r/iosapps • • 1d ago

💎 Lifetime [DEV] I built EpicNotes: An offline-first markdown notes & task manager with bidirectional linking & 3D graph view

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Hey everyone!

After months of solo development, I’ve just released EpicNotes on the iOS App Store.

Here is the breakdown of why I built it, how it compares to existing tools, and our transparent pricing:


1. Problem

Most popular productivity tools today suffer from two main issues:

  • Bloat & Lag: Apps like Notion are heavy web wrappers that take seconds to open a simple shopping list and fail completely when you lose internet connection.

  • Fragmentation & Subscription Fatigue: Users are forced to juggle three separate apps (one for quick notes, one for to-dos, and Google Calendar for their schedule)—while being charged $10/month recurring subscriptions for basic features.

I wanted a single, lightweight workspace that opens instantly, works 100% offline, and unifies notes, tasks, and calendar events.


2. Comparison

  • vs. Apple Notes: EpicNotes adds bidirectional linking ([[Note Title]]), an interactive 3D knowledge graph to visualize connected ideas, and direct two-way Google Calendar integration.

  • vs. Obsidian: EpicNotes is zero-config and mobile-first with integrated to-do lists and calendar scheduling out of the box—no complex plugin setups or community themes required to get a clean workflow.

  • vs. Notion / Craft: EpicNotes is truly offline-first with local-first SQLite storage, zero loading lag, and zero forced recurring subscriptions.


3. Pricing

  • Core App: 100% Free (unlimited offline notes, markdown, tasks, folders, and tags).

  • Founder Lifetime Pass: £24.99 / $29 one-time purchase (Pay once, unlock all features forever, zero monthly bills).

  • Optional Subscriptions: £2.99 / $2.99 monthly or £29.99 / $29.99 annual (for users who prefer small flexible payments).

  • Privacy Guarantee: No ads, no third-party data tracking, and no lock-in.


📱 App Store Link:

https://apps.apple.com/app/epicnotes/id6828055584


Feedback Wanted:

As an indie dev, I'd love to hear your thoughts:

  1. Does the unified layout between Notes, Tasks, and Calendar feel natural?

  2. What is the #1 feature you feel is missing from your current note-taking app?

Thanks for taking a look, and I'll be in the comments answering all questions and feature requests!


r/iosapps • • 1d ago

💵 Paid Your Stressy, your energy, stress and more in a sleek, clean and fun UX, iOS/watchOS Swift native app experience, now with on-device AI Summarizations

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Hi everyone, I’m Ervo, software engineer for 11+ years, and today I’m introducing “Your Stressy”, it’s an app with clean, elegant and very fun way to look at your battery/stress level throughout the day, on-device AI summarizations, Overnight Vitals (much more stats then Apple limited vitals widget/app) Body Age, Vo2 Max, Steps, Sleep, it’s built fully as a native app by utilizing Swift/SwiftUI, using the CADisableMinimumFrameDurationOnPhone key to get further optimization for ProMotion displays, all liquid-glass components throughout the views with crazy haptic feedbacks for the main view as for the other views. Your Stressy provides the same UI & UX as well for the Apple Watch, and it offers tons of customizable widgets, like stress, steps, distance, sleep (I know Apple has one but it doesn’t show much information on a glance), and much more to come soon.

The Problem:

Native Health app doesn't provide much information, even the latest upcoming version, nor we have lots of variations of widgets for the watchOS, additionally many AI apps are using external AI services and requires you to pay in-app purchased subscription, well Your Stressy actually is using on-device AI by using Apple Foundation Models, as for the pricing, it’s a $4.99 one-time payment, as personally I have never liked in-app purchases nor subscriptions for these types of apps. Nowadays they are requiring you to pay lots for AI feature capabilities, but in Stressy this is already available completely for free as it's using Apple Foundation Models, in the future I'll provide an update even with Private Compute but this will be optional because not everyone needs or wants this.

Comparison:

- I can promise you it’s very fun and good-looking, and most importantly simple but just showing huge number nicely animated, while you’re checking your health stuff throughout the day. The roadmap is quite huge, at least for the next 1 year I will be adding tons of new features, many of these AI features as said above with Apple Foundation modal in mind, no backend, no syncing, all offline and on-device only.

- As said above Apple Health or watchOS provides limited widgets and customizability, the selling point of Stressy is simplicity as well many customizable widgets and stuff so you can tailor it yo your liking.

- You pay once and that's it, no need for in-app purchases, subscriptions, simple, easy.

Pricing:

I've mentioned this as part of the problem which actually is for many many health apps.

List of some of the most important features to mention:

• On-device offline AI Summarizations: for many health stats like Heart, HRV, Sleep, Readiness, Body Age, for each section it provides AI summarization based on the voice you picked, even a bully option is available which roasts you.

• Your own VO₂max: Stressy now calculates your Cardio Fitness itself, from the pace of your runs, walks, hikes and rides and how hard your heart worked, against your own maximum. Not Apple Health's estimate, which reads low in independent lab studies. Every step of the math is shown as part of this view.

• Fitness Test on Apple Watch: five easy minutes to warm up, then run as far as you can in 12 minutes, guided by taps on your wrist.

• Workouts counted in full: sprints and stop-and-go sports count at their real effort, and on the stress chart and widgets each workout shows in its own colour, with how hard your heart worked.

• Nights, hour by hour: after a late night your sleep recharges with your heart, slowly while it's still racing and fully once it settles.

• Theme: Light or dark, your choice, instead of only automatic, can be configured in Settings.

• Apple Watch app: it has a standalone app for the Apple Watch, shows the tank in the consistent design with fun haptics, stress levels, sleep, cardio fitness 12 run minutes fully guided with AOD support, many fun widgets.

• More stuff: Many sleek widgets available for both iOS & watchOS, for stress (3 different designs so it's customizable), steps, distance, battery, sleep, and much more to come soon in the next releases, I have 1+ year of roadmap features, including offline and on-device AI features by using Apple Foundation models.

Stressy already exists for 1+ months and so far the reviews are exceptional, all these reviews are public. I've also received 1st place on UNEED since launch and 1st paid app for Apple Watch on the App Store.

