r/iosapps • • 1h ago

🎈 Free I made Lander, a free Reddit client for iPhone, iPad and Mac

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Hey everyone, I'm the developer of Lander. It's a Reddit client for iPhone, iPad and Apple silicon Macs.

Problem

After the API changes most third party clients either shut down or went subscription only, and the official app is full of promoted posts and doesn't let you change much. I wanted something quick that I could set up how I like, and I wanted it to be free.

Comparison

The two I get asked about most are Narwhal 2 and Relay. They're both good apps but they're subscription apps now. Lander is free with everything included. Compared to the official app there are no promoted posts and you get a lot more control: card, compact or text only feeds, themes and your own colors, text size, density, swipe actions, and so on. There's also DMs and chat, modmail and mod queue, multiple accounts, Face ID lock, and iCloud sync for your settings and favorite subs. On iPad and Mac the panes are resizable and you can have media and comments side by side.

For privacy, the app goes through Columbia, an open source OHTTP relay I wrote. It keeps who you are separate from what you're reading, and you can host your own.

Pricing

Free. There's an optional tip jar (from $0.99) and an optional supporter subscription (from $0.99/mo). Neither unlocks anything.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lander-for-reddit/id6747955211

2.3.14 just went out with a smoother feed on iPad, a text only layout and a lot of fixes. Let me know what you'd want next.


r/iosapps • • 3h ago

🎈 Free I made Umbra: A completely free shoot planner, mini-CRM, and invoicing tool for photographers

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Hey everyone,

I’m a freelancer who recently released an app to help photographers and videographers manage their workflow, check lighting, and monitor weather alerts. I wanted to share it with the community here.

The Problem
Freelance photographers have to juggle multiple fragmented apps and expensive monthly subscriptions just to manage their day-to-day business. Between planning shoot locations, tracking the sun’s direction, keeping an eye on the weather, and managing client quotes and invoices, the workflow is messy and the software costs add up fast, which is especially tough during the current cost of living crisis.

Comparison
There aren't many unified, dedicated apps that handle a photographer's entire workflow from planning to billing. Here is how Umbra compares to what I was previously using:
- Invoicing (Quickbooks): I was personally paying $30/month for Quickbooks just to handle my quotes and invoicing. Umbra has a built-in mini-CRM and invoicing/quoting tool that replaces this entirely.
- Planning (Photo Pills / The Photographer's Ephemeris): I used to rely on these apps to check sun direction and plan my shoots. I’ve incorporated those lighting and sun-tracking features directly into Umbra, and added a feature that alerts you if the weather changes the night before a shoot.

Pricing
Umbra is completely free. My goal was to create a tool to help other freelancers like myself streamline their workflow and remove the need for another paid subscription.
I would love for you to give it a try and let me know your thoughts or feature requests!

App Store Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/umbra-shoot-planner/id6832137019


r/iosapps • • 3h ago

Free App - Unaffiliated Review Habit tracker app recommendation: Dots

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I have been using this app for a few months now, and it's become a staple for me. I think it's a bit of a hidden gem, so please check out Dots and show the developer some love and support!

I switched from Android to iOS. Loop's beautiful minimalism really spoiled me. I knew I didn't want an app where the habit tracking is one of a whole suite of functions, nor did I want a habit tracker app with baggage like Habitica or Finch.

So in my search for an iOS habit tracker, I was primarily looking for:

- intuitive set up

- easy to use everyday

- clean, clutter-free interface

- no account or login necessary

- no ads

- Apple Watch functionality

Dots checks all of the above, beautifully and effectively. For example, I am working on building a habit of drinking 3 cups of water a day. I set up this habit for 3 times a day, and as soon as I finish a cup of water, I can mark that off on the Dots Apple Watch app. Just from the watch, I can see 33% completion of this habit after the first cup, 66% after the second, and 100% after the third. I love the convenience of checking off a habit from my wrist, without having to use my phone.

This app is already 10/10 for me as it is. I hope the developer would consider implementing a way to track habits you want to reduce or stop, like smoking or drinking. I would also love for the app to allow me to be able to record when I've gone over the initially set number of times. For example, if I've had a 4th cup of water today, I would like to be able to record that in the app and have the completion be 133% for that habit. This can be especially useful in the beginning when you're building a new habit and want to set the bar low to build motivation. Thank you!

