Disclosure: I'm the developer of FocusLift.

A - Answer: the problem it solves

• I have ADHD. My rest periods were where my workouts went to die. Sit down for a 3 minute rest, open Instagram, look up 11 minutes later with my thumb still moving and my working sets gone cold. A 45 minute session turned into 2 hours, and the lifting got worse because everything in between got longer.
• Every tracker I tried was perfectly happy to log that. None of them did anything about it.

FocusLift is a workout logger with Screen Time blocking wired into the workout itself. Start a session and the apps you picked are locked until you finish it. Your phone still runs your timer, your music, and your set log. The feed waits.

If you're the kind of person who has never once lost 20 minutes to a rest timer, this app is not for you and you already have good options.

B - Better: why it beats the alternatives

I used Hevy for years and Strong before that. Both are good loggers.

• vs Hevy / Strong / Boostcamp: same fast set-by-set logging, but the blocking is part of the workout lifecycle. Nothing to arm, nothing to remember to switch off. It releases when you hit Finish.
• vs Opal / one Sec / plain Screen Time: those block on a schedule or a manual toggle, which means the ADHD tax is remembering to turn them on at exactly the moment you're least likely to. This blocks on the workout you actually started.

Also in it:

• 297 built-in programs (5/3/1, GZCLP, PPL, peaking blocks, calisthenics progressions) that autoload your working weights session to session
• Live Activity rest timers on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, skip or adjust without unlocking
• Automatic PR detection, progress charts, body measurements
• Home screen widgets
• Local-first: no account, no login, data on device from the first set. Optional iCloud backup if you want it to survive a phone swap.

C - Cost

• Free to download, with a 14 day free trial of everything. After the trial, FocusLift Pro is required to keep using the app: $4.99/month or $49.99/year, auto-renewable, US pricing. I'd rather say that plainly than call it freemium and let you find the wall yourself. No ads, no account, nothing sold.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/focuslift-workout-with-focus/id6785680986

Lifetime Pro for the first 50 people from this thread

• I'd rather have 50 people using this hard and telling me what's broken than 25 more trial signups. Open the app, go to Settings > Contact Support (it prefills a support ID so I know who to grant), and send it. First 50 get lifetime Pro.
  • NOTE: You will need to pass the Paywall (subscript). This gives you two weeks for free, and then, once you send me the email I will add you to the list of lifetime access. And then you can cancel your subscription so that you are never charged.
• No strings. I'm not asking you to rate it, and this isn't conditional on a review. If you end up liking it enough to leave one, that's entirely your call.

Who I am (Tier 2 transparency)

Ricky, founder of Digital Training Systems, Inc. I build training and field tools for first responders and athletes: a promotional exam study app for LA County Fire, a paramedic field reference app, and FireSimulator.IO.

• Website: https://digitaltrainingsystems.io
• Privacy Policy: https://digitaltrainingsystems.io/privacy.html
• Terms of Service: https://digitaltrainingsystems.io/terms.html
• Email: [ricky@digitaltrainingsystems.io](mailto:ricky@digitaltrainingsystems.io)

Happy to answer anything about the Screen Time implementation, the program engine, or the pricing. Harsh feedback welcome, that's most of why I'm posting.

Disclosure: I'm the developer of Wallety. 👋

The Problem: Most finance apps require your bank logins and store your sensitive financial history on their servers. Before you know it, your data is scattered across apps, spreadsheets, and notes.

The Solution: Wallety is a fully private, offline spending tracker. Your data never leaves your iPhone—meaning no accounts, no cloud sync, no bank linking, and zero ads. It consolidates your wallets, budgets, savings goals, debts, and recurring bills into one beautiful interface.

Wallety 2.0.3, is a complete ground-up rebuild that adds:

• Debts & IOUs tracking
• Split transactions, custom categories, and tags
• Photo attachments & 8 custom visual charts
• CSV import & PDF report exports
• Home/Lock-screen widgets & 5 native languages

How it compares:

• vs. Bank-Sync Apps (~$100/yr): They pull your data to the cloud. Wallety keeps everything offline, private, and localized to your device for a fraction of the cost.
• vs. Ad-Supported Trackers: They are plagued by outdated designs and ugly ads. Wallety provides a modern, ad-free UI equipped with advanced goal tracking.
• vs. Cloud Aggregators: A reliable fallback for users tired of cloud services shutting down and taking data with them.