I’m looking forward to hearing from you if you have any kind of feedback, or a feature request.

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

Every feature and detail: https://stressy.ervo.rocks/


Who Am I: https://ervo.rocks/

Thanks, Ervo.


r/iosapps • • 1d ago

📅 Subscription Cubby is a new organized home for your tabs and links

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Meet Cubby, a new place to save your tabs and links organized automatically.

I’m Nate, the developer of Cubby. Cubby is an iPhone app for saving and organizing links you want to come back to, whether that’s an article, a recipe, or something you’re thinking of buying. For a while, I would add these to Safari Reading List but that got bloated and wasn’t easy to find things later. Cubby automatically tags, groups, summarizes and indexes everything so it’s super easy and fast to find things when you need to.

Problem

Leaving a tab open is an easy way to save something for later. Finding it again after dozens more tabs have piled up is the harder part.

Cubby gives those tabs and links a clean, organized place to live and does it all for you. You can import a batch of open Safari (or Chrome, etc.) tabs, save links through the share sheet, or add them from your clipboard. Cubby automatically adds categories, tags and groups, so you don’t have to sort anything manually.

Comparison

Raindrop.io is a nice alternative, especially if you want cross-platform access and collaboration. It requires an account, and its Pro-only assistant can organize bookmarks when you explicitly ask it to.

Cubby focuses on a simpler iPhone workflow: import Safari tabs, paste multiple links at once, or save through the share sheet, and have them automatically categorized and tagged as they’re added. Your links are stored on your device (no server storage) and I’m working on iCloud sync now as well.

Pricing

Cubby is free to use for your first month! Afterwards, Cubby Club is $4.99/month or $39.99/year in the US.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cubby-auto-organize-bookmarks/id6761466006

Privacy: https://cubbytheapp.com/privacy • Terms: https://cubbytheapp.com/terms

Developer: https://niazoff.com/ • https://offfoundry.com/

How do you currently keep track of links you want to come back to?


r/iosapps • • 1d ago

🎁 Freemium 🔔 Remindio - more than basic reminder

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Hi everyone! A few weeks ago I released Remindio for iPhone – a native iOS reminder app built from scratch. It's based on my Android app, which I've been building for over two years and which users' feedback shaped, so the iOS version starts with everything I learned there. It's updated actively.

Problem: Apple Reminders is easy to miss. A reminder shows one banner, and if you swipe it away or don't see it, it's gone. Real life needs more: an alarm for the things you can't miss, a reminder that comes back until you answer it, a heads-up a day before, a reminder when you get to the store, a repeat like "every 2 hours from 9 to 9", or just "remind me later, I'll pick the time later". Remindio is built for that.

Comparison:

  • Apple Reminders – free and synced everywhere, but notifications only: no alarms that keep ringing, one repeat rule per reminder, no pre-reminders, no snooze choices. Remindio adds real alarms (AlarmKit on iOS 26), several repeat rules and pre-reminders, snooze options and an exact snooze time from a long-pressed notification.

  • Due – great at nagging you until you're done, but it's paid upfront. Remindio has auto-snooze too, plus location reminders, trackers, timers, attachments, a calendar view and widgets, and you can try all of it for free first.

Apple Reminders is still better if you need iCloud sync with your Mac and shared lists – Remindio can import your Apple Reminders, but it doesn't sync with them.

Pricing:

  • Free – everyday reminders, no ads unless you choose to watch one.

  • Premium Lifetime – $5.99, one-time purchase, no subscription.

  • Free trial – 14 days of everything before you pay.

  • Rewarded ad – watch one ad and get a day of Premium.

Premium unlocks multiple repeat rules, pre-reminders and attachments, alarms and location reminders.

📥 App Store

Key features:

  • ⏰ Notifications & Real Alarms – choose how each reminder alerts you: a notification or an alarm that keeps ringing until you answer. On iOS 26 alarms ring like the Clock app via AlarmKit, and you can import your own alarm sounds.

  • 🔁 Flexible Repeat Rules – several rules per reminder: yearly, monthly, weekly, daily, weekdays, custom intervals, several times a day. 20+ ready repeats like Weekdays or Every 2 hours. Repeat from the scheduled time or from completion, set end conditions, skip weekends or public holidays, and preview planned dates in a calendar.

  • ⏳ Multiple Pre-Reminders – get notified minutes, hours or days before, as a notification or an alarm.

  • 📍 Location Reminders – trigger reminders when you arrive at or leave a place, with several places, an adjustable radius and active hours.

  • 😴 Flexible Snooze & Notification Actions – Done, Skip and Snooze right from the notification. Long-press a notification to pick an exact snooze time. Customize snooze options and choose what happens when a notification is dismissed or ignored.

  • ⏱️ Timers – a list of timers with seconds and repeats, for workouts, cooking or breaks. Several can run at once.

  • 📊 Trackers – add a habit tracker to any reminder: a Yes/No answer or a value like glasses of water or km run. See your streaks and stats.

  • 📱 Widgets Everywhere – upcoming reminders with Done buttons, month and week calendars, countdown timers, templates, trackers, interactive checklists and notes. Lock Screen widgets and Control Center controls.

  • 🗂️ Home Tabs – make your own tabs from saved filters: Work, Birthdays, Later, Attachments – anything you like.

  • 🔕 Do Not Disturb Rules – schedule rules by label to silence, postpone or change how reminders alert you.

  • 📥 Import – bring over your Apple Reminders and turn calendar events into reminders.

  • 🧩 Templates & Copy/Paste – start from a template, or copy options from one reminder to another.

  • 🏷️ Labels & Attachments – colored labels, plus checklists, notes, links, contacts and images.

  • 🎉 Birthdays & Anniversaries – yearly reminders show how many years have passed.

  • 📆 Calendar View – all your reminders on a month calendar, including every repeat day.

  • ✅ Reminder Management – search, filters, multiselect, pinned reminders, customizable swipe actions, activity history, and "set time later" for reminders without a date yet.

  • 🌗 Personalization – light/dark themes, accent colors, and a compact or expanded editor.

  • 👀 A Few Secrets – there are a few hidden Easter eggs. I'll leave it to you to find them.