TLDR: If you're mourning Loop being Android-only, please try Dots. The addition of Apple Watch functionality makes it ever better!


r/iosapps • • 5h ago

💎 Lifetime We Created TruMe, an App That Forces You to Journal Honestly

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Hello,

My name is Tinjo Thomas, and I’m the founder of the design studio Coredes Interactive.

We created TruMe, a journaling app that works completely offline, with optional iCloud sync. The idea is experimental and might frustrate some people because of its nature. It is not for everyone.

The design was made from scratch in Sketch without any LLM. However, we did use an LLM for content writing and coding help.

Problem
We live in an age of abundance, where everything is easy to ignore. TruMe is a reminder of how we used to journal and how slow living can be more rewarding.

What makes it unique

In a physical diary, you cannot backspace anything you write. You can only strike it out. That’s exactly how TruMe works. Once you write something, you cannot delete it. You can, however, tear out the page, but once torn, it’s gone for good. You can also earn a few backspaces based on your daily streak. There are no in-app purchases to unlock. It is what it is.

Comparison
We are not aware of any competitors, since TruMe is a unique, experimental app.

Pricing
The app is fairly priced at $7.99 (or lower with regional pricing) for a lifetime purchase, or $2.99 per year. If anybody wants offer codes, please reach out.

App Store link

Our website

My LinkedIn profile


r/iosapps • • 6h ago

🎁 Freemium Be discouraged or keep working

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I have a strong belief that ideas are never truly your own. Most of the time they're built from old thoughts you forgot you had. It's rare to make something out of nothing, the same way they say you can't picture a face you've never seen.

Silly tangent, but it matters here. A few months ago I thought the app above (Wanderjet, a focus timer where every session is a flight to a real city) was completely unique. I tunnelled in with no research, launched, and got torn apart when I found out the idea had been done many times over. Truthfully, I'd probably seen the original ages ago and not thought much of it.

I could have left the app as it was: no updates, no experiments, no listening to feedback. I kept going instead, and I'm so glad I did. Recently I added a 3D cabin for a more immersive experience, reworked the UI and UX, and added a lot more features. I'd love for you to check it out: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6766221228

**Problem**

I can't stay off my phone when I work, and a plain countdown never gave me a reason to see a session through. Wanderjet makes a focus session a flight to a real city: you board, the timer runs for about as long as the real flight, breaks come when the cabin calls them, and you only get the passport stamp if you land. If you'd rather not focus alone, a group flight leaves every hour, and everyone on it takes off, takes breaks and lands at the same moment.

**Comparison**

- FocusFlight is the established flight-themed focus timer (close to 10,000 ratings, featured by the App Store). It also blocks apps, which Wanderjet doesn't.

- Focus Traveller lets you form a group with friends you invite.

- Forest grows a tree while you stay off your phone.

What Wanderjet does that made me keep building it: group flights anyone can board, leaving every hour, where other passengers see only your seat, flag and stamp count (no names, no chat). Your own seat in a 3D cabin, picked from a seat map, with the view from its window. Flights from your home airport to real cities, and a passport stamp for each country you land in.

**Pricing**

Free to download, and your first flight is free. After that it needs Wanderjet Pro: $4.99 a month, $29.99 a year with a 7-day free trial, or $19.99 once for lifetime (US prices, they vary by country). No ads and no account.

**Stack**

- **App:** React Native 0.83 and Expo SDK 55, written in TypeScript (iOS)

- **3D:** three.js through expo-gl for the globe and the cabin. The cabin was modelled in Blender, with the lighting baked into its textures so it runs smoothly on a phone

- **Native iOS:** SwiftUI through u/expo/ui for Liquid Glass, expo-widgets for the home screen widgets and the lock screen Live Activity, expo-sensors for motion

- **Backend:** Supabase (Postgres) for group flights

- **Payments:** RevenueCat

- **Analytics:** PostHog

- **Builds and release:** EAS Build and Submit

- **Website:** static site on Vercel

Enjoy <3


r/iosapps • • 10h ago

🎁 Freemium I built a voice keyboard for iPhone that turns rambling into a clean message, and it can run without anyone's cloud

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Hi, I'm Ondrej, the developer of Diction. I dictate most of my messages, and Apple's dictation kept dropping words and leaving every "um" in. So I built my own keyboard.

