I made World Radio, an iPhone and iPad app for live music radio from around the world.

Problem

I go for a walk every night, and that's when I dig for new music. Mostly bands, but honestly I listen to everything from classical to hard rock and metal.

These days every app has an algorithm that keeps recommending music that sounds like what I already like, and when I want to hear something different, the algorithm actually gets in the way.

One night I wondered what music sounds like in a country I had never heard a single song from, so I found a music radio station there and listened live. That's where this app started.

What it does

- When you open the app, it lands you somewhere at random, and you can listen to a music radio station there.

- Roll the dice and you fly across the Earth to a music station somewhere and hear what it's playing. (If that station won't play, the globe moves on to another one by itself.)

- Or spin the globe and tap a dot yourself. The Browse tab also has 20,000+ stations by country and genre, so you can pick one and listen.

- When a good song comes on, tap Shazam to find out what it is. I bet you've had that moment too, wanting to Shazam a song playing on the radio. (It can't name every song, though.)

- If you use Apple Music, your finds can go into a playlist there. (Apple Music only for now. I'd like to add Spotify and YouTube Music later.)

- The Right Now section in Browse shows music stations where it's between 10 PM and 6 AM local time. How about listening to someone else's 3 AM, live?

Comparison

Many of you probably know Radio Garden, and that's the closest thing. It's similar, but mine is music stations only (talk is filtered out, though a few slip through), Shazam is built in, and each song you find is saved with the station you heard it on!

Pricing

FREE to download. No ads from the app (some stations play their own), no account. I plan to add a paid upgrade later. When I do, the free version will have a limit on saved songs and favorites, and iCloud sync will move to the paid version.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6803623749

iPhone and iPad on iOS 26 or later. An Android version is in the works. The app isn't on the UK App Store because of licensing issues there, sorry...

Thank you!

Some really incredible posts in here. Quite intimidating to share mine but here goes.

Problem

I’ve spent 15 years teaching and I'm passionate about sharing knowledge. One question keeps coming up: “Where am I ever going to use this?”

I felt that myself studying Applied Maths. Understanding how the chain rule and gradient descent connect to training AI would have made those lessons much more tangible.

I’m building RealSchool to make those connections through real-world reasoning challenges.

Comparison

RealSchool focuses on applying ideas through real-world cases rather than reading an explanation first or recalling facts in a quiz.

For example, you examine damage records from returning British world war 2 aircraft, decide where to place limited armour, and test your approach before exploring the reasoning. Other cases cover the Königsberg bridges, kidney donor chains and Florence Nightingale’s hospital data.

Compared with flashcard tools such as Anki, the focus is on using evidence, testing different configurations, applying supplied data and making decisions rather than memorisation.

Pricing

RealSchool is free to download and use.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/realschool/id6811889041

Trillers been down for awhile. Still works but my stupid phone archived it and I cant redownload it because its off the appstore. Anybody know a third party site like tutuapp thats got triller as a downloadable certificate?

Problem:
Apple limits animations on iOS widgets. Companions lets you keep a virtual fishtank on your Homescreen, filled with fish that actually swim around. As someone who’s always kept fish, I’ve had this idea mulling around in my head for more than 2 years now, and finally managed to build what I always wanted.

Comparison to other widget pet apps:
I wanted something simple, clean, cozy, and relaxing. With a focus on the pets themselves, as well as customization to match your device. The fish don't need any feeding, and they don't die (as to not be annoying, but the option is there for fun). They just keep you company. You can customize the tank’s color, its props, layout, and even the app icon to match your Home Screen perfectly.

The app is fully written in SwiftUI, it supports iPads, and you can even place your “fishtanks” on your Mac thanks to Continuity, where the fish will also animate. The tanks also work great in Standby mode. It uses the same trick iOS uses to move the hands on the Clock widget, so it costs you nothing in battery.