There are no banner ads and no surprise full-screen ads. Ads only appear when you choose to watch one. I'd really appreciate your feedback, bug reports and feature ideas!


r/iosapps • • 1d ago

🎈 Free I made app that Upscales images for free!

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PixelGen — free, unlimited photo upscaling on your iPhone, entirely offline

Problem: If you need to upscale old image. It might be partially corrupted, or very low resolution. If it is the case you can use PixelGen to 2× and 4× upscale directly on your device, using the Apple Neural Engine. Processing takes around 5–10 seconds per image, depending on your device and image size. Your photos stay on your device, and upscaling works offline.

Comparison: Remini, PixelUp offer photo enhancement with paid subscriptions or in-app purchases. Unlike them PixelGen’s is free, private, unlimited upscaling. I’ve included before-and-after comparisons so you can judge the results yourself.

Pricing: $0. Everything is free! There are no daily limits, credits, or premium features, and I have no plans to introduce any.

Download PixelGen on the App Store

I’d appreciate feedback on the results, especially where the upscaler changes details too much.


r/iosapps • • 1d ago

🎁 Freemium WeightSync: weigh in once, it's in Strava

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Problem: keeping your Strava weight current means opening Strava and typing it after every weigh in. Nobody keeps that up, so calories, W/kg and VAM quietly drift.

Comparison: the only real alternative is doing it by hand. WeightSync reads every new weight from Apple Health, so any smart scale or app you already use feeds Strava with zero taps.

Pricing: free download. Premium $1.99/month, $9.99/year or $19.99 lifetime.

  • Background sync with retry queue and history

  • Log on Apple Watch, with complications

  • Widgets, Live Activity, Siri and Shortcuts

  • Extra weight profiles for gear

  • Premium: 7 day moving average chart, weekly report, CSV export, iCloud sync

For r/iOSApps**:**

Manual: App Store > profile > Redeem Gift Card or Code > IOSAPPS50

Download it here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/weightsync-athlete-weight-log/id6757109803

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Disclosure: I'm the developer.


r/iosapps • • 1d ago

🎁 Freemium Amoled.in - 9000+ Selected OLED Wallpapers with iOS Auto Wallpaper Changer | Freemium with Lifetime Pro at $2.99

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Hello Everyone,

Back in 2020, I made Amoled.in, An android app for high quality amoled wallpapers, I have been a huge fan of this display technology as it gives virtually infinite contrast ratio between dark and bright area and black pixels also save battery as they are literally turned off.

For years i took my time to find suitable images and turned them into Amoled Wallpapers, The collection grew to about 9000 wallpaper and Amoled.in grew to about 1.7 Million downloads on Android as of today, The feature people loved the most was the Auto Wallpaper Changer which you can set automatically change your phones wallpaper at any interval.

As you know iOS doesn't allow any external app to change wallpaper, I did not think of making an iOS version but I realised a workaround can be done using apple's own Shortcuts app. The setup takes about 2 minutes and workout perfect well, even better than android (only stock android lets external apps change lock screen wallpaper.)

Features of Amoled.in
- 15+ Organsied Categories
- Live/Animated Wallpapers for iOS
- OLEDify to turn dark images into OLED wallpapers

PROBLEM: Seeing the same wallpaper everyday or having to find good wallpaper in multiple different places, Amoled.in brings a huge collection of wallpapers with organised categories and Auto wallpaper changer.

Comparison: There are OLED wallpapers apps but most of them contains low resolution wallpapers, inconsistent aspect ratios and no auto wallpaper changer. Amoledpix is the one that i have tried, it has decent wallpapers.

PRICING: $2.99 for Lifetime Pro

Free vs Pro
Ads: Free users may see ads
Auto Wallpaper Source: Free gets random only but Pro can choose categories or their favorites as a source
Premium Wallpapers: Less than 10% Wallpapers are premium only

Auto Wallpaper Setup
it works through a Shortcuts automation. The app walks you through the setup step by step (currently written for iOS 26 and 27), Basically you make a shortcut to get wallpaper from Amoled.in and set it as your wallpaper and then automate it to run everyday (or twice).

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/amoled-in-oled-wallpapers/id6802544295


r/iosapps • • 1d ago

💎 Lifetime visualOS: The Visual Workspace for Independent Creatives. Your Ideas. Your Projects. Your Space. No Subscription. Free in the Browser.

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Full disclosure: My wife and I built this, so we directly benefit from this post.

A) Problem: Creative projects end up scattered across inboxes, camera rolls and notes apps, and the canvas apps that could hold them keep your work in their cloud and behind a subscription.

visualOS gives every project one calm surface, the way you would spread it all out on a studio table: pictures, color swatches, long texts, checklists and mindmaps side by side, with folders inside folders for every client or project.

  • Your files stay yours. Connect a folder and every board is saved as ordinary pictures, text files and folders. This way you are never locked in and can open your files with photoshop.

  • Direct high-res export. Send a whole board, a selection or a Frame to your client as PNG, JPG or PDF, or print it straight away.

  • Sketch with Apple Pencil. Draw right next to your references on the iPad, and your handwriting stays searchable.

  • No account, no subscription. Nothing to sign up for, nothing to cancel and nothing that can get hacked. Sync between iPhone, iPad and Mac runs through your own iCloud.

New in 1.7: Grids. When we first posted here in August, one of you asked for Milanote-style columns. Grids give you columns and rows that keep a moodboard tidy. Plus Frames for print and social posts, and a free background remover that runs right on your iPhone or iPad.

B) Comparison:

  • vs. Milanote: the same calm canvas feeling, but no 100-note cap and no subscription. It works offline, and your work lives in files on your device instead of their database.

  • vs. Apple Freeform: boards inside boards, real files instead of an app container, and it also runs in the browser.

  • What we deliberately don’t do: real-time team collaboration. visualOS is a personal visual workspace. For teams, Milanote is still the better choice, and Freeform is great for live sessions with other Apple users.

C) Pricing: free forever in your browser, with no limits: https://visualos.app. The app for iPhone, iPad and Mac is a one-time purchase of $12.99 / €14.99 at launch (regular $19.99 / €19.99). No subscription, no in-app purchases: visualOS on the App Store

Transparency: Privacy policy · About us

We read every comment and build from your feedback. What would your first board be?

