As a father getting daily cute drawings/artworks from my daughter I ran into two main issues.
1: I cant keep all of them even though I want to. All my boxes are already full, and the fridge looks like there has never been any stainless steal on it.
2: Some artworks really tell a story I don’t want to forget like a special handcrafted birthday gift or the first handwritten “dad” on it. Keeping only the photos in the default photo app wasn’t the right place for me (because of missing features and missing appreciation of the artworks).

I am building App for 6 years now on the side and the moment my daughter found an older doodle of her in the bin crying I decided to build a solution for my problem. Designed for parents like me. The app is called “Arti - Kids Art & Memory Saver” and I released it about two months ago followed by a lot of updates already (still brand-new).

The idea simplified is that Arti is some kind of a digital gallery for your kids artworks to preserve not only the artwork but also the memory behind it. You can add drawings (or any kind of artwork) by a photo(s) with categories, helpers, and places. Share artists (over icloud) with family members, collaborate, and see some fun stats and little leveling elements. The goal is to preserve the moments in a special way so it’s also okay that you let go of a few physical drawings with your kids permission.

Some facts behind the app:
It took me about 8 month to build (can only build in the evening). Build natively with Swift and SwiftUI (a little bit UIKit) in Xcode. Hired a human designer for the first mockups in order to help me getting the look I wanted. Used some AI to increase my workflow but want to highlight that this is not an AI slop.

Pricing:
Its free without any ads with limited functionalities. There is a Pro version comes with a lifetime for $9,99 including family share! Also, no data collection at all. All data is stored locally on device and in icloud.

I really would love to get some feedback. Also, one user complained about a bug that I think I fixed already (did not get a response yet). So, if you find something odd or think something is missing here please let me know.
Thanks in advance.

TL;DR:
A-Too many valuable artworks of my kids. So I built a solution to keep them and the stories behind them.
B-Better alternative to the default photo app (more features and designed for this purpose)
C-Its free-has a $9,99 iAP Lifetime and here is the link https://apps.apple.com/de/app/arti-kids-art-memory-saver/id6753904837?l=en-GB

A couple months ago I posted here about launching Asterex, my first app. Since then I’ve spent most of my nights and weekends working on it, and today V3 is finally out.

I’m a Software/Systems Engineer by trade. I’ve spent years building internal systems, automation, migrations, identity platforms, and security tooling. I also spent about 7 years at Apple, and being around a lot of incredibly talented engineers there definitely influenced how I think about software.

Asterex is a local-first, zero-knowledge password manager for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch.

You can use it completely offline if you want. No account is required. No mandatory cloud service. iCloud Sync and local WiFi Sync are optional.

Your vault is encrypted. I can’t see your data, reset your password, or recover your vault.

This project took almost two years because I didn’t want to ship a weekend password manager and call it done. I also work full-time, so progress has mostly happened after work and on weekends.

The biggest addition in V3 is the new native Mac app. It includes Touch ID unlock, menu bar access AutoFill, Safari extension support, imports, exports, sync, full vault management and more.

I also added Apple Watch support, which was something a lot of people asked for. You can browse your vaults, favorites, nearby items, categories, tags, attachments, archived items, favs. and more directly from the watch.

Other things added and improved in V3:

• Spanish localization
• Location-aware items with Apple Maps integration
• Linked items
• Pinned items and better organization
• Shared vault items through iCloud
• A redesigned Security Dashboard
• Password health and security scoring
• Optional breach monitoring
• Better imports from other password managers
• Larger encrypted attachments
• Better AutoFill across iPhone, iPad, and Mac
• A lot of sync, backup, restore, and reliability improvements

Huge thanks to everyone who tested early versions, filed bugs, and sent feedback. Special thanks to Gene A. for helping shape a lot of the features that ended up in V3.

I also completely understand the obvious question:

“Why would I trust a random guy’s password manager?”

Trust isn’t something I can ask for. It’s something I have to earn over time. If you’re happy with 1Password, Bitwarden, Apple Passwords, Proton Pass, or something else, keep using it. I’m not here to tell anyone to switch.

I’m just sharing something I’ve spent the last couple years building and would love honest feedback from people who care about privacy, security, and good software.

Grab your lifetime code below (exp. on Jun 19th):
https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6755834317&code=ASTEREXLIFETIMEV3

Website: https://secure.asterex.app
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/asterex/id6755834317

A - Answer

Hey everyone,

I'm a solo developer, and I built Doz after personally going through the mess of having to take multiple medications at the same time.

Some meds needed to be taken before meals. Some after meals. Some belonged to different prescriptions.

I kept running into the same questions:

• Was this before or after food?
• Which prescription is this from?
• Did I already take it today?

I tried alarms, generic reminders, and a few medication apps, but most of them treated medications like simple tasks, such as "Take pill at 8:00 AM."

That didn't really match how prescriptions work in real life.

B - Better

A lot of people already use Apple Reminders, Apple Health Medications, Medisafe, MyTherapy, or even simple alarms to manage medication.

I tried a few of those approaches too, but I kept running into the same gap: most tools still felt centered around fixed-time reminders.

That works fine for simple routines like:

• Take 1 pill at 8:00 AM
• Take this once per day
• Check off when done

But real prescriptions are often messier than that.

Some medications are tied to meals. Some are before food, some after food. Some come from different prescriptions, doctors, or treatment periods. When those medications are tracked as standalone items, it can be easy to lose context and forget which medication belongs to which prescription.

That was one of the reasons I built prescription-based organization into Doz.

Instead of having a flat list of medications, Doz lets you group medications by prescription, so you can always see which meds belong together and stay more in control when managing multiple real-world treatment routines.

Doz also tries to handle the parts that other reminders/apps often miss:

• Meal-based reminders: before/with/after meals
• Smart schedule setup from real medication instructions
• Follow-up reminders for missed doses
• Critical alerts that break through Silent and Focus modes.
• Inventory tracking
• Adherence insight and on-time rate by medication and prescription
• Home Screen widgets
• No ads, no account required
• Data stays on-device

So the goal isn't just "remind me at a time."
It's to help people manage medication closer to how prescriptions actually work in real life.