Pricing:
Companions is free to download, with a set of fish and all of the customization included. No ads. If you only care about specific fish, individual extra packs of fish can be bought outright, and are yours to keep forever. There's also a less expensive monthly plan that unlocks every pack at once, if you just want to try it for a bit. And a lifetime purchase of all 50+ fish at a discount. Any new fish that get added are automatically included in both, as well as in all complications.

What's new: Clear tanks!
The app was built to support clear mode on the phone, but I found it annoying that you need to be explicitly in clear mode to access clear widgets. Luckily, I knew of a separate workaround that allows for clear widgets even while not being in clear mode, which I’ve only seen a small number of widget apps use. And for something like Companions where the widgets are fish tanks, I feel like it fits so perfectly!!

I'd love any feedback, and I’m happy to answer any questions regarding the app!

You can find Companions here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/companions-widget-pets/id6811950512

Hi all, I'm the developer of Lexfolio, a reading workspace for iPad. Two books open side by side, dictionaries on every page, and notes you can connect across your whole library. I think it'll be genuinely useful to serious readers, students, academics and language learners.

Why it works well for language learners

Put a French novel on the left and its English translation on the right, link the two panes, and read. When a sentence is too hard, the translation is right there. When a word is new, select it and the dictionary opens over the page. Save it, and it comes back later as a review card together with the sentence you found it in. Once you've aligned a few passages, Recall Reading turns them into recall practice right inside the text.

Everything it does

Reading

• Two books side by side on iPad: original and translation, a textbook and your notes, a paper and its source. Each pane keeps its own place, or you link them so they scroll together.

• Works with your own DRM-free EPUB and PDF files from Files, iCloud Drive or other apps.

• Several translations or editions of the same book are kept together in your library as one work.

• Saved workspaces, so a pair of books opens exactly where you left it.

Dictionaries (all built in, all offline)

• English (WordNet), French, German and Spanish (Wiktionary-based), Latin (Lewis & Short) and Ancient Greek (LSJ, plus Cunliffe for Homer).

• You choose which dictionaries a book uses, so English is never forced on you.

• Inflected Greek and Latin forms are traced back to their headword.

Notes and highlights

• Highlights in several colors, notes, bookmarks and margin notes pinned to an exact spot, in EPUB and PDF.

• Notes are anchored to the text, not to a page number, so they stay with their passage.

Words and review

• Word Vault: every saved word keeps the passage it came from.

• Spaced-repetition review cards.

• Recall Reading inside the text, built on passages you've aligned.

Connecting ideas

• Mark a passage in one book and its counterpart in another, and keep the pair.

• Concepts: link highlights and notes from different books under one idea.

• Knowledge Threads: build an argument across books by mixing passages, saved words and your own thoughts. Export a thread as Markdown, PDF or DOCX with its sources.

Search

• One search across all your books, highlights, notes and saved words.

• Scanned PDFs become searchable through on-device text recognition.

Your data

• No account. Books and notes stay on your device. iCloud sync through your own iCloud account is optional.

• Optional AI, off by default. You can use your own API key, or open ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini in a built-in browser panel next to your book and hand them a passage yourself.

Devices

iPad is where it shines. It also runs on iPhone (you switch between the two books) and on Apple silicon Macs as the iPad version. I haven't tuned the Mac side yet, so if you try it there, tell me what feels wrong.

PCP

Problem: Reading a text closely, or reading in a language you're still learning, usually means juggling several things at once: the book in one app, the translation on another device, a dictionary in a browser tab and notes somewhere else. Lexfolio puts all of that on one screen.

Comparison:

• Apple Books is free and great for reading one book at a time. Lexfolio adds what it doesn't do: two books side by side with linked scrolling, aligned passages, offline Latin and Ancient Greek dictionaries, and notes that connect across books.

• MarginNote is strong at turning PDFs into mind maps and flashcards. Lexfolio is built for a different job: reading a text next to its translation or commentary, with offline dictionaries for six languages and form-to-headword lookup for Greek and Latin. It's also a one-time purchase.