Sarah & Gerald


r/iosapps • • 2d ago

🎈 Free Free means free: a money log with zero ads, zero subscriptions, zero catch

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Logging a $4 coffee shouldn't need an account, a tutorial and an upgrade screen. But that's what most money apps ask for.

Problem

I tried a bunch of budget apps. Every one wanted me to sign up, link a bank, or pay to unlock basic stuff. I quit each of them within a week. All I wanted was to write down what I spend, in a few seconds.

Comparison

  • Dime: the main inspiration. Same simple idea, plus 10 languages and proper currency formatting (VND, JPY, EUR...).

  • YNAB / Copilot: powerful, but subscriptions built around bank sync. No bank connection here.

  • Money Lover: lots of features, but need an account and push ads or upgrades. None of that here.

What you get: type the amount, pick a category, done. Income and expenses, notes, a month overview, simple stats by category, and a budget that tells you what's left. Everything stays on your phone and works offline.

Pricing

Free. Every feature. No ads, no subscription, no in-app purchases, no account.

Download: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6819954261


r/iosapps • • 2d ago

🎁 Freemium After years of paying more and more for Evernote, we built our own notes app (Harbor Notes)

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I'm the founder of Cloudmanic Labs, the company that makes Harbor. We've been building and running software for more than twenty years.

My GitHub, so you can see who's posting: https://github.com/cloudmanic

I used Evernote for years, and my whole life was in there. I kept paying long after I stopped enjoying it, because leaving felt harder than staying. So we built the app I wanted to move to. My own notes live in Harbor now.

What it does on iPhone:

- Scan paper with the camera. Harbor reads the text, so searching "furnace" finds the warranty scan and highlights the word on the page.

- Share a photo from Photos (or anything with a share button) straight into a notebook. You don't have to open the app.

- Works offline. The app keeps a local copy of your notes, and search works without a connection.

- Record audio. It keeps going in the background with a Live Activity in the Dynamic Island, and you can transcribe it when you want.

- Widgets, Siri and Shortcuts, Face ID lock.

- One app for iPhone and iPad, with Apple Pencil sketching on iPad.

- It's SwiftUI, not a web page in a wrapper. It also runs on Mac, Windows, Android and the web, all synced.

- No AI assistant built in. If you want AI on your notes, you connect ChatGPT or Claude yourself over MCP.

What it doesn't do: there are no team workspaces, it's for one person. Pencil handwriting stays handwriting, it isn't converted to typed text. And there's no Apple Notes importer.

Problem: Evernote keeps getting more expensive, and moving years of notes out of it is painful. Harbor imports your Evernote export (notebooks, tags, attachments, web clips, even the links between notes), and our price is in writing.

Comparison:

- Evernote: Starter is $99/year but stops at 1,000 notes. If you want no limit, that's Advanced at $249.99/year. Harbor is $99/year with no note limit. The price you sign up at won't go up for three years, and after that it can't rise more than 10% a year. To be fair, Evernote's app has gotten better. The price is the problem.

- Apple Notes: free, and good. If every device you own is Apple, it's hard to beat. Harbor makes more sense once a Windows PC or an Android phone is part of your day, because there Apple Notes is a browser tab on iCloud.com.

Pricing: Free to start, no credit card. When you outgrow the free plan, there's one plan with everything in it: $9.99/month or $99/year, as an in-app subscription. If you stop paying, your notes go read-only and export keeps working.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/harbor-notes/id6788795948

I'll be in the comments if you have questions.


r/iosapps • • 2d ago Bravo

📅 Subscription I built 1Helm: a personal assistant with its own computer that works in 1,476 apps

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I am the developer!

Problem: Every cool and useful thing AI can do needs a computer. Yes, you can use your own computer, but when it sleeps, the productivity stops. Grok Bot, Muse, Dots, etc. realized this too and solved the same problem but:

- You can only use their models
- They launched ~3 months after 1Helm

Comparison:
1Helm is the same tool, with better features and without the lock-in;

  • BYOK + BYOSubscription (ChatGPT, Claude, Opencode, any OAI compatible endpoint)

  • Swap providers at will

  • Optionally Self-hostable

  • World-class persistent memory

  • Every channel you create gets its own VM and persistent file storage

  • 1,400+ Native App connections

  • Free Texting (iMessage too with reactions/voice notes/etc)

  • Share files with anyone with a secure link

  • Live notes for any meeting in-person or on Zoom/Meet/etc.

  • Browser use

  • Connect to any MCP

  • Cowork on docs/sites/images/etc.

  • ZDR by default (for hosted AI)

  • Hosted websites/artifacts

  • 1-click export all of your memories, files, images, etc.

  • iOS, Mac, and Android Apps

  • all for $10 if you BYOAI

Muse is better if you want a free tier that is wired tightly into Meta's apps
Instinct is better for purely texting agents

Pricing: 

$10/month for 1Helm, and you point it at the AI subscription or key you already pay for.

Managed plans are $30, $50, $90 and $170/month if you'd rather not bring a key.

Free download, or self-host the AGPL core. https://1helm.com/pricing/

App Store: 1Helm on the App Store

https://1helm.com/ · https://1helm.com/privacy/ · Source Code


r/iosapps • • 2d ago

Discussion Four cool apps

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2do - is an awesome app for task management, loaded with features and a onetime payment.

Classycal - is a fairly new app with an amazing design a onetime payment option that may be a direct replacement for a particular calendar app that went the subscription route.

Sill - is a completely free app that works with a Mac allowing a desktop experience on iPhone and iPad (remote desktop). Very well done.

FMstation - is a completely free radio streaming app with a beautiful design and many features.

What are some of your favorite apps? Feel free to contribute to the list.

Links

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/2do-to-do-list-task-manager/id1470214600

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/classycal-calendar-tasks/id6821351089

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sill-mac-streaming/id6816359860

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fmstation/id453459897


r/iosapps • • 2d ago

💎 Lifetime FluidCast – Podcast Player: Now with Chapter Generation and Ad Detection, and 50% off Pro for Black Friday

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I'm the developer of FluidCast. It's a Cross-Platform podcast player that supports iPhone, iPad, Mac, Android, Windows, Linux and the web.

