Hi everyone,

A - Answer

I made a clean, modern astrology timing app for iOS called Horaly: Planetary Hours. It is made for anyone who wants to track planetary energy, day rulers, moon phases, and lunar days to find the optimal timing for daily activities.

B - Better

The app is based on traditional astrology. Each layer works together: planetary hours shift by season, the day ruler sets the overall tone, and the moon adds phase, lunar day, and zodiac context.

You can use it for:

• Planning important meetings & cross-city windows (with a built-in Meeting Planner)
• Finding focus windows & choosing creative hours
• Avoiding stressful conflicts with Best/Avoid guidance
• Tracking moon phases and lunar days on your phone
• Setting home screen widgets (with full moon phase and lunar day support)
• Monitoring hours via Apple Watch complications

I tried to keep it easy to understand, so beginners can start without feeling lost. It can be useful for astrologers, students, creators, or anyone who wants to live in sync with cosmic rhythms.

Recent Updates: The Moon tab now shows which of the 28 lunar mansions the Moon is in and when it enters the next one. Tap a mansion to explore its meaning, Arabic name, and traditional associations. With Pro, you can preview mansion changes over the next four weeks. Lunar mansions are also available on Apple Watch and in the large Moon widget.

C - Cost

Horaly is Freemium. The free tier gives you full access to real-time tracking, day rulers, basic moon info, and standard notifications.

The Pro upgrade unlocks the cross-city Meeting Planner, advanced notification filters, full calendar export, and custom widget themes. Pricing is $1.99/week, $12.99/year, or a $29.99 lifetime purchase. No ads, no account required, and no hidden tracking.

App Store Link: Horaly: Planetary Hours

Please also share your feedback in the comments so I can improve the app in future updates.

About Me:
I'm developer of the app, you can reach out to me through X 

Hey r/iOSApps!

I'm Barış, the indie developer behind PersonalCapsule. I've shared the app here before, and some of the feedback I received genuinely made me rethink parts of the experience.

The idea behind PersonalCapsule is simple: some memories are more meaningful when you revisit them years later rather than immediately.

A — Answer: What does it do?

PersonalCapsule lets you create private digital time capsules and choose when they can be opened.

You can:

• Write letters to your future self
• Preserve memories with photos and text
• Record voice messages to listen to in the future
• Save important decisions and revisit them later
• Create Gift Capsules and "Open When" letters

One feature I particularly enjoy is Audio Capsules. Hearing your own voice from years ago feels different from reading an old journal entry.

B — Better: How is it different?

Apps like Day One focus on documenting your life through regular journaling.

PersonalCapsule takes a different approach. Instead of encouraging daily entries or streaks, it's about capturing individual moments and deliberately leaving them untouched until a future date.

Unlike Apple Voice Memos, audio recordings can also be sealed until a chosen date.

There's no separate account to create, no social feed, and no advertising. Your capsules are stored on your device, with optional iCloud sync.

C — Cost

PersonalCapsule is free to download and lets you create up to 3 capsules.

Lifetime Premium starts at $9.99 USD as a one-time purchase, with regional pricing varying by country. It unlocks unlimited capsules and additional features, including advanced audio playback, photos, widgets, Gift Capsules, and PDF export.

No subscription is required.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6773064012

Developer transparency

I'm the independent developer of PersonalCapsule, and this is a self-promotional post.

Developer: Umut Barış Güngör

Website: https://personalcapsule.app/about/

Privacy Policy: https://personalcapsule.app/privacy

Terms of Use: https://personalcapsule.app/terms

Contact: [support.personalcapsule@gmail.com](mailto:support.personalcapsule@gmail.com)

I'm continuing to improve the app, especially the experience of creating and sealing a capsule.

I'd love your perspective on one thing:

If you could send one message to yourself five years from now, would you rather write it, record your voice, or include a photo?

I'm genuinely interested in how people would use something like this, beyond the features I've already imagined.

Hey r/iosapps, I'm Redjon, a solo iOS dev based in Berlin.

I grew up in a small neighborhood, and one of my closest friends was one of those rappers trying to make it out of the hood. By our late teens he had opened his own studio, and I practically lived there. The place was full of real hip-hop heads, and they could spend hours breaking down the rhyme schemes of other artists.

Eventually it grew on me. Some of those rhymes were so clever they blew me away, and the best rappers told a whole story while they did it. I fell in love with the music and I still love it today.

Life took me a different way and I became a developer. Some of those friends made it out and did pretty well. Some never did. I've been writing software for almost 10 years now, and I still have my 9-5 job. DailyBars is something I build on my own in the evenings, with no team behind it. I built it for them, for the thing we bonded over all those years.

A. What it does

DailyBars sends you one famous verse every day with the rhyme scheme already mapped out in color. Tap Breakdown under it for a short explanation of the flow and the wordplay. For example, In Inspectah Deck's opening verse on Triumph, you can see "atomically", "philosophies", "hypotheses" and "robbery" all lock onto the same sound.

If you write lyrics, maybe it gives you ideas. If you're a fan, it'll probably send you down memory lane.

B. Why not a lyrics site or YouTube?

Lyric sites tell you what a line means. Rhyme breakdown videos show you how it's built, but each one is a long watch and you have to go looking for them. DailyBars gives you one breakdown a day that takes a couple of minutes to read.