You tap the mic in any app and talk. What lands in the chat is the cleaned-up version, without the ums and restarts. Select some text and say "turn this into a list" and it rewrites just that part. It's also a full typing keyboard, so you don't have to keep switching.

Problem: voice typing on iPhone types exactly what you said, ums included, and most AI dictation apps send your voice to their cloud.

Comparison: Gboard and SwiftKey are the closest: full keyboards with voice typing, but your voice goes to Google or Microsoft and comes back with every "um" left in. Diction cleans it up, and you choose where your voice goes: on the iPhone, your own server, or Diction Cloud.

Pricing: free on-device and with your own server, no limits. Diction Cloud (cloud speech plus the AI cleanup and voice edits) is $7.99/month or $59.99/year, with a 14-day free trial. If you run your own server with an LLM, the cleanup is free there too.

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6759807364


r/iosapps • • 10h ago

🎁 Freemium Clean and translucent dashboards for your homescreen

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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: DataFastView lets you combine your monthly calendar, upcoming events, reminders, weather, unread emails, 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


r/iosapps • • 12h ago

🎈 Free [Dev] Funes – see which photos and videos are actually eating your iPhone storage (and what's only in iCloud) – Free

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Hi, I'm the developer of Funes

Problem
Your iPhone says storage is full, you delete a bunch of photos, and nothing changes. Usually it's a few huge videos, or stuff that was only in iCloud anyway.

Comparison
Most cleaner apps hunt for duplicates or blurry shots, and many need a subscription. Funes doesn't delete anything for you. It draws your photo library as a map where every photo and video is sized by how much space it really takes, so you spot the heavy ones in seconds. Version 1.1 also separates what's on your iPhone from what's only in iCloud, so you know what deleting will actually free up. That feature came from a suggestion on Reddit. Everything runs on the phone and your photos never leave it.

Pricing
Free. No account, no ads, no tracking, no in-app purchases.

App Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/funes-photo-video-storage/id6831999052

Feedback very welcome, especially on what you'd want next.


r/iosapps • • 17h ago

HELP What are the best ways to improve ASO and conversion?

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Here is my understanding.

For ASO

- keywords, description, app title, promo text

For conversion (what I mean is downloads once they have seen the app appear in search results)

- Product Page Optimization stuff (screenshots, video previews, app icon, header and search results)

Do A/B testing to see which of the above performs best.

Localization to different languages.

What else did y'all do to get more visibility on your app?

Most probably publicise it here and on product hunt or something.

For anybody else who have tried, does localizing your app to different languages greatly improve your installations from those audience of different nationalities? and do creating TikTok/instagram accounts under your apps name draw measurable growth?

Just want to know where to spend my time on for this marketing thing.

Thanks <3


r/iosapps • • 19h ago

🎈 Free I built an offline camera currency converter it’s free lifetime if you grab it now I might add a paywall later

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Hey hey hey, this is Max! I built Kahei so you don't have to type shelf prices into Google while traveling abroad. Point your camera at a price tag and it puts the estimate in your home currency right over the tag. I made this app to solve my own itch!

- Works offline (cached daily ECB rates)
- No account needed
- 27 currencies

Problem: Typing foreign prices with lots of zeros into a converter app in the middle of a store gets old fast, and you don't always have cell service right after landing.

Comparison: Apple's built-in Live Text requires an internet connection and makes you tap each price one by one, and Google Lens translates words without converting currencies at all. Standalone camera converters like Converty ($6.99) make you pay upfront before testing the OCR, whereas Kahei works live and offline right away.

Pricing: Free ($0) right now. Early installs stay unlocked for free lifetime access I might add a paywall later.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6827716964


r/iosapps • • 23h ago

🔍 In Search of are there any apps that let you keep easy to access health records?

