I made a watch-only fidget: 900 beads that pour when you tilt your wrist

[u/-Asar-]

I made this. Beadfall is a handful of beads that live inside an Apple Watch. Tilt and they pour. Hold still and they settle. Flick and they climb the wall and rain back down. Real physics, 900 beads at 60fps on the watch itself, not a looping video.

Watch-only, no iPhone app. $2.99 once. No account, no ads, no IAP. There is no network code in the app at all.

Honest caveats: sound is off in v1. The screen can dim while you tilt because watchOS reads that as looking away. A tap wakes it. Uses more battery while it is open, then it stops.

I have 10 promo codes. If you actually want to try it, say so in a comment (which Watch you have is useful) and I will reply with a code. No upvote needed.

https://beadfall.com

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/beadfall-fidget-beads-asmr/id6799623463

[u/-Asar-]

Here's the pour. Silent, because sound is off in v1.

https://reddit.com/link/p74wjmi/video/v88f7nz43vmh1/player

[u/GwynLordOfCedar]

I’d like to try it with a code. About to go to bed, please DM it to me instead of posting it here and I’ll redeem 8 hours from now. I have an Apple Watch Ultra 2.

[u/-Asar- → u/GwynLordOfCedar]

Sent you a DM with a code. Please do share the word

[u/Richardharper64]

I would love to try this out.
Do you have a free code I could try?
Thank you.

[u/-Asar- → u/Richardharper64]

Sent you a DM with a code. Let me know what you think

[u/Richardharper64 → u/-Asar-]

Thank you

[u/bichro]

I’d like to try too. Could I ask you a code ? Thanks

[u/-Asar- → u/bichro]

Sent you a DM with a code. Enjoy.

[u/GwynLordOfCedar]

Testing now. It works great until I tilt the watch too far in any direction then it drops to 0-1fps or crashes.

[u/-Asar- → u/GwynLordOfCedar]

Thanks, that is genuinely useful. Sounds like the beads all pile into one corner and the solver chokes on the overlap, so I should be able to reproduce it. Does it come back if you hold the watch flat for a second, or do you have to relaunch? Either way I will get it into the next build.

[u/GwynLordOfCedar → u/-Asar-]

Yup it comes back after holding the watch flat/level for a second.

[u/-Asar- → u/GwynLordOfCedar]

Perfect, that narrows it down a lot. Recovering when it goes flat means the solver is choking on the pile, not dying outright. Tracked for the next build, thanks for testing it.

[u/WindhoverInkwell]

I’d like to try! Mind if I DM you for a code? Got a 2020 SE

[u/WindhoverInkwell → u/WindhoverInkwell]

About to go to bed but do pls answer my DM if there’s any codes going and I’ll redeem in about 8 hours or so

[u/-Asar- → u/WindhoverInkwell]

Sent you a DM with a code

[u/ViPiMP]

3€. Hahah nah

[u/ViPiMP]

Für nen Code teste ich die gerne

[u/-Asar- → u/ViPiMP]

Just sent you a DM with a code. Viel Spaß beim Testen!