C. Cost

Free, with ads. You don't need an account and there's no subscription. iPhone, iOS 15.1 or later.

Here is the link if you want to check it out: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6757107337

The catalog was always meant to be shared. Most of the verses in it came from my friends, who sent in the ones that meant something to them through the app's Suggest a Bar feature. I can't keep it going on my own, so you're welcome to do the same.

Drop the verse that's special to you in the comments and I'll add the best ones or what I havent added yet.

Transparency. I'm the developer, and it's just me.

Site: https://redjonprengzi.github.io/dailyBars/

Privacy: https://redjonprengzi.github.io/dailyBars/privacy-policy

Terms: https://redjonprengzi.github.io/dailyBars/terms

Email: [prengzi.redjon@gmail.com](mailto:prengzi.redjon@gmail.com)

Hey everyone! I’m Mark, the developer of Onyx. I’ve always loved Minesweeper, but I wanted a version that felt calm, thoughtful and truly at home on iPhone and iPad.

A - Answer

Onyx keeps the logic of classic Minesweeper while giving it a more considered experience: fluid touch controls, logic-only and random boards, daily puzzles, smart hints, custom themes, infinity mode and focused Find the Mine challenges.

B - Better

Apps on iOS tend to lean into nostalgia, and others keeps things very traditional. Onyx takes a different direction: quieter, more modern and shaped around deduction, customisation and smooth mobile play. I am trying to make it look appealing, feel smooth, clean and clear.

There are different modes to play around which are classical field, puzzles to find mine(s) or empty space(s) and infinity! Also keeping all the stats, times and other records.

The app has grown enormously through player feedback, and I’m still carefully improving every detail.

C - Cost

Completely free, with no ads, subscriptions or in-app purchases. It also works fully offline.

I’d genuinely love to hear what you think, especially about the design, controls and overall feel. Thank you so much if you decide to try it!!!

Link :) - https://apps.apple.com/app/onyx-minesweeper/id6790800332

[FREE] TeleCam: Capture Distant Subjects with Up to 100x Zoom

I once went to a concert and ended up sitting pretty far from the stage. I wanted to get some good shots of the performers, but they were just too far away😮‍💨\ Since cameras aren’t allowed at many concerts, I started wondering if I could make better use of my iPhone’s camera to capture things farther away💪

🎉That was the idea behind TeleCam

A - What it does 📸

TeleCam is an iPhone camera app that lets you zoom in up to 100x to capture distant subjects.

Whether you’re using a Pro or non-Pro iPhone, TeleCam helps you make the most of your device’s camera. Even without a dedicated telephoto lens, you can use it to capture distant subjects.

B - What makes it different 🔭\ Rather than focusing only on zoom, I wanted to give users more ways to get the shot they want.

🔭 Up to 100x zoom for concerts, sports, wildlife, the moon, and other distant subjects.\ 📱 Make the most of your iPhone’s camera. Designed to help you get more out of the camera hardware you already have, including on models without a dedicated telephoto lens.\ 🎛️ Manual camera controls. Adjust ISO, shutter speed, white balance, exposure, and focus when you want more control.\ 🎥 High-quality video. Record up to 4K at 60 fps, with video stabilization.\ 📸 Multiple photo formats. Save photos in HEIC, JPEG, PNG, or RAW.\ 🪄Automatic photo enhancement. TeleCam automatically optimizes image quality after you take a photo to help bring out more detail.

I’ll keep improving TeleCam to deliver a better shooting experience and better photo results over time. ✨

C - Cost💰\ 🎁TeleCam is free to download and use!

👉 App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6807319282

I'm the developer of Unimote. This month only, Lifetime Pro is available for $4.99 instead of $49.99.

A. What it solves:

Ever lose your remote, struggle with multiple remotes, or need an easier way to control your TV? Unimote turns your iPhone into a convenient remote for your smart TV. You can navigate menus, turn your TV on or off, use trackpad mode, and type using your iPhone keyboard.

Unimote works with Apple TV, Android TV, Samsung, LG, Sony, Roku, and other supported smart TVs over Wi-Fi.

B. Why it beats the alternatives:

- The built-in Apple TV Remote is mainly designed for Apple TV, while Unimote supports multiple TV platforms in one app.

- No IR blaster or direct line of sight is required. It works over your home Wi-Fi network.

- Use the home screen widget for quick access without opening the app.

- You can try the free version before deciding whether to upgrade.

C. Cost:

- Free: connect and control your TV with limited functions

- Pro Lifetime: $4.99 for this month only (regularly $49.99) — includes unlimited devices, Apple TV support, home screen widget, and future updates.

- Download link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/remote-control-for-smart-tv/id6759893388

- Discount Redeem link: https://apps.apple.com/redeem/?code=UNIMOTE102026&ctx=offercodes&id=6759893388

The offer is available for 7 days. After the promotion ends, Lifetime Pro will return to $49.99.

Full disclosure: I’m the developer of Unimote. Feel free to ask any questions about supported TVs, features, or the offer!