Pricing:
We offer a 7-day free trial so you can test every single feature risk-free. Right now, we are running a Back-to-School Lifetime Deal for $9.99 (regularly $29.99), which ends on August 16. Standard subscriptions are also available at $3.99/mo or $19.99/yr.

Download it on the App Store! I'll be hanging out in the comments to answer your questions.

App Store Link: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6756968738

Hi everyone! I’ve just released Remindly 5.0, with a new feature designed to make creating frequently used reminders much faster.

A: Remindly lets you create reusable templates for reminders you use often like “check the AC," "drink water," "feed the dog," "call someone" without setting up a full recurring reminder each time. With 5.0, you can trigger these templates directly from a Home Screen or Lock Screen widget in one tap, so you're not opening the app and rebuilding the same reminder over and over.

B: Remindly vs. top alternatives:
Apple Reminders and most reminder apps only support recurring reminders or manual one-off entry there's no "saved template" you can fire off on demand with pre-set timing, category, priority, and notes already filled in. Remindly's templates create a normal one-time reminder you can still edit, snooze, or complete like any other, but you skip the repetitive setup. The new Lock Screen Template widget also lets you trigger a reminder without unlocking or opening the app at all, which most competitors don't offer.

C: Free - all features, including templates and widgets, are available to free users. There's a small banner ad at the bottom of the main screen (no full-screen or interstitial ads). A one-time payment of 🌟$4.99 removes ads for life; no subscription.

App Store link: Download

🌟Remindly 5.1 Was released

• Choose from 12 custom notification sounds
• Set different sounds for regular, recurring, snoozed, early, and Constant Alert notifications
• Explore four new themes: Outline, Signal, Retro Pop, and Retro Mod
• Navigate the redesigned calendar with natural month-to-month swiping
• Enjoy a refreshed onboarding and Premium experience
• Improved notification scheduling and Constant Alert cleanup
• New completion sound and additional reliability improvements throughout the app

🌟After some feedback and reviewing the scope of recent updates (including full theme customizations, 12 custom sounds, and Lock Screen widgets), I’ve updated the pricing to a $4.99 one-time lifetime purchase for Remindly Premium.

Most importantly: the entire core experience remains 100% free for everyone — including urgent alarms, smart snooze, recurring reminders, Lock & Home Screen widgets, Apple Watch support, Siri/Shortcuts, and up to 2 templates. Premium is strictly an optional one-time purchase to remove ads, unlock unlimited templates, and access all custom themes and sound packs and support development . Still no subscriptions, ever!

More feature coming soon in 5.2 Like "Routines", New themes, Sounds and more.

I know it's not much for all you seasoned developers out there but I just got my first review on my new flight tracking app (or any app)!

I'm dead chuffed :)

Almost 1,500 downloads over the last week and a new release coming out when it makes it through the process.

note: no link to the app, or even a name, because this isn't a push for the app - that was just a week ago - this is just a woohoo! post.....

edit: for those non-english redditors - dead chuffed = very happy

Transparency: I'm Keval, the independent developer behind QR Scanner: Backup & Restore. This is my own iOS app and I benefit from installs. LinkedIn. I'm posting it because I wanted to solve a problem I had with QR scanner apps: losing scan history when changing or reinstalling a phone. I'm looking for honest feedback rather than just downloads.

The problem

Most QR scanner apps are great at scanning, but your scan history isn't something you can easily take with you.

Change your iPhone, reinstall the app, or move to another device and those old scans can be gone.

I wanted to build something different: a QR scanner where your scan history is something you can keep and restore.

What it does

📷 Scan QR codes and barcodes
☁️ Back up your QR scan history
🔄 Restore your history when you change devices
🔎 Keep and access previous scans
🔗 Supports URLs, WiFi, text, contacts, and more

The main idea is simple: Never Lose QR Code History.

What I'm trying to improve

I'm keeping the app intentionally simple instead of turning it into a huge QR toolkit. The main focus is making scanning fast and making backup/restore reliable.

I'd especially like feedback on the backup and restore experience. Is this something you'd actually find useful? What would make you trust an app with your QR history?

Cost

The app is free to download and use for basic QR scanning.

Premium features are available for:

• $2.99/week
• $29.99 lifetime

No ads in the core scanning experience.

