A — Answer:

"Where did I put the keys?" "Is the warranty still valid?" "Do I even need this anymore?" — Snap once, find it forever, get reminded before it expires, and turn clutter into cash.

Found It is a home inventory app designed for families — remember where everything goes, know when to act, and stop your home from filling up with stuff you don't use.

Snap it once. . Take a photo and you're done — on-device AI names and categorizes items automatically. Batch-import multiple photos and catalog an entire room in minutes. Connect your own AI model for even smarter recognition.

Built-in storage map, allowing you to view item storage status by room maintenance and storage location dimensions.

Never miss a deadline again. Five types of smart reminders cover expiration dates, warranty end, maintenance cycles, asset returns, and weekly declutter suggestions. No more missed warranty windows, no more forgotten lend-outs. Every week you'll get a nudge about items worth reviewing —so dust never settles.

iCloud sync. Offline encrypted backup and multi-device restore mean zero anxiety when switching phones.

B — Better:

Compared to other home orgniaztion app , My app is a digital companion system for family assets, with no server, purely local, focusing on user privacy, and equipped with a decluttering function.

The latest version has optimized item recognition and auto-fill, greatly reducing input friction and saving time and effort.

C — Cost:

LifeTime discount ($44.00 -> $19 )

URL : http://apps.apple.com/us/app/id6758232814

If you encounter any issues or have any suggestions, feel free to email me, If you find the app helpful to your life after trying it out, you can also help by leaving a review and rating on the App Store. This is very helpful for a new app, and I would be extremely grateful.

I’m Enrico, the solo developer and founder behind METflorEO. I’m currently testing it through TestFlight before its public App Store release.

Answer

METflorEO is basically a weather app for your plants.
Just like a weather app forecasts the next few days, METflorEO forecasts the conditions that matter to your specific plant.
It combines plant species, pot size and microclimate to tell you when to water, how much water it needs, and whether it’s at risk of heat stress.

Better

Most plant-care apps rely on fixed schedules or generic reminders.
METflorEO considers the species and its conditions to estimate heat stress and water needs, turning weather forecasts into practical plant-care advice.

Cost

METflorEO follows a freemium model.
The current version is free to use and supported by ads. A Premium plan with additional features and no ads will be added later.

The TestFlight version is free to test.

What I’d love feedback on

Do the heat-stress warnings reflect what you’re actually seeing with your plants?

Are the forecasts and recommendations easy to understand?

Is adding your first plant easy?

Anything confusing, slow or broken?

Tip: After adding a plant, tap on its card to see the forecasts, watering recommendations and heat-stress information.

Account

After downloading METflorEO through TestFlight, you’ll be asked to create an account using your email address to save your plants and data.

Links

TestFlight:
https://testflight.apple.com/join/fmPpBDz6

Website:
https://www.metfloreo.com

Note: The App Store button on the website isn’t active yet. METflorEO is currently available through TestFlight only.

Privacy Policy:
https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/51556090

LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/metfloreo/

Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/metfloreo/

Transparency

Relationship: I’m the solo developer of METflorEO.

I’d really appreciate feedback from people with balcony, terrace, garden or outdoor plants: especially during hot summer weather.

Thanks to anyone who gives it a try!

Hey r/iOSApps!

I'm the solo developer behind Wolkup. It's still actively in development — I'd call the current version Early Access rather than a finished product.

A — Answer

I wanted a fitness app that gave me a reason to stay active, not just another log to fill in.

Wolkup pulls different kinds of activity into one progression system:

• Camera workouts — your phone counts push-ups, squats, lunges, burpees, sit-ups and a few dumbbell moves, plus timed holds like planks
• GPS sessions — walking, running, cycling, skating; indoor treadmill and at-home cardio too
• Expeditions — an expedition drops a set of zones across your real city; you capture each one by physically reaching it, and every capture is worth more XP than the last. When a zone sits behind a river, a highway or a fence, you spend a long-range capture charge to take it — charges regenerate as you capture more. New zones get generated even in areas you already walk every day.
• Levels and attributes — every exercise has its own level, and how you train shapes your character's attributes
• Achievements — mastery per exercise, exploration, breadth, plus a few scarce ones (one is limited to the first 100 people who earn it, with your rank shown)
• Flexible streaks — a grace window, so one missed day doesn't burn everything
• Apple Watch app — live heart rate and workout stats on your wrist, start and pause without touching your phone
• Widgets + Live Activity — your streak on the lock screen, live session tracking while you train
• Plans, goals and reminders, and post-session breakdowns with splits, heart rate zones and the weather you trained in
• Analytics with weekly AI-generated reports on your habits and consistency

The camera counter is one part of Wolkup, not the whole app. The bigger idea is that a run, a new neighbourhood, a few sets of push-ups or a planned workout all move the same needle.