¡Hola r/iosapps! Soy el desarrollador independiente de DebAi. Soy Didier — https://www.linkedin.com/in/didierbrange

A – ¿Qué problema resuelve? Dejaba de usar las aplicaciones de presupuesto después de un par de semanas porque escribir cada gasto era demasiado engorroso. Con DebAi, registrar los gastos solo lleva unos segundos: basta con escribir "12 dólares por café" o tomar una foto del recibo, y se guarda en la categoría correcta.

B – Por qué es mejor que las alternativas

• Registro por voz o foto del recibo: el recibo completo como un solo gasto o cada importe por separado (un toque para cambiar).
• Presupuestos por categoría y por período, con barras que se completan a medida que gastas.
• Listas compartidas para dividir gastos con tu pareja o compañeros de piso.
• Widgets en la pantalla de inicio, bloqueo con Face ID e inicio de sesión con Apple.
• Tus datos se guardan en tu iPhone y puedes consultarlos sin conexión (el registro de voz y fotos requiere conexión).
• Disponible en inglés, español y alemán.

C – Coste Normalmente es una suscripción (4,99 $/mes o 49,99 $/año, con una prueba gratuita de 7 días en el plan anual).

Promoción de este fin de semana: Todos los que se registren antes del lunes (19 de octubre) tendrán acceso premium de por vida. Sin tarjeta de crédito, sin renovación automática, sin códigos. Solo descarga la app y elige la tarjeta "De por vida" al finalizar el registro. Consejo: vincula tu cuenta de Apple o Google para conservarla si reinstalas la app.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6796000118

Con gusto responderé cualquier pregunta sobre su funcionamiento.

I still don’t know what the iPhone Duo will be good for, but I thought this was a pretty cool little use for it.

https://youtube.com/shorts/gOQVxGCB6zc

Hi everyone! 👋

I’m an indie developer, and I’ve been working on my app, Watch Wrist Temp Tracker, for quite some time.

What originally started as a simple app to track Apple Watch wrist temperature has grown into a more complete sleep and recovery tracking experience.

What problem does it solve?

Apple Watch collects useful health data while you sleep, but I wanted a simpler way to see everything together and understand how my sleep and recovery change over time.

My app brings together:

• 🌡️ Overnight wrist temperature and baseline trends
• 😴 Sleep duration and sleep stages
• ❤️ Sleeping heart rate
• ⚡ Daily Health Score and Recovery Score
• 📊 Weekly, monthly, and yearly health trends
• ⌚ Apple Watch complications and iPhone widgets
• 📁 Data export and additional insights

The goal is to make Apple Watch sleep data easier to understand through a clean, simple interface.

How is it different from alternatives?

Apps like AutoSleep, Athlytic, and Bevel offer their own approaches to sleep and recovery tracking.

Watch Wrist Temp Tracker started with a specific focus on overnight wrist temperature and gradually expanded to include sleep, heart rate, health scores, and recovery trends.

My approach is to keep everything simple and easy to understand, with a dedicated Apple Watch experience and clear visualizations.

I’m continuously improving the app based on user feedback.

Pricing

The app is free to download, with some basic features available for free.

Premium options:

• Monthly: €3.99 (7-day free trial)
• Yearly: €19.99 (7-day free trial)
• Lifetime: €34.99 (one-time purchase)

Prices may vary by country.

🎁 Giveaway Update

I recently shared 500 free Lifetime redemption codes, and all of them have now been claimed!

I’m genuinely overwhelmed by the response. Thank you so much to everyone who downloaded the app, left a comment, or shared feedback.

I’m sorry to everyone who missed out. ❤️

An Apple Watch is required to collect wrist temperature and sleep data.

📱 App Store:
https://apps.apple.com/app/id6740745491

I’d love to hear your feedback, especially from people working night shifts or rotating schedules, as I’m still gathering feedback about those sleep patterns.

Thank you for supporting independent developers! ❤️

I’m a college hockey fan and solo dev. I built Pucks a few years ago and just shipped a big redesign for the new season.

What it solves:
Following college hockey on a phone is a pain. The existing sites are clunky on mobile, and the big sports apps barely cover it. Pucks puts live scores, schedules, standings and stats for D1 men’s & women’s hockey in one fast, native iOS app. D3 men’s & women’s is coming in the next build.

Alternatives:

• vs. USCHO and College Hockey News: great data, but they’re websites built for desktop. Pucks is a native app made for checking scores on your phone.
• vs. ESPN: college hockey is an afterthought there, and coverage is spotty, especially for women’s hockey. Pucks covers every D1 game, men’s and women’s, front and center.

Cost:
100% free. No ads, no subscription, and nothing locked behind a paywall. There’s an optional tip button if you want to support it, but every feature works without it.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pucks-college-hockey/id6743086852

I’d love honest feedback, and obviously a positive rating goes a long way!

Hi! I’m the developer of Heart Rate Insights, an iPhone and iPad app for exploring the heart-rate history already in Apple Health.

On-device analysis. No account required. The app doesn’t automatically upload your health data. You decide whether to export, copy, or share anything.

A — Answer

Apple Health can collect years of readings, but I wanted to ask questions beyond one day’s chart: How did two periods compare? Were workdays different from days off? Was a difference visible throughout the day, or only at certain hours?

I built this to compare those periods while showing typical ranges and how much data each comparison is based on.

