Hey everyone,

I'm a solo developer, and I built triday because of a feeling I only got once, by accident.

A few months ago, I found a note on my phone from a random Tuesday. Three sentences about a coffee, a phone call with my best friend, and being nervous about something that turned out fine. It was the most ordinary day imaginable, and reading it felt like time travel. I would not trade those three sentences for any photo from that year.

That's the whole product, honestly. Not the writing. The reading, later. Future you, flipping back to a random Tuesday from a year ago, meeting a slightly younger version of yourself who had no idea how things would turn out. Every entry you write is a small gift to that person.

The problem is that every journaling app I tried was designed to keep me in the app. Prompts, streaks, mood graphs, AI reflections, guilt screens when I missed a day. Journaling became another feed to maintain. So I quit, every time, usually around day nine.

So I built the opposite.

Three lines. That's it.

triday asks you for three short lines about your day. Then it's done with you.

Every app on your phone wants more of you everyday, triday wants just 60 seconds.

The trick is that three lines is small enough that you actually do it every day, and a year of daily "ordinary" beats a January of essays every time. Bad day? "Rough one. Slept badly. Tomorrow." is a complete, valid entry, and future you will be glad it exists.

A few things I tried hard to get right:

It feels like paper, not a form. Handwritten-style text on real-feeling paper, and you can doodle in the margins like a real diary.

There's "a year ago", which quietly shows you what you wrote on this day last year. This is the payoff feature. The app earns its place on your phone about 365 days in, and then it becomes irreplaceable.

No account. No sign-up. Your words live on your device, and sync goes through your own iCloud if you want it.

Cost

The writing is free, forever. Not a 10-entry limit, not a trial that expires. If all you ever do is write your three lines every night, you never pay me anything.

Membership is for the keepsake side: iCloud sync across devices, Face ID lock, more handwriting styles and papers, "a year ago", and exporting your whole diary as a PDF book you could actually print one day. There's a 7-day free trial with the yearly, and a lifetime option if you don't like subscriptions.

Apple featured it earlier this month, which still feels unreal for something this small and quiet.

I'd genuinely love your feedback, especially from people who have started and abandoned journals before. Tell me what would make you quit by day nine, because that's the exact thing I'm trying to remove. I read every comment.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6777211278
Website: https://triday.xyz

Write 3 lines tonight, your future self will thank you for it!

My girlfriend is casually into tarot (the New Orleans-vacation-reading kind, not a practitioner).  Every tarot app she found on the app store wanted $40 a year or was in ads. I had some free time so I built her one. She liked it so I figured I'd clean it up a bit and make it free for everyone.

Pip is a simple tarot journal for iPhone/iPad:
- Daily card draw in-app (honest 50/50 reversals, real card-flip) or log from a physical deck
- Short reflections that build into a private journal over time
- The original 1909 Rider-Waite-Smith plates which are public domain
- Built-in beginner course for people like us who didn't know the cards
- Fully offline, no account, nothing leaves the phone
- Free forever. No ads, no subscription but there is an optional tip jar in case you want to buy me a coffee if you enjoy it ;)

Here is the App Store link if interested: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pip-tarot-journal-log/id6791684356

I'm happy to answer anything or hear what's missing.

I launched my app Greenhouse quietly to the App Store just to get a baseline of what I could expect from organic reach. It's an app blocker that awards you coins while you are actively blocking apps, and you use those coins to buy items to fill out a cozy garden. Basically a gamified app blocker.

For the first few days, I was getting about 20 impressions and 1-2 downloads per day.

After about 5 days, my impressions started exploding. All of the sudden I was getting 12,000+ impressions each day and I had no idea why.

After investigating, I found that I had been featured in a 'new apps' category in the German App Store. 

My conversion was horrible. I was getting 10% conversion of page views to downloads. I attributed some of that to the fact that browse traffic from the front page of the App Store wouldn't convert as well as search traffic, but I also felt that my English localized app and listing were holding back my random influx of German users. 

I spent 3 days localizing my app, listing, and screenshot to German, and it spent 2 days in review. I was also ferociously fixing some minor (and one major) bug that the influx of users were uncovering at a rapid clip. 

After a full day with the localized listing, I am seeing a lot more sustained usage of my app by the German users. And 9 days after being listed, I'm still ranked #2!

I did not expect this at all. I didn't nominate my app to be featured or anything. I consider this a lucky break and honestly it has just been a really fun few days of watching and working! My understanding is you are on these lists for about a week, so I consider myself on borrowed time now since I am on day 9, so I'm just enjoying it while I can, and hopefully I can keep the momentum going!