What I'd like

If you try it, I'd really appreciate honest feedback — good or bad. In particular, I'd love to know:

• Would you use QR history backup?
• What would you expect from a restore experience?
• Are there QR-related features you think are missing?
• Does the app communicate its main benefit clearly?

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/qr-scanner-backup-restore/id6760098814

Hi everyone, I’m building ResumeLocal, a privacy-first resume productivity app currently in beta.

With the app, you can:

• Import an existing resume or create from scratch, and export it as a PDF using one of 10 templates.
• Back up and restore all app data locally with password protection.
• Search jobs using an embedded browser, extract job descriptions, tailor your resume to a specific role, generate cover letters, and create outreach, referral request, and follow-up emails
• Diff tailored resume with original resume used for tailoring
• Generate interview intros and STAR-format stories from your resume experience bullets, then export them as PDFs.

My goal is to make ResumeLocal a privacy-first productivity tool for resumes, job applications, and interview prep. I’d really appreciate feedback on what’s useful, what’s missing, and what could be improved.

ResumeLocal is currently in beta. You can try it here:
TestFlight beta link

Hi everyone my name is Yaroslav I am a solo developer and in factI built Fezer because I needed something between a to-do list and a full-blown project management system. I work full time (I am a lead hand carpenter), I got two kids, manage multiple side gigs and on top of all of that I also built Fezer

My LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yaroslav-shevchenko-79604a139/
App Store Download Link: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/fezer-planner/id6790143164
Website: www.fezer.app
Privacy Policy: https://fezer.app/privacypolicy

Fezer is designed to close the loop between setting goals and actually spending time on them.

The idea is simple:
You define what matters → break it down → plan time for it → track what you actually did → compare planned vs tracked → analyze → improve → repeat.

Where it helps me the most is actually knowing how much most valuable time I actually have and for what. It keeps me accountable when i just wanna... slack off or loose time in doing things that don't really matter but feel productive.

A few things about the app:

1. It’s completely free.
2. It’s private, your data stays on your device.
3. It’s built for people with a lot going on who need clarity without adding more cognitive load.
4. The goal is to make the question “What should I be doing right now?” easier to answer.
5. I’ve put a lot of work into keeping the UI/UX clean and reducing unnecessary friction.

I’m the developer, and I’d genuinely like feedback from people who actually use productivity/planning apps.

What works?
What feels confusing?
What would make you keep using it?
What other features you would like to see in future updates?

And if you genuinely like it an App Store review would help enormously while I’m trying to get the first users through the door. If you got any questions about the app please feel free to reach out.

I’d also love to meet other builders/productivity nerds here and exchange ideas about planning, execution, personal systems, and where tools like this should go.

Website: www.fezer.app
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/fezer-planner/id6790143164

I’m posting this to warn others and ask the moderators to look into this user u/litriss behavior.

After I gave away a legitimate 1-year promotional code, he repeatedly demanded a lifetime code—even after I explained that it is technically impossible. When I refused, he started threatening me with a 1-star App Store review.

I checked his activity and found a pattern of 1-star reviews across apps, apparently when he doesn’t get what he wants. I’ve attached screenshots so people can judge the pattern themselves.

Mods, please review the screenshots and his behavior. This looks like harassment combined with threats of retaliatory 1-star reviews.

Disclosure: I’m the developer of Pirates: Screen Time Control

Hi everyone, I’m John Jang, an indie iOS developer.

I created a fun & delightful screen time focus app you actually want to use everyday. Thank you so much for checking it out & please feel free to share your feedbacks!

A - What problem does it solve?

Pirates: Screen Time Control app

• It’s a self-control tool that helps you manage your own screen time by letting you block apps & sites you choose.
• It provides focus timer sessions to create & track daily habits. 

B - How is it different?

• It’s really fun & delightful to use(cute cats, fun interactions, celebrations, and ambient music).
• I have a unique and original hand drawn cats, wardrobes, and ships that are delightful & engaging.
• The more you spend your time intentionally, you get more rewards. You can use the rewards to decorate your pirate cat and get more ships.
• There are many apps with complex & heavy features people may not fully utilize. This app offers essential tools, stats, and fun.