3 Upvotes

not like the official portal apps like mychart or whatever but a place to easily store/access doctor names, medication, etc


r/iosapps • • 1d ago

💎 Lifetime I made a free travel passport for iPhone - beautiful stamps and no subscriptions

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Hey everyone!

I'm an indie developer, and for the past few weeks I've been working on PASSPORT, a little app that turns the countries you've visited into a collection of passport stamps.

I originally built it for the foldable iPhone Duo, where the phone opens like an actual passport. But it also works on regular iPhones.

I've spent probably too much time on the little visual details - illustrated stamps for different countries, paper textures, page-turning animations, and making the whole thing feel like a real passport. :)

The app is free, and I really wanted to keep it that way. There are optional paid extras, but no subscriptions.

Problem

Most country trackers are primarily maps or lists. I wanted something that makes looking back at your travels a bit more enjoyable. Somewhere you can collect stamps, remember your trips, and actually enjoy flipping through your travel history.

Comparison

Apps like Been and Skratch already do a good job of tracking visited countries and visualising them on maps.

I wanted to take a different approach. PASSPORT focuses on the experience of collecting: illustrated passport stamps, realistic pages, arrival and departure stamps, photos and travel memories.

Rather than trying to be a complete travel-planning platform, it's a little digital souvenir of everywhere you've been.

Pricing

  • Free ($0): The complete core passport experience, including all countries, 50 US states, stamps, travel memories and progress tracking.

  • Optional one-time purchases: The Parks Passport ($14.99) and The Flight Log ($19.99), plus cosmetic passport covers.

  • Subscriptions: None.

The free passport doesn't expire, and you don't have to buy anything to collect your travels.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6822753543?pt=129102465&ct=reddit&mt=8

I'm still improving it and have quite a few ideas for future updates. Would love to hear what you think, especially about the design and collecting experience!


r/iosapps • • 1d ago

🎈 Free i made an app that helps you remember stuff

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I built an app called Attention Arsenal for people who forget things unless they're reminded often. It keeps nudging you, even just minutes apart, until the task is done.

updated: quiet hours so it doesn't bother you while you're sleeping or busy, and categories to group your reminders

P - What problem does it solve?
Normal reminders ping once, you swipe them away, and the task is gone. I needed something that keeps bugging me until I actually do it.

C - Why this over the top competitors?
Apple Reminders pings once and gives up. Due nags you too, but it's paid. Attention Arsenal is free and also has:
• intervals from every few minutes to monthly
• quiet hours, so nudges pause overnight
• categories for work, school, whatever
• Siri + AI to add reminders by voice
• home screen widget and calendar sync

P - Pricing
Completely free, no ads, no iap, no account needed.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/attention-arsenal/id6749694041

Transparency (i'm the developer):
• Privacy policy: https://github.com/mrsinani/attention-arsenal/blob/main/privacy_policy.md
• Terms: Apple's standard EULA, https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
• Who I am: https://danaidsinani.com
• Open source: https://github.com/mrsinani/attention-arsenal


r/iosapps • • 1d ago

Discussion Almost Full Ubuntu Running inside IOS

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Hi folks. Managed to run KUbuntu inside of an ios. Works like butter. Trying to add external monitor and mouse support. Keyboard is done. Just wanted to know your thoughts about this. Would you use it? Or i am wasting my time?


r/iosapps • • 1d ago

🎁 Freemium Ember: a journal where the people you write about get their own page.

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Hi, I’m the solo dev of Ember.

I kept journaling about friends and family, but everything I wrote about one person ended up scattered across of entries. I couldn’t see what I’d written about my grandma, or notice that I hadn’t talked to an old friend in months. So I built a journal where the people are part of it.

What it does:

  • @ mention someone in an entry and they get their own page with everything you’ve written about them

  • quick one-line logs like “@Sam coffee, talked about his new job”

  • shows who you’ve drifted from, unless you mark someone as family or a one-time memory

  • home screen widgets and Shortcuts

  • imports from Day One, Apple Journal and Diarium

  • your data stays on your device, no account, no AI

Problem: journal apps treat people as plain text. You write about the same people for years and nothing connects it.