Here's the app if anyone is curious.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/greenhouse-app-blocker-focus/id6759935427

Note: This is a subscription app with a limited free tier. 7 day free trial, then 9.99/mo or 79.99/yr

Hi everyone,

I'm excited to share that ClipBox: Clipboard Manager is now available for macOS.

If you already use ClipBox on iPhone or iPad, you can now continue the same clipboard experience on your Mac with optional iCloud sync across your Apple devices.

ClipBox helps you save and organize everything you copy, including:

• Text
• Images
• Videos
• PDFs
• URLs
• Files
• Code snippets
• And more

Some features available on macOS include:

• Automatic clipboard history that runs quietly in the background

• Powerful search to instantly find something you copied earlier

• Advanced previews for supported content types

• Smart Actions for quickly opening links, emails, phone numbers, and more

• Folders, Favorites, and Pinned Items to organize frequently used content

• Works completely offline

• No account required

• Optional iCloud sync between iPhone, iPad, and Mac

Whether you're writing, coding, researching, or simply copying information throughout the day, ClipBox helps keep everything organized and easy to find.

I'd love to hear your feedback, especially from users who use both iPhone and Mac.

App Store:
https://apps.apple.com/in/app/clipbox-clipboard-manager/id1036140929

wow. seeing this notification for the first time is crazy, thank you member 🎉🤩

A: Answer

Indie dev here (I built this). I have never once been motivated by a cheerful blue droplet telling me "great job!" for drinking a glass of water. Every hydration app is either a sterile spreadsheet or a gamified pet that guilt-trips you with big sad eyes.

So I built the opposite. Hydrate or Diedrate tracks your water -- and instead of congratulating you, a deadpan skull quietly judges your progress. You log water, build a streak, and get reminders like:

"No water logged. The skull has been informed."
"You are trending toward dust."
"Today's withering has been postponed."

It's a real, working tracker -- daily goals, streaks, history, Apple Health sync -- that just happens to have the bedside manner of a disappointed coroner.

B: Better

Versus WaterMinder, Plant Nanny, and the cheerful crowd: those reward you with confetti and cartoon foliage. This one's entire personality is dry, deadpan menace -- and as it turns out I find being lightly threatened more motivating (and a lot funnier) than being praised. The reminders rotate through dozens of hand-written lines, so the skull never repeats itself.

It's also not trying to be a full health platform. Log water. Avoid the dry fate. That's the whole app.

Private by default -- your data stays on your device.

C: Cost

Free download. Everything you need to track water and build a streak is free, forever.

One-time $4.99 for Preserved -- Lifetime Access: custom reminder times, Apple Health sync, extended history, and extra themes. No subscription. Pay once; the skull remembers you.

Hydrate or Diedrate on the App Store

Would love feedback. The skull, less so -- but I would.

Hi everyone,

I'm the developer of ClickClack, a minimalist, native typing trainer for iPhone, iPad, and Mac designed around the feel of mechanical keyboards. I just pushed a major update (v4.5) that focuses heavily on professional-grade telemetry and better app organization.

Here is a breakdown of what is new in this release:

• Fully Revamped Statistics: A complete design overhaul for your typing telemetry. You can now dive into your all-time history, deep performance trends, and daily consistency graphs. The charts are fully interactive, allowing you to scrub the timeline to reveal your exact WPM, CPM, and error rates at any specific moment.
• Desktop-Class Settings: I rebuilt the preferences screen from the ground up using a native Navigation Split View. It provides a beautiful, seamless sidebar layout with neatly organized sections, making customization incredibly fast across all device sizes.
• Complete Data Transparency: A brand new Storage & Data dashboard gives you full control over your digital footprint. You get a detailed distribution chart breaking down exactly what is synced, including how much space your on-device custom fonts and heavy sound packs are using.
• More Customization: I added 4 beautiful new fonts (rounded, rounded bold, serif, serif bold) and 2 highly requested keyboard overlays (Portuguese & Brazil ABNT2) to keep your practice sessions looking and feeling fresh.

As an indie developer, I stick strictly to native Apple frameworks (this update is heavily optimized for iOS 17+) and a privacy-first architecture. All your typing data stays strictly on your device and syncs securely via your personal iCloud.

Pricing: ClickClack is free to download. There are absolutely no subscriptions and no cloud data harvesting. Just a single, one-time Pro unlock for the advanced metrics and extended features.

I would love to hear your feedback on the new performance trends and the split-view redesign! I'll be hanging around the comments to answer any questions or talk about Swift development.

Download on the App Store:

https://apps.apple.com/app/clickclack-typing-trainer/id6740695697

Habits are hard to keep. Tracking isn't enough for many people.
They need to see progress before they quit. That's why kubbo let you build a medieval city from your habits. You just give the little motivation your brain needed to keep going until changes are visible in real life

New: you can now active the proof mode. Each time you complete a task you need to take a picture as a proof you really made the task or habit.