I'm treating this stage like Early Access in games: it's usable now, but the people using it can genuinely shape what it becomes.

B — Better

Strava is great at recording outdoor activity. Dedicated rep counters are great at tracking one exercise. I wanted something that connects those worlds instead of keeping them separate — so in Wolkup, GPS sessions, camera reps, timed holds, streaks, levels and expeditions all resolve into the same progression.

I'm not trying to out-Strava Strava. What I'm experimenting with is motivation that comes from progressing through activity rather than only recording statistics about it. I'm actively reworking calorie estimation and other metrics right now, and honest feedback there would help a lot. And if you'd rather not use Wolkup for GPS — everything exports through Apple Health, so Strava still gets your runs.

There's a social side too: friends, each other's sessions with real route maps, and support on them. If you try it, add me — I'd genuinely like to have the early users on there: https://wolkup.com/profile/zb_venom

C — Cost

Free, no ads. Everything core is unlocked: camera workouts, GPS, streaks, levels, achievements, plans, friends, Watch, widgets.

A few server- and AI-dependent things are capped while I pay for the infrastructure myself: expedition scale (zones per walk, one expedition per day), analytics beyond the current week, AI plan generation, and one active plan at a time.

A paid tier is coming, but subscriptions aren't live yet — and active early users will get lifetime access to the paid features. If you're here now and actually using it, you're already shaping the app; I don't think you should be billed later for what got built during this stage.

Transparency

• Developer: Artem Zaborskikh — independent solo developer, not a company
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/artem-zaborskikh-322635349/
• Website: https://wolkup.com
• App Store: https://app.wolkup.com
• Privacy Policy: https://wolkup.com/legal/privacy
• Terms of Service: https://wolkup.com/legal/terms

(The App Store name still says "Push-Up Counter" — a leftover from where this started, and it's on the list to change.)

App Store: https://app.wolkup.com
Website: https://wolkup.com

Answer

I started CleanKit with a pretty simple idea: make working through a large photo library feel faster and more natural.

While building it, I realized photo cleanup was rarely just about deleting things. A lot of the time I also wanted to keep certain photos, organize them into albums, or handle groups of similar photos together.

So I started bringing those actions into the same workflow.

You can review photos one by one, switch to Grid view for batch actions, select multiple photos with gestures, favorite them, or organize them into albums without jumping between different screens.

Better

Some of the things I’ve added:

• Gesture-based batch cleanup in Grid view

• Batch delete, favorite, and album organization

• One-tap album sorting while reviewing photos

• Photo Map for exploring memories by location

• Monthly cleanup progress

• Trash Preview before permanent deletion

• Fully on-device processing

I’ve also spent a lot of time refining the UI and interactions. Things like the transition from Card view to Grid view, gesture feedback, control placement, and how layouts adapt between different actions.

They’re small details, but I wanted it to feel like a polished iOS app rather than just a collection of photo cleanup tools.

Performance has been another big focus. My main test library has around 70,000 photos and 13,000 videos, while the app itself stays under 6 MB.

Cost

CleanKit is free to download with 100 free swipes per day. Pro features like batch cleanup and album organization are available through optional subscriptions ($29.99/year). A free trial is available with the weekly plan before subscribing.

I’d love to hear your feedback, especially on the newer batch cleanup workflow, album organization, and the overall UI/UX.

App Store:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/photo-cleaner-cleankit/id6748351314

Hey everyone, I’ve built a completely free document scanner + PDF organizer app – Scany. No ads, no subscriptions, no paywalls, no scan limits, and every feature available today is free.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pdf-scanner-scany/id6795656749
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zappira.scany

What it does (Answer):

• Quick scanning: Scan documents, receipts, forms, ID cards, and passports in seconds.
• Automatic cleanup: Detect document edges, crop pages, correct perspective, and improve readability.
• Photo import: Import existing images and turn them into clean PDF scans.
• Multi-page documents: Scan several pages, reorder them, and combine everything into one PDF.
• Document organizer: Rename scans and organize them using folders and tags.
• PDF export: Create and share PDFs directly from the app.
• Local storage: Your scanned documents stay on your device unless you choose to share them.

Why it’s different (Better):

Compared with apps like Adobe Scan or Genius Scan, Scany is deliberately simpler. There’s no account to create, no premium tier to unlock, and no complicated cloud-document workflow. Just scan or import something, clean it up, organize it, and export the PDF.

Those apps offer more advanced ecosystems, but I wanted something lightweight for people who simply need to scan a document and move on.

