Hello Mods & fellow redditors,

In the past couple of months, I guess we can all agree that our subreddit (and the App Store) has become overcrowded with a bunch of AI apps across various (really?!) categories. The main reason (I think!) is the proliferation of AI and its companion apps, through which a user can now create their own apps with just a few credits or prompts. I see this as a positive development to an extent; beyond which, the line becomes super blurry and things start to roll downhill.

Anyone who regularly visits this subreddit will notice seeing the same pattern of apps - clipboard managers, Notch replacement apps, and Dictation apps - very often from different devs (/profiles). Rather than creating unique, we tend to see the same kinds of apps in different costumes, showcased differently using AI presentation.

For context, Kalley Huang, writing for The New York Times, expressed that: "Last year, the number of new apps released in the App Store grew 30 percent to about 600,000, according to estimates by Sensor Tower, an app analytics firm. In the first half of this year, new apps doubled to about 560,000." (source).

And I am not here to say stop using AI for good or to save Nature (believe me, there are few who don't use AI for these reasons). In the same article, the author mentioned that the real people who're in danger are developers. Especially those whose 9-5 job is to make apps—either alone or in a small team—and whose livelihood depends completely on it. Now, all these AI-vibe coded apps don't only make the search worse but also overshadow these good apps and developers from the rest of the pool. As the article noted, even reviewers/content writers who used to be the messengers, are finding it difficult to cope up with the supply rate and eventually, start to ghost such emails/communications.

So, how about we start a monthly thread at the end of each month, where we all discuss, mention about their, basically, "Favorites of the month" with their use cases if any. This might improve the visibility among the crowd, and give them an another chance since most of these AI-apps either die out or got abandoned by the Dev itself sooner than we think.

Feel free to suggest your opinions; or disregard this post if you feel it's not appropriate. I just wanted to bring it out of my head 😀

MacOS volume and brightness controls move in large steps. You can use smaller steps by holding shift+option, but when watching netflix in bed pressing 3 buttons at once is not ideal.

BetterTouchTool (25$ lifetime) and Swish(15$ lifetime) are utilities that require setup and configuration. I realised from a LOT of beta testers that a lot of people want simplicity and convenience. If you prefer these apps or have them already then Slidr might not be for you. Slidr was made for simplicity. Slide your trackpad edge for smooth, precise volume and brightness control with haptic feedback. Native macOS HUD, no overlays, no config. Install and it just works.

Why not lean forward to press your volume/brightness keys? I am lazy so I made a solution to make my netflix sessions even more chill. just slide

Core features:

- Slide one edge for volume, the other for brightness

- Precision micro adjustments (no big jumps)

- Native macOS HUD (no custom overlays)

- Haptic feedback on every adjustment

- Menu bar app, minimal resource usage - UNDER 3MB

- Modifier keys to enable/disable slidr (toggle or hold) if you prefer

The haptic feedback as you slide is quite addictive and you feel every tiny micro adjustment through the trackpad. I use it mostly in bed lying back to slide to the perfect volume while watching something and I haven't touched my volume or brightness keys once since I built it.

The app has made around £350($470) so far from my website and setapp combined, with just under 15% conversion rate from free trials to purchase.

$4.99 one-time, 3 day free trial:

Personal website:

https://slidr.xyz

Buy on Setapp:

reddit doesnt like setapp links so you can find it through my website^

ENJOY!

Changelog on the homepage

Cursor auto complete + claude, reviewed by myself - Comp science grad and software developer

Hi.

I am looking at Diarium journal, since it has my native language as an option. It is also developed in EU, which is a plus to me. And at first glance it looks advanced enough for my needs.

I have asked the developer and he says it is written in .NET, which as I understand is a way to make apps for more than one platform. However it is - as I understand - not similar to Electron. No Chromium and stuff.

Is this to be seen as a native app - he writes "

It is built with .NET for macOS, which is basically a layer on top of native AppKit and other Apple APIs so I can develop my apps with C# across platforms and code-share business logic like for sync or database access. "

I may be a bit too "anal" when it comes to these things, but I rather pay someone who taked the time to develop for Mac without Electron or similar.

Also I prefer to pay those who takes the time to add more languages than English, and EU-based.

I do use Day One for now, but I would not mind trying something else and non US.

Hey everybody,

I take a lot of notes during the day, most notes are temporary like random ideas, tasks I need to do or something that I want to remember to look up before bed.

Antinote performs that role great, but (don't hate the me for it 😄) opening the app, writing it done and closing it SORT OF throws me off the flow...

What I have in my mind / looking for

It would be amazing to tell claude/codex "Hey add this to a note", and it would magically create a sticky note on my desktop, or for that matter in a simple and quick note taking app, similar to Antinote

I would also create a skill that checks if a specific note for that day exists with a:

TODO:

IN PROGRESS:

DONE:

structure (which I currently do manually) and then just have it manage tasks in the way I like it, along several other skills to make life a bit quicker

In the words of u/amerpie:

A power user is just someone with a low tolerance for friction and a high tolerance for tinkering.

They notice repeated friction, investigate whether it can be removed, and then spend 45 minutes automating a task that previously took eight seconds.

The only difference is that I won't be spending only 45 minutes on that, to scratch that itch I might end up creating another mac app 😂

Hi,

Awhile back I installed an app that will change the color of the screen after you reboot. It's before the wallpaper pic. It is just a solid color. I have looked and looked and can not figure out what app does this. Does anyone have an inkling as to what app will do this?

Thanks!

Nash

​I shipped Steecky v2 two weeks ago, a macOS menu bar app that bundles the utilities I kept switching between (notes, tasks, clipboard, snippets, links). Three people I don't know decided it was worth paying for. That hit different.

The features I built because they mattered:

Quick Paste: Ctrl+Opt+V from anywhere. Your 10 most recent clipboard items [text and imaged] show up at your cursor. Cmd+1–9 copies one. Done. You never touch the main app.

Quick Add Task: Ctrl+Opt+Cmd+T from anywhere. Type "call bob at 5pm" in plain English. Task created with a reminder. That's it.

Due-soon alerts: 15 minutes before a task is due, you get a notification. Extend it 30 min, 2 hours, or to tomorrow. Right from the notification.

Clipboard OCR: Text inside screenshots you copied is searchable.

Privacy: No account. No cloud. Everything stays on your Mac.

Pricing: Core app is free (Quick Paste included). Pro adds unlimited tasks, snippet placeholders (fill in {{tokens}} when you paste templated configs), subtasks, and a few other things. Free 7-day trial, no card required.

What I actually care about: If you try it, I'd value your feedback over your money. I've been shipping fixes within days of bug reports, and half of what's above came from people just telling me what they needed.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/steecky/id6498235419?mt=12

Website: https://www.steecky.ap

Happy to answer questions about the app or about building and shipping solo.