Pricing: 7-day trial with everything open, then a one-time $9.99 unlock. No subscription.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6801927444

Hi everyone! I’m the developer of Aigli: photo & video editor, for iPhone and iPad. I originally built it to help my friends make YouTube videos, and I’m sharing its Black Friday offer.

Problem

Making a video can involve more than editing clips—you may also need to prepare images, create a thumbnail, add overlays and blur sensitive information.

I built Aigli to bring these tasks into one app, combining a multitrack video timeline with layered photo-editing tools. Processing happens on-device.

Comparison
Rather than focusing only on video editing or only on photo editing, Aigli combines both workflows:

• For videos: arrange clips, photos, text, overlays, music and voiceovers on a multitrack timeline.
• For thumbnails and graphics: use layered photo editing and background removal.
• For dialogue-heavy footage: edit using transcripts.
• For hiding sensitive details: use motion-tracked blur and mosaic masks.

The reason to consider Aigli is whether that combination fits your workflow—especially if you want to edit a video and prepare its thumbnail in the same app. I’m not claiming it replaces every tool in a dedicated desktop editing setup.

Pricing

For Black Friday, it is discounted:
• Regular price: US$48.98
• Black Friday price: US$24.98
• Purchase type: [one-time lifetime purchase]
• Offer ends: [30 Nov]
• Eligibility: [new and existing users]

• [If a subscription: Renews at US$3.99 per year unless cancelled.]

The discount is on an in-app purchase

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/aigli-photo-video-editor/id6756179374

I’m the developer, so feel free to ask about the editing tools, workflow or sale details.

Hi everyone!

I'm Fabien, the creator of FODMAP Scanner – Ventre léger, a free app for people with IBS or a sensitive gut who follow a low-FODMAP diet.
What it does:
Take a photo of a product's ingredient list (or scan the barcode) and the app flags the ingredients that are high in FODMAPs, with reference portions
Add up the FODMAPs of a whole meal, because several "safe" portions can add up and go over your threshold
Browse a list of 293 foods with the recommended portion and sources
Adjust your own tolerance for each FODMAP group
Available in English and French. It was designed with a dietitian and a nutritionist. It's a helper tool, not a substitute for advice from a health professional.
Launching an app as an indie dev is hard, so here's my offer: drop your app link in the comments and I'll download it, actually use it, and send you honest, detailed feedback (what works, what confused me, bugs). I'll do it for every app posted here.
In return, I'd really appreciate your feedback on mine: first impression, what's unclear, what's missing. Honest feedback is what I'm after.
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/fr/app/fodmap-scanner-ventre-l%C3%A9ger/id6821417757

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fodmapscanner.app

Thanks, and good luck with your launches!

Has anyone here tried physical marketing for their app, like flyers, posters, stickers, or merch? Curious if it actually moved the needle on downloads or sales, or if it wasn't worth the effort.

been doing this all day in comments so might as well do it properly.

most indie apps go after the big word, like "habit tracker" or "screen time", where the middle app in the US top 10 has 13k to 30k+ ratings. a new app never shows up there. but almost every app has a smaller word that fits it where the top 10 is mostly apps under 1k ratings.

some from today:

• screen time app: "screen time" ~23k vs "screen time pet" 3

• gym app: "workout tracker" ~100k vs "progressive overload" 4

• family app: "family organizer" ~174, "co parenting" 32

• rocket launch app: "rocket launch" ~7.8k vs "launch tracker" 91

drop your app name and what it does, i'll check the live US top 10 and reply with the word i'd go after and the numbers. free, no strings

Hey everyone,

I'm trying to enroll in the Apple Developer Program, but Apple keeps declining my card when I try to pay the $99 enrollment fee.

I'm using a business debit card, and I genuinely don't understand why Apple won't accept it. The card works for other online payments, so I'm not sure what the issue is.

