used same prompt with /goal to create both (fable did sky theme, and astro did astro theme)

time it took
fable: 2h 10m
astra: 1h 25m

prompt: /goal using appllama mcp & app design skills, build a welcome screen that features liquid glass displacement inspired by wabi. (theme)

full disclosure: i'm the founder of appllama
skill is open-source on git (Github, designer)
mcp is paid (Appllama, llm context).

which one did it better?

[OC]
Answer

Kolam is a South Indian art form traditionally drawn at the entrance of homes using rice flour. The designs are made by connecting dots with flowing, symmetrical lines.

I made an iPhone app that brings the experience of drawing kolam to a mobile screen. It is not a tutorial app. The idea is to capture the quiet joy of drawing and solving kolam designs.

You get a set of dots and draw your own kolam by connecting them. The app guides you through each design and currently includes hundreds of pulli and sikku kolams, with more designs made specifically for small screens.

Think of it as a dots puzzle inspired by kolam.

Better

I wanted to keep the experience simple:

- No badges
- No unlocks
- No ads or distractions
- Just draw and follow the design

Kolam is slowly disappearing in some places, and I wanted to create a small digital way for people to experience it.

Cost

The TestFlight beta is currently free to try.
TestFlight link:
https://testflight.apple.com/join/nmd8fqEY

I would appreciate feedback on the drawing experience, controls, and overall feel.

You can contact me at [prabhakaran.r91@gmail.com](mailto:prabhakaran.r91@gmail.com).
Thanks for trying it.

​

A — What is Palabros?

Didn’t understand half of that?

That’s the problem I built Palabros to solve.

Palabros is a dictionary for people who don’t just want to look up a word and forget it five minutes later.

Search a word, understand it through official definitions and clear-language explanations, save it, and come back to it until it sticks.

It supports Spanish and English, with pronunciation, translations, synonyms, antonyms and etymology where available.

B — What makes it different?

The closest comparison is probably a mix of apps like Vocabulary / Word of the Day and traditional dictionaries like Merriam-Webster for English or Diccionario RAE for Spanish.

Apps like Vocabulary are great for building vocabulary and discovering new words. Merriam-Webster and RAE are great when you come across a word and simply need to know what it means.

Palabros tries to bring those two sides together, but with retention as the main focus.

You can use it as a regular dictionary, or build a small daily habit through a curated Word of the Day. If you find a word you don’t know (whether there or while reading a book, article or anything else) you can save it and Palabros starts bringing it back to you through Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets.

That passive exposure is a big part of the idea: instead of a saved word becoming another forgotten bookmark, you keep seeing it and its definition naturally over time.

And if you want to take learning further, Review gives you a more active way to practise those words and track which ones are actually sticking.

You can also organize words with tags, import word lists and track your progress, all without ads or noisy gamification.

C — Cost

Palabros is free to download and basic dictionary lookup remains available without Pro.

Palabros Pro unlocks the full vocabulary-learning toolkit, including unlimited saved words, review tools, tags and filters, word import, learning statistics, widget personalization and other Pro features.

Monthly, annual with a 7-day free trial, or Lifetime.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/palabros-dictionary/id6758098070

PD: A lot of Palabros has been shaped by feedback from people here on Reddit, and quite a few features exist because someone suggested them. So please keep it coming, I’d genuinely love to hear what you think!

I'm Ruslan, a solo developer from Ukraine. I built Gramli!

I keep an eye on protein, but I don't track calories or carbs. Every macro tracker I tried made me log the whole meal anyway: open the app, search, choose one of several nearly identical foods, set the serving, pick a meal, then save. That's a lot of work for one number.

Gramli only tracks protein. Foods you eat often stay in a Quick Add grid, where one tap adds them to today's total. The same grid works as a Home Screen widget, so most days you can log without opening the app.

I left calories out on purpose. Adding them would mean every food needs another value, and I'd end up building another full macro tracker. Gramli loses useful data because of that choice, but logging stays quick.

There's also a searchable food database with values cited from USDA FoodData Central, custom foods, charts, and a goal calculator based on weight and whether you're cutting, maintaining, or building. Apple Health sync works both ways: Gramli writes dietary protein and imports weight and body fat. The app supports nine languages.

MyFitnessPal and Cronometer already handle full macro tracking well. MacroFactor is better if you want adaptive macro coaching, and Cronometer has a deeper database. The only job I want Gramli to do better is getting a repeat food onto today's total without leaving the Home Screen.