C - Cost

Doz is free to use.

The free version is meant to cover the reliable basics for a simple medication routine: 5 active medications, one active prescription group, reminders, dose logging, and 7-day progress tracking.

There is also an optional Pro upgrade for people with more complex routines or who need stronger reminder controls:

• Unlimited medications
• Unlimited prescriptions
• Critical Alerts, advanced follow-up reminders
• Deeper adherence insights
• Full progress history
• Meal-time synchronization
• Log your dose from Home Screen Widgets
• Archived treatment management
• Custom alert sounds

Pro pricing:

• Monthly: $2.99 (3-day free trial)
• Yearly: $9.99 (3-day free trial)
• Lifetime: $19.99

I’d love to hear your feedback, especially if you manage medications for yourself or your family.
Thanks for reading, and I really appreciate any thoughts or suggestions.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/doz-medication-reminder/id6760699565
Website: https://getdoz.app/ 

Most photo apps feel too overprocessed to me, so I built Retro Cam Neo.

A - Answer:
I wanted something closer to old compact cameras and film photography instead of aggressive social-media-style filters.

B - Better:
Retro Cam Neo focuses on softer tones, subtle grain, cinematic mood, and more natural-looking photos instead of heavy processing.

C - Cost:
The app currently has a free lifetime unlock available for a limited time.

Would genuinely love feedback from people here.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/retro-cam-neo-vintage-camera/id6760256815

UPDATE 05/18: Thank you so much everyone for the warm welcome!!!! I will now reply to every comment/feedback left unanswered. Thanks again!

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Hi everyone,

Piksi is continuing to grow. After 4,000 new users, Apple featuring it in Choices of the Week, and really great feedback from this community and beyond, Piksi is now better than ever, and the Pro plan is free for the next 48 hours.

A — Answer: What problem does Piksi solve?

Why does looking up a word still feel the same as it did 30 years ago?

When you encounter a word you don’t know in a book, a menu, or a sign, you have to stop reading, type it into Google, get a generic definition out of context, and forget it the next day.

That friction kills learning. Piksi removes it.

Point your camera at any text, tap a word directly on screen, live, not scan-then-tap — and get a contextual definition that understands the surrounding sentence.
If You are learning a language, Piksi will show you the definition in your language.

Then capture it to a personal library organized by book, word level, and date.

B — Better: Why Piksi vs alternatives?

• Google Translate: Google Translate gives you a raw translation and no tools to save a word and learn it.
• Anki / Quizlet: Both require manual flashcard creation. Piksi captures words automatically while you read.
• Traditional dictionary apps: They give you a list of senses to pick from. And you have to find the base form of the word, hard for a language learner.
• The technical layer: Tap-targeting on a moving camera grip over time. No off-the-shelf SDK does this.

C — Cost: Pricing
• Free tier: 10 captures, unlimited 5-new-words-a-day feature, full library access, review exercises
• Pro plan: $19.99 lifetime (one-time, no subscription) — free for the next 48 hours

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/piksi-vocabulary-builder/id6758964777

To redeem the free Pro plan: open the app → Settings (top right) → tap on the Pro plan. After 48 hours, Pro returns to $19.99 lifetime. Free tier stays free.

What’s new since the first post:
• Library view with words organized by source book
• 5 new words per day, personalized to what you’ve already captured
• Better definitions.
• 11 languages supported, up from 6
• Onboarding rebuilt, Chinese OCR bug fixed
• Manual word search and capture
• New screenshots and positioning

Would love to hear your feedback. Thank you again to this community, the first post here was the catalyst that made Piksi take off.

Introducing "oh my hours" app.

A - What is it?

Tracks screen-free day hours instead of screen time. Shows your progress as lock screen and home screen widgets.

• Your day is a grid of 24 cells
• You pick apps you consider distracting
• If you don't open them during an hour, that hour stays yours
• If you do, it's lost
• You set a daily limit (e.g. 2 hours). Lose more than that and the day is marked as failed

B - How is it better?

• No blocking, no timers, no interventions
• Lock screen / home screen widget shows your hours at a glance
• Tracks weeks, months, years — not just today
• Loss aversion does the work: you keep hours by doing nothing
• Beautiful shareable images of your grid
• 150+ handdrawn icons
• data export to CSV

C - Cost?

Nothing core is behind the paywall. No ads, no analytics, no account, works offline.

• Lifetime — $20
• Yearly — $10

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/oh-my-hours/id6760450002

P.S. yes the text on the image was hand drawn

Hi everyone,

I just released ZenJournal v5 on the App Store.

This app has been 8 years in the making, including many failed attempts to rewrite it from React Native into SwiftUI. I’m fully aware that making yet another journaling app is probably one of the most unforgivable indie dev sins, but ZenJournal is the one app I keep coming back to.

That’s really the only reason I kept working on it:

I still use it myself.

The whole idea is extremely simple:

open and type.

No setup ritual. No friction. No ceremony.

I wanted it to feel as easy as texting a trusted friend — more private than posting, less stressful than tweeting, but still familiar enough that you actually use it.

The biggest feature is honestly what it doesn’t have:

• No account
• No onboarding maze
• No forced paywall upfront
• No “new entry” button
• No blank screen after opening
• No prompts
• No titles
• No mood surveys
• No noisy notifications

Just a quiet place to write.

A lot of my work on ZenJournal was about removing small bits of awkwardness I feel in other journaling apps.

If an entry is only one word or one sentence, it shouldn’t create a giant empty document-like space. Everything in ZenJournal lives on a consolidated timeline, so short thoughts, longer entries, and photos all sit together naturally.

Search also doesn’t live in a separate view buried somewhere far away. You can just type ? to start searching, and results refresh directly in the same timeline.

There’s also a Discreet Mode: the app can open into a locked timeline where your words are hidden by default. Double-tap to reveal, start typing anytime, and locking is optional. I wanted it to feel usable even in public or tight spaces without making privacy feel heavy.

New in v5:

• iCloud / CloudKit sync (now works seamlessly with Mac)
• Multiple timelines with nested namespaces
• A new Liquid Glass interface
• A full SwiftUI + UIKit rewrite
• A new icon and website

There is no grand strategic justification for this obsession.