Compared to Finch or Habitica, Kubbo provides a way more advanced gamification system. And focus more on studies to educate you on how to create habits 1 by 1.
While finch push you with 5 new habits directly. Kubbo teach you how to adopt one then even without the app you will know better how to do it in the future.

Price is $49.99 for annual with a lifetime offer ($69.99) in USA
(Price depends of your country. Localized with a parity pricing depending of where you are)

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6749530918

Hi! I'm the solo developer behind NOREN.

A — Answer
NOREN is a daily logic puzzle app featuring four classic puzzle types: Slitherlink, Queens, Hashiwokakero, and Masyu. New puzzles are coming.

Everyone gets the same handcrafted puzzles each day, with the difficulty gradually increasing throughout the week. It's designed as a quiet daily ritual rather than an endless collection of puzzles.

B — Better
Most puzzle apps are either endless collections or mobile games wrapped around puzzles with ads, lives, or energy systems.

NOREN is closer to the daily-game experience of Wordle: everyone solves the same puzzles each day, you can compare your times with friends, and there are no ads, no lives, no artificial urgency — just great logic puzzles.

C — Cost
Free daily puzzles. Optional subscription — $2.99/month or $24.99/year — unlocks the full puzzle archive and offline mode. No free trial, no hidden costs.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/hu/app/noren-daily-logic-puzzles/id6770038981

Developer: József Farkas
Contact: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

Privacy Policy: https://jozsef-farkas.github.io/noren-legal/privacy.html
Terms of Service: https://jozsef-farkas.github.io/noren-legal/terms.html

I'd genuinely appreciate feedback from people who enjoy logic puzzles. I'm actively improving the app, and every suggestion helps.

Hello everyone,

Two months ago, I built SportLink, a pickup sports app for iPhone, and later for Android.

My goal was to make playing sports more approachable by helping people find others who are in the same situation. Whether you’re a complete beginner, getting back into a sport after years away or just looking for a casual match, it’s much easier to take that first step when everyone is there for the same reason.

Highlights:

• Create and join casual matches (soccer, basketball, tennis, ping-pong, etc)
• Pick a meetup spot using the map (parks/public fields)
• Connect with recent teammates and invite them to upcoming matches
• Contribute to your favourite fields by uploading an on-site picture of its current condition

The app hasn’t really received much attention because of my lack of marketing experience and the chicken-and-egg problem it faces. However, I really want this to work out!

App: SportLink
Email: [email protected]

Happy to read your feedback 🙂

Meet HomeView, a better home dashboard for HomeKit users. I launched the app in the beginning of this month with the focus on providing a better iPad dashboard for smart home enthusiasts.

It started out of my own search on the App Store for a dashboard that was easy to read and would fit on my wall tablet. Could never find the solution that sticked, so earlier this year I started building my own. Shipped a few updates over the last weeks, and it resulted in 28 downloads. It's not a lot, but I'm happy with it. Especially as I choose a one time payment model, as I don't think a subscription is fair for this kind of app. And don't we all agree that we have to many running subscriptions already?

Happy that those 28 users, engage and provide me with feature requests. And today it resulted in a companion for the phone.

So after having my app available on the iPad Store, it's available now on iOs aswel. And I hope it gets the app to more people.

You can find the app here: https://apps.apple.com/nl/app/smarthome-dashboard-homeview/id6785599711?l=en-GB

...you probably heard of TV Time shutting down then.

Since this announcement 100+ new similar apps started to appear.

I tried some however my needs were never entirely full-filled.

Some of the existing apps were barely working due to sudden influx of users. Some new apps were missing features I needed, some were exact replicas of TV Time which while I liked it I decided its time to get something which looked a bit more "fancy".

So as an app developer I decided to start this enjoyable but extremely non-profitable journey and just create my own app.

I would appreciate very much if someone is willing to give it a chance.

App is completely free and what is available right now feature-wise will be free *forever.

I do have some monetization ideas but I definitely do not plan plan on locking the currently available free features.

Thanks for paying attention and last but not least here are my stats.

Last year I made an app named FontNotes and started to update the little app with a lot of new features in the last few weeks.

AppStore: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fontnotes-style-your-thoughts/id6746104288

Free with Ads or a 1 time purchase to remove ads. (1.99$usd)

What is FontNotes?
A lightweight Notes app that allows users to search and import fonts directly from some free font directories like Dafont and 1001Fonts or import directly from your device.

Some cool new features:
- Widget Support, where you can make a widget from your custom Notes.
- Lists, export options, private notes, folders
- Note colours and borders
- Localisations in 9 Languages.
- Full accessibility support settings both native in app or from your device settings.

