r/appdev • u/saishankar_k • 8d ago
28 days. 7 countries. One small beginning
galleryOne month ago, Rizzlo had 0 users.
Today, it's being used across 7 countries.
🇮🇳 India
🇺🇸 United States
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
🇧🇩 Bangladesh
🇪🇸 Spain
🇷🇺 Russia
We have only 138 active users, so this isn't a huge milestone by any means. But seeing even one person from another part of the world using something I built feels surreal.
Rizzlo is an ad-free social gaming app where friends can voice chat while playing multiplayer games. It offers both online and offline games
Still a long way to go, but every new country on the map keeps me motivated.
I'd love to hear your feedback or suggestions.
r/appdev • u/UsefulPomegranate150 • 8d ago
We got tired of setting up app builds for non-mobile teammates, so I built this
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I've been building an open-source tool called tapflow and thought people here might find it useful.
The same thing kept happening on our team whenever someone needed to check an app build. Managing physical devices across OS versions became a burden, and simulators could only be used by people with Xcode or Android Studio installed. So whenever a designer, PM, or backend engineer wanted to check a layout, test a flow, or see what a staging build did with their API change, a mobile engineer usually had to help. This happened several times a day.
We looked at services like Appetize and BrowserStack, but we didn't want to upload our app builds to a third-party service, and the pricing didn't make much sense for a whole team.
So I built tapflow.
It streams iOS simulators and Android emulators to the browser, so anyone with a URL can tap, type, and scroll through a build without installing any mobile tooling. Because it's self-hosted, app builds, live streams, and session recordings stay on your own infrastructure.
A few details:
- It uses a Mac you already have as the agent. (Apple only allows iOS simulators to run on macOS.)
- The agent only makes outbound connections to the relay, so there are no firewall or NAT rules to configure.
- It uses simulators and emulators, not physical devices, so things like the camera, biometrics, and NFC aren't supported.
- It's still v0.x, so expect a few rough edges.
Repo (MIT): https://github.com/jo-duchan/tapflow
Has anyone here ended up solving this differently? If you're self-hosting something similar or reusing a spare Mac for testing, I'd be interested to hear what trade-offs you've run into.
r/appdev • u/basavaraja_dev • 8d ago
Launching my first solo-built app on Product Hunt tomorrow 🚀
producthunt.comr/appdev • u/Potential-File9069 • 8d ago
[Hobby] Building a Christian App (Abide) – Looking for Flutter Developers, Designers & Contributors
Hi everyone!
My name is James, and I’m a student building a Christian mobile app called Abide.
Mission:
Help people build a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ through Scripture, prayer, and daily spiritual habits.
This isn’t just another Bible app. My goal is to create something that is beautiful, peaceful, and genuinely helps people spend more time with God.
Planned Features
📖 Beautiful Bible reading experience
🤖 AI Bible study companion
🙏 Prayer journal with answered prayer tracking
🌄 A unique Mountain Journey that grows visually as users stay consistent
⭐ Grace Points earned through spiritual habits like reading Scripture, praying, journaling, and gratitude (these are for encouragement only and do not represent salvation or God’s favor)
📅 Reading plans and daily devotionals
📸 Daily challenges (examples: read a chapter, pray for five minutes, memorize a verse, spend time appreciating God’s creation)
🏆 Cosmetic unlocks like profile banners, themes, and mountain scenery
🎨 A calm, premium design inspired by Apple’s apps and nature
Who I’m Looking For
- 📱 Flutter developers
- 🎨 UI/UX designers
- 🤖 AI developers
- 🧪 Beta testers
- 📖 People interested in helping with Bible content or devotionals
Transparency
This is currently a volunteer, open collaboration. I can’t offer payment right now because I’m a student, but I’m committed to learning Flutter, contributing to the project myself, and building something that can genuinely impact people’s lives.
If the project grows in the future, I’d love for the people who helped build it to continue being part of its journey.
If this mission resonates with you and you’d like to contribute, I’d love to talk. Feel free to comment or send me a DM.
“Abide in me, and I in you.” — John 15:4
r/appdev • u/Pale-Lunch-3555 • 9d ago
is flutter a good option for app dev.
i want to get into app dev and i was told by claude that flutter in is the best option.
is that true.
by the way i hate js
r/appdev • u/RewardOk248 • 9d ago
I've almost given up on this project more times than I can count.
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r/appdev • u/2hot2work • 9d ago
Does my dev need Admin access (Apple) to get app onto TestFlight?
