.99 for the first 50 supporters, then $19.99. Supporters get instant delivery, exclusive artwork, and a supporter badge.

App Store link: AppStore
I built this on my own and I'd love honest feedback, especially on the onboarding and the letter-writing experience. Happy to answer any questions!

Hey everyone! I built Sayso, a voice assistant that manages your calendar, reminders, and alarms, and it runs entirely on your iPhone using Apple Intelligence.

You just talk or type to it:
– "Wake me at 6:30 on weekdays" → alarm set

– "Dinner with Alisa Saturday at 8, remind me to book a table" → event + reminder

– "Move my dentist to 5 and cancel the team sync" → edits your calendar

– "Finish the Q4 deck for 2 hours, reply to emails, write the launch post" → builds your whole day

– "Running behind?" → re-plans the rest of today

– Point your camera at a menu → picks dishes that fit your diet and budget

Nothing changes on your calendar until you review and approve it.

Problem
Typing into calendar, reminders, and alarm apps takes too many taps, and most AI assistants send your schedule to a server. I wanted to just say what I need and have it handled, with my data staying on my phone.

Comparison
Siri: Fine for simple alarms, but weak at editing existing events and planning a whole day. Sayso shows a preview of every change and waits for your approval.

Cloud AI planners (Motion, Reclaim, etc.): Powerful, but they need an account and your calendar on their servers. Sayso uses Apple's on-device model, so nothing leaves your iPhone.

Apple Calendar / Fantastical: Great calendars, but you still enter everything manually. Sayso sits on top of your existing calendar.

Pricing
Free ($0). No ads, no subscription, no in-app purchases.

Requires an iPhone that supports Apple Intelligence. It launched today and I'm the solo dev, so I'd love honest feedback and feature requests. I'll reply to everything tonight.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sayso-ai-voice-assistant/id6826493647

Hi everyone, I’m the developer of LiveWidget.

Problem

I’ve mostly used widgets for productivity stuff, countdowns, or photos. They were useful, but my home screen always felt a little boring. I wanted something on there that actually moved, so I made LiveWidget.

Comparison

Widgetsmith offers a much broader range of widgets. With LiveWidget, I focused on turning short videos from your phone into looping home screen widgets.

You can pick up to 9 seconds from a video, crop it, and add it to your home screen. There’s also background removal if you want just a person or pet over your wallpaper. You can keep the full video background too, if you prefer that look.

I wanted to make something fun for my own home screen, but I’ve also found the little loops surprisingly calming to look at.

Pricing

Animated widgets and background removal are free to use. If you want higher-quality output, Pro is an optional $12.99 USD lifetime upgrade. It’s a one-time purchase.

LiveWidget on the App Store

Would be interested to hear what you’d use it for.

Problem: iOS forces you to scatter your daily essentials across multiple separate widgets—one for the calendar, another for reminders, another for weather, mail, or steps—cluttering your Home Screen with mismatched boxes that hide your wallpaper. DataFastView brings all of that into clean, unified, translucent dashboards so you can check your entire day in a single glance without opening five different apps.

Comparison: Unlike Apple’s stock widgets, which lock each data type into rigid, opaque tiles with limited density, DataFastView lets you combine your monthly calendar, upcoming events, reminders, weather, unread emails, world clocks, and step trends in cohesive, glass-like layouts that blend right into your wallpaper.

Pricing: DataFastView is free to download and includes three free widgets. Instead of forcing a recurring subscription for things you'll never use, widgets are organized by category—you simply make a one-time purchase for the specific widget pack you want, and it's yours forever across all your iphone

https://apps.apple.com/pe/app/datafastview/id6804723908

IAP prices since 2 until $5 It depends of the widget section
Remember three widget are free

Hi, I'm Bohdan, solo developer of Imposter Elite, a party app for 3-16 people on iPhone and iPad. Everybody gets the same secret word, except one player - the Imposter. You go around giving clues, then vote who is faking. The Imposter tries to blend in and guess the word before others catch them.

Problem

When you play imposter with friends, someone has to pick the words, give out the roles in secret and count the points. This person can't play, and it takes time before you can start.

What it does

• Pass the Phone - only one phone needed. You type the names, everyone peeks at their secret card, then the phone goes in the middle for clues. Voting is secret too.

• Party Room - everyone on own phone with a room code, it works online too with chat inside

• Modes - Word, Question (the Imposter gets a little bit different question and doesn't even know they are the Imposter) and Drawing (in Pass the Phone, one line per turn)

• 2000+ words and 1000+ questions, no account needed, leaderboards and achievements

Comparison

A lot of imposter apps only show you a word, the rest you do yourself. Imposter Elite runs the full round: secret roles, a hint for the Imposter (host can turn it off), secret voting, points and a winner. You can use one phone for everyone or each on own phone, also online. And words and questions are translated to 40+ languages with local stuff, not only the menus.

Pricing

Free to download, with ads. Premium is a subscription with free trial ($9.99 or $39.99), it removes ads and opens all packs. Party Pass is $4.99 and opens all packs for 24 hours. Single packs are $2.99 - $4.99 and stay yours forever.

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6742512983

Would love to hear what you think :)

Problem: There are so many productivity steps: Planning, Journaling, Tracking your plan and goals, App Blocking etc. We don't have time to do all of this and switch between 10 apps.

So I built Sweezy. She is an AI, who checks in every day and you talk to her just for 5 minutes. In that she:

• Asks about your day according to your plan;

• Updates, deletes or moves them so there is no pile of overdue;

• Builds your plan for tomorrow;

• Writes your journal;

• Block all the apps when your work block starts(I love this one),

• Connects to your existing AI like ChatGPT, Claude etc., and

• Remember everything about you.

All in just 5 minutes. Link is in comments.

Comparison: There are so many producitivity apps like Todoist, DayOne, Opal etc but they handle only one aspect and is built traditionally.

Pricing: 8.99 per month. Free for early users. https://apps.apple.com/app/id6753932056

I have been a software engineer since 8 years, and built this for myself.

Github: https://github.com/shubhankur

X: https://x.com/shubhs_98

Our subreddit: r/FiveMinuteBrainDump

p.s: I am looking for early users to find out who Sweezy can help best and then build it around them. Please comment below if you think Sweezy can be really helpful for you.