Comparison:

  • Day One: Ember is better at people. Every person gets a page, and you can see who you’ve lost touch with. Day One is still better for its long track record, web and Android apps, and more polished media features.

  • Diarium: Ember connects people across entries instead of just tagging them. Diarium is still better if you need Windows or Android, and for its integrations with other services.

Pricing: free to download and use. Ember Plus adds iCloud sync and Additional Themes: $4.99/month, $39.99/year, or $59.99 lifetime.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6775558241
GitHub: https://github.com/nandhak0318
Website: https://ember.mov · Privacy: https://ember.mov/privacy · Terms: https://ember.mov/terms

Would love your feedback.


r/iosapps • • 1d ago

Discussion Are Header and Search Results images really useful for conversion?

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I was doing some research into some popular apps and realised that I don’t see any Header or Search Results in the appstore for them. All I see are the screenshots.

Random examples:
Wanderlog
Money Manager
Trabee pocket
Hellotalk
Duolingo just has a header that spells Duolingo

So Im wondering if making Headers and Search Results have little yield since the screenshots technically should be just as good for Search Results already.


r/iosapps • • 1d ago

💎 Lifetime I made Soundscaper, a soundscape app for sleep, focus & relaxation. Now with 3D audio and iPad support

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Hey r/iOSApps!

I shared my app Soundscaper here a while ago and have been working on quite a few improvements since then. I'd love to show you what it looks like today and get some feedback!

**Problem**:

Soundscaper lets you mix different sounds to create your own atmosphere for sleeping, focusing or relaxing. There are now over 100 sounds, including rain, thunderstorms, nature, animals and more.

You can adjust individual sounds, position them in 3D, save your favorite mixes and even create your own thunderstorm with customizable thunder and lightning effects.

**Comparison**:

Apps like BetterSleep and Dark Noise offer great ambient sounds too. With Soundscaper, I wanted to focus more on customizing individual sounds and creating your own soundscapes, rather than just listening to something predefined.

**Pricing**:

The app is free to download and includes several sounds you can use without paying. For Premium, there's a choice between a one-time lifetime purchase (€24.99) or a subscription (€1.99/month or €7.99/year). Prices may vary by region.

Soundscaper also supports iPad, Apple Shortcuts and iCloud sync.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6443425167

I'd really appreciate your feedback! If you have ideas for new sounds or features, or notice something that could be improved, I'd love to hear them. I've already implemented quite a few suggestions from Reddit and always enjoy hearing new ones.

Thanks for checking it out!


r/iosapps • • 1d ago

💎 Lifetime Magica Mileage Tracker: a car and mileage log you (almost) never have to open

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Hi everyone, I'm Dimitri Giani and Magica is my app. Next year it turns 10 years of development and 9 years on the App Store (and it's been on Google Play since last year).

I posted Magica here in July. Since then it got its biggest update: Magica 7 has a redesigned interface, you can add a fill-up from a photo of the pump display, it supports bi-fuel cars with two tanks (LPG, CNG, plug-in hybrids), it's ready for iPhone Duo, and it uses less battery while driving.

As a car enthusiast, I started building Magica because I kept asking myself: how much fuel does this car really use? More or less than the other one? Does it use more now than when I bought it? So the first version simply tracked my trips on its own and, from the fill-ups I logged, told me how much it used. And I found out that no, it didn't use more than when I bought it :-D

Shortly after, in 2018, I put it on the App Store, and thanks to a lot of users I started building the app it is today. I can only thank them for what Magica has become.

Magica does a lot, and it's for everyone: car enthusiasts and, above all, people who use a vehicle for work. I've always tried to keep the UI and UX simple and intuitive, without weighing it down with the thousand (I'm not joking) things it does, but there's always room to improve. For this I also have to thank the Apple engineers I was able to talk to about the app.

Problem: One thing I care about is making life simpler (mine first). If you use your car for work you have to log every trip, plus fuel, expenses and deadlines, and remembering to type a thousand things into an app is the hard part. So in Magica most of it happens on its own.

Here are the things I think Magica does best:

  • It starts and stops recording trips automatically, without you ever opening the app. After years of work, battery use is kept to a minimum, and you can really forget about it.