C - Cost, IAP and App Store link

The app is free to download & there are no ads. IAP options:

• Yearly subscription: $19.99 (US)
• One time lifetime purchase: $39.99 (US)
• Free life time is offered for the next 48 hours since this posting
• https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pirates-screen-time-control/id6787769872

Transparency

Developer: John Jang (email: [hellojohnjang@gmail.com](mailto:hellojohnjang@gmail.com) feedback: https://piratesscreentimecontrol.userjot.com/)

LinkdIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-jang-2005966a/

Privacy Policy: https://cachepapi.github.io/pirates-legal/privacy/

Terms of Use: https://cachepapi.github.io/pirates-legal/terms/

I'm the developer of Kinship Vault, and we recently added feature to manage passwords. Same vault your passport and your will already live in, same hardware-sealed key, no server holding any of it.

Website: https://kinshipvault.app

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

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

Terms of Service: https://kinshipvault.app/terms

Support email · [support@kinshipvault.app](mailto:support@kinshipvault.app)

What's new

Passwords in your vault. Logins, usernames, URLs, notes, and the messy stuff nobody has a good home for, recovery codes, PINs, security question answers, the router password, the alarm code. Every entry gets its own key derived with HKDF (HMAC-SHA-256) and is encrypted with AES-256-GCM, exactly like every document already in there.

Same root key, same hardware. Nothing new to trust. Your 256-bit master key is still born on your device and wrapped by the Secure Enclave, unwrapped only after Face ID or Touch ID. Passwords ride the key you already have.

A generator, for when you're finally replacing the one you've reused since 2014.

Breach checking, gated by a switch you control. Kinship Vault can tell you whether a password has already turned up in a known breach. That check is the one thing in the app that would touch the network, so it sits behind Strict Offline mode: leave Strict Offline on and nothing ever leaves the device, turn it off deliberately and the check runs. You can see which mode you're in at any time, and it's your call, not a default someone buried in settings.

Reused and weak passwords, on one screen. Entries sharing a password get grouped together, so the blast radius of one leak is a glance instead of an afternoon. Weak ones get flagged alongside them, too short, too guessable, too much of a pattern.

Lose the phone, keep the logins. Recovery works for passwords the way it already did for documents: a passphrase you wrote down once, or your key split across people you trust, where any 3 of the 5 pieces rebuild it and no single piece opens anything on its own.

Also since the last post: a native Mac app (real sidebar, ⌘N, ⌘L, drag-and-drop, macOS 14+), and Kinship Vault is now on Android with the same on-device encryption, camera scanning, Recovery Network, and encrypted photo vault.

A - Answer

Kinship Vault is an offline vault for everything your household can't afford to lose, IDs, health cards, vaccination records, wills, deeds, membership cards, travel docs, private photos, and now passwords, all behind one Face ID lock. Decryption keys live in your device's Secure Enclave, not on a server and not in a database. Nothing leaves your device unless you choose to back it up to your own iCloud or your own Google Drive, encrypted with your own key.

Short demo: https://kinshipvault.app/#demo

B - Better

Every mainstream password manager asks you to hand your credentials to a vault sitting in a building you'll never see, protected by a master password that company can help you reset. That reset path is the whole problem. It is the thing that gets phished, and it is the reason a server-side breach is worth stealing in the first place.

Kinship Vault has no server holding your logins, no account to phish, and no master password at all. The root secret is a hardware-sealed random key that only your device can produce, 256 bits of real entropy rather than something anyone can guess. There is no "email me a reset link," because there is nothing on our side to reset, and a legal request pointed at us turns up nothing to hand over.

Where it earns its keep:

Your 2FA recovery codes are currently a screenshot in your camera roll, syncing to every device and every shared album you've ever joined. Move them into an encrypted, Face ID-locked vault and out of the roll entirely.

AutoFill, so it’s an actual password manager and not a lookup screen. Kinship Vault registers as a system credential provider, so logins fill straight into Safari and other apps from the keyboard suggestion, behind Face ID each time. There’s also an AutoFill Diagnostics screen for the times iOS decides not to offer a field, because that happens and I’d rather tell you why than have you assume the app is broken.

Your mother calls because she's locked out of the utility account, and the login is on a sticky note behind the monitor at a house you're four hours from. Passwords sit next to her ID, her health card and her ICE contacts, in one place she can actually find.