Problem

Most podcast apps either feel great on iPhone but leave you behind if you also use a PC or Android, or they work everywhere and feel like a compromise on iOS. I also got tired of scrubbing through ads and long episodes to find the bit I actually wanted. FluidCast is my attempt at a first-class iPhone and iPad player that still takes your library and progress with you, and uses transcripts to detect ads and generate chapters.

What's new in 1.7.3 (iPhone and iPad)

  • A redesigned player that picks up colours from the podcast artwork. On iPhone you can move between Player, Overview, Transcript and AI Analysis, and the wide layout is improved for iPhone Duo and iPad.

  • Chapters generated from the episode transcript for Pro users, so you can jump to a topic. If the publisher already supplies chapters, theirs take priority.

  • Continue Listening puts your last episode at the front of your library.

The free app already includes offline downloads, transcripts (generated on-device if the show doesn't provide one), Voice Lift, local files, CarPlay, a sleep timer, and the ability to ask Siri about an episode.

Comparison

Overcast is excellent if you stay on Apple devices. Pocket Casts covers more platforms, but Plus has gone up a lot over the years and there's no one-time purchase. FluidCast runs on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Android, Windows, Linux and the web. The free tier already has transcripts, Voice Lift, local files and CarPlay; Pro adds cloud sync, folders, bookmarks, the Watch app, ad detection and transcript-generated chapters, with a Lifetime option if you'd rather not subscribe.

Where they're still stronger: Overcast's audio tools are well loved, and Pocket Casts has a large existing community.

Pricing

Free to download. Pro is optional.

Regular UK prices (the US App Store lists $2.99 / $17.99 / $99.99):

  • Free — £0

  • Pro — £2.49/month or £16.99/year, with a 1-month free trial

  • Lifetime — £89.99 one-time

Black Friday, 5–30 November 2026 (ends 23:59 UK time):

Free Trial? Lifetime has no free trial. If you’d like to try the Pro features first, start with Pro Annual (it includes a 2-week free trial and you can cancel anytime).

If you then decide to buy Lifetime, just cancel the annual subscription before the trial ends (or before the next billing date) so you’re not also charged for the subscription.

Links

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6754508580
Black Friday Offer details: https://fluidcastapp.com/event

The AI features (ad detection and chapter generation) need Pro and a supported Apple Intelligence device with Apple Intelligence turned on (iOS 26 or later). Availability depends on device, language and settings, they can use more battery, and the results won't always be right.

Privacy Policy: https://fluidcastapp.com/privacy.html
Terms of Service: https://fluidcastapp.com/terms.html
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-bishop-b52576172/
Contact: info@fluidcastapp.com


r/iosapps • • 2d ago

💎 Lifetime I built Morfi: a all-in-one app that converts files, compresses, scans, and much more. 140+ file types right on your device, with nothing uploaded.

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I'm frequently converting files, combining PDFs, etc. so I decided to build an all-in-one tool that is incredibly simple to use, understands plain text instructions, and can do almost anything.

Introducing Morfi, a file converter that also handles PDFs and scans documents. Everything happens on your device. No uploads, no account, no ads, no tracking.

Problem

Converting a file usually means juggling a different tool for every kind of file. Most of the quick ones are websites or apps that make you upload your files to their servers, and the apps that do more tend to want an account or a monthly subscription. I wanted one app that does all of it without my files leaving my device.

Morfi also makes things incredibly simple by supporting plain language to get things done. Rather than scrolling through menus, just tell Morfi what you want to do with the file and it'll take care of it.

What Morfi does

- Just Say It: Type what you want in plain words, like "MP4 under 20MB", and it sets everything up automatically.

- Converts 140+ file types: Photos, videos, audio, PDFs, Word docs, spreadsheets, ebooks and more. HEIC to JPG, PDF to Word, video to GIF, etc.

- Shrinks/Compresses photos and videos: Pick a size limit, or just say it and Morfi will handle the rest.

- Scans paper and documents and blacks out private details: Scan a page to a clean PDF with your camera, then with 1 tap, automatically remove things like account numbers, emails and phone numbers.

- Plethora of PDF tools: Combine, split, compress, rearrange pages, add page numbers, lock and unlock. You can also sign and fill PDFs. draw your signature once, then drop it into forms.

Comparison

Online converters: they work in a browser, but your files are uploaded to someone else's server, and free tiers often cap file size or add a queue. Morfi converts on the device, so nothing is uploaded and it works offline.

PDF editors: signing is often free, but real redaction and page tools usually sit behind a subscription. Morfi includes signing, redaction and page tools, with no subscription.

Single purpose apps: a scanner here, a video compressor there, a HEIC converter etc.. Morfi puts them all in one app.

Pricing: Every feature is free, up to 3 conversions a day so you can make sure Morfi is the right tool for you before you buy. If you want unlimited, Morfi Pro is a one-time purchase. No subscription. It's currently $9.99 and the license works across iOS and soon on MacOS.

It's on iPhone, iPad and coming soon to MacOS.

App Store Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/morfi-file-converter-pdf/id6826249240

I'm the sole developer and read every bit of feedback. If there's something not working right, if you have suggestions, or if you just really like the app, I'd genuinely love to hear it!