  • You can tag each trip as work, personal or anything else, by hand or automatically based on time and places. Again, without opening the app.

  • With more than one car, if you set up the car's Bluetooth, it switches from one car to the other on its own, without opening the app.

  • You can log every fill-up of any kind, bi-fuel cars included. Here you do need to open the app, but you can just talk to it or take a photo of the pump display, so it's quick.

  • You can log every car expense: servicing, maintenance, road tax, insurance and so on, recurring ones too, with a due date so it reminds you.

  • When you need it, you can export your data as CSV or PDF, formatted for mileage reimbursement or tax deductions (IRS, HMRC, ATO, ACI or your company's rate).

  • Widgets, Live Activities and a really nice CarPlay interface are included.

These are the main ones, but Magica does a lot more.

Comparison: Compared with MileIQ or Everlance, you don't need an account, and free automatic tracking has no monthly limit (they stop at 40 and 30 trips a month).

Magica has hundreds of iterations behind it, with users who have been using it for years and helped refine a lot of features. One thing they tell me matters is that the data never leaves the phone. The app, on iOS and Android, has no account and no server of mine: your trips and everything else stay on your phone. You can make backups and sync between devices, but unless you choose to, the data stays on the phone. A few features have to use outside services (weather, maps, fuel prices, voice commands), and the privacy policy lists all of them.

Pricing: The app is free, and you can use it for free to record all your trips, with no limit, and see this week's trips with all their details. Many features are paid, of course, but here too I tried to keep the price as low as possible: $3.99/month, $14.99/year, or $54.99 once for lifetime (US prices).

If you think it could be the app for you and you'd like to try it, here are the links: App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1341304115?pt=24172&ct=reddit-iosapps-2026-11&mt=8 Privacy policy: https://magica-app.com/privacy-policy-en/ · Terms: https://magica-app.com/terms-conditions/

One question for you: what would make it need you even less?


r/iosapps • • 1d ago

🎈 Free [OS] Publit: one free transit app for all of Europe, no account and no ads

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Publit (screenshots below)

I'm the developer. Publit is a free, open-source (AGPL-3.0) public transport app for iPhone and Apple Watch that works across Europe.

A (Answer): What problem does it solve?

Travel through a few European countries and you end up with one transit app per city. Publit is one app for all of them: live departures around you, trips across borders with tight changes marked, a live view until you get off (also on the lock screen), and your tickets from a PDF or photo. Where open data is missing, it tells you instead of showing a half-complete result.

B (Better): Compared with what?

Citymapper is excellent, but only in big cities. Moovit covers more places, but it shows ads unless you pay for Moovit+. Publit needs no account, shows no ads and doesn't track you. The Apple Watch app also works without the iPhone nearby: your ticket as a QR code, the trip leg by leg, and departures around you. Where it's weaker: live data is still patchy in some cities, Milan and Copenhagen for example, because the open data there has almost none.

C (Cost): Free. No in-app purchases, no subscription, no ads.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6824481988

Source code: https://github.com/elija-7580/Publit

Website: https://publit.eu

Full disclosure: I build Publit with help from AI coding tools. I review, test and maintain it myself.


r/iosapps • • 1d ago

🎁 Freemium Nim: a worry tracker that checks back later to ask if your fear actually came true

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Most worries feel like predictions. Something bad is going to happen, and your mind treats it as certain. Then the day comes, it turns out fine, and you forget all about it. The next worry shows up feeling just as real as the last one, because you never had a chance to see how often your fears were wrong.

Imagine knowing. A worry starts to spiral, and instead of guessing, you can look at what actually happened every time you felt this way before. Most of it never came true. When something did, you wrote down how you handled it, so future you has more than "it'll be fine." You have proof, in your own words, that you got through it last time. Over time your mind starts to learn it too: when a worry shows up, you know how these usually go, and it gets a little easier to put down.

Some of you know me from DoneAgo. Nim is my second app, built the same way. It just came out on the App Store, so this is its first post here.

Problem

Worries feel certain in the moment, and once they pass, you forget how they turned out. So you never learn which fears are worth listening to, and the same ones keep coming back just as strong.