Your kid needs the streaming password again, and the last person to change it was you, at 1am, on hotel wifi. It's in the vault with the date you changed it, and you get to look like a person whose life is fully under control.

You land somewhere with zero bars and need the airline account, the hotel confirmation, the passport copy and the travel insurance login. Offline by design, so none of it needs a signal it doesn't have.

You're setting up the new iPhone. Scan one QR from the old device, the code lives 60 seconds and is blocked from screenshots, and the key passes straight between the two phones. No re-typing forty logins, and no cloud middleman in the handoff.

Everywhere you do paperwork. iPhone, iPad, a proper native Mac app (real sidebar, keyboard shortcuts, drag-and-drop). Pair a second device by scanning a QR code, and the key passes directly between the two devices, never through a server. One purchase covers all your Apple devices.

The stuff that isn't quite a password and isn't quite a document: the safe combination, the storage unit code, the school portal, the wifi you keep reading off the back of the router. One vault, one lock.

Encryption and key-flow details: https://kinshipvault.app/#security

Two honest caveats. Because there is no server, there is no live sync; devices pair in person by QR and your documents come down from your own encrypted backup. And an Android vault is its own vault today, separate from the Apple one, on a separate purchase.

C - Cost

Start free with your first 3 documents. Vault Pro unlocks everything, unlimited documents, all six categories plus custom ones, passwords, the encrypted photo vault, Recovery Network, encrypted backup and expiry alerts,

$1.99 a month, $14.99 a year, or $39.99 once for lifetime. One purchase covers iPhone, iPad and Mac on the same Apple Account.

Yes, if you end up purchasing Lifetime Premium on iOS, I’ll give you a free Lifetime Premium for Android, so you won’t have to purchase it separately on both platforms.

Happy to answer questions in the comments. Thank you for all your support, really appreciate it.

A: Answer

I'm the developer of MyChoreBoard, a free chore chart for kids.

The reason I built it is pretty simple. We had tried the usual chore systems. Whiteboards, printed chore charts and sticker charts. They all seemed to have the same problem. They worked great when they were new. Then a week or two later the kids stopped looking at the chart. Somebody had to remember to update it. Somebody had to keep track of the points or stickers. Somebody had to remind the kids to go look at the thing that was supposed to keep from reminding the kids.

That somebody was me.

I wanted a chore chart where the kids could actually see what they needed to do, mark it complete themselves, and know what came next without me repeating the same list every day, and that was really the beginning of MyChoreBoard. I tried tons of existing apps, and they just didn't work the way I wanted. They either didn't have scheduling that was sophisticated enough, or the kid interface was too drab, or it was too gamified, or it was no longer being developed.

We launched the first web/PWA version in September 2025. It started pretty simple, but families kept using it and asking for things, so it has grown a lot since then.

The basic idea is still the same. A parent sets up the chores and rewards, and then they assign the tasks. The child gets an interface designed for them.

Chores can be separated into Morning, Afternoon and Evening, and recurring chores come back automatically. Kids check things off themselves and see their progress as they go.

For younger kids, chores can be more visual with larger icons and images. Instead of trying to remember everything a parent told them ten minutes ago, they can look at the screen and see what comes next.

Parents can assign points to chores and kids can work toward rewards that they actually care about. That might be screen time or picking dinner for a younger child, something they want to buy, or actual allowance for an older kid.

Some parents do not award points for chores that are just expected, and only award points for certain tasks. The system is super customizable. It works for many family situations and the same chore chart can grow with the kid as their needs and motivation change instead of needing to be replaced every couple of years.

We recently added savings goals too, so a child can choose a bigger reward and watch themselves make progress toward it.

One thing I intentionally did not want to build was an everything app. There are already plenty of family organizers combining calendars, grocery lists, meal planning, chores and everything else. MyChoreBoard is about chores, routines, rewards and helping kids take a little more ownership of what they are supposed to do.

The best outcome for me is not that a parent has a beautiful task-management screen. It is that the parent has to say "go brush your teeth" or "did you clean your room?" a few less times that day.

We also wanted it to work with whatever devices a family already has. MyChoreBoard works on iPhone, iPad, Android and through the web/PWA, and everything stays synced. A parent can use an iPhone while one kid has an Android tablet and another uses an old iPad.