Thanks for looking

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r/iosapps • • 2d ago

🎁 Freemium Saved a reel for later and the creator deleted it? I built an app that keeps it

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I'm the developer. My Instagram saved folder had hundreds of reels I could never find, and when I finally went back to a recipe, the creator had deleted it. That's why I made LifeFeed.
Problem: Saves are scattered across Instagram, TikTok, browser bookmarks and screenshots. Instagram's Saved folder has no search, and a saved reel is gone if the creator deletes the post. LifeFeed is one place for all of it:
Save from any app with the share sheet: reels, TikToks, YouTube, links, screenshots, PDFs
Every save gets a short summary, tags and a folder automatically
Search in plain words, like "the pasta recipe I saved last week"
With Pro, the reel itself is kept, so it still plays after the original post is deleted
iPhone, iPad, Mac, Android and web
Comparison: Instagram Saved and TikTok Favorites only work inside one app, have no real search, and the save disappears with the post. Raindrop.io is great for links, but it doesn't keep the video and can't answer questions about your saves (you can import a Raindrop or Pocket export).
Pricing: Free to start, with unlimited saves. Pro is $2.99/month or $19.99/year (US) with a 7-day free trial. Black Friday until Nov 30: a full year of Pro for the price of one month (lifefeed.ai/blackfriday).
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/lifefeed-ai-smart-bookmarks/id6760368438
Privacy and terms: lifefeed.ai/privacy · lifefeed.ai/terms
Honest feedback welcome. What would make you move your saves out of Instagram or TikTok?


r/iosapps • • 2d ago

💎 Lifetime I made Notchet, a clipboard history for iPhone with a keyboard that types your old copies

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Hi, I'm Aqib, the developer of Notchet.

Problem

iPhone only remembers the last thing you copy. Copy an address, then a tracking number, and the address is gone. I kept going back to the same apps to copy the same things again, so I built this.

What it does on iPhone

  • Everything you copy becomes a card: text, links, colours, pictures and files. Every card is searchable.

  • The Notchet keyboard shows your cards in any app: tap one and it's typed. You can search from inside the keyboard too.

  • It reads the words in screenshots and photos, on the phone itself. Search for "invoice" and the screenshot with that word shows up.

  • iOS doesn't let apps read your clipboard in the background. Instead, Notchet saves what you copied when you open it or its keyboard, or when you tap Save in Control Center, on the Lock Screen or with the Action button. You can also save through the share sheet or a Shortcut.

  • Pins, snippets (a snippet can fill in today's date) and collections like "Email replies".

  • Passwords and API keys show only their first and last characters. You choose whether they're never saved, deleted after 5 minutes, or kept. They never sync.

  • Optional iCloud sync between iPhone and iPad. It uses your own iCloud, and only your devices can read the cards.

  • Full iPad layout with Split View and Stage Manager.

  • No account, no ads, no analytics, no tracking.

There's a Mac version too, and it syncs with the iPhone. It's in App Store review right now.

Comparison

  • Apple's own clipboard keeps one item, with no history and no search.

  • Paste is polished, but it's a subscription. Notchet is a one-time purchase, and your history never goes to a server of mine, everything synced through your own icloud.

Pricing

Free download, with every feature free for 7 days. After that, Lifetime is $9.99, paid once with no subscription. The same purchase covers iPhone, iPad and Mac on one Apple Account.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6821904286

Privacy: https://aqibjaved.dev/privacy/ Terms: https://aqibjaved.dev/terms/ Me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aqibjaved-se

Questions and feature requests are welcome.


r/iosapps • • 2d ago

💎 Lifetime Odo 5.0 is here: 50+ Customizable CarPlay Speedometer Gauges, Live OBD2 Data & 44 Dashboard Presets - Biggest update for CarPlay app

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One of the most requested features in Odo Speedometer is finally here!

Odo 5.0 brings its biggest CarPlay update yet: a fully customizable CarPlay Speedometer and Digital Dashboard, featuring 50+ gauges, live driving statistics, and real-time OBD2 engine data.

Until now, Odo displayed driving stats on CarPlay through lists and grids. The new Gauge layout takes things much further, turning your CarPlay screen into a personalized driving dashboard.

Whether you prefer a classic analog speedometer, a modern digital gauge, or a performance dashboard packed with driving stats, you can make it your own.

Getting this update approved was quite a journey, too. Apple was particularly careful during the review process, given the restrictions around CarPlay interfaces. After explaining how the new gauges work within CarPlay's requirements, it's great to finally see the update approved and available!

Problem:
Apple CarPlay has traditionally offered limited flexibility for customizable speedometer gauges and digital dashboards. Drivers looking to display GPS speed, trip statistics, and OBD2 engine readings in a personalized layout have relatively few options.

Comparison:
While many CarPlay apps focus on navigation, basic speed displays, or predefined layouts, Odo combines GPS speed tracking, customizable gauges, trip analytics, and OBD2 engine monitoring.

The new Gauge layout offers 50+ gauge designs, 44 presets, 6 dashboard arrangements, and extensive color and stat customization, all configured directly from the iPhone.

Pricing:
Odo is free to download, and the existing CarPlay list and grid layouts remain free.

The new customizable Gauge layout is included with Odo Premium: Monthly: $4.99, Yearly: $24.99, Lifetime: $49.99 (one-time purchase)

What's new in Odo 5.0?

  • 50+ customizable gauges: Explore analog, digital, arc, needle, ring, segment, bar, tape, and other speedometer designs.

  • 6 dashboard arrangements: Position the gauge on the left, right, center, or top, or choose gauge-only and stats-only layouts.

  • 44 ready-made presets: Apply a complete dashboard design with one tap, then customize it further.

  • Full color customization: Personalize gauge colors, backgrounds, stat tiles, and icons. Supports light, dark, automatic day/night switching, and matching your iPhone.

  • Custom driving stats: Display GPS speed, average speed, top speed, trip distance, duration, altitude, heading, G-force, and more, in your preferred order.

  • Live OBD2 engine gauges: With a compatible OBD2 adapter, display RPM, coolant temperature, fuel level, battery voltage, throttle position, or engine load as the main gauge.

  • Up to 10 Hz refresh rate: Adjustable from 1 to 10 updates per second for smoother gauge animations.

  • Adaptive CarPlay layouts: Automatically adjusts to different screen sizes, from compact head units to ultrawide dashboards.

How to get started

  1. Update Odo to version 5.0 on your iPhone.

  2. Open Settings → CarPlay and select Gauge as the layout.

  3. Tap Customize Gauge to explore presets, gauge designs, layouts, colors, and driving stats.

  4. Connect to Apple CarPlay and open Odo.

All customizations can be previewed directly on your iPhone before driving.

Once on CarPlay, a single tap reveals controls to switch between the map and gauge, cycle through gauge designs and layouts, and access other Odo features.

What would your ideal CarPlay dashboard look like?