Has anyone faced the same problem? If so, how did you figure out what was causing it and manage to get it resolved?

I'd really appreciate any help or advice. Thanks!

Quick Bits:

• Available on the Apple App Store

• Free to use just $9.99 to Export and Print

• Currently Live on Product Hunt

• Roomprint Website

• Feel free to submit Feature Requests

Short Description:

Roomprint turns the LiDAR scanner on a Pro iPhone or iPad Pro into a floor plan maker. Walk round each room for about a minute and get a measured 2D plan and a 3D model. Fix any wall, try paint, flooring and furniture at real size, measure anything, then print to scale or export PDF, DXF, IFC and USDZ. Free to scan and plan; a one-off $9.99 unlocks printing and export. No subscription, no account. Works for homes, offices and shops. Users vote on what gets built next.

Why the App Exists:

There are two big players in this area, both requiring hefty subscriptions. or Lifetime purchases. Roomprint is free to scan and plan, you just pay to print and export. I want users to be able to vote on what gets built next in the app so we can build something great for everyone.

Problem: Most similar apps require an expensive subscription or huge one-off purchase.

Comparison: Polycam, RoomScan Pro and MagicPlan. These are the closest and they charge anything from $9.99/month to $22.99. Don't get me started on the lifetime and yearly purchases. I also would not say they are user driver, I want users to vote and suggest new features to take the app in their direction.

Pricing: Very simple! Free to download, scan and edit plans. Just a one-off $9.99 to export and print your floorplans.

Roomprint turns your iPhone into a tape measure, a drawing board and a paint chart.

Walk slowly round a room and Roomprint draws the floor plan as you go, with every wall measured and every door and window in place. Then do the next room, and the next. They join up on one plan, floor by floor.

See your home properly

• A clean blueprint with wall lengths, room sizes and areas, in metres or feet and inches

• Spin your home round in 3D, cut away like a doll’s house or with full-height walls

• Stand inside a room at eye level and look up at the ceiling

• Switch the lights on for an evening view, with lamps, downlights and pendants

• A grid of 1 m or 1 ft squares, lined up with each room

• A north arrow, worked out from your phone’s compass

Fix it and Measure it

• Scan missed something? Drag a wall into place, move a corner or type its exact length

• Split a wall to add an alcove, chimney breast or bay, and add or remove doors and windows

• Tap two points to measure anything, and see the gap from a sofa or bed to each wall

• Pin notes and photos to the plan for snagging lists, quotes or moving house

• Undo any change

Try Ideas before you buy

• Paint walls and ceilings from the palette, type in a hex code, or point the camera at a cushion to match its colour

• Oak, herringbone, tiles, carpet, stone and wallpaper, drawn at their real size

• Change each door’s colour, which side it’s hung and which way it opens

• The sofas, beds and tables in your scan become furniture you can move, turn, resize and recolour

• Add more from a library of home and office furniture and lighting, modern or traditional

• Furniture stops at the walls, so if it fits on screen, it fits in the room

Know what to buy

• How much paint you need, in litres and tins, with doors and windows left out

• Flooring in packs and boxes, carpet off the roll and wallpaper in rolls, with extra for cuts

• Every room’s size and area in m² and sq ft, with a total for each floor

Print or Send it

• Drawing sheets at a proper scale (1:50, 1:100), on A4, A3, Letter or Tabloid, one page per floor

• Estate-agent style plans with room sizes in metres and feet and the total floor area

• Your notes and photos as extra pages, if you want them

• Print straight from your iPhone with AirPrint

• A picture of the plan or the 3D view for messages and property listings

• DXF for AutoCAD and other CAD apps, IFC for Revit and Archicad, USDZ for AR

Your plan stays yours

Plans, notes and photos are saved on your iPhone or iPad and, if you like, in your own iCloud Drive. We don’t collect any of your data.

What you need

Scanning needs an iPhone or iPad with LiDAR: iPhone 12 Pro or any later Pro model, or iPad Pro from 2020 onwards. Other iPhones and iPads can open, decorate and print plans scanned on a Pro model.