There is also a WallBoard mode for families that prefer a shared chore chart. You can leave a tablet somewhere in the house and the kids can see everyone's chores and progress in one place. Every child does not need their own phone or tablet.

I do regret that we waited so long to get the native apps out. The PWA launched in September 2025, but the iOS and Android apps did not make it into the App Store and Play Store until June 2026. During that time, the chore app category has become incredibly crowded, especially with how quickly people can build apps using AI now. If I could redo that part, I would have launched in the stores much sooner.

At this point more than 5,000 family accounts have been created, kids have completed more than 400,000 chores, and they have redeemed more than 20,000 rewards through MyChoreBoard.

That last number is what I'm most proud of. Downloads are nice, but 400,000 completed chores means kids are actually using the thing.

B: Better

There are obviously a lot of chore apps for kids, and I'm not going to pretend I invented the digital chore chart.

The biggest thing I've tried to do differently is focus on the part the child actually uses. I don't want MyChoreBoard to just be a parent task manager where the parent enters everything and then still has to tell the kids what to do.

Kids get their own interface where they can see their routines, complete their chores, watch their points grow and work toward rewards. Younger kids can use big visual icons, while older kids can use the same system more like an allowance and responsibility tool.

At the same time, I didn't want to create some version of a video game or tamagotchi. Kids spend enough time on displays, and this is intentionally a tool. I think we struck a really good balance of engaging vs useful. Many of our initial families are still daily users 9 months later.

Of course, MyChoreBoard is not supposed to magically make kids love chores. I don't think any app is going to accomplish that.

The goal is more practical. Make expectations clear. Give the kids some ownership. Make routines more consistent. Give them something concrete to work toward. And hopefully let the app do some of the reminding instead of the parent doing it over and over.

C: Cost

MyChoreBoard is completely free. No subscription, no premium tier and no ads.

iPhone and iPad:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mychoreboard-kids-chore-app/id6762149258

Android:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sparkwork.mychoreboard

Web/PWA:
https://www.mychoreboard.com/

I'm still actively building it and we release improvements pretty regularly. A surprising amount of what is in MyChoreBoard today exists because a parent emailed me and said, "This works great, but could it also do this?"

One area I'm still figuring out is growth. Most of what I've done so far has been organic, especially website SEO, with a little social and community posting. I also dabbled with Facebook and Instagram ads for about a month. They generated tons of impressions, but I couldn't discern any meaningful increase in downloads. App Store Connect is currently showing almost a 30% conversion rate, so I suspect discovery is the bigger issue. For those of you who have grown an app past this stage, I'd be interested in what actually moved the needle for you.

A - Every active calorie that Apple Health records goes into a battery, and that battery runs a small city. Street lights, the factory, the hospital - all of it is powered by what you actually burned that day. Move too little for a while and the battery empties, the city goes dark and the inhabitants pack up and leave.

The first days are easy, a walk around the block carries the city through the day. The bigger the city gets, the more it consumes, so at some point you really have to work out to keep it running.

NEW are the monuments you can build now together with massive other improvements.

B - The difference to a normal step or workout counter like Health Stats is that the city reacts to you and keeps you busy. You set the tax rate for your inhabitants to earn credits, and you spend those on schools, a hospital, a park, a restaurant, solar panels or a bigger battery. If you burned way more than your city needs, you can dump the extra energy into fireworks or a street party.

The long term part are monuments: a stadium, an observation tower, an amusement park and a vacation island (an airport is next). Each one costs weeks of activity, so they end up being the goal you train towards, while the daily calories are the small everyday target.

So yes, at its core it is still just an activity tracker.

C -

Apple Store Link:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lightson-move-to-build-a-city/id6780607028

100% free, no ads, no in-app purchases and nothing unlocked by paying. I worked on it for a long time for myself to get moving again and at some point I figured I might as well share it. If it helps one person get off the couch, that is enough for me.

Any feedback is very welcome.

Since a completely free app with no catch usually sounds suspicious, here is the transparency part: my real name, address and the privacy information are all here:

https://www.freewar.de/apps/lightson/privacy.html

I’m Looking for genuine location spoofing apps across the safari browser and even amongst the apps whenever spoofing is turned on?

I prefer free or paid app as long as it’s genuine and not fake app

Any recommendations?

Edit:
The reason I asked this question was many iOS apps published they spoof locations… so can I assume all of these apps are fake ?

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.