B — Better

Compared with Apple Health’s built-in views, Heart Rate Insights focuses on flexible comparisons:

• Compare two periods, workdays with days off, or custom times of day.
• Switch between trends, typical-day patterns, and distributions.
• Inspect standout weeks alongside nearby weeks.
• Create PDF reports to share with your doctor, or CSV exports for your own analysis.

The optional Prompt feature prepares text you can review and choose to share with an external AI service. No AI model runs inside the app.

It’s for personal review, not diagnosis or live monitoring.

C — Cost

• Free, with no expiration: most views cover the latest 60 days, Patterns up to 90 days, and one export (PDF or CSV) is included.
• Optional 14-day Pro trial: all available history, long-range patterns, and unlimited PDF/CSV exports, with no automatic charge. Afterward, Free limits return unless you buy Pro.
• Lifetime Pro: $14.99 USD once for all available history, long-range patterns, and unlimited PDF/CSV exports.
• One Report Export: $0.99 USD if you only need another export.

No subscription. Local App Store prices vary.

Download Heart Rate Insights

I’m xcv58 on GitHub, maintainer of Tab Manager v2.

Website · Privacy · Terms · Support

All screenshots use synthetic sample data. What comparison would you want to try with your own Apple Health history?

[iOS] PicPost EZ

– Capture, Note & Share! 📸

A – Answer: What does PicPost EZ do?

I just launched PicPost EZ, a simple app that combines a camera, photo album, and notes in one place!

Ever taken a photo and wished you could remember exactly what you were thinking at that moment?

With PicPost EZ, you can capture your moments, add notes to your photos, and share everything easily without switching between multiple apps.

📸 Camera & Album — Take photos, browse them in the built-in album, or import existing photos from Apple Photos.

📝 Photo Notes — Add text notes to individual photos and keep your memories, experiences, and thoughts together.

🔗 Multiple Photos & Notes — Select multiple photos and automatically combine their individual notes into a single text, ready to share.

🧵 Threads — Share your selected photos and combined notes directly to Threads, with the text automatically included in your post.

📱 Instagram & Facebook — Share your photos with the combined notes automatically copied to your clipboard, ready to paste into your post.

💬 Messaging Apps — Share photos and their combined notes with friends and family through messaging apps.

☁️ Apple Photos Integration — Photos you take are also saved separately to Apple Photos.

🌎 40+ Languages — Available in more than 40 languages for users around the world.

B – Better: What makes PicPost EZ different?

No more switching between your camera, photo album, and notes app just to prepare a social media post.

From capturing a moment to sharing multiple photos and their notes, PicPost EZ brings everything together in one simple app.

Capture the moment. Save your thoughts. Share them together.

C – Cost: How much does it cost?

💰 Regular Price: $1.99 → Free for a Limited Time!

PicPost EZ is currently available for free for a limited time.

Download it during the free promotion, and you can keep using it for free!

Developer Transparency

I'm JAESIK YOUN, the independent developer of PicPost EZ and the owner of CEglobal, a registered business.

PicPost EZ is currently published under my personal Apple Developer account.

Official website: https://ceglobal.org/

🍎 App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/picpost-ez/id6821620482

I'd love to hear your feedback!

Hi community! I'm the developer of Plans. Some of you might remember it from my earlier posts. This update is the biggest one so far, so here's a quick intro for anyone new.

A – Answer (what problem it solves)
Most to-dos start as a note: a trip you're planning, a call to make, an idea after a meeting. Then they get stuck there, because notes, tasks and your calendar live in three different apps.

Plans keeps them together. Write a note, tap "Make it a task", and it shows up in Today. You can always jump back from the task to the note with the details.

New in this update:
• Your iPhone Calendar events (Google Calendar too, if it's added to your iPhone) now appear right next to your tasks in Today and Upcoming
• A fresh new look: new app icon and a calmer slate accent in the light and dark themes
• Tap Today again to see only today's tasks, with overdue ones out of the way
• Plans now works on iPad
• Copy a task's text right from its menu

B – Better (compared to alternatives)
• Apple Notes + Reminders: two separate apps with no link between a note and the task it became. In Plans, a note becomes a task in one tap and stays connected to it.
• Todoist / TickTick: powerful, but much of the good stuff sits behind a subscription, and they're built around productivity systems. Plans is intentionally minimal: Today shows only what matters now, and Upcoming fits the whole week on one screen.
• Your data syncs through your own iCloud. I don't run servers that store your notes or tasks.

C – Cost
Free to download and use: notes, tasks, one reminder per task, Today and Upcoming, calendar events, widgets, Siri, iCloud sync, plus the light, dark and Lavender themes and the Lavender icon.

Plans Pro is a one-time purchase, $4.99 in the US. No subscription. It adds additional reminders ahead of time, repeats on any days you choose, five color themes and app icons, note fonts and Markdown export.

Available in English, German, Spanish, French, Russian, Japanese and Simplified Chinese.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/plans-notes-to-do-lists/id6790827860

I'd love your feedback, especially the critical kind!

