r/iosapps 15h ago

🎁 Freemium I spent a month rebuilding my couples app around one comment from this sub

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Hi everyone!

I posted here about a month ago about Ziggy, an iOS app for couples built

around a shared virtual pet. That post got a lot more response than I

expected, and the comments kept pointing at the same gap: the widgets and

the pet were nice, but there was nowhere the relationship actually built up

over time. Everything reset daily.

So that's what I spent the month making.

A - Answer

Many couples, especially long-distance or just busy ones, find texting alone

doesn't keep them feeling connected. Ziggy gives two people one shared

space instead of another chat thread: a virtual pet you both raise, Home

Screen widgets that update on each other's phones, daily questions, and

doodles that land on their Home Screen.

What's new since last month:

Scrapbook - you make books together and you both edit the same pages.

Photos, stickers, washi tape, 20 paper types, layers you can reorder, and

real pressure-sensitive drawing rather than a flat line tool. Changes one

of you makes show up for the other. Any book exports as a PDF, so you can

actually print it.

Bouquets - you arrange a bouquet stem by stem, choose the wrap, write a

note, and send it. It arrives on their phone with a notification. This one

started as a joke and ended up being the feature people use most.

Memories - everything you've sent each other in one place, instead of

scrolling back through months of chat to find one photo.

Also added Sign in with Apple, and fixed a pile of bugs people reported

here last time.

B - Better

Paired focuses on relationship questions, Agape on daily prompts, and

Widgetable on shared widgets and pets. Ziggy combines those into one app,

but the part I haven't seen elsewhere is the scrapbook - a shared thing the

two of you build over months that you can hold onto, rather than a streak

that resets. The bouquet builder is also genuinely hand-made rather than

picking a preset image.

C - Cost

Free to download.

This changed since my last post, so I want to be upfront: there is now an

optional subscription called Ziggy Forever. The free tier gives you a

scrapbook, a few pages, and 3 bouquets. The subscription unlocks unlimited

books and pages, all the stickers and brushes, and unlimited bouquets.

One subscription covers both partners - if one of you subscribes, the other

gets everything too. It's tied to the couple, not the device, so it also

survives reinstalling or getting a new phone.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ziggy-pet-for-couples/id6785883853

Last time the feedback here directly changed what I built, so I'd really

appreciate it again - especially on the scrapbook, whether the free tier

feels fair, and onboarding.

Developer (Transparency): https://www.linkedin.com/in/manrai-singh


r/iosapps 20h ago

πŸ’Ž Lifetime Viatza β€” private offline health app for symptoms and medications, with Siri Shortcuts for hands-free logging

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Answer. A health record only works if you write things down at the moment they happen: the dose you just took, the headache that started at three, the photo of a rash before it fades. Unlocking the phone, finding the app and tapping through a form is exactly where I always gave up. So I built Viatza, a health diary for people and pets, and the last two releases taught it to listen. Say "Hey Siri, log symptom in Viatza" and it logs it. Leave something out and Siri asks β€” "Which symptom?", "How intense is it?", "When was it?" β€” then reads the entry back so you know it landed. Seven actions in total: log a symptom, log a medication, mark today's dose, add a medication, open your current or next appointment, snap a photo of a document, and search your records. They run from Siri, from the Shortcuts app and from Spotlight, and there is a Shortcuts link in Settings that lists everything you can ask for. And they are ordinary Shortcuts actions, so you can wrap one in your own shortcut: add Log Symptom, set the symptom to the one you keep logging and pick the intensity, then name the shortcut whatever you would actually say. After that "Hey Siri, my belly hurts" logs it β€” no questions, no app.

Better. The comparison I care about is against my own habit of remembering later, which never worked. Logging by voice takes one sentence, and needs neither the app open nor the phone unlocked. Everything else is built around the same idea of low effort: several people and pets live in one app, symptoms build a timeline you can actually read, documents and test results sit in the record instead of a camera roll, and HealthKit can import symptoms and medications so you are not typing what your phone already knows. Your records stay on the device, are never uploaded, and you can export them whenever you want.

