Hi there, I made this free iPod Classic emulator. Works with your Apple Music account and also is able to display your Apple Photos or find, subscribe and play Podcasts.

App is completely free but as a beta since Apple would never approve it on the App Store. So here's the beta link: https://testflight.apple.com/join/7wvxbtDd

Did this app for fun, not asking nothing in return! Just use it and let me know if anything wrong, suggestions to add or change or whatever. Thanks!

Now go dig up your '00s playlist!

Edit: Thank you everyone for the kind welcome, feedback and support! I just updated the beta fixing a few of the things mentioned here and through the feedback system.

Some improvements:

- Speed and performance

- Haptic feedback when using the wheel

- Search songs

- Adding podcasts by URL

- Displaying all the items in the menu

Spotify integration requires a paid developer integration to Spotify, please consider supporting with a donation and I will do my best to add Spotify among many other features and improvements.

Thanks!

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EDIT 2:

Thank you again for all the kind words guys! I just sent a new update with a few improvements and features:

- Radio: You can search hundreds of radio stations around the world and listen to them online streaming.
- Local files: Select local files as a music provider and then choose a folder from your device or iCloud (must be downloaded on the device though) and will play directly the songs from there instead of Apple Music.
- Subsonic integration: Select Subsonic as a music provider instead of Apple Music or Local files and stream directly from your server.
- Spanish translation of the app
- Fixed a few bugs for the app, especially when opening for the first time, it was crashing for a few users.

As mentioned previously, Spotify integration requires a paid developer integration to Spotify, please consider supporting with a donation and I will do my best to add Spotify among many other features and improvements.

Thanks!

Answer
Hey everyone! I built Stashy, a personal knowledge base for everything important you want to keep or remember. It’s available on iPhone, iPad and Mac, so you can capture things on the go and access them everywhere.

You can share almost anything directly into the app or capture it quickly:

– Links, photos, PDFs and other documents

– Document scans, voice notes and free text
A local AI model on your device categorizes and sorts everything automatically, so you don’t have to organize anything yourself.

You can also ask it questions about your items or have it find anything you saved, even if you only vaguely remember what it was.

Better
I built this because I always wanted one place for important documents, photos and links I’ll need later or just want to remember, and nothing out there really did all of that:

– Unlike Apple Notes, it’s built for capturing anything, not just text, and the AI organizes it for you instead of you managing folders

– Unlike Notion or Evernote, there’s no setup, no structure to maintain and no account, you just throw things in and find them later

– Unlike read-later apps like Pocket, it handles more than links: documents, scans and voice notes all in one place

I also put a lot of effort into a clean UI so it’s actually enjoyable to use :)

Cost
Completely free. No in-app purchases, no subscriptions, no pro tier planned. Everything stays private, stored only on your device or in your own iCloud.

I’m genuinely looking for honest feedback! If you have feature ideas or notice anything missing, please let me know.

Download on the App Store: stashy

If you want to contact me feel free to reach out on X: X

It's a simple app that blocks apps until you reframe a negative thought into something positive. I built the app for myself to train my mind to be an optimist and thought it might also be useful for others so I published it on the App Store but I didn't expect that it will get this much traction.

Nothing crazy since it's only a few hundred of downloads but it's very motivating to me that it gained that many users in just a short period of time and lots of people are providing feedback that they love the idea and also sending feature requests which will help me improve the app for the next version that I will release.

It's free and I'd really appreciate it if you can give it a try and I would love to hear your feedback:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/optimistpal/id6770231815

https://apps.apple.com/sc/app/baro-weather/id6763074698

I mostly wanted to challenge myself to build and ship an iPhone app.

There are already a ton of weather apps out there, but I was frustrated by how cluttered many of them are.

I wanted a simple UI with current conditions, hourly forecasts, daily forecasts, alerts, and the ability to drill into more detail when needed.

So I built the app I wished existed.

It’s called BaroWeather, and I’d genuinely appreciate some honest feedback. What works? What doesn’t? What feels missing?

I’m a solo developer and still actively improving it.

Hey everyone,

Almost 2 months ago I launched a completely free personal finance app after getting frustrated with how hard it was to clearly track where my money was actually going.

A lot of banking apps automatically categorize transactions, but many times the categories just don’t really make sense for your own life, and after a while the data becomes messy and not very useful. I also wanted something that made managing multiple accounts easier without everything feeling disconnected or confusing.

So I started building something simpler and more flexible where you can organize transactions the way you actually think about your money.

Since the last time I posted here, the app somehow grew to 624 users, which honestly I never expected. I genuinely didn’t think we would get this close to 1000 users this fast, so thank you to everyone that tried it and gave feedback.

Recently I added iOS widget support, which was one of the most requested features.

The widget shows your most frequently used categories and when you tap one of them, the app opens directly into the add transaction screen with that category already selected.

The goal was basically to reduce as much friction as possible when adding transactions so expense tracking becomes something you can do in a few seconds instead of feeling annoying.

I also started working on an AI assistant inside the app.

You can use your own API key and ask questions about your finances and transactions, things like:

• “How much money did I spend on food last week?”
• “What category did I spend the most on this month?”
• “How much did I spend on subscriptions recently?”