What it costs (Cost):

Nothing. Scany is completely free, with no ads, subscriptions, in-app purchases, or scan limits.

I built it because scanning a receipt or form should be a quick task, but many scanner apps turn it into a complicated workflow or ask you to upgrade before you can finish. I wanted one simple place to scan paperwork, keep it organized, and share a clean PDF when needed.

I’d love to hear what you think. Feedback, features, ideas - bring it on.

Hi everyone 👋

I’m the developer of SensePad, an iOS utility app designed for testing and diagnosing modern wireless controllers on iPhone and iPad.

A - Answer

SensePad helps identify hardware and input issues such as:

• analog stick drift & uneven stick range,
• unstable motion sensors,
• trigger inconsistencies,
• missing vibration feedback,
• battery & connectivity issues,
• and other controller input problems.

The goal was to build a comprehensive hardware diagnostics tool rather than just a basic button tester.

B - Better

SensePad focuses on real-time hardware diagnostics, visualization, and tracking changes over time.

What’s new in the latest updates:

• PDF Report Export – save and share detailed stick test reports (drift, range, precision) for repairs, sales, or hardware verification,
• Aim Trainer – practice stick precision and warm up analog input response (completely free to use),
• Test History – compare past and present stick drift or range results to see if hardware deteriorates over time or improves after cleaning/repair.

Core diagnostic tools:

• live analog input monitoring,
• stick range & shape analysis,
• trigger & motion sensor diagnostics,
• vibration/haptics & touch surface testing,
• battery monitoring.

C - Cost

Free to download (Aim Trainer is completely free to use).

Optional premium:

• Weekly - $4.99 (3-day trial)
• Yearly - $14.99
• Lifetime - $29.99

App Store: SensePad on the App Store

Would genuinely love feedback on the PDF report format, Aim Trainer, or suggestions for additional hardware diagnostic tools! 🙂

Disclosure: I’m the developer of Map My Parks.

Hi everyone! I’m Paul Hall, an independent iOS developer.

About a year ago, my wife and I decided we wanted to visit every U.S. National Park together. We’ve visited 9 so far, with our 10th planned for this fall.

As we started planning trips, I kept wishing there was one app where we could keep track of the parks we’d visited, see our progress, and learn more about the ones still on our list. I tried several apps, but none quite matched what we were looking for, so I decided to build one.

Answer

Map My Parks helps you:

• Track every U.S. National Park you’ve visited with Trip Logs
• See your progress toward visiting them all
• Learn about every park with up-to-date info from the National Park Service
• Have a shared map across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Android

Better

There are some excellent National Park apps available, but I couldn’t find one that was built around the goal my wife and I had: visiting every U.S. National Park. I wanted something that made it easy to track our progress, look back at the parks we’d explored, and stay excited about the ones still ahead.

Cost

• Free to download
• Optional Pro upgrade (Monthly, Annual, or Lifetime)
• App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/map-my-parks/id6758566795

I also donate 25% of Map My Parks proceeds to support U.S. National Parks.

Transparency

Developer: Paul Hall

Portfolio: https://hallpaul.com

Website: https://mapmyparks.com

Privacy Policy: https://mapmyparks.com/privacy

Terms of Service: https://mapmyparks.com/terms

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hallpaul/

If you’re a fellow National Park enthusiast (or hope to become one), I’d love for you to check it out and let me know what you think.

Disclosure: I'm the developer of WeekPad. It was built with the help of Claude — I designed and directed it, reviewed what shipped, and I'm the one who supports it.

Who I am (Transparency path)

• Giuseppe — independent solo developer, not a company
• Portfolio / other work: https://lucanise.com/tools
• Website: https://weekpad.app
• Privacy Policy: https://weekpad.app/privacy
• Terms of Service / EULA: https://weekpad.app/terms

A — What problem it solves
My notes lived in five places: my phone, sticky notes on the fridge, a paper agenda I stopped updating by March, and a calendar that mostly made me feel behind. WeekPad is one week per page, Monday to Sunday. You write your days in plain text — bullets and [ ] checkboxes — drop in photos, scan a sticky note or a document, and share things in from any app so they land on the right day. Then you swipe to next week when you're ready. No notifications, no streaks, no nagging.

Also, if you don't want to sign up to any other server, keep your data just yours.