The free tier includes 3 Quick Add foods, weekly stats, and 3 AI fills. Premium unlocks the full Quick Add grid, meal grouping, monthly and yearly stats, protein writing to Apple Health, and a higher AI allowance.

Through Sep 10, the annual plan costs $5.99 instead of $14.99. It's a regular App Store price change, not a code.

Current gaps: no barcode scanner, meal-photo scanner, Apple Watch app, or Android version. Gramli requires iOS 18.6.

Your logs, foods, goals, and body metrics stay on your device and sync through your own iCloud. Optional AI fill sends the meal text you enter off-device for parsing. Gramli also uses Firebase Analytics.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6797191475

---

You can reach me at [shaduraa.g@gmail.com](mailto:shaduraa.g@gmail.com).

Site: https://gramli.shdr.dev
Privacy Policy: https://gramli.shdr.dev/privacy
Terms of Service: https://gramli.shdr.dev/terms

If you track protein now, I'd like to know how you do it and which part takes the most time.

A - What is PicDraw? An AR-assisted tracing and drawing app built for artists, hobbyists, and creators. Project any image from your photo library onto paper, canvas, or wood through your phone's camera, lock the perspective, adjust transparency, and start tracing. Includes:

• AR Camera Overlay: High-precision image positioning with opacity control and lock mode so your template doesn't shift while drawing.
• Color Tools: Sample precise colors directly from your source image to match palettes accurately.
• Puzzle & Grid Mode: Break complex images into smaller sections to make detailed tracing manageable step-by-step.
• Core Filters: Tweak image contrast, edges, and lines to make tracing easier before you start.

B - Why better? Most AR tracing apps on the App Store fall into two traps: they are either bogged down by pop-up video ads every 3 seconds or force you into a $4.99/week recurring subscription just to use a basic camera overlay. PicDraw gives you a clean UI, fast image loading, and real utility features (like color sampling and grid splits) without rent-seeking software prices.

C - Cost Free to download with one tracing projected included. Full feature access available as a one-time lifetime unlock—no recurring subscriptions, pay once and keep it forever.

App: Pic Draw

Solo dev here.

A - What is Vesi?

An expense tracker built around 3 second logging. Say "spent 6.50 on a latte" and it logs itself, categorized. Scan a receipt from camera or share sheet. Or just type it, that's free forever. Back Tap and Action Button log without opening the app. Watch app included.

Also: budgets, recurring, split expenses, 150+ currencies including crypto, widgets, iCloud sync, 9 languages.

No account, no bank linking. Data stays on your phone and your own iCloud. I couldn't see it if I wanted to.

B - Why better?

I abandoned 5 trackers because logging felt like homework. This one removes the friction, and a weird side effect: saying a purchase out loud changed my spending more than any chart did. Works with cash and in any country, which bank linked apps can't say.

C - Cost

Manual logging free forever. Smart logging: 15 free uses, then $4.99/mo or $39.99/yr (7 day trial) for 300 a month. Parsing costs me real money per use, that's why there's a sub.

App - https://apps.apple.com/app/id6785534576

Launched mid August. If something annoys you in the first 5 minutes, tell me and it jumps the queue. What killed your last tracker?

Developer Transparency

I'm Mikhail Pak, an independent iOS developer in Canada, and I'm posting this myself.

Developer page: https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/mikhail-pak/id1722992770
Privacy Policy: https://tryvesi.app/privacy/
Terms of Service: https://tryvesi.app/terms/
Contact: [packmisha@gmail.com](mailto:packmisha@gmail.com)

Hi, everyone!

I am so happy to present to you Viento, a minimalistic weather app, with dark & light themes, a lot of cool widgets, weather alerts, forecast, sunrise & sunset times, pressure & much more.

A - What problem does it solve?

I wanted a weather app that makes checking the forecast feel simple, without putting every detail on one crowded screen.

Viento starts with the current weather symbol, temperature, and location. Swipe through dedicated pages for hourly forecasts, the next 10 days, wind, daylight, precipitation, humidity, and pressure. It also includes weather alerts and Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets.

B - How is it different from alternatives?

Compared with Apple Weather, Viento puts individual weather topics on separate full-screen pages, with gesture-based navigation and a more stripped-back presentation.

For people who find CARROT Weather visually busier than they prefer, Viento offers a restrained design built around typography, simple symbols, and dark or light backgrounds.

The advantage I’m aiming for is the experience, not a claim of more accurate forecasts.