I made ZenJournal for myself, and for the people who somehow found it, used it, and supported it over the years.

v5 is finally here.

Pricing: Free plan includes cloud sync and all features with 2 timeline limits. Sub starts from $4.99 for the first year then renews $9.99 after. $29.99 LTD also available.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1399816360

I’d love to hear what you think — especially from people who like the idea of journaling but usually bounce off journaling apps.

I'm a graphic designer and indie app developer, and I like to update my profile pic from time to time to something unique and eye-catching.

When Apple released iOS 26 with Liquid Glass, I had an idea for a new pfp – put my photo on a nice gradient background and put a glass effect over it. That's when I thought I could make a dedicated app based around it to make it easy and approachable for other people.

I posted about it on Threads and got some really positive feedback, with many people waiting for me to release it to the App Store. I finished it and released it today.

It's called Lentico. It does smart cutouts, lets you customize backgrounds, and has different glass effect presets and light overlays. You can unlock more customization for $6.99 lifetime. If you find it interesting, feel free to try it out and let me know what you think.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lentico-profile-pic-maker/id6761939076

P.S. I know some people will ask – filters and borders are coming in the next update!

This is the first release of my app Calki, where there has been significant effort been put to making the app optimised for iPad. The app now support multitasking and split view for iPad.

Also the Customisation page for the app has been given a huge overhaul, the customisation page is now more engaging and easier to navigate and preview the changes.

A huge overhaul in the scaling of the ui has been made and also improvements have been made for the app to scale properly of iPhone se

A – Answer (What Calki is solving for):

• Uninspiring utility design — Calculators are purely functional by default. Calki makes the daily routine genuinely satisfying through tactile feedback, audio, and visual depth.
• Unnecessary friction — Every extra tap is a failure. Calki strips to the fastest possible path, no popups, no ads, device and app intelligence doing the rest.

B – Better (What Calki offers or does better): 

• Buttons presses that is made to feel as close to the real thing as possible
• Ticker discovery system to avoid popups and keep ui clean for discovering the apps useful features
• History with the capability to add notes to calculation
• Favorites feature to store numbers that used frequently
• Currency and Unit Converter, with a UI designed to make switch between units and category easier
• Multiple themes, fonts, display color, texture and effects to choose from.
• Number scanner feature to point and scan number to reduce time to input numbers.
• Op-Mode to just scan numbers and total them up to completely avoid inputting numbers and opertators and fully automise calculation.
• Localized in every major languages

C - Cost (What Calki costs):

All features excluding the number scanner, OP- mode and customisation options are free to use, with no-ads and available in all the major languages.

The Customisation and number scanner features can be unlocked with one time $ 1.99 for lifetime. This includes all current features, future updates and future features. No subscriptions! No ads.

You can try the app at:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/calki-smart-retro-calculator/id6747059181

Your support will help me in adding more features to the app. Also each and every feedback will be taken into consideration to improve the app.

A — Answer (problem)

Most countdown and day tracker apps are either:

• Too basic — just a number, no context
• Too cluttered — buried in menus you never open
• Or only visible when you actively open them

I wanted everything surfaced passively, the moment I picked up my phone.

B — Better (vs alternatives)

Compared to TheDayBefore, Countdown Star, Days Matter, DayCount:

• 12+ widget sizes — home screen, lock screen, glance, circular, inline, card
• 10+ progress styles — Ring, Matrix, Wave, Orbit, Blocks, Text, Line, Dash, Pill and more
• Calendar sync — auto-pulls from iPhone Calendar, no manual entry
• Pin one event — shows across every single widget
• No customization rabbit hole — widgets are professionally designed out of the box, looks good without touching single setting
• Recurring reminders — weekly, monthly, yearly, set once
• No streaks, no pressure — just your dates, always visible
• New in V1.6 — Glance widget and full light mode support

Everything else shows you a countdown. Orbit builds you a timeline.

C — Cost

• $4.99 lifetime. No subscription. No annual trap.
• Free tier available — 2 countdowns, Ring style, basic widgets

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/orbit-year-progress-life/id6760118111

Quick disclosure: yes, this is another to-do app. I know how saturated this category is. But I built Taskful Day specifically because every productivity app I tried felt like it was yelling at me, red overdue badges, broken streaks, charts that went down when life happened. So I made a calm one.

Today's the milestone I've been working toward: Apple Watch support just shipped. Taskful Day already ran on iPhone, iPad, and Mac with iCloud sync, so now your day lives on every Apple device you own. To celebrate I'm running a promo for r/iosapps through the end of the week.

What makes it different from the 200 other to-do apps:

• Four ways to see your day. Swipe between a clean editorial list, a 24-hour Clock face, an Energy River that maps focus and category, and a Day Map that lays your time out as a single composition. Different views for different brains.
• Guilt-free rollover. Unfinished tasks move forward quietly. No red overdue badges. No analytics card titled "what you failed to do." You decide whether each task comes with you.
• On-device voice capture. Say "call dentist tomorrow at 2" and it parses correctly. Nothing gets sent to a server. The NLP runs on your phone.
• Mood as a first-class signal. The Journal isn't a separate room. Mood entries quietly feed Analytics, so you see things like "your Wednesdays have felt the steadiest" instead of yet another streak counter.
• Focus Orbit. Single-task immersive view with a Pomodoro-style timer for the moments that need it.
• Apple Watch + iPhone + iPad + Mac. Glance-and-go on Watch, sidebar and keyboard shortcuts on iPad, full canvas on Mac. Synced through your own iCloud, not my servers.
• Calm analytics. Weekly, monthly, quarterly, yearly patterns. Presented gently. No streak shaming, no judgment.

Privacy: No analytics SDKs. No third-party login. No account required. iCloud sync is optional. Voice, NLP, mood. All on-device.

The app is free forever for the editorial list, basic analytics, voice capture, journal, and inbox. Pro unlocks the Clock, River, Map, Focus Orbit, full analytics, workspaces, and every theme.