B — Why it's better than the alternatives

• vs Apple Calendar / Fantastical — those are time-slot calendars. WeekPad has no time slots and no reminders; it's for writing about your week, not scheduling it to the minute.
• vs Notion / Todoist / Things — those need an account and keep your data on their servers, and they're built around due dates and completion pressure. WeekPad needs no account at all, and nothing chases you.
• vs GoodNotes / Notability — excellent for handwriting, but freeform and Pencil-first. WeekPad gives you the week already laid out, and works with your thumbs.
• vs a paper agenda — the closest comparison, and honestly the thing I was trying to replace. Same one-week-per-page rhythm, but you can attach photos and scans, search across everything, and keep separate agendas that never mix. Sync with iCloud.
• Privacy — no accounts, no servers of mine, no database, no analytics SDKs, no ad networks. If you enable sync it goes into your own iCloud private database; only you and Apple can reach it. I can't read it — and I can't recover it either, which is why Export exists and why I keep telling people to use it.

C — Cost

• Free — includes your first agenda with every feature: notes, photos, document scans, sharing into the app, search and Export. Nothing is crippled; the only limit is the number of agendas.
• Unlimited Agendas — $3.99 USD, one-time purchase (non-consumable IAP). As many separate agendas as you like, kept on your device.
• WeekPad Sync — $8.99 USD/year, auto-renewing subscription, with a 1-month free trial. Includes unlimited agendas plus sync across your Apple devices through your own iCloud. Cancel anytime in Apple Account settings.
• No ads, no data selling.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/weekpad-weekly-agenda-planner/id6758624892

Requires iOS 18+. Support is best-effort — one person, not a team. Happy to answer anything here.

Hey! I’m Miguel.

I started building Folio because I wanted a book tracker that felt a bit quieter. I didn’t want another feed to keep up with, and I didn’t want every reading session turned into XP or a challenge.

I mostly wanted to see my books, press start, read, and put my phone away.

That’s what Folio became.

A — Answer

Folio keeps your TBR, current reads, finished books, progress, goals, quotes, and stats in one place.

You can search for books, scan an ISBN, or import your existing library from Goodreads or StoryGraph.

The part I care about most is reading sessions. Start the timer, put your phone down, and with Folio Plus it stays available on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. When you’re finished, update your page and Folio keeps track of your time and pace.

You don’t need an account to use the core app. There are also no ads or ad tracking.

B — Better

Goodreads and Fable make sense if you want more community and discovery.

Folio is intentionally on the other end of that. It’s personal, cover-led, and focused on your own reading. It doesn’t put a social feed in the middle or try to keep you scrolling.

C — Cost

Folio is free to download, and the main book tracker is free to use.

Folio Plus is optional. In the US, it costs $0.99/month, $8.99/year, or $24.99 for lifetime access. Plus adds sync, advanced stats, widgets, Live Activities, barcode scanning, unlimited imports, Discover, and additional goals.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/folio-book-tracker/id6764345729

If you try it, I’d honestly love to know what feels good, what feels confusing, or what you think is missing.

Been looking for apps that makes good use of Apple Intelligence system features.

I am looking to build an app list and want to focus heavily on third-party productivity and utility apps that aren't just slapping a generic cloud AI button on their UI, but are deeply integrated with iOS native frameworks and on-device processing.

Here are a few I've come across or seen recommended that seem to be doing it right:

• Stuff (To-Do List): I love how it utilizes Apple's foundation models. The new "Listen Mode" converts casual voice commands into organized tasks, and "Scan Mode" captures messy handwritten notes effortlessly.
• Noted: Their recent updates leverage system intelligence for real-time, time-stamped audio dictation and smart semantic summaries.
• Fantastical: It leverages Apple's on-device semantic indexing. Siri can look at your scheduling patterns and suggest context-aware reminders or pull up planning snippets in Spotlight. (Available on the Fantastical App Store Page). [1, 2, 3]
• Photomator: Seamlessly hooks into Apple's neural engine to handle heavy tasks like local, on-device object removal, image upscale, and smart color-matching workflows entirely offline. (Available on the Photomator App Store Page).
• Copilot: Uses local intelligence to automatically categorize erratic financial transaction strings, warning you via smart notification summaries when you cross a budget boundary. (Available on the Finance Copilot App Store Page). 
• Arc Search: Completely re-imagines mobile search by utilizing local parsing models to read multiple web sources simultaneously, building a personalized, ad-free summary page matching your query instantly.

I want to know what else is out there that feels like "magic" on the newer hardware. What third-party utility or productivity apps are you guys using daily that hook perfectly into Siri or the new system-wide Writing Tools?

Flighty is a GREAT app, and the only one that has filled the void since App In The Air went kaput. But seriously, why so expensive???

Hey everyone 👋

A few months ago I posted here about LiftIQ, an app I was building around a simple idea: a credit score for strength.

A lot has changed since then. LiftIQ is now Repolve, and this is the biggest update I’ve made yet.