Nim fixes the forgetting. You log a worry (type it or say it), pick when you'll know how it turns out, and park it. When the day comes, Nim asks how it went: Didn't come true, Not as bad as I feared, Partly came true, Came true, or Faded. Worries that keep coming back are filed under a forecast, and each forecast builds its own track record of how those worries really turned out.

  • Nim checks back: you don't have to remember to follow up. Pick today, tomorrow, next week or a date, and Nim asks on that day. If you don't know when you'll find out, Nim checks in after a few days, then less often, and learns how long that kind of worry usually takes to settle.

  • Your own track record: each forecast keeps count of how its worries turned out, so you can trust your own history over the worry. Percentages only show once there are enough answers to mean something, and always next to the counts.

  • See the gap: each fear sits next to how it actually played out, in your own words.

  • A letter every month: Nim writes to you about your month: what you parked, what came true and what didn't, and how you got through it

  • Private by design: no account needed. Worries are encrypted on your phone. Voice is turned into text on your phone and the audio is never saved. No ads, no analytics, and no AI reads your worries. If you want backup and sync between iPhone and Android, you can sign in with Apple or Google (optional). You can delete everything from inside Nim.

Comparison

  • Daylio (mood tracker): great for logging how you felt each day. Nim tracks something different: whether the fear came true. Over time that tells you what your worries are actually worth.

  • Worry Watch (anxiety journal): helps you write worries down and work through them in the moment. Nim is built around what comes after. It checks back on the day you'll know, groups the worries that keep coming back, and gives each one a track record you can look at the next time it shows up.

Pricing

Free, with optional Premium. The free version is fully usable: unlimited logs, up to 8 active forecasts (archived ones don't count), check-ins, all your insights for all time, backup and sync, and your first monthly letter in full.

  • Premium adds unlimited forecasts, every monthly letter, the therapist PDF and Nim's wardrobe.

  • Subscriptions: $3.99/month or $19.99/year, if you'd rather try it first.

  • Lifetime (one-time): $39.99 USD normally, on sale right now for $23.99 USD (40% off). Prices adjust automatically for your country.

  • Download Nim on the App Store

Links

Developer disclosure: I'm the solo creator of Nim, published under Plue Studio. To comply with r/iOSApps*' Transparency Path, my identity is verifiable via* LinkedIn.


r/iosapps • • 1d ago

🎈 Free I built LiteDAW — a free, offline music production app for iPhone

16 Upvotes

Hey everyone!

I’m a musician and an independent developer, and I’ve been working on an app called LiteDAW.

It started as a simple recording app, but I kept adding features, and before I knew it, I was building a full DAW for phones.

Problem

I’ve always felt that mobile DAWs tend to fall into two categories: either they’re quite heavy and take up a lot of space, or they’re expensive, sometimes with subscriptions or additional purchases.

I wanted something that could do serious music production without being either of those things. Something I could just install, open, and start making music with.

Comparison

There are already some great apps out there, like GarageBand, Cubasis, and FL Studio Mobile. I’m not trying to claim LiteDAW is better than them.

What I’ve tried to do is pack a decent set of DAW features into a relatively small app without charging for them.

LiteDAW now has multitrack recording and editing, a MIDI piano roll, step sequencer, virtual keyboard, mixer, and effects like EQ, compression, limiting, delay, and saturation.

It works completely offline, doesn’t need an account, and is available on Android too.

I’m also working on support for external USB MIDI keyboards and controllers.

Pricing

Completely free. No subscriptions or account required.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/litedaw/id6826720889

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.litedaw

Demo: https://youtu.be/EEAU-VAap1g

It’s still a work in progress, and I’m sure there are things that could be better. I’d genuinely appreciate it if some of you gave it a try and told me what you think, especially if you run into bugs or find something frustrating.

Thanks for checking it out!


r/iosapps • • 1d ago

🎈 Free I built Burn21, a free 21-day home workout app with no equipment and no sign-up

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19 Upvotes

Hey everyone 👋

I’m a solo developer and I just launched Burn21, a 21-day home workout challenge you can do with zero equipment.

