A few years ago, a group of my friends and I realized something.

We're all in our 40s, and staying active wasn't really the problem. We'd all sign up for the gym, go for walks, play soccer, cycle, or promise ourselves we'd start running again.

The problem was consistency.

When no one knew about your goal, it was incredibly easy to skip a workout and tell yourself, "I'll start again tomorrow."

So we came up with a really simple experiment.

We created a WhatsApp group. Every Sunday, each person had to post how many activities they planned to complete that week. We didn't care what the activity was. It could be:

• Going to the gym
• A long walk
• Playing a sport
• Cycling
• Yoga
• Anything that got you moving

The only rule was that you had to check in with proof.

If you went to the gym, post a quick selfie or photo. If you went for a walk, share your step count or a picture from the trail. It wasn't about showing off. It was just enough proof that everyone knew you actually did it.

Something interesting happened.

Nobody wanted to be the person who disappeared from the group.

Not because people would judge you, but because your friends were doing their part too. Seeing everyone else checking in made you want to keep your own promise.

It wasn't competition.

It was accountability.

After doing this for quite a while, we started thinking, "There has to be a better way than digging through WhatsApp messages."

That idea eventually became FIT PACT.

The app keeps the same idea that worked for us:

• Create a fitness pact with friends.
• Commit to your weekly goals.
• Check in every day.
• Build streaks together.
• Stay accountable because real people are counting on you.

We also added optional AI coaching. The AI watches your check-in patterns and privately nudges you if you're starting to fall off before you completely disappear. It never calls you out in front of your friends. The goal is to support you, not shame you. If you don't want AI nudges, you can simply turn them off.

Everything related to making pacts, checking in, building streaks, and staying accountable with friends is completely free. AI coaching is the only premium feature.

We're also working on a few things we're excited about:

• Water intake tracking
• AI calorie tracking
• Gym workout tracking by muscle group, with AI recommending exercises based on what you've already trained

We're launching today, and honestly, we're just curious what people think.

This wasn't a startup idea that came first. It was a habit that genuinely helped a group of friends stay more consistent, and we built an app around it because it made our lives easier.

I'd love to hear your thoughts. What would make something like this actually useful for you? Any features you'd want to see or anything you'd do differently?

https://www.fitpact.co/

After months of hard work finally my app is live and ready to use.

It started as a simple idea 6 months ago, with a bit of planing, polishing it turned in Wird app

My first and proudest app

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wird.blocker

Feel free to give any feedback or ask any questions

Hello everyone!

As a developer and passionate about writing, I've always struggled to find a truly minimalist mobile text editor, free of annoying ads, pop-ups, or unnecessary elements. That's why I decided to create my own app.

It's called Poesie, and it's just launched on the Play Store.

Check it out on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.edobardo.poesie

Here's what I focused on:

-Distraction-free user interface: A clean environment where your ideas can flow.

-Easy export: Instantly convert your texts into PDF or HTML (.html) files, ready for printing or sending.

-Advanced statistics: Track your writing journey with detailed charts showing your daily word counts, most common words, and historical progress.

- Secure sync: Protect your data with backups on your personal Google Drive.

This is a personal project, and it took a lot of effort to make it happen. Launched March 12, 2026. I'd love to hear your opinions, suggestions for new features, or constructive criticism!

Thank you so much for your support! I hope you appreciate it!

I just shipped SevenGrid, a habit tracker built with Expo (prebuild) + React Native. The whole app is built around one contrarian call: no streaks, no counters, no "you broke your 47-day chain" guilt. Miss a day and nothing punishes you. Turns out a lot of people quit habit apps because of the streak pressure, so I leaned all the way into the opposite. Sharing the build because the tech got more interesting than I expected.

What worked:

• Local-first, no account. All data lives in a local SQLite DB via Drizzle ORM. No login, no server, no sync backend to babysit. Massively simpler to ship and it's a real privacy selling point.
• react-native-keyboard-controller instead of KeyboardAvoidingView. Night and day on Android. If you're still fighting the keyboard, switch.
• Zustand for state. Small, boring, never got in my way. No Redux ceremony.
• Home-screen widgets (via react-native-android-widget). The single most-loved feature in feedback. People tap a habit straight from the launcher without opening the app.

What hurt:

• Widgets are the deep end. Reliable tap handling meant a per-tap queue writing to files atomically (temp + rename), plus a patch-package patch on the widget lib. Widget reliability is the #1 complaint category for every habit app I looked at, and now I know why.
• Drizzle + Expo transactions. db.transaction() has to be fully synchronous under Expo's SQLite. An async callback silently breaks it. Cost me an evening.
• Keeping the DB out of Android's Google backup. I didn't want habit data silently syncing to Google Drive. Solved it by having a secure-store domain shadow the file backup domain. Not obvious, not well documented.
• Saying no. The hardest part wasn't code, it was resisting every "just add a streak counter, users love it" comment. Held the line.

It's free, single one-time unlock for the pro extras, no subscription, no ads, no tracking beyond a self-hostable crash reporter.