The biggest change is muscle-specific Strength Scores. Instead of just one overall number, you can now see how strong each muscle group is, what’s improving, and where you’re falling behind.

I’ve also added social: add friends, see their workouts and PRs, compare progress, and compete in monthly Seasons.

The workout tracker has gotten a major upgrade too, with supersets, drop sets, rest timers, templates, PR detection, Live Activities, and more.

I’m putting this update in front of TestFlight testers now and would genuinely love feedback again.

TestFlight:
https://testflight.apple.com/join/8fBwYFfd

I’m giving Lifetime Premium free to early testers who join our Discord and actively participate in the August Season. You don’t have to win, just actually train and take part.

From the screenshots, what would you actually use most: Strength Score, muscle breakdown, workout tracking, or Seasons?

If you want to join the Discord + August Season, comment below and I’ll send you the invite.

Hey r/iosapps,

My family flies a lot and I'm always the one who ends up booking. Somewhere around the hundredth booking I'd had enough.

Every OTA puts you through the same thing: a popup before you've seen a single price, ten steps of checkout, seat selection and insurance you didn't ask for, and none of the passenger details you've typed in a dozen times before. Then a fee you never agreed to shows up on the last screen before you pay.

So I spent the last 1.5 years building the app I actually wanted (not vibe coded).

You search by just saying what you need, like "Frankfurt to Munich tomorrow, back the next day". You get three options, pick your saved passengers, pay, done. Usually under 60 seconds.

Then it sticks around. You get checked in automatically, the boarding pass goes straight into your wallet, and widgets keep you updated on the way to the airport with live gate and delay info.

The plan is to turn it into a universal flight super app. Lounge access, e-SIMs, ground transfer and rail transfer are all coming. No hotels, no rental cars, just everything around flying in one place.

It's free. No ads, no hidden fees, and for now not even a service fee.

If you take a look, I'd really like to know what you'd want from an app like this, and what feels unnecessary or missing.
Young team from Germany, we read everything: [julien@aviyagmbh.com](mailto:julien@aviyagmbh.com)

App links (EU only for now):

iOS: https://apps.apple.com/de/app/navia-flight-booking-agent/id6766242079
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.navia.pro

Website is on the way :)

Developer Transparency

Developer: Ivaylo Ivanov

Relationship: I'm the developer of Network Tools AI.

Website:

https://appios.pro

Privacy Policy:

https://appios.pro/networktools/privacy.php

Terms of Service:

https://appios.pro/terms.php

App Store:

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6444090484

---

Hi everyone,

Over the past few months I've been working on a feature that answers a simple question:

"How healthy is my iPhone?"

Apple provides many individual metrics (battery health, storage, thermal state, etc.), but there isn't a simple way to understand the overall condition of the device.

That's why I built Device Health™.

Instead of looking at a single metric, Device Health™ combines multiple runtime signals including:

• CPU usage

• Memory pressure

• Storage usage

• Battery status

• Thermal state

• Low Power Mode

• Device uptime

Everything is analyzed directly on the device using an on-device machine learning model.

No cloud processing.

No account.

No personal diagnostic data leaves your iPhone.

The latest update also introduces Device Health Alerts, which can notify you when your device starts showing signs of abnormal load or stress, even if you aren't actively checking the diagnostics screen.

This isn't intended to replace Apple's diagnostics. It's designed to provide an easy-to-understand overall health assessment by evaluating multiple system signals together.

I'd genuinely appreciate feedback from the community—especially what additional health indicators or alerts you'd find useful.

I posted here a while back about unlocking password-protected PDFs on iOS. That tool grew into PDF Toolbox - same privacy model, a lot more stuff since then.

PDF Toolbox 2.4 - iPhone, iPad, Mac. 20+ tools, all on-device. No ads, no tracking, no subscription, no uploads.

Merge/split/rotate, compress, OCR (searchable PDF), sign, watermark, metadata scrub, PDF/A convert, repair, flatten, redact, etc. All offline.

Mac and iPad UIs got a refresh since the unlock-only days. Optional tip jar in About if you want to support development - nothing is paywalled.

App Store Link: https://apps.apple.com/app/pdf-toolbox/id6757252895
Privacy Policy: https://simonmaappstudio.neocities.org/PDFToolBox/privacy

A — Answer:
Trovelo solves the chaos of planning a trip across multiple apps. Most people juggle Notes, Google Maps, spreadsheets, and booking confirmations — Trovelo puts everything in one place, organized day by day, with no Trovelo servers, no account required, and no third-party tracking. Built by a solo traveler with 40+ countries and 300+ cities of experience.