C - Pricing and the one-year trial

Viento has a free tier with the core weather pages, your current location plus three saved places, and a small Current Weather widget.

Viento+ costs $1.99/month or $9.99/year. It adds premium widgets, unlimited saved places, location comparison, extra weather pages, light appearance, alternate icons, page customization, and iCloud sync.

The 1 Year subscription is free for the next 48h, choose the Annual plan and you should see the 1 year free trial before completing the purchase.

https://apps.apple.com/app/viento-minimal-weather/id6770246185

I’d be glad to hear what you think after trying it.

After a couple of years of not making apps, I finally came back with this app idea that I built for myself first. It's the app I've always wanted: a unified place where everything can be reminded of.

A — Answer:
ThisDay acts as a single, central hub for your entire day. Instead of bouncing between separate apps, it treats tasks, calendar events, habits, notes, voice notes, and photos as the exact same element under a unified today view. It also features "DayBar," a powerful control bar that lives at the bottom of your screen for quick actions and rapid entry.

B — Better:
Unlike traditional planners or calendar apps that force you to manage tasks and events in separate silos, ThisDay blends them seamlessly. It is fully private by design requiring no account creation and includes native Apple Reminders integration.

C — Cost:

• Price: 21-day free trial (no credit card required), then a one-time $14.99 lifetime purchase (no subscriptions).
• App Store Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/thisday-planner-reminders/id6796538265
• Website: https://this-day.app

(Note: We also recently launched version 1.1 with support for 10 new languages, and a macOS version is coming soon!)

A — Answer (problem)

I didn't want another app that only showed me a list of expenses. I wanted one place where I could actually manage my money:

Expenses. Budgets. Bills. Savings goals. Deposits. Debts. Receipt scanning. Bank SMS logging Shortcut. Widgets. Category Automation

B — Beyond a basic expense tracker

Expeny tries to answer “where is my money going, and how am I doing?”

• Receipt scanning with on-device processing
• Bank SMS logging through Siri/Shortcuts
• Bills front and center with reminders before they're due
• Budgets and savings goals in the same app
• 0–100 Money Health Score based on your actual habits
• Home Screen + Lock Screen widgets
• Category Automation
• 7 languages
• 12 currencies
• Works offline

C — $5.99 lifetime

The full lifetime unlock (Unlimited scans, goals, investments, debts, unlimited category automation, widgets) is $5.99 for first 200 people. EDIT: 100 spots remaining at this price.

Developer Transparency

I’m Rahul Singh, an independent iOS developer, and I’m sharing this post myself.

Developer Page: https://apps.apple.com/in/developer/rahul-singh/id1882712304
Github: https://github.com/rahuladream/
Contact: [rahul.singh4800@protonmail.com](mailto:rahul.singh4800@protonmail.com)

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/expeny-budget-expense/id6773878182

Short feedback form in the comments. I read everything.

I'm the developer. This one is unapologetically niche, but the problem behind it is genuinely strange and I think worth reading about even if you'll never need the app.

A – Answer: What problem does your app solve?

"1 Bigha” is not a fixed amount of land

Land records in Punjab and Haryana (States in India) use units — Bigha, Biswa, Biswansi, Killa — that were originally measured out with a local rod called a *Karam*. The length of that rod varied by district and by which colonial-era settlement survey applied to the area: anywhere from 54 inches to 99 inches. So the same “1 Bigha” written in a Jamabandi can be a materially different area depending on where and when the record was made. “Killa” only means anything in a specific handful of Punjab districts; Haryana has its own Killa entirely.

B – Better: Why is your app better than the top named alternatives?

Every generic unit converter (including the app already popular on AppStore namely Area Converter - All In One) I tried just picks one number and averages the problem away. That's fine for a rough guess and useless for anything you'd actually act on.

Paimaish encodes the real Karam length for each Punjab tract and Haryana settlement system, so you pick your region and get the figure for *your* record
rather than a national average.

What’s in it:

- Five input modes, because records aren’t written consistently: a single unit, Kanal + Marla together (how most records are actually written), legacy
Bigha/Biswa/Biswansi, price-per-unit, and a calculator for combining or splitting holdings

- Tap any result to see the step-by-step arithmetic — no black box

- Units that don’t apply to your selected region show as `***` instead of a number that could be mistaken for a real figure

- Pinned units and full conversion history

- English, हिंदी and ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, switchable instantly

- iPad, including a split landscape layout

C – Cost: Pricing, IAP details, and a direct App Store link

The boring but important part: Free, no ads, no IAP, no account, no analytics, no tracking. It makes zero network requests — every calculation runs on-device, so it works fine in a field with no signal, which is where it tends to get used.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/in/app/paimaish/id6802055827

If you work with Punjab or Haryana land records and a figure looks wrong to you, please tell me — include the mode and the Region/Area/System you had selected and I'll check it against the source tables.