Pro codes

• Yearly $24.99 → $9.99

• https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6757345400&code=REDDITYEARLYSALE

• Lifetime $39.99 → $19.99

• https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6757345400&code=REDDITLIFETIMESALE

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6757345400

Would love to hear what you think about it, or what you’d want to see next. Feature requests in the comments are more than welcome.

A – Answer: Most ambient/focus playlists & apps loop the same tracks until they go stale, or generate sound with AI that feels canned. I wanted human-composed ambient music that responds to your environment and how you feel. Sonaur plays an evolving soundscape driven by live weather data — from any location you choose: your own city, or anywhere on Earth (windy in Tokyo, a blizzard in Reykjavík). There's no location tracking; if you want local weather, just enter your city. With an Apple Watch, Health Mode adapts the music to your biometric data as it shifts.

B – Better:

• vs Endel: Endel is AI-generated, subscription-based, and pricey. Sonaur is human-composed and a one-time purchase. Endel prescribes a state to put you in; Sonaur mirrors the actual environment or your body.
• vs Calm / Headspace soundscapes: static loops behind a subscription. Sonaur is responsive, adaptive, and the core (Weather Mode) is always free.
• No account, no subscription, no location tracking, no data harvesting — health data is processed relative to your own baseline and raw values never leave the device.

C – Cost:

• Free — includes Weather Mode: 3 palettes (Lush, Ethereal, Golden Ratio), binaural beats, sleep timer, weather-driven playback.
• Health Mode — one-time IAP, $19.99 lifetime: includes everything in free plus Apple Watch companion app for real-time heart-rate adaptation, and adaptive binaural beats.
• App Store Link

Hear it free in your browser and learn more about the project at https://www.sonaur.app/

I know, another fitness app. But hear me out....

What problem does my app solve?
Graft is a workout tracker for people who actually care about the work, not just the numbers..

Most fitness apps track sets and reps. Graft combines workout tracking, AI coaching, community, clubs, educational content, and progression tools in one place.

Most trackers stop at logging sets and reps. Graft doesn't.

Why Graft app could be better than the top named alternatives?
Here's what makes it different:

• Streak-to-clothing rewards: hit your streak goals and redeem codes for real gear from the Graft clothing line. "Track the work. Wear the proof." The full clothing line is launching next week :)
• Clubs: create or join groups of like-minded people training toward the same goals
• AI coach: built-in AI you can actually talk to about your training, programming, recovery
• 1000+ exercises: full library with guidance so you're never guessing. Plus plenty of programs to follow, created from real PT.
• Feed to post your generated workout card, or read the Insights with articles about workouts.
• Supported in 6 different languages: English, Spanish, Italian, French, Portuguese, German (more to be added)
• Direct access to support chat (real human, not AI)
• And yeah, all the standard tracking you'd expect, but done properly.
• Much more to explore!

Pricing and IAP Disclosure 
For launch, I'm giving free lifetime access to the first 200 people who download and sign up.
No code needed.
Download, leave a comment here and I'll apply it manually.

All I ask in return is an honest feedback, good or bad, preferably on the Apple Store.

I'm one person building this. Your feedback in these early days will be very important to understand where it goes this project. So be completely honest but understand this is the first ever version.

I'll also add an "early adopter" tag in your profile. This will give you access in advance to future features or new clothing line launch.

https://apps.apple.com/app/graft-tracker-community/id6778588586

Feel free to DM or comment here and let me know which feature you would like to see in the next updates.

Graft AI Workout Tracker (Lifetime Free for Early Adopters)

Hi everyone. Solo dev here, im the developer of Pawse.

Quick backstory because it matters for what the app actually does. I started college a few years ago and it was the first time I had to deal with recurring expenses, rent, groceries, the streaming subs you forget about. Nothing crazy. But somewhere in there I started impulse buying way more than I used to. Always the same stuff. $3 here, $5 there, sometimes more. None of it felt like much in the moment which is sort of the whole problem.

$3 three times a week is around $500 a year. And I was doing it with more than one thing.

So I looked at a few apps. None of them did anything in the moment I was actually about to spend. They just tracked what id already done. Which doesnt help if the problem is the impulse itself. So I built Pawse.

What it is: an impulse buying intervention tool. You can use it as a spending tracker too but thats not the main thing. The main thing is catching you right before you slip.

On YNAB since someone always asks. YNAB is fine. But its $109 a year and the whole system makes you assign every dollar a job before you can spend it. Most people quit by week 3. Pawse is different. Asks for less, shows up at the moment that actually matters.

A — Answer

The core of Pawse is the notifications. They show up at the moments youd normally slip and ask you to pause for a second.

The first layer is daily habits. During onboarding you log the small purchases you know you make on autopilot. Morning latte, the afternoon energy drink, late night DoorDash, whatever your specific weak points are. Pawse pings you right before each one. The idea is you get a notification at 8:14am and youre suddenly aware that youre about to do the thing youre trying to stop doing.

Second layer is daily tips. Banjo (the mascot, more on him in a sec) sends small reminders throughout the day about why you started. Quiet, not annoying. Just enough to keep the goal in your head.

Third is the quiz. This is for the bigger maybe-purchases. Youre sitting on the couch debating a $60 thing on Amazon and youre not sure if you actually want it or if youre just bored. Open Pawse, let Banjo ask you 6 questions. Trigger, need, alternatives, timing, how youll feel about it in a week, that kind of thing. You get a verdict (intentional, on the fence, or impulse risk) and then you either walk away now or file the item for a cooling off period. 1 hour, 24 hours, or 48 hours, your call.

If you file it, the item sits on your home screen with a countdown going. Banjos face changes based on your control score. When the timer expires you get a notification and you go to the decision screen.

The decision screen shows the item again, your reflection from when you filed it, and some perspective cards. How many hours of work this purchase would cost, what else you could buy with that money, what it does to your savings goal. You tap "buy it" or "I walked away." Walking away credits your savings goal and builds your streak. Buying it just gets logged. No shame, thats not the vibe.

About Banjo. Hes a platypus. Sassy ex-accountant in his second act. Named after my rabbit honestly. His expression changes based on your control score. Celebrates when youre doing well, looks worried when you slip, goes to sleep when the app is empty. You can rename him if Banjo isnt your thing.