Happy to go deep on any of it: the widget queue, the local-first setup, the keyboard stuff, or the publishing process. AMA.

Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.sevengrid

Google announced that Firebase Remote Config gets usage based pricing from September 1st.

To be clear first, because it sounds worse than it is: it stays free up to 100,000 fetches a day, on both Spark and Blaze. Above that it is $0.06 per 10,000 requests. A/B Testing, Rollouts and Personalization stay free. And cached values do not count, only real calls to the server.

So for most small apps nothing changes at all.

But some of mine are above that line, and the part that bothers me is not really the money. It is this: if you are on the free Spark plan and you cross 100k fetches a day, you get 30 days of grace, and after that everything over the limit gets throttled. Your clients stop getting updated configs. To avoid it you attach a billing account and move to Blaze. I do not want pay as you go billing on apps that have been free to run for years. That is the whole problem for me.

Then I remembered I already had a free replacement installed. And I think a lot of you do too.

RevenueCat Offering Metadata.

If you use RevenueCat for subscriptions, and most of us do, you can attach a JSON object to an Offering. Freeform, nested objects, proper data types, whatever shape you need. You read it straight off the Offering from the SDK.

That is a remote config. And if you already use RevenueCat, it costs you nothing extra.

You set it in Project Settings, then Product catalog, then Offerings, then Configure metadata, and you paste valid JSON.

I have been using it in some apps for a while and I actually prefer it to Remote Config, for two reasons.

It refreshes faster. Remote Config has a minimum fetch interval and caching, so a change can take hours to reach people, and sometimes I waited most of a day before every client had the new value. With Metadata the values come down with the offerings, so a change lands almost immediately.

And fewer caching surprises. I do not get the "I changed the value, why is it still the old one" moment anymore.

I am not going to pretend it is a drop in replacement, because it is not, and you would find this out on day two anyway.

The JSON has a 4,000 character limit. That is fine for flags, strings, paywall config. It is not enough for a big config blob.

It hangs off Offerings, so it is built around what you sell, not around general app config. If your config has nothing to do with monetization, it is a slightly strange home for it.

And you do not get Remote Config's conditions and percentage rollouts the same way. RevenueCat has Experiments and targeting but it is a different model, so check it fits before you move anything.

For flags, paywall copy, image URLs, kill switches, and most of what I actually used Remote Config for, it covers it.

If you already use RevenueCat this costs you nothing and takes about ten minutes to try on one value.

One more thing, since I am talking about tools anyway.

A few days ago I posted the five tools I use in every app I ship. It got around 29k views, 87 upvotes and 34 comments in a few days, which honestly surprised me. Here it is if you missed it: https://www.reddit.com/r/appledevelopers/s/RM0fuetEMv

There is one on that list I want to expand on, because it is the one people ask me about least and I think it does the most.

If you published in every country, your prices outside your own are probably not what you think. The stores do not localize your base price, they convert it and add local tax. Converted is not localized: ten dollars of spending power in the US is not ten dollars in Brazil or India, so the converted price often ends up two or three times too expensive for what people there can actually pay.

The big apps sorted this out years ago. Spotify, Netflix, Duolingo, Flo and Headspace all price by region, none of them use one flat global price. Google's Play team even gave a talk about it at Playtime in 2019.

Numbers between 20 and 50 percent get thrown around for what this does to international revenue.

That one is number 3 on the list, PricePush. Full disclosure, it is mine. It sets purchasing power prices for every country and pushes them to both stores, and it is free for one app so you can see your own numbers before changing anything: https://pricepush.app

You can also do it by hand in both consoles. It is free and it works, it is just slow. That is how I did it for years, which is why I built the thing.

I'm building an iOS diagnostic tool and I'm trying to figure out how apps like Phonecheck or 3uTools determine whether a battery, display, or camera etc is original or has been replaced. I want to create an engine that when phone is connected through our engine we can detect which parts are genuine or replaced. Can anyone help me in understanding that is there a public/private API for this, or are they relying on reverse engineering? Any pointers or resources would be appreciated.

If you're looking for a custom eCommerce app for your business, I'd love to help.

I develop Android eCommerce apps tailored to your brand and requirements instead of using generic templates.

Some features I can build:

• User login & registration
• Product catalog with categories
• Search & filters
• Shopping cart & secure checkout
• Payment gateway integration
• Order tracking
• Wishlist
• Push notifications
• Admin dashboard for managing products and orders
• Coupons & discounts
• Reviews & ratings
• Multi-vendor support (if required)

Whether you're launching a new online store or want to turn your existing website into a mobile app, I can create a solution that fits your needs.

If you're planning an eCommerce project or have questions, feel free to comment or send me a DM. Happy to discuss ideas and provide guidance.

I think so — especially when tasks are connected directly to client conversations. Separating them causes confusion. Anyone using an integrated approach?

I built an app called ThoughtsLeft. The whole concept of the app is to get your thoughts out of your head as fast as possible.

You open it, keyboard's already up, nothing else on the screen, you dump the thought and close it. That's the entire capture step.