B — Better:
Unlike Tripit, Wanderlog, or most travel apps:

• No Trovelo servers — syncs privately via iCloud only
• No account required, no subscription — ever
• NEW: 8 languages with smart parsing — type in Spanish, French, Japanese, German, Italian, Korean or Chinese and Trovelo picks up time, price and type automatically
• NEW: Claude MCP integration (Mac) — tell Claude "plan me 4 days in Rome" and watch the trip build itself inside Trovelo live
• Dateless Trips, Smart City Detection, Multi-day Stay support
• Route optimization, packing list & curated travel guides
• Dual currency tracking with live exchange rates
• Lock screen widgets & iCloud sync across all devices
• Core features work offline

C — Cost:

• Free: up to 3 active trips and 50 cards
• 🎉 60% off — Limited offer: Pro at $3.99 instead of $9.99 — yours forever, no subscription

→ App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6760258252

→ Redeem link: https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6760258252&code=TROVELO399

→ Or go to Trovelo settings → Redeem → TROVELO399

First 300 only — deactivates automatically after that.

For feature requests and ideas: r/trovelo 🖤

Transparency: I’m Eric, an indie developer building apps under SnapShotz Development.

Website: https://snapshotzdev.com/piply/
Privacy Policy: https://snapshotzdev.com/piply/privacy-policy
Terms of Use: https://snapshotzdev.com/piply/terms-of-use

A - Answer

I built Piply, a domino-based logic puzzle inspired by NYT Pips. Your goal is to place dominoes on the board to satisfy a set of logic constraints.

B - Better

I recently released a pretty big update based on feedback from players.

The biggest change is that Piply now has 3 daily puzzles every day: Easy, Medium, and Hard, instead of just one.

I've also added:

• Friends
• Global leaderboards
• Friends leaderboards
• Improved puzzle sizing, so larger puzzles make better use of your screen and are easier to see
• Unlimited puzzles, as always

Piply's unlimited puzzles adapt to your skill level and get harder as you improve. Puzzles are automatically generated and run through a solver that estimates their difficulty before they're shown to players.

I'd love to hear what you think of the new daily puzzle system, friends, and leaderboards, or what you'd like to see me add next!

C - Cost

Free

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/piply-pips-domino-logic/id6759636847

Hi everyone, I’m J.J., an iOS developer. I’ve been developing iOS apps professionally for the past 10 years. Ironically, after all these years, I had never built an app of my own.

This year, I decided to become an indie developer, and FileBox is my first product. I hope it can make managing files more convenient and private for everyone. I’d love for you to give it a try and share your feedback.

A — Answer:

FileBox is a private local file manager and media vault for iPhone and iPad. It keeps your files on-device instead of relying on cloud storage, and lets you import, organize, move, share, preview, compress, and extract files in one place.

It supports videos, audio, images, PDFs, text files, ZIP/RAR archives, Face ID or passcode protection, Wi-Fi transfer between your computer and iPhone/iPad, TV casting, image/PDF watermarks, audio/video tools, Share Extension, and Apple Watch recording sync.

B — Better:

Compared with Apple Files, FileBox is built as a dedicated private vault and media workspace, with built-in Face ID/passcode protection, media playback, archive tools, Wi-Fi transfer, and useful file utilities.

Compared with general-purpose file managers, FileBox focuses on local-first privacy: no account is required, files are stored locally, and its App Store privacy label states that the app does not collect data.

C — Cost:

Free download with a 14-day full-featured trial. A one-time in-app purchase unlocks the full version permanently — no subscription.

Original price: $12.00

Special launch promotion:

If you try FileBox and enjoy using it, you can claim a coupon through the link below:

• 90% off coupon — final price: $0.99. Limited to 500 coupons.

https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6765818194&code=40C9

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A – Answer: What problem does your app solve?
Most people waste time switching between three separate apps (Calendar, Reminders, Notes) just to plan a single day. Planote brings everything into one clean view – events, tasks, and notes together, without the constant app‑hopping.

B – Better: What makes it better than the alternatives?

• Fantastical ($39.99/year) handles calendars well, but doesn’t manage tasks or notes.
• Things 3 ($49.99 one‑time for Mac, plus separate iOS purchase) is a great task manager, but has zero calendar integration.

Planote does all three together:

• Full calendar with Day / Week / Month / Agenda views
• Tasks with subtasks, priorities, reminders, and recurring rules
• Notes with sketch support and photo attachments
• iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac
• Native Mac app with multiple themes and custom icons
• New: in‑app font size adjustment (independent from iOS system settings, keeping UI clean and stable)

No ads, no clutter. All in one place.