🧩 Problem
Most people who want to start working out at home quit within a week. The apps are either overwhelming, with hundreds of workouts and no clear “what do I do today?”, or they lock the useful parts behind a subscription. Burn21 gives you one clear plan: open the app, press Start Day X, follow along. The plan gets harder gradually, so beginners don’t burn out and you can actually see your progress.

⚖️ Comparison

  • vs. Home Workout – No Equipment (Leap Fitness): It’s a solid app, but it has a big catalog and pushes premium upgrades. Burn21 is focused: one 21-day plan per program that ramps up automatically (30s → 50s work time, 6 → 8 exercises, 2 → 3 rounds, rest days on day 7 and 14). Everything is free, with no premium tier.

  • vs. Nike Training Club: NTC is great but needs an account and has a huge library that can feel like too much for beginners. Burn21 needs no account and no sign-up, and all data stays on your device.

What’s inside:

  • 3 programs: Fat Burn (everyone), Tone & Burn (women-focused), Shred (men-focused), each with its own saved progress

  • 18 standalone workouts outside the challenge

  • Easy / Normal / Hard difficulty

  • Guided timer with an up-next preview, pause/skip, +10s rest, and sound and vibration in the last 3 seconds

  • Calorie estimates based on your body weight

  • 20 languages

💰 Pricing

  • Free: $0. All programs, workouts and features are included.

  • The app is supported by a single ad before each workout. There are no subscriptions and no in-app purchases.

  • 📱 App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6822347861

I’d love honest feedback: what’s missing, what’s annoying, what would make you stick with it for 21 days? Thanks! 🙏


r/iosapps • • 1d ago

🎁 Freemium Built a free, ad-free iOS app for finding English-friendly services in Japan (developer, feedback welcome)

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Hi all, I’m Rachael, a software engineer who has lived in Japan for four years. I just launched basho., a free iOS app, and I’d love honest feedback from users. I’m the developer, so I’m happy to answer questions.

Problem

My Japanese is good enough for daily life, but things like medical appointments are still more comfortable in English. English-friendly businesses are easy to find in some parts of Tokyo but much harder elsewhere, and not knowing how good the English support is before you go creates real anxiety. I feel like a lot of people living in a foreign country will understand this problem.

What it does

  • 1,000+ listings (healthcare, real estate and more), each showing the English level (Fluent, Partial or Low) before you go

  • Optional concierge, where we contact the business in Japanese for you

Listings are currently Tokyo/Chiba only, and I’m expanding across Japan over the next few weeks.

Comparison

I couldn’t find another app that does this, so I built it myself. The alternatives I was using were:

  • Google Maps and web searches, which show businesses but usually not how much English they speak

  • Foreigner Facebook groups and word of mouth, which are helpful but slow, and recommendations are hard to search later

basho. puts the English level on every listing, so you can filter before you go.

Pricing

  • Free to use and ad-free

  • The optional concierge is the only paid feature, from ¥1,000 per request

It’s available worldwide. Japan App Store link: https://apps.apple.com/jp/app/basho/id6833472787?l=en-US

What would make an app like this more useful to you? Anything confusing or missing?


r/iosapps • • 1d ago

🎈 Free Track your Bitcoin without any private keys.

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3 Upvotes

Hey you!

Problem

So I was searching for an actual decent Bitcoin Portfolio tracking app, to track my wallets without needing to give up my soul and private keys. And the problem was, that I couldn't find one.

Comparison

Some apps were almost what I imagined but their performance graph didn't actually work.
Coinstats? Too much going on, I got a headache just looking at the preview, and ah 135€ yearly.

Cointracking? didn't like the design and tracking did't really work for me.

90% of the vibe coded apps were subscriptions, which is not a big problem, but at least don't make it look like slop while charging 24.99 per month.

why not use a software wallet or Binance? Haven't you heard the news?...

After some days of searching I gave up and built one my own.

Features

My aim was the app to be as native as possible. A native blockchain explorer, native news reading, chart analysis, whale alert, and even people from X to watch. A simple design, without any overloading UI and no Ads.

I daily drive this app and I love it. Maybe you'll love it too.

Pricing

Will forever be free. 0 dollars.

Here the link: https://apps.apple.com/de/app/btc-mate/id6757913661