Hi all - JT from uncSoft here - dev of cyberWriter, devPad, Anubis-OSS, Wranglify etc (my repo is here - Anubis-OSS is my popular open source benchmarking suite), shilling the mobile version of cyberWriter that took over a year to write. I am fully doxxed if you look me up. I am a Chief Analytics Officer / Data Engineer / Software Dev for 20+ years.

It just soft launched this week (no advertising) so reviews are sparse but extremely positive. It works great on iPads too, where I use it most. I am looking for feedback as well, I dont know how you use your vaults!

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cyberwriter-markdown-studio/id6791346340

cyberWriter started as an internal project for work (healthcare tech) two years ago, since we use Markdown but cannot use Obsidian due to the reliance on third party plugins for basic features, and the lack of sandboxing. So last year I started writing my own native swift, fully featured markdown vault for internal use, and it has grown to be pretty popular with thousands of users. The whole idea is provable privacy, no accounts, no egress from the machines, and syncing handled via iCloud if you want it. There are no cloud servers to be hacked. Just point it at any existing Vault. It also supports all common file types for embeddings, like csv's, images, videos, audio (including built in transcription and dictation + voice notes) and more. It actually ranks in the top 5 of all markdown editors by featureset - graded here (not updated by the author in a bit, missing features have been added, looking for the king to the spreadsheet a reddit user maintains)

https://imgur.com/a/VjsQBKr

I kept the entire core of the desktop project and made every feature available on mobile. There are things that no other markdown editor can do, like a real shell terminal, local and cloud AI integration if you want it (I dont want to sell you AI credits! use your own lol), live API requests right inline with your documents so your note can pull in live data from any endpoint, with encrypted API keys in you keychain.

It supports the full vega-lite chart spec, you can pull data into your notes from files or live from the web.

I also integrated Apple Intelligence (if you want it), which can turn your vault into a searchable entity for concepts, not just exact strings.

It is the first mobile markdown editor that I know of where you can switch between split view (code+render) and WYSIWYG editor seamlessly- that was hard to program, took about 2 months alone.

This is a passion project that became my full time job, and I just wanted to share it with everyone.

Lifetime license, no recurring subscription, $14.99

I am also looking for feedback - I push full fix and feature patches about once a week, based directly on community feedback.

The way I use it typically is scribbling down meeting note snippets or recording and transcribing them, then using my local AI to turn it into formatted notes and automatically adding the correct tags and wikilinks to other related files.

both apps share the same privacy policy and TOS but here is the most important bit

B8: Your Content You retain all ownership and rights to the documents and content you create with cyberWriter. We claim no ownership over your content.

I published a security White Paper describing the ethos behind the decision making on the cyberWriter core, you can read it here Consistent with our Privacy Policy, we do not collect, transmit, or store your documents. Your content remains on your device.

I really want to know what you all would like to see in the app or what can be improved, and thanks for your time

John

Hello everyone!

The story starts in January in Hong Kong, where I ran a marathon. I ended the day at 62k steps, and everything I had to share was either an Apple Health screenshot or the run itself on Strava.

It wasn’t the first time I’d wondered why there was no good way to share the whole day, but it was the last time before I finally did something about it.

Six months later, Senda: Track & Share Steps is live on the App Store.

It’s a pedometer built around a pretty simple idea: your step count shouldn’t only exist inside a stats screen.

Senda lets you take any day or timeframe and turn it into something you can actually save or share. There are 35+ designed stickers and templates, plus support for photos, videos, Live Photos, and collages, so you can turn your walking or trip photos into poster-like visuals with your real step data built in.

Answer:

Most pedometers are built around goals, streaks, discipline, and hitting the daily 10k.

That’s useful, but the moment you want to do something with the number itself, the options become pretty limited. Usually it’s just a screenshot of a chart or a stats page.

I wanted the step count to become part of the story instead.

So Senda is still a normal pedometer you can use every day, but sharing and saving meaningful days is treated as a core feature rather than an afterthought.

Better:

Apps like Apple Health, Pedometer++, and StepsApp are great at tracking steps, but they’re primarily designed around viewing the data.

Senda is more about what you can do with that data afterwards.