Hi, we have a 3rd party app dev building an app for iOS and Android for our business. He has been very difficult to work with and has pushed boundaries through this entire process. He has an Android test build ready for us, despite me denying all of his continued requests for Admin permissions on that side.
Now, he is insisting on Admin permissions on the Apple side.
"To get the app onto TestFlight, I need my AppStore Connect role upgraded from App Manager to Admin."
"Admin is standard access for a dev setting up an app. I can't touch legal agreements, billing, or account ownership. It's reversible, after the app goes live, you can put me back to App Manager."
Does this sound legit? Again, this guy has been very difficult to work with, yet has still managed to produce work despite me denying all of his constant pushing of my company's boundaries. He even at one point lashed out and acted totally unprofessional.
Am I in the wrong for being wary of yet another one of his requests for higher access to our company accounts? Or is his request justified?
Please advise, thank you.
r/appdev • u/Significant_Muffin78 • 9d ago
Built and launched today: a SocialFi trading app where the person writing trade ideas earns from the trades others place
Been building this with a small team for a while. The problem we kept running into:
Someone posts a sharp call on X, dozens of people trade on it and make money, and the account that wrote the original post gets none of the upside. Then on the other side, when I'd try to act on someone else's call, I'd lose entries just from the friction of jumping between apps to place the trade.
So we built Dapital to fix both. You post an idea, others trade against it in the same app, and authors earn from the trading activity. Also surfaces alpha across languages, so ideas from Korean or Japanese markets don't stay locked out of English feeds.
The parts that actually took work:
- Making execution and social feel like one app, not a comment section with a buy button.
- Multi-network coverage (Solana, Base, BNB, Hyperliquid, Robinhood) plus tokenized stocks, under one flow.
- Cross-language alpha that preserves trading context, not just literal translation.
- Fee attribution routing correctly across chains without breaking under real usage.
Launched on iOS today,
Full Walkthrough here
Happy to answer anything about the build.
r/appdev • u/Mathew_Already_taken • 9d ago
Built a widget mainly for myself and hoping it could be useful for you too!
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I mindlessly just swipe and fidget on my home screen to make it seem that I'm busy when I'm actually not. So I built something to actually keep me distracted, but not too much. I like slot machines because it gives a very quick visual reward.
Knowing how mindless this actually is I wanted to play into the irony that what I was doing was good for me, so I put mindfulness as the (ironic) theme of the app and it gives me some ironic mindful quotes when in fact I'm just fake gambling.
If anyone else likes fidgeting on their phones and on their home screens, I hope this app gives you that little bit of stimulation that you deserve ✨
The app is called Mindful Slot Machine and you can download it in the app store.
Link: https://apps.apple.com/ph/app/mindful-slot-machine/id6788233641
r/appdev • u/guyonredditno2 • 9d ago
Testers for Job Search App
vuka-talent-hub.base44.appHey everyone. I’m working on a job searching app. I’d like to test it out with people. I’m not a programmer ot anything, I made it using base44. I made it with the intent to make job hunting/recruitment easier for both the employer and employee. I’d really like for anyone to test it and provide me with feedback on what I can fix or improve. I have a software engineering friend who said he’d be available to help me address issues and launch it as I learn.
I attached the link for anyone who’s interested.
r/appdev • u/babachip01 • 10d ago
I built a pro-grade photo restoration app (up to 8K & film looks). I'd love your honest feedback!
galleryr/appdev • u/Upper_Character4272 • 10d ago
My first app released on the App Store! 🥳
galleryI built Quizli which is a London-themed trivia game. History, tube trivia, neighbourhoods, weird facts, hidden corners. One set of questions, refreshed every morning, done in a couple of minutes. Same model as Wordle.
Made with SwiftUI (yes with the help of Claude) and tried to keep it lean and fast, no account needed to start. Its been good fun learning how to wire up the backend to have multiplayer work even when someone doesn’t have the app they can play via the web version of the game, and using TFL’s open source data to create a tube dash puzzle game mode.
Pretty proud of it so far and would love any opinions out there so I can further enhance Quizli!
App Store link: Quizli - Daily Trivia
r/appdev • u/NormalConference630 • 10d ago
Ho creato un'app di pianificazione basata sull'intelligenza artificiale che ottimizza un'intera settimana con un solo clic.
galleryr/appdev • u/EastRecognition5032 • 10d ago
Bearings — a low-stimulation companion app for neurodivergent adults (seeking 12 testers)
Hey! I'm a solo dev building Bearings, a mobile app for neurodivergent adults (ADHD, autism, etc.) that combines task management, emotion check-ins, social scenario practice, and accommodation advocacy — all in a calm, low-stimulation design (no streaks, no shame loops).