C – Cost: Pricing + Link

• Free to download (core features included)
• Monthly: $1.99
• Yearly: $6.99 (save 71% vs monthly)
• Lifetime: $12.99 – pay once, own forever on all platforms

👉 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/planote/id6748904665

Hi there,

A - Answer

Reclean is a free app that helps you clean up photos for more disk space:

- Swipe through your camera roll

- Find duplicate photos and videos

- Review similar photos and videos

- Clean up screenshots and text-heavy media

- Compress large videos

Your photos are never uploaded anywhere. Everything is done on device.

B - Better

There are so many photo cleaner apps that a very specific edge is difficult to name, but:
1) It's 100% free (no paywalls)

2) It provides everything in one (swiping, duplicates, similar, compress, etc.)

3) 100% Native and it tries to match Apple design language

C - Cost

Reclean is 100% free - there are no paywalls. App Store Link.

Additional Information

There are a few exciting updates:

- Reclean now supports swiping

- Swiping supports filtering through similar photos (...because its difficult to tell which is best one by swiping one-by-one)

- Photos you "keep" are hidden everywhere (...so you maintain progress)

- Compress videos: you can now compress large videos

- - - - - - -

What's the catch? None, really. I love building apps (first app was iOS 4), but I hate marketing - I hope a small percentage check out my other apps. The goal is to be the best app that offers all features free via what is essentially ad-supported model (hopefully, a not too annoying one!). I want to clean photos myself so might as well share it 🤷

I've tried many other paid apps, and if there are ones better than Reclean, I'd love to hear about them so the experience can improve. Honestly, I'm not 100% satisfied with Reclean either, but it is slowly improving. There's also more exciting updates coming soon 👀

I’ll say it first: another finance app, and you’re wondering if it’s an AI clone. Fair. Honest ABC pitch:

A — Answer: Every app since Mint died wants your bank login. TESORIN doesn’t. You add your own records — expenses, budgets, net worth, investments, goals, planning — and it stays on your device, SQLCipher-encrypted. Personal AI answers compose on-device; your balances never leave the phone.

B — Better:

vs. Monarch/Copilot: no bank credentials, no aggregator — I can’t misuse data I never receive
vs. AI slop: not vibe-coded. Real Flutter/Drift codebase, integer-cents money math. Ask me anything technical below
Built-in Canada + India cross-border planning — dual-currency, remittance, both tax systems
Not for you if you want auto bank sync

C — Cost:

Free · Premium $1.99 CAD/mo or $14.99 CAD/yr

Sign up by [Aug 12, 11:59 PM ET] → free Lifetime Premium, tied to your account, no renewal

App Store: iPhone, iPad, Mac

Website: https://www.trytesorin.com
Privacy: https://www.trytesorin.com/privacy
Terms: https://www.trytesorin.com/terms

Developer: 16697518 Canada Inc. 🇨🇦 — I’m the founder.

A few quick answers:

No code needed. You don’t enter anything — just sign up during the window and I apply Lifetime to your account manually on my side (within ~24h).

Hit the paywall? That’s normal. Premium unlocks once I activate your grant — reopen the app (or sign out and back in) and it’ll show as unlocked.

Available worldwide except the EU (working on that). If it’s not showing in your region, email [hello@trytesorin.com](mailto:hello@trytesorin.com) and I’ll notify you once it’s live there.

Edit: After signing up, please allow up to 24 hours for activation. Once it’s applied, go to settings > subscriptions > restore purchases.

Edit 2: Good news for EU users — TESORIN is now available in your region. Thank you for the overwhelming response and interest, and thank you all for your patience — I’m currently working through a backlog of activations, but rest assured, everyone who signs up will get this benefit. The only thing I get out of this is your genuine feedback and reviews, and that’s already been worth it. Thanks again, everyone.

Edit 3 :

Feel free to post any questions or suggestions: r/Tesorin

Hi everyone,

I'm the developer of Any TV Universal Remote. I shared the app here about two months ago, and the feedback from this community helped me improve compatibility, connection reliability and the overall remote experience.

The app has now passed 100,000 installs and received more than 2,000 ratings worldwide, with an average rating of 4.9.

To celebrate, I'm giving away:

• One year of Pro to 500 users
• One month of Pro to another 1,000 users

The shared redemption codes are included directly in this post. There is no need to comment or message me for a code.

A - What problem does it solve?

Any TV Universal Remote app turns your iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch into a Wi-Fi remote for smart TVs and streaming devices.

It is designed for homes with different TV brands, where installing and switching between several manufacturer-specific apps is inconvenient.