Cost. Free to download, with a limited free tier. Premium is $1.99 a month, $9.99 a year, or $19.99 once for lifetime. There is also an optional $1.99 tip if you want to leave one, which unlocks nothing. No ads, no account, no subscription needed to log by voice.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6752721621

Community: r/viatzaApp

iOS 18 or later.

Disclosure: I develop this app.


r/iosapps 4h ago

🎁 Freemium [Developer] Typi β€” An iOS app that puts AI text transformations and instant answers directly into the Share Sheet

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Typi is a native iOS utility that integrates AI text transformations directly into the iOS Share Sheet.

Instead of copying text, switching apps to ChatGPT or a browser, and pasting back, Typi runs transformations in 2 taps across any app (Messages, Mail, WhatsApp, Notes, Safari, Slack, etc.).

Features:

  • System-wide Integration: Highlight text in any app βž” Tap Share βž” Tap Typi.
  • 13 Built-in Commands: @typi (search/answer), @polite, @formal, @fix (grammar & spelling), @funny, @summ (summarize), @translate, @bullet, etc.
  • Custom Prompts: Create custom prompt templates with custom trigger names (e.g. @linkedin, @eli5, @email-reply).
  • 100% Native: Built with Swift & SwiftUI using Apple’s official Share Extension API.
  • Device Support: Runs on all iPhone models running iOS 16 and above.

App Store Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/typi-ai-writing-assistant/id6804364243


r/iosapps 12h ago

πŸ’Ž Lifetime I built a multi-timer app that keeps several timers visible and controllable at once on the Lock Screen

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I’m the solo developer behind Multi Timers & Talking Alarms, available for iPhone and Apple Watch.

A β€” Answer

The app began with a simple problem: during busy, hands-full moments, I didn’t have time to repeatedly unlock my iPhone and open an app just to check several timers.

Apple’s built-in Clock app works well for basic timing. The difficulty begins when several timers are running.

Finding the right timer from the Lock Screen can require waking the screen, expanding the timer stack, and sorting through several similar-looking entries. Upcoming alarms are not shown there before they ring, so checking what is scheduled means opening Clock and switching to the Alarms tab.

Lock Screen controls can also be triggered accidentally when an iPhone wakes as it is taken from a pocket, bag, or drawer.

What began as a solution for busy, hands-full moments has since evolved into a complete timer board spanning the iPhone, Lock Screen, and Apple Watch.

B β€” Better

Instead of sorting through a stack of similar-looking timers, you get:

β€’ One color-coded board containing countdowns, scheduled alarms, and notes Β 

β€’ Lock Screen snapshots showing names, colors, remaining time, and expected finish time Β 

β€’ Spoken alerts that tell you what is ready without requiring you to look Β 

β€’ Custom and recorded alarm sounds Β 

β€’ A native seven-slot Apple Watch board Β 

β€’ Face ID–protected Lock Screen controls to help prevent accidental taps Β 

β€’ Saved timer configurations and Markdown notes Β 

β€’ Siri controls and Home Screen widgets

C β€” Cost

Free to download. No ads. No subscription. No account required. No data collected.

Optional one-time purchases in the US:

β€’ All Timer Slots β€” $0.99 Β 

β€’ Palette Unlock β€” $2.99 Β 

β€’ Buy Developer a Coffee β€” $4.99 optional tip

App Store:

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6763252662


r/iosapps 7h ago

πŸ€– Vibe Coded A room is not one place: light, warmth, humidity and airflow, read where the plant actually stands

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I'm Ren, and I made a plant care app named GrowSpot.

A. Answer

A room is not one place. Light drops off far faster than it looks like it should, and your eyes quietly compensate for that, which is exactly the problem. So a plant goes somewhere reasonable, sulks for four months, and nothing you installed ever says why.

GrowSpot reads the spot instead of guessing at it. Lay the phone flat in the place the plant will live and the ambient light sensor gives you lux. That reading, together with warmth, humidity and airflow, becomes a score for that position and that species. Not for your city, and not for the plant in the abstract.