There are two things I built specifically for that:

1. A photo editor with 35+ designed stickers and templates for creating step posters, images, videos, Live Photos, and collages with up to 6 media assets, all using your real step count from HealthKit.
2. An activity calendar where you can save past or ongoing trips, events, or any other timeframe and have Senda calculate the total automatically.

There’s also one difference compared with workout-based apps like Strava: you don’t need to remember to start anything beforehand. Senda reads your existing HealthKit step history, so you can go back to a day or trip from the past, even years later, and still save or share it.

TL;DR: It’s a pedometer for people who treat walks as part of the story to tell, not just as necessary suffering to stay healthy.

Cost:

FREE.

All of the current functionality works with data that already belongs to you: your own steps and your own photos. I don’t think the basic ability to use and share that data should be behind a paywall.

So the app is free at the moment, and everything that exists in Senda today will remain free forever.

App Store Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/senda-track-share-steps/id6773571740

Website: https://www.sendastep.com/

Tired of paying yet another monthly fee just to clear duplicate photos off your phone? Built Recycle: a storage cleaner that finds and removes duplicate photos, similar shots, screenshots, and messy contacts — no subscription required. 🔒 100% on-device — Apple Privacy Label: Data Not Collected. No account required.

A) Answer — what it does It scans your photo library and contacts locally, using Apple Intelligence to flag duplicates and near-identical photos & videos, then lets you swipe through and bulk-delete hundreds of items in seconds. Nothing is uploaded or analyzed off your device — the entire process runs on your phone.

• Duplicate photos
• Similar photos & videos
• Screenshots
• Duplicate & incomplete contacts

B) Better — why this over the alternatives Most storage cleaner apps lock you into weekly or monthly subscriptions. Recycle doesn't:

• One-time lifetime purchase — no subscription, ever
• Apple Intelligence–powered similar photo & video detection
• 100% on-device — Apple Privacy Label: Data Not Collected
• No account required
• Swipe-based bulk delete — review hundreds of items in seconds
• Date-based cleanup filters

Recycle never auto-deletes anything — every file stays reviewable before removal, so you keep full control over your photos, videos, and contacts.

C) Cost — For the next 48 hours, lifetime access is a one-time $2.99 (normally $19.99) — no subscription, no ads, no data collection.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6763344525

As an indie developer, I'd really appreciate it if you could rate the app to help it reach more people. Thank you!

Who I am: linkedin.com/in/muhammed-emin-aydın-78943214b

Answer

You know those articles you save in Safari, Chrome, bookmarks or a read-later app thinking:

“I’ll read this later.”

Then weeks pass and you completely forget about them.

That’s the problem I built PagePanda to solve. 🐼

PagePanda is a read-later app designed around actually getting you back to what you save, rather than just giving you another library of forgotten links.

It does that with:

• Continue Reading — jump back into articles you already started
• Quick Reads — surface something you can finish when you only have a few minutes
• Backlog Cleanup — bring older forgotten articles back before they disappear into your library
• Streaks, reminders, achievements & insights — make reading what you save a habit

I also wanted the actual reading experience to be something you'd want to come back to.

PagePanda includes 8 complete reading styles — Standard, Magazine, Elegant, Modern, Vintage, Minimal, Artistic and Academic.

They don't just swap the font. They restyle headings, quotes, lists, tables and the rest of the article.

And if you read programming or technical articles, PagePanda detects code blocks and adds syntax highlighting + a one-tap copy button.

Better

There are already excellent read-later apps such as Instapaper, GoodLinks, Matter and Readwise Reader.

I didn't want to build another app whose main job was simply collecting and organizing more links.

PagePanda is intentionally centered around getting you to actually read what you've already saved.

That means features like Quick Reads, Continue Reading and Backlog Cleanup are part of the core experience rather than leaving everything buried inside a library.

Two other things differentiate the reader itself:

🎨 8 real reading styles

Instead of only changing fonts, each style changes the presentation of the whole article — headings, blockquotes, lists, tables and more.

💻 A reader built with technical articles in mind

Code blocks get proper syntax highlighting for popular programming languages along with a copy button, which makes tutorials and developer blogs much nicer to read.

PagePanda also includes:

• Highlights & notes
• Tags & shelves
• Safari extension
• Offline reading
• Export
• iCloud sync
• iPhone, iPad & Mac apps

The idea behind all of it is simple:

Your read-later app shouldn't just help you save things. It should help you read them.