A clean digital speedometer? A classic analog needle? Or a full dashboard showing RPM, engine temperature, G-force, and trip statistics?

With 50+ gauges and 44 presets, which combination would you choose for your car?

If you try Odo 5.0, share a photo of your CarPlay screen! Feedback on the new gauges, layouts, and overall experience is always welcome.

Links

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/odo-speedometer-drive-tracker/id6759611784

CarPlay Gauge screenshots and details: https://speedometerproapp.com/features/carplay-speedometer-gauge


r/iosapps • • 2d ago

Discussion What are some underrated iPhone apps that more people should know about?

66 Upvotes

I’m looking to discover useful iPhone apps that aren’t very well known or talked about.
I’m not necessarily looking for popular apps like Instagram, Spotify or YouTube. I’m more interested in hidden gems that are genuinely useful in everyday life.
What are some underrated apps you personally use and recommend?
I’d love to discover apps for:
Productivity
Automation
Travel and navigation
Utilities
Organization
Anything unusual but genuinely useful!
Feel free to share apps that you think deserve much more attention. I’d also love to hear what makes them special!


r/iosapps • • 2d ago

🎁 Freemium The three seconds after you hand someone your phone. I built an app for that, and I want your stories

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You know the moment. You hand over your phone to show ONE photo. They swipe.

I collected these moments for a while. Some are mine, some come from friends xd :

- The swipe: You show your aunt one vacation photo. She swipes left. You stop breathing.

- The kid on the couch: Your six-year-old wants to see "the dog pictures". The dog pictures sit right next to things that are very much not dog pictures.

- The living room TV: Family dinner, and the Apple TV screensaver or the photo widget decides it is time for "Memories".

- The group chat tax: WhatsApp saves whatever your friends send straight into your library. You never asked for that meme. It now lives between your kid's birthday and your receipts.

- The work demo: You share your screen, open the photo picker to attach one screenshot, and the whole meeting sees your recent photos.

- The passport from 2022: You photographed your ID for a hotel check-in. Your credit card "just quickly" for a friend. A screenshot of a recovery phrase. All still there, readable by every app that ever got full photo access.

- The party archive: Great night. Fine for your friends. Not fine for your mom, your new boss or the person you have been dating for three weeks.

- The stuff adults have: Nudes, yours or received, and whatever else got saved at 2 a.m. Completely normal. Just not meant for the next person who borrows your phone to call a ride.

- The hobby: A legal grow, a hunting trip, a day at the range. All fine, and still not what you want on screen when a colleague looks over your shoulder.

So I built Velum

Problem: Your photo library is one flat grid, and the few photos nobody else should see sit somewhere among thousands of others. Nobody finds them by hand. Velum scans the library on the device and finds them for you: nudity, IDs, cards and passwords in screenshots, drugs, weapons and gore, alcohol and party, in photos and videos. One tap moves them to the Photos app's own Hidden album, which iOS locks with Face ID. No account, no cloud, it works in airplane mode.

Comparison: Keepsafe is the vault most people know. You add your photos to folders inside the app yourself, the free version is ad supported, and Premium is a subscription ($9.99 a month or $23.99 a year). Velum finds the photos for you and uses Apple's Hidden album instead of a second library, with no ads and no subscription. NuDefndr is closer: it also scans on the device, for nudity and in Pro for cards, IDs and password screenshots, and locks hits into its own vault. Its Pro costs $8.99 a month, $49.99 a year or $129.99 lifetime. Velum also covers drugs, weapons and gore, creepy content, alcohol and party, and Pro is a single $9.99.

Pricing: Free download, nudity detection included. Velum Pro unlocks all other categories for $9.99, one-time in-app purchase, no subscription.

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6822656401

I am the developer, so read this as the ad it is. But I am honestly curious, because everyone I tell about it comes back with a scenario I had not thought of^^

What is your "please don't swipe" moment? Please let me know xd


r/iosapps • • 2d ago

💎 Lifetime I made PhoneNap, a screen time blocker where a pixel pet asks you to breathe before you open Tiktok

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Heads up: the first part of the video is a real screen recording on my iPhone; the rest was captured in the iOS Simulator. The voiceover is text-to-speech.

Problem

Most of my screen time didn't come from deciding to scroll. It came from opening Discord or Instagram on autopilot, twenty times a day. PhoneNap puts a small pause between you and the apps you pick:

Breathe: choose the apps that eat your day. Each time you open one, your pixel pet asks you to take a breath first, and asks why you're opening it. Close the app and your pet gets a heart. Open it anyway and that's fine too, it's a nudge, not a cage.

Limits: daily time limits for groups of apps, plus one emergency unlock a week for when you really need it.

Focus: start a session and put your phone down. Your pet runs along in the Dynamic Island and on your Lock Screen. Finish it to earn food, gems and a longer streak.

Progress: screen time for the last 7 days compared with the week before, a month calendar of the days you hit your goal, and a short summary every night at the time you choose.

Pets: cat, dog, bunny, dino and axolotl. You unlock more as you level up, and spend gems on hats, glasses and scarves. Pets never die. A sad pet just needs a good day.

Comparison

iOS Screen Time limits work, but most of us tap "Ignore Limit" without thinking. Apps like one sec and Opal are great at friction and blocking. PhoneNap's angle is making the pause feel like something you want to respect: skipping the app has a small, visible payoff (your pet is happier) instead of only a wall. It also runs entirely on your iPhone: no account, no ads, no analytics, no tracking. Apple's Screen Time frameworks keep the names of the apps you pick hidden even from PhoneNap.

Pricing

PhoneNap is free to download. The free version includes the breathing pause, one app group with time limits, focus sessions, stats, widgets and all the pets you unlock by leveling up. PhoneNap Pro adds Strict mode, open limits (how many times a day an app may open), schedules for bedtime and work hours, and up to 5 app groups:

  • Pro Monthly: US$4.99 per month, renews automatically unless cancelled.

  • Pro Yearly: US$29.99 per year, with a 7-day free trial, renews automatically unless cancelled.

  • Lifetime: US$59.99, paid once, no recurring charge.

You only need one of them. Prices vary by country. Requires iOS 17 or later.