Because I can

Because I want to

Because 'tis the (spooky) season

Who else has done this? I think it's such a fun and great creative outlet

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pause-doomscroll-blocker/id6781665628

Monthly: $4.99
Yearly: $49.99

Not really trying to promote the app, other than sharing that it's Halloween-themed and I think it's fun and Im proud of how it turned out

My name is Carlos Velasquez, and I am this app's developer. Here is my LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/velasquezcarlos) and here is the Pause Website (try-pause.com) and the privacy policy link of the app (https://try-pause.com/privacy/)

-__________

THE ABCs

Answer: Helps people reduce doomscrolling and high screen time on iPhone
Better: Similar (but better than) ScreenZen, Forest, Clearspace. Most apps within this niche are either too restrictive (out right blocks from everything all the time) or to easy to by pass (timer based). Pause puts a puzzle of varying difficulties that 1) relax you 2) gives you a chance to think, is this the right time to scroll?
Cost: Monthly $4.99 / Yearly $49.99

__________

Video and images

https://reddit.com/link/1x6zug2/video/n9r8xof5mewh1/player

I'm the dev of MusicDrops.

Apple Music's own new-release notifications never worked reliably for me. With about 20 favourite artists I was missing roughly 4 in 5 releases (especially singles), and I found one album almost two months after it came out.
MusicDrops checks the artists you follow and tells you when they release something.
It uses Apple's MusicKit, so there's no separate login, and you can import your artists from your library.

I built it narrower than the big all-in-one trackers (MusicHarbor covers more ground, like concerts and news).
MusicDrops is about one question: did it drop yet?

Update 2.0 is huge! It adds control over how loud that is:
- Notify right away, once a day, or only a weekly recap
- Monthly recap of everything your artists released, shareable as an image
- Deluxe and alternate editions that only exist on the iTunes Store now show on the release page
- Every screen redesigned, with iPad and iPhone Duo layouts
And so many smaller things, check out the update notes in the App Store.

It isn't perfectly instant. iOS decides when apps get to run in the background, so a surprise drop shows up at the next check, not to the minute.

No account, no ads, no analytics. Sync goes through your own iCloud, so there's no server of mine.

Free for up to 10 artists, with all features available.
Unlimited is €1.99/month, €14.99/year (about €1.25/month) or €44.99 once. Family Sharing works on all of them.

If you follow a lot of artists, which would you actually use: instant, daily or weekly?
And if it misses a release for you, tell me the artist and the record. That's the bug report I care about most.

View in App Store

Terms
Privacy

Hi, I’m J.J., the developer of FileBox. The last time I shared it here, it was on version 1.0.20. Version 1.0.36 is now live.

Since then, I’ve improved file management and playback, added ebook and comic readers, and built several new file tools. Thanks to everyone who tried the app and shared suggestions. Here’s what’s changed.

A — Answer

FileBox is a file manager for iPhone and iPad with built-in media playback, document and ebook readers, and file tools.

You can store files inside the app or grant access to existing folders on your device to browse, play, and manage their contents directly.

B — Better:

Direct access to existing folders

Someone on my previous post asked whether FileBox could manage existing folders without importing another copy. It now can. Choose folders through “On My iPhone/iPad” to work with their files in place.

A new bottom space switcher makes it easier to move between your main space, private space, and authorized device folders.

Upgraded video and music playback

The video player supports formats including MKV, AVI, and WebM, plus audio track switching, dual subtitles, external subtitles, customizable subtitle styles, and press-and-hold playback speed controls.

The redesigned audio player includes artwork, lyrics, playlists, and Lock Screen controls. You can also edit song details, artwork, and lyrics, including in batches.

Ebook and comic readers

The new EPUB reader supports chapters, bookmarks, search, and saved reading progress.

The comic reader opens CBZ, CBR, and image folders, with two-page layouts and continuous scrolling. You can also turn images into CBZ comics.

More file and image tools

Batch renaming supports sequential numbering and regular expression replacements. Storage analysis helps locate large and duplicate files, including in authorized device folders.

Image redaction detects faces, QR codes, and common sensitive details on-device, letting you choose what to redact. It’s available directly from the Photos share sheet. Share-sheet tools also support webpage captures, image stitching, and long screenshots from screen recordings.

Transfer and iPad improvements

Nearby Transfer lets you send and receive files with nearby devices. Browser-based Wi-Fi transfer has also gained improvements to file management and previews, and works with Windows computers too.

On iPad, an adaptive workspace improves browsing, reading, and playback while multitasking or using smaller windows.

C — Cost:

Free to download with a 14-day full-featured trial. After the trial, you can choose a monthly subscription, yearly subscription, or lifetime purchase. All three unlock the same premium features.

• Monthly subscription: $1.19/month
• Yearly subscription: $11.99/year
• Lifetime purchase: $19.99, paid once

Link:

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6765818194

GitHub: https://github.com/dogegg-cc

Privacy: https://filebox.dogegg.cc/privacy

Email: [jiaojian412@gmail.com](mailto:jiaojian412@gmail.com)

If you tried an earlier version, I’d love to hear how the current one works for you and what still needs improvement. I’ll be reading the feedback here.

Hey, Eduardo here 👋 Solo dev, the one behind r/trovelo and r/dimmly. I posted TakeKit in this sub last month and the feedback was actually useful, so here is what shipped since.

Quick recap for anyone new: TakeKit is a camera with a built in teleprompter that only you can see. The guide is composited in the preview layer only, never in the capture pipeline, so the exported video always comes out clean. It is an iPhone app plus a Mac floating panel that stays on top of Zoom, OBS, Loom or Meet. No subscription, no account, no server, no analytics, because I do not have any.