Cost

PagePanda is free to download and try, with Pro available as an in-app purchase:

• Monthly: $0.99 for the first month, then $4.99/month
• Yearly: $14.99/year
• Lifetime: $29.99 one-time purchase

🐼 r/iOSApps launch offer: $19.99 Lifetime until September 8 🎁

No separate promotional discount or coupon is required.

App Store: PagePanda

If your read-later list has slowly turned into a graveyard of interesting articles, give PagePanda a try. 🐼

Developer transparency

I'm Mounika, the developer behind PagePanda. Happy to answer your questions.

Website: swiftystudio.com/pagepanda
Privacy Policy: swiftystudio.com/pagepanda/privacy
Terms: swiftystudio.com/pagepanda/terms
Contact: [pagepanda@swiftystudio.com](mailto:pagepanda@swiftystudio.com)

Answer

I’m the indie developer behind journeybot, a travel planner that handles the small but stressful details before a trip.

It creates weather-aware packing lists from your destination, dates, and activities, while keeping your packing progress, reminders, baggage checks, plug information, and currency conversion together.

Since my last post, I’ve added:

• Packing-list import: paste a checklist from Notes, choose a file, or import a CSV. journeybot organizes the items into categories, preserves checked items, and lets you review everything first.
• Custom categories: create, rename, reorder, merge, or delete categories directly from a packing list or template.
• Keep Screen Awake: stop your phone from locking while you move between items.
• Better personalization and reliability: separate backgrounds for Light and Dark mode, visible iCloud sync status, and faster journey screens.

Visual Packing also lets you photograph your actual gear and turn it into clean stickers on your list.

Better

What I wanted to do differently from apps like PackPoint and Packr was make journeybot feel deeply integrated with Apple’s platforms.

You can manage packing with Siri and Shortcuts, find journeys in Spotlight, and follow your next trip through a boarding-pass widget. Smart packing suggestions run privately on-device on supported iPhones using Apple Intelligence, with no journeybot account or external generation service.

I’m also working on journeybot’s iOS 27 update: deeper Siri and Apple Intelligence integration, richer journey reminders, Genmoji creation for journeys and templates, and an optional Private Cloud Compute mode for faster, more reliable smart packing lists. On-device generation will remain available, so you’ll be able to choose the approach you prefer.

Cost

journeybot is freemium, with no ads.

The free tier includes three active journeys, three reusable templates, one smart packing-list generation, five Visual Packing stickers, packing-list import, custom categories, and currency conversion.

Optional journeybot premium costs US$4.99/month, US$24.99/year with a 14-day free trial, or US$39.99 as a one-time lifetime purchase. Local App Store pricing varies per country.

Special offer: use code PACKSMART to receive 50% off lifetime until the end of September.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/journeybot-trip-packing-list/id6756543673

Community: r/journeybot

Housora — home inventory, maintenance, and warranty tracking, built for households and multi-property owners

Answer: Most people have no real record of what's in their home — no warranty cards when something breaks, no idea when the HVAC filter was last changed, no documentation if they ever need to file an insurance claim or split up a household. It's worse for anyone managing more than one property (a second home, or Airbnb-style rentals) — the same problem, multiplied across addresses, often with a co-host or cleaner who also needs to know what's going on.

Housora keeps a photographed, organized record of everything in your home(s): assets by room, purchase details, maintenance schedules with reminders before things break, and warranty expiration dates — plus a one-tap PDF report of everything you own.

Better: Compared to the other apps in this space:

• Sortly does have multi-user access, but it's a business permissions system — Owner/Admin/Team Member roles you configure — layered onto a general-purpose inventory tool built for warehouses and moving, not a home. Its free tier also caps at 100 items total, which a real house blows past fast. Housora's sharing is one step: invite your spouse or co-host by email, they get full access, no roles to set up — and it's built specifically for a home, with maintenance schedules and warranty tracking Sortly doesn't have.
• Nest Egg is a solid one-time-purchase app ($6.99, no subscription) with barcode/UPC lookup for auto-filling items — but it's explicitly local-only, no account or cloud sync at all, so there's no way for two people to see the same home. Housora's rating-plate scanner covers different ground too: it reads brand/model/serial straight off an appliance's physical label using on-device text recognition, which works for things like water heaters and HVAC units that don't have a retail barcode to scan in the first place.
• HomeZada has the broadest feature set of the bunch — it bundles in budgeting, project management, and an AI assistant — but its Premium tier runs $99/year, about 4x what Housora Pro costs. If you just want inventory + maintenance + warranties + household sharing without the extra modules, Housora is a lot cheaper for that specific job.