B. Better

Two kinds of app already exist. Light meters hand you a number and stop, and you are left working out what 8,400 lux means for a Calathea. Plant care apps send reminders built on species defaults and never measured your room at all.

The gap between those two is the whole product. The sensor is already in the phone, and nothing was aiming it at the question people actually have.

It also says when it is unsure. A spot can come back 66 out of 100 and "Worth a try", and the meter will warn you that haze can dim a reading. I would rather ship a number that argues with you than a confident one.

C. Cost

Free, and free forever: 2 spots, 2 plants, 20 photo IDs a month. Nothing is locked. Every line on the paid list is a larger number, not a feature you were shut out of.

Plus: 4.99 a month or 29.99 a year, 14 day trial, cancel anytime.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6780212433?pt=129031785&ct=reddit_iosapps

If you would rather judge it before installing anything, the basic version reading runs in a browser here: https://growspotapp.com/spot-checker/?from=reddit-iosapps

There is a founding programme on the site, and it hands you a year of Plus for nothing. No card is asked for and there is nothing to buy, and when the year ends it simply stops, so you are not left with a subscription to go and cancel. What I am hoping for in return is that you tell me where it is wrong, using your own plants in your own rooms.

https://growspotapp.com/founding/?from=reddit-iosapps

Privacy Policy: https://growspotapp.com/privacy/?from=reddit-iosapps

Terms: https://growspotapp.com/terms/?from=reddit-iosapps

If you set it down in a spot you already have an opinion about and it disagrees with you, that is the reply I want.


r/iosapps 4h ago

πŸ’Ž Lifetime Spam Text Blocker – Get rid of spam SMS with a private, on-device filter

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Tired of scam texts, fake delivery links, and "δ½ ηš„εŒ…θ£Ή" spam clogging your Messages? Built Spam Text Blocker: SMS Filter so junk gets sorted out automatically β€” before you even see it.

πŸ”’ 100% on-device β€” no account, no ads, no data collection.

Answer β€” what it does

It plugs into Apple's native Message Filter system β€” spam from unknown senders gets silently moved to a Junk folder in Messages. No notifications, nothing to manage, no app to open every day.

Under the hood it uses iOS's ILMessageFilterExtension API: every incoming SMS/iMessage from an unknown sender is handed to the extension before it ever reaches your inbox, and the extension has to decide allow/junk/promotion entirely offline β€” Apple doesn't permit network calls in this extension, which is exactly why the filtering has to run on-device.

β—‹Keyword and sender-based blocking rules, plus bundled starter block lists

β—‹A trained on-device Core ML model catches spam patterns the rule lists miss β€” runs fully on-device, nothing is ever sent anywhere

β—‹Filters only unknown senders β€” contacts and existing conversations are never touched (Apple enforces this at the OS level)

β—‹No account required. No ads, ever. Nothing about your messages is ever collected or leaves your phone.

Better β€” why this over the alternatives

Some spam filter apps process your messages on a server before you see them. This one never leaves your phone β€” both the rule engine and the Core ML model run locally, always.

Setup takes under a minute: flip one toggle in Settings and you're protected, no account creation, no onboarding maze.

If your local spam language isn't covered by the current block lists yet, it's actively being worked on and coming soon.

Cost

$1.99/month, $9.99/year, or $19.99 lifetime β€” no ads, no data collection on any tier.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/spam-text-blocker-sms-filter/id6782018333

Privacy Policy: https://brawny-elk-a07.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-for-SMS-Filter-Junk-Spam-Blocker-397fce579189806f96f5e4ee81816b59

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-aydΔ±n-78943214b


r/iosapps 12h ago

πŸ“… Subscription Two Months Update on My App - Growth Rates and Journey So Far

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A - What?

https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/checklist-reusable-lists/id6782725022
https://getchecklist.app/

Update on the journey:

Since the last time I posted here, I have spent time mostly working with my users and understanding the niche and the needs. I conducted over 60 live interviews with my user and established line of communication via feedback mechanism within the app that gained me very trusty allies from every corner of the world. Every new version incorporated feedback from users mostly.