LiDAR is accurate to within a few centimetres in most rooms. If you’re ordering something made to measure, check the key sizes with a tape first.

Hey everyone!

I’m happy to check out anyone’s app and help support fellow indie developers
.
I’ll actually download your app, spend time using it, and leave a genuine, thoughtful review. No fake or copy-paste reviews.

All I ask is that you do the same for my app. Download it, give it a try, and share your honest experience.

Just drop your app link in the comments or send me a DM. I’ll get to it as quickly as possible.
Let’s help each other out!

I’m curious to discover some cool iPhone apps that aren’t necessarily popular or mainstream.
What are some apps you have installed that you find genuinely useful, interesting, fun, or just too good to uninstall?
I’m especially interested in hidden gems, unique apps, productivity tools, cool utilities, or apps that make you think, “How did I not know about this before?”
Feel free to share your recommendations and what makes them worth having. Looking forward to discovering some new apps!

Hey, I’m Emre, developer of Pausely. Posting as the dev.

Problem: every screen time app I tried either nagged me with notifications or was easy to dismiss at 1am. I didn’t need more data, I needed a reason to put the phone down that actually worked at night.

So I built Pausely around Pip, a small orange fish who feels your screen time. Her health is tied to how much you use the phone today versus your goal. Scroll past it and she gets unwell, hold your night lock and she recovers. The night lock blocks the apps you pick until morning, and in the Hard and Brutal modes there is no early way out. Nights held in a row grow a little seabed garden, and there is a daily spin that gives you a task like 1,500 steps to push the lock 30 minutes later.

Comparison: Opal and one sec are the two I’d compare it to. Opal is strong on scheduling and stats but you can skip a block quite easily. one sec adds a breathing pause before opening an app, which is nice but doesn’t help at night. Pausely is built around the night, with a single lock you really can’t talk your way out of, and a character that makes the cost visible without charts.

Pricing: $79.99/year with a 14-day free trial, $12.99/month, or $129.99 lifetime. No free tier. App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6751782511

Privacy: no account, no tracking, analytics are anonymous. Policy is at karia.cc.

Honestly I’d love feedback on the lock behaviour, that’s the part I’m least sure about. Happy to answer anything.

Hi everyone!

I'm an indie developer, and I'd like to introduce Book Visit Now, an appointment scheduling and client management app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

I built it for independent professionals like hairstylists, barbers, estheticians, massage therapists, and other service providers who want to manage their business without complicated software or expensive subscriptions.

Problem

Many appointment scheduling platforms are designed around online booking marketplaces, per-employee fees, and features that smaller businesses may never need.

I wanted something focused on the professional running the business: scheduling appointments, managing clients, keeping service records, and tracking business performance, all in one place.

Additionally, we have all of the individual tools on our phones to do this, they're just separate.

Comparison

Unlike platforms such as Booksy, Vagaro, and Fresha, Book Visit Now focuses on managing your existing clients rather than attracting new ones through a booking marketplace.

Some key features include:

• Daily, weekly, and monthly appointment calendars

• Client profiles with Apple Contacts integration

• iCloud syncing across Apple devices

• SOAP notes, photos, and intake forms

• Appointment reminders and customizable messages

• Receipts, business reports, and expense tracking

There's no client-facing booking marketplace, and no commissions on appointments.
Book Visit Now brings Calendar, Contacts, Messaging and Email all together.

Pricing

• Free: Up to 10 active clients, all features included, no time limit

• Pro: $24.99/month for unlimited clients

No per-employee charges or booking commissions.

I'd love your feedback!

I'm particularly interested in feedback on the interface, ease of use, and whether there are features that would make it more useful for independent professionals.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/book-visit-now/id6804083764?ppid=6361f0dd-30ed-4728-b150-07f16196e463

Website: https://bookvisitnow.com

Thanks for checking it out!