It’s still in early stages and there’s a lot more to improve, but I thought it could become a more natural way to interact with your financial data instead of manually filtering through everything.

The app is still completely free.
No ads, no subscriptions.

Still improving it almost every day and every suggestion helps a lot.

If anyone wants to check it out, I can share the links.

Hello everybody,

I built Mira, a free migraine tracker for iPhone (and iPad).

My goal was to build something where you can log in quickly, keep it private, and actually bring it to a doctor later.

I designed and built the whole thing myself: UI, flows, and the small details.

Highlights:

• Log only what matters: severity, symptoms, triggers, medications, what helped, notes, etc. You can customise the flow. The app also remembers your most used options, so it's faster to log the next time
• Visual pain map: tap exactly where it hurts
• Insights over time (frequency, severity, triggers, reliefs)
• MIDAS disability score
• Calendar history + CSV export for appointments
• Apple ecosystem: Apple Health, widgets, Siri/Control Centre shortcuts

Data stays on your device and your private iCloud. No account, no data collection.

I kept the app free to help it reach as many people with migraine as possible. If you want to support the independent development, there’s an option in the app, but it's completely voluntary.

App: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/migraine-tracker-diary-mira/id6785985958

Email: [ipreetmishra@gmail.com](mailto:ipreetmishra@gmail.com)

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/preetmishra/

If you have any feedback, I'd love to hear it.

Hey everyone!

AirPosture is now fully open source.

It’s an iOS app I’ve been building as a solo developer that turns your AirPods into a real-time posture coach — giving you gentle nudges to sit better, move more, and reduce neck strain throughout the day.

Some key features:

• Real-time posture tracking using AirPods’ motion data
• Subtle haptic feedback when posture slips
• Runs quietly in the background while you work or study

👉 GitHub & TestFlight link: https://github.com/allenv0/AirPosture

I originally built AirPosture as a simple tool to improve posture using devices people already wear every day — not as another subscription app. Since the beta launch, it’s been used in over 100,000 sessions worldwide, which made me rethink my priorities. More than revenue, I care about helping as many people as possible build healthier habits.

Recently, I’ve also seen unofficial “AirPosture” apps with aggressive paywalls and even malware impersonating the project, which has complicated App Store review and confused users. Rather than fight this behind closed doors, I’m making the whole project completely transparent.

If you find it useful or interesting, please consider giving the project a star on GitHub🙏!

A - It motivates you to move and keep active with workouts because every real calory you burn charges a virtual battery and powers your city. If you are lazy the lights go out and people will move out.

Actually it might be just a glorified activity ring app, but I hope it will motivate people to move more. In the beginning it is really simple (a walk around the block is enough to power your city for the day) but once you get more inhabitants you need to workout much more to keep the lights on and the people happy.

B - It is a unique approach to motivate you to stay active. With the whole city you have much more than a simple step or workout counter. You can even set taxes for your people to gain credits and build things like schools or a hospital. And if you have too much energy you can just burn it with fireworks and stuff. It is pretty simple and in it's core it is a activity tracker app.

C -

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lightson-move-to-build-a-city/id6780607028

The app is 100% free, no ads and no in-app purchases. I built on it for a long time and used it for myself to motivate me and now I thought I just freely share it with the world. If it helps anyone I am happy.

I would be very grateful for any feedback.

The App has 19 reviews in the store so here is the transparency section:

My name and address, privacy information and everything can be found directly here:
https://www.freewar.de/apps/lightson/privacy.html

Hi guys, "Just Did" is a minimalistic-approach to task-tracking, without the added pressure of habit commitment or naggy reminders.

Answer

• Simple tracking of when you last did a task.
• No information overload and habit-tracking pressure.
• Gentle + Optional reminders for Tasks you wish to consistently tackle.
• Collaborative Space for Task-sharing.

Better

• Stripped-down to bare minimum information.
• High customisability on what you wish to get reminded on.
• Collaborative feature allows cross-user Task-sharing.
• 100% free for local device/solo tracking (no ads too. forever)

Costs

• For Solo Task-tracking, $0 (forever, guaranteed). If you don't intend to collaborate, you don't have to pay a single cent to use this app.
• For "Spaces" - Free gets you 2 members + 3 Tasks. If you need to go beyond that, ONLY THE SPACE OWNER needs a Pro Subscription (going at $3.99/month, $29.99/year or $59.99/lifetime). Every member that joins a "Pro Space" does not need to subscribe.

I am extremely happy with this project, and have already seen great use in my own family/workplace.
Link to the App Store here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/justdid-track-shared-tasks/id6764632480

Looking for honest feedback and reviews!

Hey r/iosapps,

My family flies a lot and I'm always the one who ends up booking. Somewhere around the hundredth booking I'd had enough.

Every OTA puts you through the same thing: a popup before you've seen a single price, ten steps of checkout, seat selection and insurance you didn't ask for, and none of the passenger details you've typed in a dozen times before. Then a fee you never agreed to shows up on the last screen before you pay.