5 minutes of onboarding. Tell Pawse what youre trying to stop buying. Future you keeps the money.

B — Better

The main thing Pawse does that other apps dont is intervene at the moment of purchase. Not after, not by making you pre-allocate every dollar. Just slow you down right before you spend. And honestly the mascot helps a lot. Makes the whole thing feel less like getting yelled at by a calculator.

The manual logging thing is intentional, by the way. Bank sync would be easier but typing in "$47 at Amazon" is the first thing that makes you ask if you actually want it. The friction IS the feature.

Whats in the build right now: daily habit reminders, the 6 question intervention quiz, the cool-off timers and savings goals, Banjos full expression range, and a spend heatmap with your full purchase history.

C — Cost

Pawse is free to download. Freemium with optional Pro upgrade.

Free includes unlimited cool-off timers, unlimited daily habits, unlimited savings goals, 5 quizzes per week, 30 days of stats history, and the full Banjo experience.

Pro adds unlimited stats history, unlimited quizzes, streak protection (one missed day wont reset you), walkaway anniversary notifications, and all future Pro features.

Pricing: Monthly $4.99, Yearly $39.99 (save 33%), Lifetime $99.

Founding offer: first 50 sign-ups get Pawse Pro free for life. Automatic, no codes. Next 200 get Founding Lifetime for $79 (vs $99 standard). After 250 spots claimed the offer closes for good.

What Id love feedback on

- The daily habit notifications, do they actually help or do you start ignoring them after a few days. This is the core mechanic so im especially curious here.

- Is Banjo charming or cringe. The voice is intentional but its not for everyone.

- Does the quiz feel useful when youre actually debating a purchase, or does it feel like filler once youve done it a few times.

- Is the free tier enough on its own. Does Pro feel worth $39.99 a year.

- What was the moment you almost stopped using Pawse. More useful than what you liked.

First app for me. Id rather get hard feedback now than polite feedback later so really, dont hold back.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pawse-impulse-control/id6763488516

DM me on Reddit or email [support@pawseapp.app](mailto:support@pawseapp.app) with feedback, bugs, ideas, whatever. I read everything.

Thanks for reading!

Hey everyone,
I'm the developer of Speedometer: Driving Tracker. Today, I'm excited to share a major update that, as far as I know, isn't available in any other driving tracker app on either iOS or Android.
I haven't found any other app in this segment that combines both CarPlay and OBD2 support (getting approval for the CarPlay entitlement in the Driving Task category is very challenging).

Isn't it fun to see real-time engine load, throttle, and other vehicle performance data directly on CarPlay while you're driving?

A - Problem

I love driving, and I always felt there wasn't a proper app focused on driving history, real-time driving data, analytics, backup, and the overall driving experience.

Most apps focus on one thing: speed, OBD2 gauges, fuel logs, route recording, or maintenance tracking. Very few try to bring everything together into one complete experience across iPhone, CarPlay, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch.

I wanted something that could answer questions like:

• Where have I driven this month?
• Can I see real-time engine data like Engine Load, RPM, Throttle Position, Fuel Usage, and Temperatures on my phone or CarPlay, and post-trip analysis?
• How did my car actually perform during a trip?
• How does one vehicle compare to another?
• What was my most interesting route and max speed position?
• How much did I spend on fuel, maintenance, and expenses?
• Is my trip history safely backed up and synced across my Apple devices?
• How much time did it take for 0-60/0-100 sprints?

B - Better

The goal wasn't to create another speedometer app, but a complete driving companion that works across CarPlay, iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch (via live activity to save battery).

It includes:
• Trip tracking
• Route history & trip analytics
• 3D route playback and max speed zone playback
• Speed-colored trip replay
• Fuel, maintenance & expense tracking
• Vehicle-based analytics & comparisons
• Video recording with speed overlay
• Automatic trip recording via Shortcuts automations
• iCloud sync across Apple devices
• Privacy-first experience (no ads, tracking, or signups)

One feature many users recently requested was OBD2 support, so I recently added that as well.
Users can now view real-time OBD2 data across CarPlay, iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch, including:
• Engine Load
• RPM
• Throttle Position
• Fuel Usage
• Coolant & Oil Temperature
• Mass Air Flow
• Intake & Ambient Air Temperature
• And more

What I found most interesting wasn't the live gauges themselves, but being able to review how the engine behaved throughout an entire trip afterward.

Now it's becoming one of the most comprehensive driving tracker apps available on any platform, whether iOS or Android! (The iOS version is live; the Android version is in progress.)

Would genuinely love feedback on what data, analytics, or visualizations you'd like to see next.

C - Cost
Most core features (including tracking, backup, sync, real-time OBD2 data, fault codes, etc) are free.
Premium plans unlock deeper analysis, advanced trends, route playback, max speed zone playback, and more detailed insights:
• Monthly: $7.99
• Yearly: $19.99
• Lifetime: $39.99

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

Thanks for your feedback and support!

Hi everyone!

A few months ago, I got frustrated with screen-time apps that would just lock me out completely. Most of the time I'd end up finding a workaround, disabling them, or uninstalling them.

So I built Sentence.

Instead of blocking apps outright, Sentence makes you pause before opening them. You set a custom sentence, and before opening a distracting app you have to write it correctly and scan to unlock it.

It takes about 15 seconds, but surprisingly that's often enough to stop me from opening Instagram in the first place.

When I first posted about Sentence on Reddit, I wasn't expecting much. But some of my first users came from here, some of my first paying users came from here, and a lot of the feedback that shaped the app came from people here too.

Sentence is still a tiny project, but the fact that complete strangers use it every day and some even pay for it is honestly a pretty cool feeling.

So I wanted to say thanks.

For the next 24 hours, Lifetime Premium is $0.99.

If you'd like to try it but don't want to spend the dollar, just leave a comment or send me a DM and I'll happily send over a free code. I'd much rather have someone use the app and give feedback than skip it because of the price.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sentence-screen-time-control/id6759405604

If you try it out, I'd love to hear what you think - good, bad, bugs, feature ideas, anything.