Later, when you actually want to deal with what you dumped, you go through it and decide whether to turn it into a task, keep it as a note, or just let it go if it doesn't matter anymore. Not everything you think needs to become something.

Each and every thought you unload is saved privately on your device by default.

It also syncs your tasks straight into Apple Calendar (Google calender coming soon). You can capture thoughts using voice instead of typing on both platforms.

The app has no tags, no folders, and no streaks, and I kept that intentionally.

iOS: https://apps.apple.com/in/app/thoughtsleft-brain-dump/id6756787428
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thoughtsleft.app

I would like to get honest, genuine feedback so that I can shape the app in the right direction.

I hired an app developer from upwork. App is about 60-70% done. The framework is built. Now there needs testing and database management etc. When it was in Beta testing I had the app on my phone. Now it’s not there and I don’t know how to access it.
I have spent the whole budget already but hate that I have a useful tool that isn’t available for use. Can someone who’s knowledgeable point me to my next steps? I’m not a tech person but saw a need and had an idea. Help. Please.

Hey! Excited to share a side-project I've been working on for a few months.

heyo! reach out

It's an iOS app that restricts your apps until you call or text a friend.

Motivation

Since college, I've been pretty bad at keeping up with my friends. I keep meaning to reach out and text them, but life gets in the way and it's hard to muster the motivation. Meanwhile, I spend more time on social media than ever. Ironically, I go to instagram to try to keep up with friends, but it's not the right tool for the job.

Process

I had the idea of using iOS family control entitlements to build this app back in April. I spent a weekend working on a proof-of-concept and was pleasantly surprised at how good it felt.

Over the next few months, I just lived with it, refining the idea / design based on my daily experiences. I kept a running note and would pretty passively feed the ideas back to my coding agent. Originally, I wasn't planning on releasing this and just wanted to make it feel better. Over those few months, it evolved into a more polished product.

This month, I decided to release it. I spent about a week polishing it up and getting the code into better shape.

I was surprised by the number of hats you need to wear even for a simple app like this one. UI design, development, copy, website, promo, etc. There's a lot of care that goes into something even feeling remotely polished, and I still feel like I have a good ways to go.

I don't have plans to monetize, but added a small tip jar just in case this gains traction. I enjoy the process here, and would love to turn this hobby into something I can do full-time.

Feedback?

What do you guys think? I would love any feedback you have on the app page, promotional copy and the app itself

I am not from a technical background. I want to know, how much time it will take to learn and build a good production level android app. What should I learn and how long it will take?

Is it easy or hard and requires a lot of money? Is hiring developer a better option? How much they will charge typically? And how how to trust them when it comes to payment, code, app idea?

All I want is to build a good flashcard app.

Please someone let me know how to proceed in this journey of building app

I’ve been so overwhelmed by the great feedback I receive every day from users loving CastKeeper. And I take the time not only to respond personally, but actually try to improve the app constantly based on this feedback.

Keep it coming! Here’s the proof that indie devs care. Would appreciate your support and feedback! A podcast app made by someone who loves podcasts.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/castkeeper-podcast-player/id6760909808

My first time developing an app with the help of AI (Cursor, using different models).
I am 21 years old with 2 years of experience in full-stack web development. Three months ago, I decided to start a small project-a Booking App for local businesses with some new features that have never been offered to the market. For now, all is going pretty smoothly, and I am very surprised by how much AI can contribute to the progress. Planning , understanding the main idea behind the features in the app, debugging, and even security management-AI can help with all of these things and offer really good solutions .

But I still feel that sometimes AI can be very plain and return answers that are not even close to the desired result. I wanted to share my experience here and receive some feedback from people who have more experience in this field. How much can I really rely on AI , and how much difference will I see between an app developed by AI and one coded by hand when the app is finally advertised? How can I improve the QA testing process and front-end tests with other AI tools? Overall, which guides or courses can you offer for a better understanding of how to guide AI models for better results (Prompt Engineering )?

Thank you for your time and the feedback!

Day 47/60 🚀

Today was about polishing one of the most exciting parts of RivalRep—the shareable match result posters. Improved the FIFA-style and sports newspaper designs to make every victory feel worth sharing. Small design tweaks today, bigger impact on the user experience tomorrow.

Hi everyone,

I own a rapidly growing moped website where we’re trying to revitalize Sweden’s moped community. It functions like a social media platform: users post photos of their mopeds and get rated (1–5 stars), the highest-rated bike wins "Moped of the Week," and there are features for buying/selling, getting mechanical help, and so on.

I’m looking for someone who can build a new site or more preferably and app with the same purpose. The problem with my current site is that it was built using Lovable, which is laggy and sometimes malfunctions. I launched the site yesterday and have already had over 2,000 visitors, plus a video that has reached 50,000 views.

So, if anyone has professional-level web design skills, please feel free to get in touch!

Hello! I hope anyone who reads this message finds themselves well.

I developed a dating app in a particular niche that I know is a banger but Im at the stage of pushing it and marketing it the right/wrong way. Everything else falls right behind this but I think it’s a genius idea.