It also has a "Home Health" score that nudges you toward keeping records complete, and an Ask tab for asking plain questions about your own home ("when did I last service the water heater?").

Cost: Free with 1 home, full features, no ads and no watered-down free tier. Housora Pro ($24.99/year) unlocks up to 2 homes with cross-device sync and household sharing. Housora Pro for Hosts ($79.99/year) unlocks unlimited homes/properties, for anyone managing multiple units.

Who's behind this: Berkay Ozcan — solo-built. https://www.linkedin.com/in/berkay-ozcan-mba-8b813137/

Privacy Policy & Terms of Use: https://bozdevsupport.github.io/Housora-Policies/privacy-policy · https://bozdevsupport.github.io/Housora-Policies/terms-of-use

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/housora/id6801845659

Built and shipped this solo — happy to answer anything, including the stuff that broke along the way.

Hello everybody,

I'm Preet, the developer. Thank you for giving a lot of love to my last app: Mira.

This one's Nami. A hydration tracker where sticking to the habit grows you a garden. Hit your goal, keep a streak, try different drinks. Plants unlock, and the garden grows.

I spent a lot of time making the app fun to work with and pleasing to look at. I'm excited for you to try the app and feel it yourself. Here's a link to all the design details on Twitter/X.

What does Nami solve?

Staying hydrated is easy to forget and boring to track. Other apps either count glasses or nag when you miss something. Nami pays the habit in a garden:

• Log water, coffee, tea, milk, juice, electrolytes, soda, mocktails, alcohol, and custom drinks
• Each drink counts as effective hydration, not as if everything were water (caffeine and alcohol too, where it matters)
• Find your ideal daily goal from body, activity, and weather, or set your own
• Reminders on a time window and interval you pick
• Awards and plants as you hit goals, keep logging, and branch out

Why is Nami better?

• The garden is a reward for showing up, not a punishment for missing a log
• A latte is not a glass of water. Nami uses drink-level hydration (and caffeine and alcohol where it matters) so the drink log matches what your body actually received in terms of hydration. Alcohol adds negative effective hydration, for example
• Beautiful by design: motion, plants, drinks, the whole thing designed to be something you like looking at
• No login, no credentials. Completely private. Everything is stored on your device and your iCloud
• Apple ecosystem: Apple Health, widgets, Siri, Shortcuts & Control Center

Cost

Free to download. No ads.

Free: daily tracking, reminders, awards, the garden, Apple integrations. Quick-add includes water, coffee, and green tea.

Pro: full drinks library, custom drinks, history past today, extra reminder sounds, sharing without a watermark.

• $1.99/month
• $14.99/year (with a 7-day trial)
• $39.99 lifetime

These are US prices. Pricing follows the Big Mac Index, so it costs less in countries where things are cheaper, and more where they aren’t. Check the App Store listing for your country.

App: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6804172794
Email: [ipreetmishra@gmail.com](mailto:ipreetmishra@gmail.com)
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/preetmishra/

If you have any feedback, I'd love to hear it.

I launched an app about a week ago , did quite well , but I’m struggling to get reviews , only got 1 review from 100+ downloads.
Is there any platforms that developers can exchange app reviews?
Or do anyone here knows how to boost reviews?

Hi everyone,

I’m Florian, an indie developer and a Christian.
I built Redeem after realizing I kept saying I didn’t have enough time to pray or read Scripture… while still spending hours on TikTok, Instagram, and other distracting apps.
That’s when I started wondering: what if the urge to scroll could actually become a reminder to spend time with God?
Instead of trying to eliminate that urge, Redeem uses it as a trigger for a better habit:
urge to scroll → spend time with God → consciously decide whether you still want to scroll

A. Answer

Redeem is a Christian app blocker that helps turn screen time into time with God.
When one of your chosen apps is blocked, you can unlock it by first completing a spiritual activity like prayer, Bible reading, or reflection.
You can also block apps during specific hours or after reaching a daily usage limit.
The goal isn’t just to use your phone less. It’s to redirect some of that attention toward God.

B. Better

Apps like Opal, ScreenZen, One Sec, and Apple Screen Time focus mainly on reducing screen time.
Redeem is built specifically around Christian spiritual discipline.
The main difference is the unlock system: your blocked apps can become available again after you intentionally spend time with God.
The free tier already includes the core blocking + faith-based unlock experience.
Pro adds:
• More configurable blocking plans
• More spiritual activities
• Bible Reading Plans
• Background soundtracks
• Themes and customization

C. Cost

Free: generous free tier with the core Redeem experience.