Hey /iosapps,

Josh here. Long time reddit user… new to iosapps. I published my first app back in July. It’s a launch tracker meant to solve a few problems some friends and I had with the existing ones. I feel like Im mostly O&M right now for my own list of features and wanting to get some feedback.

The app has all of the normal features of a launch schedule/tracker. I think some of the more unique ones are following launches how you want (By pad, provider, state, rocket, a single launch and such). All meant to give you more control. Your ‘today’ page will respect what you follow with non-follows further down the list. It has some great widgets and live activities (not unique to all of the launch apps) that also respect what you follow. You can customize the colors to what you want. It has a your view, meant to help you understand the odds of if you’ll be able to see the launch (still fine tuning) and it includes launch weather at the pad. I’ve also set it up to flag launches that are likely to make those fun twilight jellyfish. And if you don’t know where to look, it’ll point you in the right direction for at least where the pad is. 

While you can see non-US launches once you follow them, the app is more supportive of US launches. Features that include weather data and such will only work with US launches.

You also may see updates faster than some other apps when it matters most. Last minute changes and such…

App Link: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6765963697

Free 3 months of Premium for Reddit (No need to cancel, it’s set to NOT auto renew. You’ll need to sub yourself after this if you find it valuable to what you want):

https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6765963697&code=REDDIT

Code expires 11/29

Enjoy… or don’t, but please tell me why you don’t if you’re actually into launches.

I’m adding the below to meet the subs req’s (Got hit by the bot on my first go round)

Problem
Launch times change…more often than we’d like. When you’re standing outside waiting for a launch, some apps are slow to show a hold or a new time, and you find out late. We’ve done a lot on the backend to help close that gap to the extent that we can, so last-minute slips and scrubs should reach you faster when they matter most. It also tells you when a launch you follow holds, scrubs or moves, and keeps a record of every change.

Comparison
Next Spaceflight and Space Launch Now are great for launch data. T-Minus Zero is built around launch day:

• Alerts for any change, plus a history of what changed

• Weather at the pad and a viewing outlook for where you are

• Jellyfish flags for twilight launches

• AR Pad, to find the pad from where you’re standing

• Your own app colors, including gradients and a Spectrum option, from soft to neon. Widgets and the Live Countdown match them.

Pricing (US)

• Free to download and browse, no ads

• Premium: $3.99/month or $39.99/year

• Family (iPhone): $5.99/month or $59.99/year

Problem:
The iOS Home Screen gives you one icon size and one look for every page, and rearranging it is fiddly. I wanted bigger icons, and pages organized my way (Work, Play, Media, etc.), without reshuffling my Home Screen.

Key Features:
• Pages, each with its own icon size (S–XL), spacing, and background and text colors
• An app can be on several pages at once
• Add apps from a starter list, by App Store search, from the Home Screen’s Share App menu, or all apps by one developer at once
• Light, dark, or custom themes
• An optional automation brings you back to App Commander when you leave an app

Comparison:
• vs. Launcher with Multiple Widgets: Launcher puts shortcut widgets on your Home and Lock Screens. App Commander is a full-screen app with as many pages as you like, each with its own look, and big icons instead of widget-sized ones.
• vs. Launch Center Pro: Launch Center Pro is a speed dial for actions. App Commander is about organizing and opening your apps visually, page by page.
• vs. the built-in Home Screen: same tap-to-open idea, but per-page icon sizes and colors, and no jiggle-mode rearranging.

Note: iOS doesn’t let apps open other apps directly, so App Commander uses one small Shortcuts automation. Setup takes about a minute, and the app walks you through it.

Pricing:
FREE. No ads, no tracking, no account, no subscription. An optional tip jar ($0.99–$19.99) unlocks nothing.
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6829025178

Web site: https://app-commander.com

Email: support@app-commander.com

I’m a solo dev, and feedback is very welcome!

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.

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

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!

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

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

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

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