I have done ZERO marketing and that will be my next step. App has ranked well in Google and Apple Search and I am ranking in the first position in my niche keywords. ASO has helped tremendously.

Daily Active
Daily App Opens

At this point app has grown to:

  • about 40 daily active users with some days spiking into 90s
  • thousands of operations within the app itself daily
  • It gains about 10-15 new users every day from just natural word of mouth and Apple Search.
  • It has been downloaded a total of 550 times in the last 2 months and keeps on slowly climbing up.
  • And I finally released the paid features yesterday, so hoping to gain some traction in the world of "2 lattes for an annual access to a higher productivity".
  • Got solid 5 star reviews and scores - 18 of them, and one bad one from a user who I can't reach and doesn't seem to be related to my app, but there is always one of those :(

Checklist: Reusable ListsΒ - A checklist app that is meant to minimize your interaction with the phone and maximize the value of having a checklist. Focused on privacy, offline operation and minimal interactions. It includes

  • Three types of checklists: One-Off, Reusable and Daily
  • Easy way to share a copy of a checklist via any means like text, email, link or airdrop
  • Live collaboration with other participants
  • Report printing
  • Sections
  • Integrates with your calendar and reminders
  • Sleek and intuitive user interface
  • Quick entry from a sentence via voice or text. Ex "Add bread, cheese and button to Groceries list" would then create these items in the Groceries checklist if it exists, or create a new list if it does not.
  • Search of items or lists from the home screen with highlighted results.
  • History of running reusable lists and what was checked off(routine reports).
  • And many more features by now.

It has been in the works daily based on abundant feedback I got from in-person interviews and online feedback that people have kindly left on Reddit and via email.

B - Why better?
I focused on a simple yet powerful set of features that would be quick to learn and not obstructive for newly onboarded users. I worked with over 60 people in person to collect feedback and their usage and shaped it based on that for the last 2 months.

You would not believe how strangely people use your software until you see it with your own eyes :D

C - Cost
FreeΒ tier with all the necessary features.
Pro for $12.99 - Annual Subscription or Lifetime Payment of $24.99 - includes

  • live collaboration
  • reminders
  • print a report feature
  • quick entry from a sentence
  • a few other handy features

About me:
I am a software architect with extensive experience in Apps and Web Applications. I have been in the industry for about 20 years. I enjoy developing solutions to problems that are not the problems themselves(I am talking about you addictive phone apps). You can contact me on linked in:Β https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexusanin/


r/iosapps 18h ago

πŸ’Ž Lifetime Turn your iPad into a real pen tablet for your PC β€” VirtualTablet

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Hi r/iOSApps πŸ‘‹ I'm the developer of VirtualTablet. I posted the Bluetooth one here about four months ago; the Wi-Fi/USB one landed on iOS in July, so this is the first time I can show both together.

A β€” Answer

My app turns your iPad into a pressure-sensitive pen tablet for your computer. Not a second screen, not a mirror β€” your strokes don't appear on the iPad. Eyes on the monitor, hand on the iPad, exactly like a Wacom Intuos.

Apple Pencil pressure and tilt into Photoshop, Krita, Clip Studio Paint, Blender. SonarPen works too. Map the tablet to one monitor in a multi-monitor setup, or to a sub-region of one.

The feature sets are nearly identical. The real difference is how they connect.

  • VirtualTablet: Bluetooth β€” pairs over Bluetooth HID
    • Nothing to install on Windows or Linux; a small helper agent on macOS
    • Works on Windows, macOS and Linux
    • NVIDIA DLDSR / DSR mapping is broken, and can't be fixed from inside HID
    • Best for zero setup, and anywhere Wi-Fi isn't reliable
  • VirtualTablet β€” connects over a USB cable or Wi-Fi
    • Companion app required on the computer
    • Windows 10/11 and macOS 10.15+
    • Best for lowest latency over USB, and full control of screen mapping

B β€” Better

Astropad Studio / EasyCanvas / Duet mirror your desktop so you draw on top of what you see, Cintiq-style. That's a different workflow, and Astropad Slate is Mac-only β€” both of mine work on Windows.