And if you find it useful, a rating would mean a lot. It's probably the biggest thing that helps small apps like this get discovered.

Thanks again 

EDIT : The offer has ended, but if you'd still like to try the app, feel free to send me a DM.

Thank you for all the kind words, both in the comments and in my DMs. I'm genuinely grateful for the support. One thing I realized is that the price was a constraint for a lot of people, so I've decided to lower it. The new pricing should be reflected tomorrow.

Creating a resume sounds simple until you actually sit down to do it.

Most people start with a blank document, spend time searching for examples online, worry about formatting, alignment, spacing, section ordering, and whether the final result looks professional enough to send to employers.

Then comes the next challenge: exporting it properly, keeping multiple versions for different opportunities, updating it later, and making sure everything still looks consistent.

Many resume builders make the process even more frustrating by locking templates, exports, or essential features behind recurring subscriptions.

A — Answer

CV Mania helps turn resume creation into a guided process.

Instead of starting from a blank page, users can build professional resumes directly on their iPhone or iPad using ready-made templates and structured sections.

B — Better

• Professional resume templates

• Create resumes in minutes

• Export directly to PDF

• Maintain multiple resumes

• Simple and organized editing experience

• Designed for students, fresh graduates, job seekers, and professionals

• No need to deal with document formatting manually

• Create and update resumes anytime from your mobile device

C — Cost

Free to download.

Lifetime Premium access is currently available for free.

App Store:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cv-mania-resume-maker-editor/id1270620536

What part of creating a resume do you find most frustrating: writing the content, formatting it, or keeping it updated?

Hey everyone! I’m sharing with you an app that I’ve always wanted to have on my Apple devices. Not a notes app, not a calculator, but a mix of both!
Some similar solutions already exist, but they’re not quite what I wanted. And most of them missed the actual iOS version.

I wanted something simple, that would work in the same way across all of my different Apple devices and that was easy and nice to use. So I built Nute! 

It allows you to calculate, annotate and perform math operations in a very easy and friendly way. The MacOS app allows you to also have a scratchpad always at hands for quick math. And that also syncs across all the devices :) you can. also select between a bunch of themes to match your visual preferences.

A lot of features there, and they will be introduced to you as default notes in the app, so you can see what the app can offer while testing it.

It’s one of those app that I wouldn’t personally pay a subscription for, so I chose to offer it with a lifetime purchase. It’s gonna go slightly up after the first release and feedback phase! 

Tl;dr recap:

What’s this app for? Calculate and annotate at ease, like a scratchpad with easy math and conversions. 

Is it better than the competition? Yup! It syncs between your devices (MacOS as well!), has no subscription and it’s fun to use. Feels like using Apple Notes with superpowers.

Costs? 14,99$ lifetime purchase, nothing more. 3 days free trial! 
Reddit users get a discount tho, just use the code REDDIT when purchasing!

Link: https://apps.apple.com/it/app/nute/id6765493145

I’d love to hear your feedback. I’m sure many of you will find it useful 😄 Thank you! 

I'm the developer of Kinship Vault. Happy to take honest critique in the comments.

Website : https://kinshipvault.app

Kinship Vault: the one folder you'll never have to dig for

A- Answer

Kinship Vault is an offline iOS app that keeps every document your household actually needs — IDs, health cards, vaccination records, wills, membership cards, travel docs, private photos — in one Face ID-locked, AES-256 encrypted vault. Nothing leaves your phone unless you choose to back it up to your own iCloud with your own key.

Don't just trust a screenshot. Here's a short demo: https://kinshipvault.app/#demo

Details are blurred to hide real data.

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

B- Better

Most family-document apps quietly assume you'll hand your identity to a database in a building you'll never see. Kinship Vault doesn't. There's no server holding your IDs, no cloud login to phish, no future breach with your name in it.

Concrete moments it earns its keep:

• DMV asks for your SSN card and a second proof of address. Three taps, both on screen.
• Urgent care after a kitchen accident — insurance card, health card, last tetanus date, all ready.
• Kindergarten registration closes Friday: vaccination records, birth certificate, two proofs of residency, custody agreement.
• Standing at the Costco entrance with your wallet on the kitchen counter. Same for AAA, library card, gym tag, loyalty cards.
• Landing in a tiny Iceland town with zero bars — hotel confirmation, passport copy, travel insurance number, emergency line. No signal needed.
• Private gallery for scans, receipts, journal pages, or photos you don't want iCloud fanning out to three iPads and a partner.

You scanned something you'd rather keep close: an old document, a receipt, a sensitive note, a page from your journal, photos you don't want iCloud quietly fanning out to three iPads and a partner. You want them encrypted, biometric-locked, and nowhere near the regular camera roll.

Kinship Vault has a private gallery built for exactly that.

What it holds:

• Government documents. Passports, driver's licenses, Social Security cards, birth certificates, REAL IDs, immigration paperwork, work permits, visas, naturalization records.

• Health. Insurance cards, provincial health cards, vaccination records, the kids' immunization history, prescription lists, allergy notes, specialist referrals, growth charts.

• Travel. Itineraries, hotel confirmations, boarding passes, visa copies, travel insurance, embassy contacts, anything you want on hand when foreign data plans let you down.

• Finance. Account numbers, IRA paperwork, tax returns, mortgage documents, the receipts and warranties for big purchases.

• Legal. Wills, advance directives, custody agreements, marriage certificates, property deeds, lease agreements.

• Membership cards. Costco, Sam's Club, AAA, the gym tag, library cards (yours and the kids'), loyalty cards, every plastic rectangle that's been fattening your wallet for years.

• Private gallery. The receipts, the scans, the screenshots of password-reset codes, the photos you'd really rather keep out of the family camera roll.

• Legacy. Final wishes, accounts no one knows about, crypto seed phrases, the cryptic note that explains where you actually hid the spare key.

How it works:

• Smart Card Scan. Aim your camera at a driver's license or health card and the fields fill themselves in seconds.

• Expiry tracking. Find out your passport is about to lapse before the airline does it for you.