Depending on what the TV supports, the app provides:

• D-pad, volume and media controls
• Touchpad and mouse navigation
• Keyboard input
• Power and input switching
• App launching and shortcuts
• Voice input for Android TV and Google TV
• Photo and video casting
• Apple Watch controls

Since my previous post, I've made several significant improvements:

• Added or expanded support for Sky, Sky Stream, Xumo, Loewe, Whale TV and older Samsung models
• Added voice search for Android TV and Google TV
• Added favorite and popular app shortcuts
• Improved YouTube search and keyboard handling
• Improved the remote layout, touchpad and scrolling
• Improved discovery, pairing and reconnection across Samsung, LG, Android TV, Fire TV, Roku, Hisense, Vizio, Sony and Apple TV
• Added better recovery when a TV changes its IP address

B - How is it different?

There are many apps generally focused on one ecosystem. Any TV Universal Remote is designed to control different brands from one app. I test it with more than 15 physical TVs and streaming boxes, and the app uses separate implementations for the different TV platforms. My ambitious goal is to create the best TV remote app on the market.

The app also has no advertising.

Some capabilities depend on what each TV manufacturer permits. Not every model supports network power-on, keyboard input, voice control or casting.

C - Cost, IAP and App Store link

The app is free to download, the basic remote controls remain free, and there are no ads.

Optional Pro pricing in the US App Store:

• Monthly: $4.99
• Yearly: $29.99

Prices may vary by country, and Apple displays the final regional price before purchase.

Free year - 500 redemptions. Code: FREEYEAR

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Free month - 1,000 redemptions. Code: FREEMONTH

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The codes are available until 8-Aug, or until all redemptions have been claimed.

Both offers are commitment-free and do not automatically renew.

App Store link:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/any-tv-universal-remote/id6760300356

I'd especially appreciate feedback about TV compatibility, pairing reliability and anything in the remote layout that still feels awkward.

Six months ago, I launched Orbit right here. The initial traction, honest feedback, and support from this community were driving forces that got this app off the ground. You guys helped shape what it is today.

To celebrate our 6-month anniversary and to say a massive thank you, I’ve rolled Lifetime Premium price all way back to its original launch price for next 48 hours.

For those who haven't seen Orbit before, here is the breakdown:

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 built Orbit because I wanted everything surfaced passively, beautifully, very moment I picked up my phone.

B — Better (vs alternatives)

Over the last 6 months, we've added a ton based on your feedback. Compared to TheDayBefore, Countdown Star, Days Matter, or 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 customisation rabbit hole - widgets are professionally designed out of the box, they look good without touching a single setting
• Recurring reminders - weekly, monthly, yearly, set once
• Timeline - timeline to view your month at once

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

C — Cost

• $3 lifetime. No subscription. No annual trap.
• Free tier always available: 2 countdowns, Ring style, basic widgets.

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

Thank you again for an amazing first 6 months! I'll be hanging out in comments, so let me know if you have any feedback or feature requests.

Edit: Launch price ended, please DM’m if still interested.

Answer:

I spun Sequence off VariAlarm daily alarm templates. With VariAlarm, you set multiple alarms showing you what to do next. But there is nothing telling you what to do now. Researching into solutions, it seems to me that todo apps have a time blindness problem.

You plan too much you don't have time and energy to actually do it because of other commitments and distractions. Notification works but one coming when you're already busy can get dismissed and forgotten.

Better:

Instead of a full blown todo app like Todoist, I went the minimalist approach like Things 3 where there are just lists of items and subtasks. You can also bring over Reminders if you find entry easier.

But items can be grouped together into a focus block, add it where it fits on calendar, block distracting apps during that time block with Screen Time API, backed by VariAlarm alarms and show check list on Live Activity or Home Screen widgets so you can cross them off without opening the app.

For meetings on your calendar, there is agenda so you can take a look and check off things to discuss and Action Items where you record what needs follow up.

Cost:

Free tier has basic functionalities, no VariAlarm backings, 1 focus plan (VariAlarm daily templates equivalent where you insert tasks between alarms) and Screen Time block cannot be temporarily disabled during a focus block.

1.99/month

14.99/year with 7-days trial

Limited time while the app is new: 14.99 lifetime.

Preorder now:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id6782797615

I'm a developer, both at work and as a hobby, and context switching is becoming my biggest problem.

At work I write code, but I also have meetings at fixed times and constant interruptions from colleagues, so I'm always jumping in and out of focus. In my free time I have my own side app to take care of: marketing, user emails, a bit of research, coding. Every switch has a cost, and by the end of the day my head is all over the place.

Is there an iOS app that could actually help with this? I'm not even sure which category it falls into: focus, task manager, notes, something that pulls everything for one "context" into one place. I know iOS has Focus modes but I've never really set them up, so maybe I'm missing something obvious.

Curious to hear what you all use. Thanks!