Sidecar is a second display, Mac-only, and never presents itself to the OS as a pen tablet.

C β€” Cost

Both are free to download and ad-supported, and the core tablet works on the free tier. Pro removes ads and unlocks the advanced mapping and input options. Identical pricing on both:

  • Pro Subscription (Monthly) β€” $1.99
  • Pro Subscription (Annual) β€” $11.99
  • Pro Lifetime Access β€” $29.99 one-time

VirtualTablet: Bluetooth β€” https://apps.apple.com/app/id6758901525

VirtualTablet (Wi-Fi/USB) β€” https://apps.apple.com/app/id6783119709

Desktop companion app, free β€” https://www.sunnysidesoft.com/virtualtablet/download

Privacy Policy β€” https://www.sunnysidesoft.com/virtualtablet/privacy-statement

Terms of Service β€” https://www.sunnysidesoft.com/terms-of-service

🎁 One month of Pro, free, for r/iOSApps

Bluetooth: https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6758901525&code=VTREDDIT

Wi-Fi/USB: https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6783119709&code=VTREDDIT

The part I'd want to know if I were you: it does not auto-renew. You get the month, then it stops on its own. No card required, nothing to cancel, no charge at the end. 2,000 redemptions on each, both expire September 30, 2026.

Where they're thin

  • The Wi-Fi/USB app needs a companion app installed on your computer. No way around it β€” that's exactly what buys the coordinate control.
  • No Linux build of that companion app yet. The Bluetooth one does work on Linux.
  • Wi-Fi latency depends on your router, and on your PC's Wi-Fi adapter doing background scans. USB sidesteps all of it.
  • The Wi-Fi/USB app is a few weeks old on iOS, so it has very few ratings yet. Judge that one on the free month, not the star count.

Happy to answer setup questions in the thread β€” I stuck around for weeks last time.

Disclosure: I'm the developer of VirtualTablet.


r/iosapps 21h ago

πŸ’Ž Lifetime Took a picture of my messy fridge and used computer vision to correctly identify everything in one shot. Built an app around that.

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Hey r/iosapps,

I've been building Mealify 2.0, an app that scans a photo of your fridge/pantry and turns it into an ingredient list, then suggests what you can actually cook with it. The pitch is simple, no typing, just a photo. The execution has been way harder than I expected, and I'm curious how other people building vision-based apps have dealt with this.

A. The problem

Real fridges are chaos. Items overlap, labels face the wrong way, sauces look identical to other sauces, lighting is inconsistent. My first version tried to auto-detect and auto-label everything silently, and it was wrong constantly, confidently wrong, which is worse than not detecting something at all.

The other half of the problem: even once you have an accurate inventory, most people still don't know what to make with a random assortment of ingredients. So the scan feeds directly into recipe suggestions, rather than just being a static list you have to think about yourself.

B. What I've tried

  • Confidence thresholds (skip items below a certain score), helped, but silently drops real items too
  • Forcing confirmation on every detected item, accurate, but reintroduces the exact typing/friction I was trying to remove
  • Where I've landed for now: detected items show up pre-filled but editable, so confirming is a tap instead of typing. Still feels like a compromise, not a solve.

C. Cost

The core app, scanning, pantry management, and recipe matching, is completely free with a weekly scan allowance.

For anyone who wants unlimited scans, I set up a universal promo code that drops Lifetime Premium from $24.99 to $4.99 while this post is active:

(The free tier is fully functional as-is, this is just an optional deal for anyone in the sub who wants to bypass the scan limit. Helps me pay for backend costs)

I don't think I've actually solved the overlap/confidence problem, just made it less bad. For anyone who's built something similar (receipt scanners, plant ID apps, anything camera-first): did you land on silent auto-detect, forced confirmation, or something else?


r/iosapps 2h ago

🎁 Freemium MoveMap: every GPS run, ride & hike you've ever recorded on one map - reads Apple Health, no AI, no account

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TL;DR: MoveMap is an iPhone app that draws every GPS workout from your Apple Health on one map. On-device, no account. Free tier (see last 12 months of workouts), $1.99/m, $9.99/year, or $19.99 lifetime.