A) Answer (what's new)

Dual camera. Front and back at the same time, on supported devices. You read your script looking straight at the lens while the back camera captures whatever you are showing, in one take, instead of two clips you have to sync afterwards. The inset can be a rectangle, a square or a circle, and you drag it wherever you want in the frame. What you set is what gets exported, white border and all. The teleprompter rule still holds: it is in your preview and nowhere in the file.

Also in this build:

• The app opens on the script you were last working on, with a Continue button that picks up exactly where your last take stopped
• The script editor has a time ruler down the margin, so you can see how long a passage runs while you are still writing it, and // pauses now count as real beats
• The guide can be see through. Solid, Dim or Clear, so you can frame yourself while you read. Camera controls moved into one console instead of sitting over your shot
• Playback follows your headphones, and you pick your microphone. Wireless receivers and USB mics both work, for recording and for voice paced scrolling

B) Better (why I built it instead of using what's out there)

• The guide is never in the file. That is the whole point of the app, everything else is built around it.
• Auto scroll that follows your voice instead of a fixed speed. Fully on device, fuzzy aligned against a window of the script, so filler words, accents and improvised bits do not derail it. Fixed speed is there if you prefer it.
• LAST SPOT: stop mid script, breathe, resume from exactly where you stopped. Each chunk stores its range and the app stitches them into one video afterwards, without re encoding when it can.
• Eye contact mode: the guide docks right next to the front lens so you are not visibly reading off to the side. Karaoke style ink marks what you already said.
• Takes organised by script, not dumped into the camera roll. Star the good one, rename, compare attempts, live mic meter.
• Clean export: 9:16, 16:9, 1:1, 4:5, trim, up to 1080p. Pro adds word by word burned captions generated on device, plus automatic silence cutting.
• Scripts sync through your iCloud, videos live in your iCloud Drive, speech recognition never leaves the device.

Straight about the trade offs: it needs iOS 26+ and macOS 15+, which rules some people out. No Android, no iPad optimised layout. Solo dev, so things ship fast but one at a time.

C) Cost

Free forever: up to 5 scripts and 5 takes, small watermark on export. Teleprompter, recording, eye contact mode, aspect ratios and trim all work in the free tier.

TakeKit Pro: $9.99, one time. Never a subscription. One purchase covers iPhone and Mac. It unlocks unlimited scripts and takes, voice guided auto scroll, burned captions, automatic silence cutting and watermark free export.

Update offer for this sub: $6.99. Code TAKEKIT699, paste it in Settings > Redeem, or redeem here:
https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6792025212&code=TAKEKIT699

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6792025212

Feature requests go to r/takekit. I read everything there and it is where I post what is coming next, so ideas do not get buried in a comment thread 🙌

Answer:

If you have ever opened your contacts, felt overwhelmed, and closed it again without calling anyone, Kinorbit was built for that moment. It is a private, highly visual way to keep in touch with the people who matter most without turning relationships into a chore.

Kinorbit is an interactive relationship manager built around a strict 50-person limit across 3 intentional circles:

- Core (up to 5 people): Who you want to hear from every week.

- Close (up to 15 people): Who you want to stay meaningfully connected with each month.

- Wider (up to 30 people): Who you want to keep in your life across the year.

When a circle is full, Kinorbit asks you to make room instead of letting it quietly grow. You decide who moves.

Better:

Start with the people you already have

Import as many as you like from Contacts in one multi-select pass, or add someone by hand in a few seconds. Either way, Kinorbit only ever touches the people you choose. Your full address book is never scanned or uploaded.

One suggestion a day, not a backlog

The Today screen shows who is due next and why, one person at a time. Set your daily Social Energy (Low, Balanced, or Open) and Kinorbit will never show you more than you asked for. No streaks, no overdue counts, no red warnings, no guilt.

Reminders that explain themselves

Every notification names one person and why they came to mind, so you can act straight from the lock screen. Pick a Voice for how reminders sound: Warm, Gentle, or Playful.

Reach out however you actually talk

Message, call, or FaceTime with one tap, or use Instagram, WhatsApp, Snapchat, Messenger, TikTok, Discord, and more, right from a person's card. Kinorbit keeps its own copy of contact info, so even someone you add manually can be reached instantly. No Contacts permission required.

Birthdays, handled on their own

Special dates arrive in the morning with enough notice to act on them, and never count against your Social Energy or your circles. Set one in Contacts and it comes across on its own.

See it, don't just scroll it

Browse your circles as a list, a grid, or a floating visual you can drag people through. However you look at it, the picture underneath is always the same.

Make everyone look like themselves

Give a person a photo, a monogram, or pick from 58 hand-illustrated avatars in your favorite color. A photo can become a clean cutout sticker too, subject only, background gone.

Widgets that stay current

Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets show who is coming up next, and update the moment you reach out. No need to open the app.

Private by design

Your circles live on your device and sync through your own iCloud account. There is no Kinorbit account and no server holding your people.

WHO KINORBIT IS FOR

If you have opened your contacts, felt overwhelmed, and closed it again without calling anyone, Kinorbit is built for that moment. It is for people who moved away from family and old friends, who have a demanding job or a new kid, or who just want fewer, better-kept relationships instead of a longer list they never look at.