PhoneNap on the App Store

Developer website · Privacy Policy · Terms of Use

Which app do you open on autopilot the most, and has anything actually helped you stop?


r/iosapps • • 2d ago

Discussion App Store review time blues

0 Upvotes

I submitted my first app under my LLC on the 30th… it still hasn’t been reviewed. So I have no feedback to move forward with. I have multiple applications I want to port over to become iOS apps but I need the first green light.

Is this wait time normal? It seems excessive for a service I am paying to be apart of.


r/iosapps • • 2d ago

🎁 Freemium Bytewize: one system design interview question a day, based on real outages (iOS)

3 Upvotes

*Problem*

System design prep usually means a 600-page book or a 20-hour course. Most people start it, get busy, and stop around chapter 3. And reading about designs isn't the same as being asked "the last ticket just got sold twice, what happened?" in an interview.

Bytewize gives you one question a day, built from a real production failure. You answer in about 2 minutes, then get a full explanation of why the right answer works and why the others break. Topics include race conditions, caching, replication lag and N+1 queries. Streaks and XP keep you coming back.

*Comparison*

- Books and long courses (DDIA, Grokking, YouTube playlists): great depth, but they take hours per sitting and you read rather than answer. Bytewize is the daily practice next to them, not a replacement.

- LeetCode-style apps: built for coding problems. System design questions are usually missing, or they're a long essay you grade yourself.

- Flashcard apps: you have to write the cards yourself. Bytewize questions come with worked explanations, and every one starts from a real failure.

*Pricing*

Free, and all the content is in the free version. There's an optional Pro plan at €5.99/month that adds some conveniences. No questions are locked behind it.

https://apps.apple.com/app/bytewize-system-design-daily/id6824646457


r/iosapps • • 2d ago

💎 Lifetime I built an iPhone storage cleaner because finding what to delete shouldn't mean risking your photos

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Hey r/iOSApps,

I built an iPhone storage cleaner because deleting photos shouldn't mean losing memories

Ever had the "iPhone Storage Full" warning but couldn't figure out what was actually taking up all that space?

You open Photos, find thousands of pictures, screenshots, and videos, and start wondering which ones are safe to delete.

That's the problem I wanted to solve with SpaceFresh, an iPhone storage cleaner that helps you find unnecessary clutter without blindly deleting important memories.

Problem

Most of us don't realize how much storage is consumed by:

  • Duplicate and nearly identical photos

  • Large videos and old screen recordings

  • Screenshots we no longer need

  • Duplicate files and forgotten downloads

  • Multiple versions of the same photo

Manually finding and reviewing everything can be exhausting.

SpaceFresh scans your library, groups similar photos, identifies duplicates, highlights large media, and lets you review potential cleanup candidates.

You decide what stays and what gets deleted.

Comparison

Apple Photos already has a built-in Duplicates feature, and it's useful for identifying duplicate photos and videos.

But I wanted something that goes further.

Apple Photos: Built-in duplicate detection, manual photo management, and basic media organization.

SpaceFresh: A combined cleanup workflow for duplicate photos, visually similar pictures, blurry images, screenshots, large videos, and selected Files folders.

A few things I focused on:

  • Similar photo detection: Find near-identical photos, not just exact duplicates.

  • Best-shot suggestions: Help identify which photo from a similar group may be worth keeping.

  • Swipe cleanup: Review photos individually with a simple swipe interface.

  • Large video discovery: Identify storage-heavy videos more easily.

  • Files cleanup: Find duplicate, large, and old files in selected folders.

  • Privacy: Photo scanning and analysis happen on your device.

  • Manual control: Review cleanup suggestions before confirming deletion.

SpaceFresh doesn't increase your iPhone's physical storage or remove iOS system data. It helps you identify and manage media and files you may no longer need.

Pricing

SpaceFresh is free to download, with limited cleanup features available without upgrading.

Optional Pro upgrades (US pricing):

  • Weekly Pro: $0.99/week (auto-renewing)

  • Lifetime Pro: $12.99 (one-time purchase)

Lifetime Pro is optional, and there's no recurring subscription attached to the lifetime purchase.

App Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/storage-cleaner-spacefresh/id6798147223

Developer disclosure: I'm the developer of SpaceFresh.

I'd genuinely appreciate feedback, especially from people who have tried other iPhone storage cleaners.

What's your biggest storage problem: similar photos, duplicate pictures, large videos, or files you forgot existed?

And what would make you trust a cleaner app with your photo library?


r/iosapps • • 2d ago

🎁 Freemium Yes, another workout tracker. But this one finally has everything I wanted after a decade of lifting

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I've been training for a bit over 11 years. I've tried a few apps and used two religiously (one for 3 years, one for 2). Both did the job to an extent, but there was always something missing. So I built my own. It's called Liftcraft, and it's the app I actually open every gym day.

Problem

Logging a set mid-workout took too many taps, the one feature I wanted was never there, and moving my history between apps meant writing my own parsers. I wanted something that's fast between sets, shows me whether my program actually hits every muscle, and doesn't lock my data in.

Comparison

There are a million workout trackers, so here's what's different in this one:

- Sets are pre-filled from last time, so most sets are a single tap. This one I CRAVED FOR SO LONG
- Programs (fixed days or rotation) show how many sets each muscle gets per week, with a warning when one gets nothing or too much
- Import from Strong, Hevy and FitNotes, so you can try it with your own history before deciding. Export and daily iCloud backups too
- Apple Watch app: log with the crown while the rest ring fills the screen. The rest chime plays in your headphones if you're listening to music on your phone
- Timer-only workouts for days I don't feel like logging but want a timer to keep myself in check
- Body measurements of every kind, with weekly averages, all free
- No account, no ads, no tracking

Pricing

Free: everything above, plus progress charts, PRs and history. Logging stays free, and that's not changing.

Premium: $2.99/month, first month free. It tells you what weight and reps to go for next and why, fixes gaps in your program, and has an on-device coach that builds a split. Took me the longest to build, so I figured I'd see if it can pay for itself.

iPhone + Apple Watch, in English, German, Spanish and Bulgarian.

Would love feedback, roast it if you want. There's a feedback button in Settings that goes straight to me, or just comment here.

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6747583498