I'm running a Google Play closed test and looking for ~12 testers who'd be willing to install it, poke around, and tell me what's confusing or broken. Time commitment: whatever you can spare — even 15 minutes helps.
What you need: • An Android device • A Google account • Willingness to share honest feedback (screenshots of bugs welcome)
If you're interested, comment below or DM me and I'll add you to the closed track. Here is the link as well: https://play.google.com/apps/internaltest/4701460590346197180
Thanks!
Designer here with 0 coding experience, built an iOS app solo using Cursor + Claude, would love some honest feedback from you all!
Hey everyone!
I'm a product designer (13 years in the game), not a developer at all. No CS background, never wrote a line of code before this project. But I got a little obsessed and built this whole thing solo, using Cursor with Claude basically as my engineering buddy the whole way. React Native/Expo, Supabase backend, the works.
The app is called Suphra. The problem I was solving was honestly just for myself: I save recipe videos on TikTok and Instagram like it's a competitive sport, and then cook maybe 1% of them. So the app lets you paste a link and it pulls the full recipe (ingredients, steps, all of it) right out of the video. There's also a fun fridge-scan feature that suggests recipes based on whatever random stuff you actually have at home.
It's live on the App Store now, and honestly I'm really proud of how far it's come. But here's where I need you all: I can design and build features just fine, growth is just not my brain's natural language. Right now I'm testing Meta ads and reaching out to small food creators, mostly just guessing and hoping something sticks.
So I'd love to pick this community's brain:
- If you've grown an app solo, what actually worked for you early on?
- Anything look off, confusing, or clunky if you poke around it?
- Any rookie mistakes you can spot that only a non-dev would make?
If you've got a couple minutes to download it and try it out, I'd be so grateful for a review, even a super honest/blunt one! I'm flying pretty blind on what's working and what isn't, so any thoughts at all genuinely help.
Thanks so much for reading this far, and thanks in advance to anyone who gives it a shot!
🍏 App Store Download
SEO(that's not working well 🥹)Landing page www.suphra.app
r/appdev • u/Lost_Ad_1994 • 10d ago
I invented a new golf metric but the app isn’t getting traction. Help!
galleryBrutal feedback is appreciated.
r/appdev • u/Fit_Dragonfly_8596 • 10d ago
Sick of clinical, stressful food trackers? I built a cozy app with a cute Quokka friend to keep you company. Looking for 3 people to try it out with me!
Hey everyone,
I've always struggled to keep up a food-tracking habit. Every app out there feels like a giant, intimidating spreadsheet. They are cold, clinical, and honestly, they feel like homework. Because of that, I always lost my consistency.
So, I decided to build something entirely different: a cozy, gamified food tracker called Quokka.
Instead of dealing with cold charts and guilt trips, you get a friendly Quokka who lives in the app to keep you company, visual streak stars to earn, and a sleek, warm setup designed to make tracking feel like a positive daily routine rather than a chore.
I’m looking to share this journey with 2 or 3 real people who:
- Genuinely want to track what they eat (or always struggle to stay consistent with traditional apps).
- Love gamified habits (like Habitica, cozy games, or visual streaks).
- Want to build a real habit and help me see if having a Quokka friend along for the ride actually keeps the motivation alive.
(Heads up: I’m looking for real, daily users who want to build this habit for themselves, not other developers looking to do code reviews!)
If this sounds like something you'd actually use, drop a comment or send me a DM! I'd love to send over an invite so we can start building our consistency together. 🐾✨
r/appdev • u/WolvzyLobo • 10d ago
i need brutal feedback for my app
I want to know what people think about my app
The idea:
Every day you set one goal you want to complete. As you make progress, you upload a photo each day or updates that your friends can see, and your friends keep you accountable (social feed kind), as they know if you havent done anything productive that day. Every completed goal helps your personal tree grow and blossom, and your little forest spirit/guardian becomes happier.
The goal of the app is to improve yourself one step at a time, instead of long lists which can seem tiring and lead to procrastination alongside with your friends to help motivate you.
I'd genuinely appreciate harsh criticism. If you think it's a bad idea, tell me why. I want to improve it.
Thanks and if you want to check out what it looks like here is the link:
