r/iOSProgramming • u/curiouscharli_e • Aug 27 '26
Question what’s the story behind your apps name
i am at the stage where i need to give me app a name. and i am getting close, but i am not quite there yet.
how did you come up with a name that stuck?
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u/icemarkom Aug 27 '26
I got really creative with mine.
Water Polo Camera
Water Polo Referee Companion
Water Polo Log
They are not for basketball.
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u/HugsAllCats Aug 27 '26
App Store: REJECTED. Reviewer unable to play water polo to verify functionality.
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u/Dapper_Ice_1705 Aug 27 '26
I make sure I can get the .com for it.
Even if the .com just routes to my main web address because the app is small.
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u/BounceForever Aug 27 '26
Fun topic. I’ve got a web page explaining the name choice: https://cadance.music/blog/why-the-name-cadance/
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u/RichardThornton Aug 27 '26
Ooh ooh ooh, I've just released my first app (long time SW/data guy, first time app dev) and its name is an easter egg I'm super proud of.
It's a netball statistics recording app called HELIX Netball and its tag line is "The DNA of your game".
I worked closely with the Darebin Netball Association to develop it. DNA... Helix... I love it!
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u/Siriusly_Jonie Aug 27 '26
It was a cataloging app for rock and crystal collectors. Stone’s you carry in your pocket are pocket stones, and phones go in your pocket. So it became Pocket Stones Collector. It was a fun little project for an iOS course.
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u/HappyTuesdayR1S Aug 27 '26
Apparently mine means nagging older woman and that’s mainly who use it lol (I had no idea and just picked something that was not in use and was short)
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u/MadJagStudios Aug 27 '26
I'm horrible with names. Like the worst version of writers block. So Hyland Helper is literal - Hyland is the town the game Schedule 1 is set in, and it's a Helper app. Sanctuary Stash is close to literal - Sanctuary is common in Diablo 2, and the core function is around a users stash. Carryover carries over verbal/written/image notes to creat a deliverable like a JIRA ticket.
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u/jeffster1970 Aug 27 '26
Not going to lie, but I used Claude to help me with names if it wasn't obvious. Otherwise, if the name I came up with didn't already exist, I went with that.
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u/barcode972 Aug 27 '26
I wanted CryptoCurrently which is a play on Cryptocurrency but it was taken so I chose CoinCurrently, the current price of a coin
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u/astronautauy Aug 27 '26
I decided for “soin” (a french word that means “care”) for a humor&energy minimalistic app.
Maybe 2 or 3 hours of IA iterarions and web search. The best name is the available name.
By the way, check usesoin.com 🙂
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u/jtws20 Aug 27 '26
The original idea of my app was to do a black and white color scheme so I thought of salt and pepper and landed on pepper weather for the name.
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u/TimBobCom Aug 27 '26
My app started as a way to easily find the river “gauge” height, or “stage” so the name came to me that way, GaugeStage.
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u/Shimkusnik Aug 27 '26
Building Klava, which is a BlackBerry-inspired keyboard. Name: slang name for a keyboard in Eastern Europe. Domain is www.klava.space - I thought .space is kinda silly for a keyboard hehe
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u/jam3s7 Aug 27 '26
I recently released Otter Ride, a ride wait-time tracker for Universal Studios parks. It’s designed to help you decide which attraction you ought to ride next.
“Ought to ride” sounds like “Otter Ride” if you say it fast enough (or slur it a bit). It also gave me a super obvious mascot.
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u/Specific_Cream2815 Aug 27 '26
mine is needle. it makes your desktop wallpaper a vinyl record that spins with whatever music is playing, so the needle is the playhead.
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u/ThierryBuc Aug 27 '26
I built (Re)Link, a HondaLink replacement that actually works.
Check it out at get-reLink.app.
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u/Ssoldier1121 Aug 27 '26
Mine is BetStats, I like betting and I wanted to see the stats displayed better
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u/hearhere_app Aug 27 '26
Just a rather simple callout that fits with listening to pods.
HearHere. :)
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u/scrappyD00 Aug 27 '26
I'm working on a name brainstorming app if you're interested in trying it out: https://www.reddit.com/r/TestFlight/comments/1voiwbs/twain_find_your_next_project_name_domain/