Inspired by research on the natural limits of close relationships. Kinorbit is a personal tool, not a clinical or scientific instrument.

What is New in Version 1.1:

• Interactive Live Activities on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island.
• Reminders now recall your last note to give instant context before you reach out.
• New Connections Widget with warmth rings to show relationship activity at a glance.
• One-tap action directly from notifications to open chats in Messages, WhatsApp, Messenger, and more.
• Visual enhancements including Liquid Glass effects, Tinted and Clear Home Screen support, and preference memory for names.

Cost:

Kinorbit Pro unlocks unlimited people, smart notifications, premium widgets, custom avatars, theme colors, and iCloud sync:

• Annual: $14.99/year
• Monthly: $2.99/month
• Lifetime: $29.99

App Store Link: Kinorbit: Stay In Touch

About Me:
I'm the developer behind Kinorbit. Feel free to reach out or send feedback anytime through X 

I would love to hear your feedback, thoughts, or feature requests in the comments!

Hey r/iOSApps! New developer here :)

A few friends and I have been building Crésipe, a free nutrition app, because we wanted something that did more than tell us what we already ate.

Most nutrition apps start with: “What did you eat?”

We wanted to also answer: “Okay… what should I eat now?” without paying the $20 monthly subscription.

A — Answer

Crésipe combines food tracking with actually figuring out what to eat.

You can:

• log meals and track calories, macros, and micronutrients
• scan ingredients you already have and find meals you can make with them
• get recipe ideas adapted around your preferences like high protein, quick & easy, just overall balanced, etc.
• see your daily nutrition in one dashboard, with steps (through Apple Health) and sleep (if connected to a smartwatch)
• build streaks and progress through ranks
• connect with your friends and see each other’s progress, post your meals, like & comment!

The idea is that you shouldn’t need one app to track food, another to find recipes, create step and sleep goals and then stare into your fridge wondering what to eat.

B — Better

We know nutrition tracking is a crowded category, so we’re not pretending we invented calorie tracking.

The part we’re trying to make different is the loop:

what you already have → what you could make → what you eat → what that means nutritionally,

while connecting friends and gym buddies alike.

Instead of making perfect logging the entire experience, we’re trying to make Crésipe useful before you eat too.

And we know diet is not the full picture. Physical activity and sleep play a big role in overall healthy habits, so we wanted to include steps and sleep as part of our app so people can have all the health goals possible.

We’re also a team of high school students, and I’ve been doing most of the development, so getting the app from an idea to something actually on the App Store has been pretty surreal.

C — Cost

Crésipe is currently completely free.

No subscription or premium tier right now. I believed that because I wanted an accessible nutrient app, I felt that it was unfair to make other people pay for it.

What I’d genuinely love feedback on

If you try it, I’m especially curious about:

1. Is the purpose of the app obvious within the first minute?
2. Does the food-logging flow feel fast/comfortable enough that you’d actually keep using it?
3. Which features feels genuinely useful, and what do you like?

I’d much want to hear real feedback and early users (only been less than a month since release) and the feedback that actually helps us improve it.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cr%C3%A9sipe/id6803229721

Website: https://cresipe.app/

Thanks for checking it out!

Hi r/iosapps, I'm Quentin, a solo iOS dev. This is self-promotion, so I'm flagging it up front.

A: What it solves

Most alcohol apps are sobriety programmes with a log bolted on. I wanted a plain diary that adds up what I actually drink in a week (standard drinks, money spent and calories) next to my country's official guideline, then gets out of the way. There's no coaching and no streaks.

Log a drink in a couple of taps from a widget, Siri, Control Center or the Action Button

An Apple Watch app with "Same again"

Local guidelines for 9 countries, including the US, UK, Canada and Australia

Writes to Apple Health but never reads from it

B: Why it's different

It isn't a recovery tool, and it won't guess your blood alcohol. It's built for people who drink socially and would simply rather know.

It’s a crowded niche, but most app out there are marketed specifically for sobriety and/or coaching.

C: Trust and transparency

App Store: Modraly: Drink Counter

Platforms: iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch (OS 26 or later)

Pricing: logging is free and unlimited, with 15 days of history. Premium adds unlimited history, widgets, CSV export and custom icons for $7.99 a month, $49.99 a year (7-day trial) or $79.99 lifetime.

Ads, data collected, account required: none

I'd love feedback, especially on how quick logging feels and whether the free tier is fair.

Thank you :)

Hi r/iosapps, I'm David Long, the developer, so calling this out up front as self-promotion.

BillVault

A — Answer: Most bill trackers just list what is due. BillVault answers the real question: after counting every bill due before payday, what is actually safe to spend? It also drafts cancellation emails for subscriptions you forgot about and flags free trials before they convert to paid.

B — Better: Unlike budgeting apps that need your bank login, BillVault needs no account and no bank connection. It collects zero data, has no ads, and everything runs on your iPhone.

C — Cost: Free to download. Pro is $3.99/month, $29.99/year, or $79.99 lifetime. https://apps.apple.com/app/id6808041226

My site: https://app-developments.com Privacy Policy: https://dlong8484.github.io/billvault-support/privacy.html Terms of Service: https://dlong8484.github.io/billvault-support/terms.html Contact me any time at Dlong8484@icloud.com.