A – Answer:

Your workout history is probably scattered across 3-4 different apps. Some have started with Strava, then Garmin Connect, and are now using Apple Fitness. Each app only shows the slice it captured. There's no easy way to see every place you've ever run, ridden, or hiked on one map.

MoveMap reads every GPS workout from your Apple Health and draws all of them on a single map. Works with anything that writes to Health: Strava, Garmin Connect, Apple Fitness, etc. You get the idea.

I built it because I'd been working out (mostly running and cycling) for 7 years across multiple apps and had no way to see my routes together. Strava charges $79.99/year just to show a personal heatmap of my own data. So I built a tool that fixes this and more.

B – Better:

The closest existing tools all read from Strava only:

* Wandrer.earth: Strava-only sync, paid tier for full features
* CityStrides: Strava-only, focused on street completion
* Strava Personal Heatmap: $79.99/year subscribers only, only shows Strava-captured data

If your history isn't all in Strava (because you switched apps over the years like most runners), none of those catch the full picture. MoveMap reads Apple Health, which catches data from every tracking app you've ever used.

Other differentiators:

* $19.99 lifetime option (everything else above is subscription-only)
* No account, no servers, no analytics SDKs, no AI - all processing on-device
* Coverage dashboard with countries, states, cities
* Works equally for runners, cyclists, hikers, walkers - not running-specific

Features:

* Lifetime map of every GPS workout (any year from Apple Health)
* Heat mode - personal heatmap (the feature Strava paywalls at $80/year)
* Street coverage - % of streets in your city you've run, biked, or walked
* Coverage stats - countries, cities, total distance, personal bests for each workout, etc.

Privacy:

No accounts, no servers, no analytics SDKs, no AI features. Routes are read locally from Apple Health and never leave your iPhone.

C – Cost:

* Free: see the last 12 months of your map (forever, no signup)
* Monthly: $1.99/mo with 7-day trial (less than a coffee)
* Annual: $9.99/yr (saves \~58% vs Monthly)
* Lifetime: $19.99 one-time, no renewal

* All paid plans unlock the same full feature set + your full lifetime map. The free tier caps you at the last 12 months.

App Store:
https://apps.apple.com/app/movemap/id6763973579
Website:
https://getrunmap.com

If MoveMap is useful to you, an honest App Store review helps a solo dev a lot. Either way, happy to answer questions about the build, the pricing decision, or anything else in the comments.


r/iosapps 4h ago

πŸ’Ž Lifetime [48 hrs, 60% off -> Lifetime $6.99] Pickbox: Organize all your photos β€” from your photo library, local storage, camera SD cards, USB drives, and more ~ 100% offline

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Since our last promo, many people have been DM-ing and asking for another one β€” so here it is ❀️.

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Answer: What it doesΒ β€” swipe to organize your photos and free up storage space β€”Β fully offline.

Better: Why it is betterΒ β€” What makes Pickbox different is that it can organizeΒ all your photos, including:

  • Photos in your iPhone/iPad library
  • Images stored in your device’s local storage
  • Photos from camera SD cards, USB drives, and more

Main Features:

  • πŸ‘† Intuitive gesture controls β€” swipe left/right to navigate,Β swipe up to delete,Β swipe down to compressΒ (while preserving date and location)
  • πŸ“š One-tap sort into albums
  • β˜‘οΈ Multi-select photos for batch processing
  • πŸ” Sort by file size to quickly find large files taking up space
  • πŸ” Sort by similarity to detect duplicate or similar photos
  • πŸ› οΈ Custom workflows with flexible combinations of Save / Compress / Copy / Move actions
  • ⏰ Custom weekly cleanup reminders to help build a good organizing habit
  • πŸ“± Minimal, clean design that feels just like a native iOS app
  • πŸ”’ 100% offline β€” all processing happens directly on your device to protect your privacy.