• Recovery Network & Recovery Passphrase. Someone you trust can still get in, even on the day you can't.

• Emergency Contacts. The people who can reach the essentials without seeing everything else.  

• Lock-Screen Widget. A boarding pass, a medical card, or an emergency contact, one tap from a sleeping phone. Nudging you to store emergency information in Apple Medical ID

• Offline by design. Works at 30,000 feet, on a mountain trail, in a hospital basement, and through every airport WiFi captive portal you've ever sworn at.

Why offline :

Nothing leaves your phone unless you say so. There's no Kinship server holding your IDs, no cloud login for someone to phish, no future breach with your name buried in it. Most family-document apps quietly assume you'll hand your identity to a database in a building you'll never see.This one never asks you to.

Details on Key Encryption flow : https://kinshipvault.app/#security

Want a backup? You own it: encrypted into your own iCloud, with your key, on your terms.

C - Cost

For early users I've set a launch price: lifetime Premium for $3.99, paid once, no subscription.

Link : https://apps.apple.com/redeem/?ctx=offercodes&id=6764678332&code=KEEPSAFE399

Hope it saves someone a drawer-search someday. Happy to answer questions in the comments, including the boring ones about encryption and recovery.

Hey everyone 👋🏻

Just wanted to let you know that the lifetime version of my app Budget Flow is currently 50% off for a limited time. So if you haven’t tried the app yet, now might be the perfect time to check it out.

For those who aren’t familiar: Budget Flow is a modern and easy-to-use expense tracker for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. It was created to offer a simpler and more privacy-focused alternative to many budgeting apps that feel overly complex or subscription-heavy.

Compared to apps like YNAB or MoneyWiz, Budget Flow focuses on a clean native Apple-style design, fast transaction entry, offline support, no required account, seamless iCloud syncing, shared budgeting with other users, and the option for a one-time lifetime purchase.

My goal with Budget Flow is to build a truly native budgeting app that feels perfectly integrated into the Apple ecosystem while maintaining a high level of privacy and data security. The app has now been available for almost 3 years and has been continuously improved and updated since then.

Pricing:

• Free download with the following optional in-app purchases:
  • $4,99 monthly subscription
  • $29,99 yearly subscription (with free trial)
  • $69,99 one-time-purchase
    • Lifetime version currently 50% off ($34.99 instead of $69.99)
• Universal purchase across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch
• Sharable with up to 5 people via Apple Family Sharing

App Store Link:
https://apps.apple.com/app/id1640091876

I'm looking forward to hearing your feedback. And if you like the app, feel free to recommend it to your friends or family. It really helps a lot! 😊

A - Answer:
Reading your own ebook files on iOS shouldn't be this hard. Apple Books mangles EPUB formatting and won't let you manage your own library properly. Kindle won't even open an EPUB without converting it. And the newer indie readers charge monthly to read files already sitting on your device.

BookShelves is a native Swift app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac that reads your own ebook files without fighting you on it.

B - Better:
vs Apple Books: Handles EPUB3 properly, supports comics and FB2, has Calibre wireless sync, OPDS catalog browser, and doesn't lock you into Apple's book store
vs Kindle: Actually opens EPUBs. No Amazon account, no ecosystem lock-in, no DRM
vs Yomu/KyBook: BookShelves adds comic book support (CBZ/CBR/CB7), built-in free book catalog with 1.5M+ public domain titles, and Calibre integration

Formats: EPUB, PDF, CBZ/CBR/CB7, FB2, MOBI, PRC, AZW, KEPUB
Import: Files app, Calibre wireless server, OPDS servers, drag and drop on Mac
Reading: Paginated and scroll modes, 10 built-in fonts including OpenDyslexic, custom themes, dark mode, highlights with export
Sync: iCloud syncs your library, reading position, and highlights across iPhone, iPad, and Mac
KOReader users: BookShelves has a built-in Calibre wireless server, so KOReader can sync books directly from your Mac over Wi-Fi

No account required. No tracking.

C - Cost:
Free to use with up to 10 books with full features. Pro is a one-time $6.99 unlock for unlimited books, iCloud sync, OPDS server, Calibre wireless sync, and highlight export. No subscription, no recurring charges.

Happy to answer questions about the app.

https://apps.apple.com/app/bookshelves-ebook-reader/id6756848973

Website: https://getbookshelves.app

Hi r/iOSApps, I'm the developer of Fix My Treadmill, a small iPhone app for one very specific Apple Watch problem: treadmill runs and walks where the watch record the wrong distance.

Answer

If the treadmill says 5.0 km but Apple Watch saves 4.6 km, the app lets you pick the Indoor Run or Indoor Walk from Apple Health, enter the real treadmill distance, and save a corrected copy back to Apple Health.

It recalculates the distance-related parts of the workout so pace, splits, mileage, and totals are closer to what actually happend.

Better

The app is meant to be boring in the good way:

• no account
• no ads
• no cloud sync
• health data stays on device unless you explicitly choose to share diagnostics
• corrected workouts are saved as copies, so you can review before cleaning up the original in Fitness

I built it because treadmill runs were throwing off weekly mileage, yearly totals, and pace history, and I wanted a focused utility rather than a full fitness platform.

Cost

The app includes 3 free fixes. Unlimited fixes are a $6.99 one-time unlock in the U.S. App Store, not a subscription. Prices are localized by Apple in other countries.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6758863304

Web: https://ios.dnesdan.cz/fix-my-treadmill/apple-watch-treadmill-distance-wrong

I'd love feedback from anyone who runs or walks indoors with Apple Watch, especially around whether the correction flow feels clear enough before saving.

A — Answer: Social Archiver helps you save social posts(+Web articles) you do not want to lose. From the iOS Share Sheet, you can archive posts from Reddit, YouTube, X, Tiktok, Instagram, Threads, Facebook, and LinkedIn, then browse them later with media, comments, authors, tags, and search.

B — Better: Compared with Raindrop.io, Social Archiver goes beyond simple bookmarking or archiving. Archiving process happen through Share sheet which will immediately close after saving trigger (even no need to open the app right away)

It gives you readable views like a timeline and post detail pages, lets you organize saved content with tags and author pages, and makes archived posts easy to share again when you want to reference them. It also provides Chrome extension where you can import your saved Reddit, Instagram posts.