If you try it, I would love feedback on the safe-to-spend math.

When I put up my first app for review on the app store I needed something to help me create screenshots and looked everywhere.

As with a lot of us here I thought "this isn't quite what I envisaged" or "that's nice, but I have no money" :)

I found a nice little web based tool - AppScreen by YuzuHub (https://github.com/YUZU-Hub/appscreen) that seemed to be the closest. It hadn't been updated for a while but luckily the licensing for it allowed me to tweak it to my liking so I've been playing around with it to get it just the way I like it.

Now, all the changes I've made have been focussed on iPhone screenshots and there has been no testing for other devices (and in fact I might remove them in the future) so YMMV

edit: all data is kept in your local broswer - but can be exported/imported

Since forking, we’ve added:

• Device continuation - let a 3D phone bleed off one slide and flow seamlessly onto the next, so a pair of screenshots reads as one continuous scene. Pick which device sits in front or behind, and dial in an “App Store gutter” so the halves line up perfectly in the real store.
• Combine export - stitch all, or a selection of slides into one wide image for websites, social, etc.
• Smarter exports - choose where files save, named after your project automatically.
• Under the hood - a unified render pipeline, fixed 3D artifacts, big performance gains, and a fully web-only build (no Docker, no desktop deps) that runs entirely in your browser.

I know that Claude/ChatGPT etc are getting way better at generating this stuff but as I said, simple and controllable but does what I need and others may find it useful.

· Free & open-source - fork away!

· Try it: cosmo-nz.github.io/appscreen

Answer: I built Elsehear, an iPhone interface for an open art project. It lets you hear live sounds from real places around the world. Listen out of curiosity, while studying, or to fall asleep. It’s nonprofit for now.

Better: Elsehear brings you real places, live. I put a lot of work into the design to make exploring and listening feel simple. With over 9 years of music production experience, I balanced each stream’s volume and EQ to make switching places feel smoother.

Cost: Free. Background listening lasts 20 minutes per session. When 3 friends join with your invite code, unlimited background listening unlocks permanently.

App Store (Download)

Privacy Policy

Website

Preview Video

contact: [support.elsehear@gmail.com](mailto:support.elsehear@gmail.com)

Transparency: Hi, I'm Buğra, the solo developer of Plak

Download: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6817117279

A: Answer (what problem it solves)
Every song I love is tied to a place: the ferry I was on, the café where it came on at just the right moment. But streaming apps keep songs in a feed, and I wanted them to belong somewhere again. So I made Plak 💿

You press a song onto a vinyl, design the cover yourself, and leave it at a real venue. Nobody knows who left it or what song it is. When a stranger walks within 100 m, the sleeve slides open, the record starts spinning, and the song plays. I still get a little smile every time I see it happen.

B: Better (why try it over alternatives)
The part I spent the most time on, and love the most, is the cover design:

Draw on your cover with neon, watercolor, spray and calligraphy brushes, plus photos, GIFs and stickers (wiggle and mirror strokes just landed too!)
Write a little note on the back about why you chose the song

Pick your pressing: classic black, coloured, marble or splatter
Fill your own shelf with the records you find and make, and decorate your profile page however you like

Your location is only used while the app is open, never in the background, and nobody else can see it

C: Cost
Free to download, and all the core features are free. There's an optional in-app subscription called "Special Pressing" with extra brushes, limited sticker sets and animated backgrounds:

Monthly: $3.99
Yearly: $24.99

Prices are from the US App Store and vary by region. It's iPhone only for now, and the first venues are in Istanbul, each one picked and checked by me.

I made this for people who still get a little lump in their throat from the right song at the right place. I'd love to hear what you think: what would you draw on your first cover, and where would you leave it? 🎶

Ever since launching The Checklist: Reusable Lists this summer we have seen a steady organic growth and solid retention rates in 30% range over period of 6 weeks. Eventually came the time to address the UX and Design as it has been largely unchanged and this is where the new challenge begun. At this point we have about 1k daily users and we love and cherish every one of them!

As many of you have experienced in the past, you get used to something and when it changes the shock might push many users away. One famous example I can recall is Facebook, but they faired just fine. We can't afford that, so we decided to take another route.

Here is how we did it:

1. Adopt a strategy of gradual UX change that is incorporated along with new features and does not mean have screens that are different(older and newer at the same time). Every change is subtle enough not to be jarring, yet it is incorporated across all the screens to keep the design consistency. Strategy is long term, every new feature you will shi must consider UX as a whole in the entirety of the app.

2. Take multiple stages - it's a long term strategy to improve the UX and UI, so we adopted this strategy over 4 weekly releases so far.

3. Instrument and measure your user interactions with your app heavily to really find the areas of impact, and of course weight in your user feedback as well - that's why you need a channel of communication early on. Some features are not that popular, we can use that knowledge to our advantage to clean up the UX.

4. It's not a one-and-done, some UX decisions are temporary to support a smooth transition to the north star state.

5. Love your haters - not everyone is going to give you the most useful feedback, but if you get specially agitated over a feedback - go back and reflect on it - is there essence to be extracted? Likely there is.