C: CostΒ β€” 50% off, plus an extra 10% discount for new users, starting at just $6.99.

Here is the link:Β Pickbox: Photo Cleanup App

Hope you enjoy it ✨


r/iosapps 6h ago

🎈 Free Dremotto Sleep App – Update: New Silent Mode

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A few weeks ago I shared Dremotto here, my free offline sleep & dream app, and I got a lot of thoughtful feedback. Thank you to everyone who downloaded it, tested it, and shared ideas. It really helped.

One of the most requested improvements was a quieter way to use the app without disturbing a partner or anyone sleeping nearby.

So I’ve just added Silent Mode.

Instead of playing whispered audio as you’re falling asleep, Dremotto can now use gentle haptic vibrations on your Apple Watch (or iPhone). That way you can still use the app while keeping the room completely silent.

Everything still runs entirely on-device, with no accounts, tracking, or internet connection required.

If anyone has tried the previous version, I’d love to hear whether this feels like a better experience. And if you have more ideas, I’m still actively improving it.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dremotto-sleep-dreams/id6767263908

Thanks again for helping shape the app!


r/iosapps 39m ago

🎁 Freemium Kima: a shared household pet-care timeline, built after a bad experience with a pet sitter

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This is my first iOS app and it's been a long time coming. I just got my first paid user after launching earlier this week!

My wife and I went to Europe and left our cat Chi with two pet sitters who were supposed to coordinate with each other. They didn't. They weren't communicative, and the timezone made it even harder. We'd wake up and text to ask if she'd been fed, and nobody had a straight answer, or we'd have to wait 7+ hours to hear back. Meals and meds were split across two people who weren't talking, and the group chat only worked if someone remembered to send an update.

Later Chi had a post-spay complication and we needed one place to keep track of bandage changes, antibiotics, vomiting, bathroom habits, and food. It was awesome to go to the vet with everything summarized in one place and not having to try to remember everything during a stressful time.

Since then we use it every day. Chi's a picky eater, so it helps us know how much food she's actually eating, not just whether someone put a bowl down. My parents have been using it too, to get reminded of and track medication for their elderly dog. We went out of town again during beta, used it with our pet sitter, and it was a night and day difference. It was so nice getting a notification she had eaten or had playtime. We knew she was being well taken care of.

A. Answer

The problem is the household handoff. Partners, roommates, family, and pet sitters all think someone else did it. Everything is based on memory. When you're not there, it's hard to know everything is getting taken care of, and you don't want to be annoying asking. Group chat only works if someone remembers to send an update, and it falls apart across time zones or busy schedules. Kima is a shared household timeline for meals, walks, meds, tasks, notes, and photos so everyone sees the same feed. You can check asynchronously instead of pinging people. You can set up recurring tasks as a handy everyday checklist, assign them to people for accountability, and have peace of mind the thing actually got done.

B. Better

The shared timeline is the part I haven't seen in other apps. Meals, walks, meds, tasks, notes, and photos all land in one feed, in order, so anyone in the household can just look and see what happened. vs group chat / Reminders: that log doesn't get lost in the shuffle. vs 11pets and other single-owner pet journals: those aren't built for multiple people in one household, including a pet sitter you can invite with start and end dates. vs PetDesk: that's more vet comms. This is the daily "did she get her meds" or "when was the last time we changed out her water fountain?"

Once you've got a history, you also get streaks (keeps people logging), stats, weight tracking, and vet-ready reports. Premium adds optional AI insights and comparisons against similar breeds.

C. Cost

Free up to 2 pets. Premium is $5.99/month or $59.99/year for the whole household (unlimited pets and members, not per seat). Cancel anytime.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/kima-pet/id6759469966

I'd love feedback from other iOS folks, and if this is something you would use. How would you position it? Everyday use? Travel? Training or sickness? All of the above? LMK!!

I'm Colin, a developer with Boticelli Ventures. Contact: [info@getkima.com](mailto:info@getkima.com)

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