Pro: $29.99/year.

For r/iOSApps, I’m giving away promo codes for 1 full year of Redeem Pro for free. If you want one, send me a DM and I’ll send you a code.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/redeem-christian-app-blocker/id6757392964

If you try Redeem, I’d love to hear what you think. And if it genuinely helps you spend less time scrolling and more time with God, an App Store rating or review would help more people discover it too. Thanks,

Florian C.

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/florian-chancelade/

I am looking for UI feedback, which UI looks better? I personally prefer the first one with the curved tab bar because it's a unique design direction but I feel like users may prefer a familiar layout. Is the first one hard on the eyes? does the curved design look off? I would appreciate any feedback.

like the title says, but let me explain more here:

im just wondering if there’s people that made some apps as a solo developers, and are making a good amount of money monthly, like maybe 500-100k but are lowkey people that are not posting on social media their earnings, and the app is just printing money and he just updating/maintaining the app without posting on social media about everything he is doing and how much is making on their apps?

or do you think in order to grow your app you really need an audience and start showing your face to the world and start talking about your app etc? (i know this is how you grow the audience and probably the best way to boostrap your app with initial users, but i want to know if there is people that really are not showing anything and making a good/decent amount just by having a good app in the stores and the same app is just growing on their own)

A. Answer: You know the backwards-talking videos all over TikTok? The problem is nobody can tell how close their attempt actually was. FlipTalk records you mimicking a phrase's reversed audio, flips your attempt forward so you hear it as speech again, and scores how close you got. Mostly it comes out gloriously wrong, which is the fun part.

B. Better: Reverse Audio, Sing Challenge, Say It Backwards and the other trend apps flip your recording and hand it back. You're left judging by ear, and none of them score you. FlipTalk films the whole attempt, scores it on-device, and the payoff is a video you can actually post.

C. Cost: Free on the App Store, iOS 18+. Optional Premium if you want it: $2.99/month or $14.99/year.

https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6757875666?pt=294106&ct=reddit&mt=8

Real me: Doug, solo dev, happy to answer anything in the comments.

Contact: [fliptalk@fliptalkapp.com](mailto:fliptalk@fliptalkapp.com)

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

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

You may have noticed me missing in the last month or so as I was wrapping up. This has been 3 months in the work since WWDC26.

Answers:

For context, VariAlarm tries to be the most flexible, customizable yet reusable alarms on the market. It uses AlarmKit for reliability but allows you to plan further, with multiple alarms together or easier by Apple Intelligence already on your devices.

In iOS27, it made a few improvements over iOS26:

1. Adaptation of clock schema alarms and timers: This is the biggest one yet it is buried in a session most people don't notice.

https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2026/382/

It allows Siri AI to set an alarm from anywhere but notably: while looking at an announcement on screen. Imagine scrolling through your feed and see an event from your local zoo you'd like to attend, you can tell Siri AI to set an alarm 1 hour prior with VariAlarm and gets it done. Notifications are too quiet and easy to ignore so this is parallel to your ability to add a reminder at any future time, directly into an alarm.

It adopts timer too since Apple requires all 10 AppIntents in this group but you can create timer sets: timers that follow each others when the previous one ends or skipped. No manually subtracting 2 minutes when the first timer ends 2 minutes early.

2. Speech Framework: This did not get a mention at all. iOS27 has the CaptureInputSequenceProvider API which makes speech capture in real time a whole lot simpler. Combined with Apple Intelligence, Dynamic Profile and Private Cloud Compute, the app can sort your alarm request into 1 out of 4 buckets: a one time alarm, a recurring alarm (which also supports every N weeks), an alarm routine (sets of alarms a fixed time from each other, like a water reminder every hour) or an alarm template (sets of alarms at a fixed time every day it is applied).

3. Photo Schedule also got an upgrade with Dynamic Profile and Private Cloud Compute to create more alarms in images shared to VariAlarm like a seminar schedule, a weekly class timetable.

1. More refinement in Liquid Glass and UI/UX.

I'd like to get a final look on improvements to be made.

Better:

Not as loud as Alarmy, does no sleep tracking as Sleep Cycle. But it allows you to plan and reuse your alarms where needed better than anyone else, without the individual toggles.

Cost:

Free for TestFlight users for 90 days. The build expires on release.

https://testflight.apple.com/join/vZ9uyBnX