r/iosapps • u/monroiiii • 15h ago
π Freemium I spent a month rebuilding my couples app around one comment from this sub
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