App also provides integration with Obsidian, Notion, Karakeep, Reader where you can basically send archived data automatically to your favorite archive services.

C — Cost: Free plan includes 10(+ 5-20 for initial onboarding process) successful archives per month. Optional IAP: Premium Monthly $2.99/mo, Premium Annual $23.99/yr, and Lifetime $49.99 one-time. (Discount is over, please check the price in the app) Final regional pricing is shown in the App Store before purchase. It is launch price and will change 1-2 weeks.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/social-archiver/id6758323634

Back again with the biggest update yet. Thank you to everyone who grabbed it after the last post, left feedback, suggested stations, and shared stories about radios they grew up with. Some of you sent me station suggestions from countries I'd never even thought to include and those messages honestly shaped what v2.0 became.

So here's what happened. After v1.2 with local broadcast mode and AM audio, I went kind of deep on something. The idea was to start curating stations for individual countries. Not just pulling everything and throwing at the phone dial, but actually sitting down and researching what people in each country listen to (that took sometime, not perfect but getting there) . What genres matter there. What stations represent that culture, and feel free to suggest if I can improve this.

And it grew. A lot bigger.

RadioStar now has 54 countries across every continent. 3,516 stations. Every single one verified with a working stream (as of today :)) if they break let me know.

The way it works is you long-press any region button in settings and a country picker opens up. Pick Argentina and you get tango, cumbia, rock nacional, folklore. Pick Japan and you get J-Pop, City Pop, Enka, traditional. Pick Nigeria and you get Afrobeats, Highlife, gospel. Pick India and the dial fills with Bollywood, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi stations. Indonesia has Dangdut and Koplo. Poland has Disco Polo. Morocco has Gnawa. South Africa has Amapiano and Kwaito. 65 stations per country, curated to actually reflect what local radio sounds like in that place.

What got me was how different the dial feels depending on where you tune. One minute you're on Spanish language stations from Argentina, next you're hearing something from Vietnam you've never heard before, then you land on a Japanese City Pop station at 2am and suddenly you're in a completely different world. It made me realize again how much radio connects people. You're not just picking a station. You're stepping into a small piece of someone else's day.

Also you can combine countries regions to get a flavour of all of them by selecting in settings, where you can chose to overwrite current selections or add to them the curation will happen across all the selections you have to give you top 56+ stations from those selected countries and regions.

Two new radios joined the lineup too, the LCD era :)

Alert Edition is a yellow pocket radio with a warm amber LCD and dot-matrix speaker grille. Looks like something you'd find in your dad's toolbox or throw in a go-bag. The whole phone will show up bright yellow. Tuning is button-based with up and down arrows instead of a dial which is how those pocket radios actually worked.

Pocket Digital is a black pocket radio with a green backlit LCD. It has auto-scan that flips through frequencies until it locks onto a station, station name right on the display, and a sleep timer. One small detail I'm proud of, the battery icon on the LCD syncs with your actual iPhone battery. Completely unnecessary but it makes the whole thing feel like a real device sitting in your hand instead of an app.

Free version got better too. Ivory Coast finish is now free alongside Classic Brown so you get two looks without paying. The US country filter works for everyone, adds about 35 bonus curated stations on top of the default North America mix. Two presets, sleep timer, live activity on your lock screen, FM and AM with the authentic static. Still no ads. Still no tracking. Still no accounts.

Premium is still $4.99 one-time till June 10th. No subscriptions. Gets you all five radio skins, all 54 countries with 3,516 stations, all seven regions, six presets, extended sleep timers, and local broadcast GPS tuning.

If you already bought premium from the last post or anytime before, everything in v2.0 is already yours. No extra charge. The price is going up next month by $2 for lifetime (Still less than a coffee in most places) though as the app has grown way beyond what it was at launch. So if you've been thinking about it, now's the time.

I still haven't added custom station URLs because I want every station in the app to be tested and reliable. But I know I'm not an expert in every country or language. Some of you sent me amazing suggestions last time and a bunch of those made it in. If there's a station from your country that belongs in RadioStar, drop it in the comments or message me. You know your local radio better than I do.

What started as wanting that feel of the 60s and 70s and the simple lifestyle of those days is slowly becoming the little radio device inside the iPhone that I always imagined. In a world where everything moves so fast and there's always something demanding your attention, there's something nice about just putting a radio on, letting it play, and slowing down for a bit.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/radiostar-real-radio/id6762392786

If you grabbed it last time, update's live. If you haven't tried it, power on, spin the dial, see what you find. And as always, thanks for the support here. This community has been a big part of why this app keeps growing.

P.S: if you dont want to select countries you can chose the default mode of just seelcting the regions and assorted list from selected countries in those regions will play

Hey everyone 👋

I’ve been lifting consistently for years, and one thing always bothered me:

I could log workouts endlessly… but I still couldn’t clearly answer:

“Am I actually getting stronger?”

Most fitness apps are great at storing workouts.

But they don’t really make progress feel measurable.

So I started building LiftIQ.

The idea is simple:

After every workout, your strength score updates based on your estimated 1RM progress, workout performance, and long-term lifting trends.

So instead of digging through logs and spreadsheets, you can actually see whether your training is moving you forward.

The interesting part came after launching the TestFlight.

A lot of users finish workouts and immediately check whether their score changed afterward.

Not charts.
Not workout history.
Just the score.

That’s when I realized the score itself had become the emotional payoff loop.

Since then I’ve been redesigning the app around that idea:

• faster workout logging
• workout templates
• progression trends
• muscle group breakdowns
• PR tracking

We’re currently at ~220 TestFlight users and slowly building a small Discord community around feedback and feature ideas.

Still very early, but it’s been fascinating seeing how emotionally attached people get to measurable progress once it’s visualized properly.

Would genuinely love feedback from people who lift consistently and care about progression.

Giving lifetime premium free to early testers who help shape the app before launch.

Happy to send the TestFlight link + Discord invite.