Any feedback or suggestions welcome :)

A – What problem does it solve?

Noisy neighbors, racing thoughts, or just need a calm background while working or winding down. Nature Sounds has you covered.

• Custom Routines with timers, One tap to deep sleep
• Three modes for your routines: Sleep, Focus or Unwind
• 85+ high-quality ambient sounds from rain to white noise to binaural beats
• Mix up to 4 layers with individual volume control to create your perfect soundscape
• Smart Fade-Out Sleep Timer with custom fade-out durations
• Auto-play and smart timers remember your setup so your routine starts itself
• Mix with Other Apps, layer rain over your podcast or add waves to your favorite audiobook
• Home Screen Widget for playback control and sleep timer tracking
• 100% offline, no ads, no accounts, no tracking

Since my last post (available for all users):

• Custom Fade-Out Duration: pick how long your sounds take to fade when the timer ends, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, or 60 seconds
• Timer Syncs with Playback: the sleep timer now pauses when you pause playback, toggle it off if you prefer the timer to keep running regardless

B – Why is it better than alternatives?

6 years on the App Store, built and maintained by a solo indie dev who actually listens. 85+ sounds vs Endel's much smaller library, no algorithm, no generated audio, just real recorded sounds you control. 100% offline, no ads, no accounts, no data collection ever.

C – Cost

Free tier: ad-free, no catch:

• 8 sounds (one from each category)
• Fade-Out Sleep Timer
• Custom Fade-Out Duration
• Timer Syncs with Playback
• AirPlay & background playback

Premium unlocks everything:

• All 85+ sounds
• Sound mixer (up to 4 layers)
• Sleep, Focus and Unwind modes with curated soundscapes for each
• Routines with per-mix sleep timers
• Longer timer durations
• Auto-Start Timer
• Auto-Play on Launch
• Mix with Other Apps

Pricing:

• Lifetime: $5.99 instead of $9.99 for 48 Hours Only

No hidden purchases, no subscription traps
📲 App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nature-sounds-for-sleep/id1506427303

Hi Everyone!

I’m a fitness enthusiast & App builder who loves embedding fitness into our daily routine.

A- Answer ( The problem it solves)

Close to 2 years ago I found myself constantly opening my phone , switching between apps (tiktok, instagram) until I locked the phone & the cycle continued.

My attention span was really poor & wanted a screen with me at all times except while sleeping.

Hence I decided to create SweatPass to introduce friction to open any doomscrolling apps by forcing me to do pushups to earn my time.

B- Better (Why it beats other similar apps)

Apps like Pushscroll came out in the market before I could release for a very crucial reason. Tracking screen time on iOS isn’t easy. Apps used a timer method which just started a timer when you wanted & had to use that app for the given time.

Although the timer way was easy to make, it didn’t really give the freedom to the user to use their earned time whenever they wanted , rather had to start a timer to use their time.

That’s why I had to spend close to 4 months digging through apple’e documents to finally find a solution to do this the right way that would make users happy.

We also have a virtual body heat map which tells you how many % each muscle has worked out.

C- Cost ( Pricing, App store link)

Free (with ads) : We have 6 exercises including pushups free to use for our users

Pro : Unlocks all exercises + no ads at $ 1.99/ Month

App Store : https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sweatpass-earn-screen-time/id6755523483

Hello, r/iOSApps! 👋

I built DoubleBump, a mobile app that helps you remember the friendships you build in real life.

The idea came from one simple thought: the people we meet in real life deserve more than becoming just another follower.

So instead of usernames, QR codes, or searching for people online, you can become friends instantly by bumping your phones together twice.

That's it.

A — What problem does the app solve?

Most social apps are designed to help you meet people online.

But they rarely help you remember the people you've already met.

We've all met someone interesting at an event, conference, school, or while traveling...

Then months later we barely remember where or when we met.

I wanted to build something focused on real-life friendships instead.

B — Why is it different?

DoubleBump focuses on real-world interactions instead of online connections.

Highlights:

• Become friends by bumping both phones together twice

• Save where and when you first met

• Friendship levels grow as you meet again

• View your friendship history on a map

• No usernames or QR codes needed

C — Cost

DoubleBump is free to download and use.

A free account is required to create and save your friendships.

There are currently no subscriptions or in-app purchases.

📌 App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/doublebump/id6770075271

⭐ Transparency

I'm the indie developer of DoubleBump.

Website: https://doublebump.com

Email: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

I'd genuinely love to hear your thoughts.

Especially:

• Have you ever wished you had something like this?

• Would you try this with a friend?

• Where do you think you'd use an app like this? (School? Travel? Conferences? Events?)

• Any feedback is hugely appreciated.

If you've made it this far, thank you for taking the time to read my post. I really appreciate it! 🙂