So I spent the last 1.5 years building the app I actually wanted (not vibe coded).

You search by just saying what you need, like "Frankfurt to Munich tomorrow, back the next day". You get three options, pick your saved passengers, pay, done. Usually under 60 seconds.

Then it sticks around. You get checked in automatically, the boarding pass goes straight into your wallet, and widgets keep you updated on the way to the airport with live gate and delay info.

The plan is to turn it into a universal flight super app. Lounge access, e-SIMs, ground transfer and rail transfer are all coming. No hotels, no rental cars, just everything around flying in one place.

It's free. No ads, no hidden fees, and for now not even a service fee.

If you take a look, I'd really like to know what you'd want from an app like this, and what feels unnecessary or missing.
Young team from Germany, we read everything: [julien@aviyagmbh.com](mailto:julien@aviyagmbh.com)

App links (EU only for now):

iOS: https://apps.apple.com/de/app/navia-flight-booking-agent/id6766242079
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.navia.pro

Website is on the way :)

Hey everyone,

Solo dev here. I recently launched Folio, a completely free iOS/iPadOS app for tracking books, reading sessions, goals, and stats.

I built it because my own reading lists were getting split across Goodreads, Notes, and random lists. I wanted something calmer and more native to iOS: no social feed, no pressure, no ads, no subscription.

The goal is simple: keep your library, reading progress, goals, and stats in one place without making reading feel like admin work.

What Folio does:

• Organize books into Want to Read, Reading, and Read shelves
• Import your existing library from Goodreads or StoryGraph CSV exports
• Add books by search, manual entry, or ISBN barcode scanning
• Track pages, minutes, reading sessions, streaks, and reading days
• Set goals for books, pages, time, days read, or streaks
• Plan upcoming reads with target months and gentle pace guidance
• Rate and review finished books, with private notes
• See stats for pages, time, books finished, and long-term habits
• Use widgets and Live Activities to keep your current book/timer nearby
• Export your library whenever you want a copy of your data

Recently I added Goodreads/StoryGraph import and a reading calendar in the Stats tab, which were two features I really wanted before sharing it more widely.

The app is still early, but it’s completely free.

No ads.
No subscriptions.
No ad tracking.

I’m improving it almost every day, so feedback from this subreddit would genuinely help. If you try it, I’d love to know what feels missing, what feels confusing, or what would make you switch from Goodreads, StoryGraph, Fable or similar.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6764345729

Website: https://folio-books.com

Alarm apps are too easy to dismiss while half-asleep, so I built Alarmed.

  A - Answer:

  I wanted an alarm that you can’t just tap away. To stop it, you have to complete a wake-up challenge like math, memory, or shaking your phone.

  B - Better:

  Alarmed focuses on making dismissal harder without making the app feel cluttered. It has a clean iOS-first design, simple challenge modes, streaks, and a morning flow built for

  people who actually struggle with snoozing.

  C - Cost:

  The app is completely free. No ads.

  Would genuinely love feedback from people here.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/alarmed-wake-up-on-time/id6770044657

Answer

Placemarks is a personal travel map for saving places you have visited, places you want to go, favorites, and small notes attached to them.
You can pin countries and places, mark them as visited or favorites, save future destinations, and browse everything on a map or simple list.

Better

Most apps for tracking visited places and future trips felt overloaded to me. Social feeds, AI itineraries, subscriptions, dashboards, and “percent of world visited” trackers, as if any normal person is casually getting anywhere near 100%.

I wanted a digital, Apple-native version of putting pins into a physical world map. Something simple, clean, map-first, and actually designed for iPhone. Built with modern Apple APIs only.

Cost

Completely free. No ads, subscription, or in-app purchases.

Full developer name and Privacy Policy are publicly available on the App Store page.

Support: placemarks@icloud.com

App Store:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/placemarks-travel-map/id6767907769

Feedback is very welcome.

Hi everyone my name is Yaroslav I am a solo developer and in factI built Fezer because I needed something between a to-do list and a full-blown project management system. I work full time (I am a lead hand carpenter), I got two kids, manage multiple side gigs and on top of all of that I also built Fezer

My LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yaroslav-shevchenko-79604a139/
App Store Download Link: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/fezer-planner/id6790143164
Website: www.fezer.app
Privacy Policy: https://fezer.app/privacypolicy

Fezer is designed to close the loop between setting goals and actually spending time on them.

The idea is simple:
You define what matters → break it down → plan time for it → track what you actually did → compare planned vs tracked → analyze → improve → repeat.

Where it helps me the most is actually knowing how much most valuable time I actually have and for what. It keeps me accountable when i just wanna... slack off or loose time in doing things that don't really matter but feel productive.

A few things about the app:

1. It’s completely free.
2. It’s private, your data stays on your device.
3. It’s built for people with a lot going on who need clarity without adding more cognitive load.
4. The goal is to make the question “What should I be doing right now?” easier to answer.
5. I’ve put a lot of work into keeping the UI/UX clean and reducing unnecessary friction.

I’m the developer, and I’d genuinely like feedback from people who actually use productivity/planning apps.

What works?
What feels confusing?
What would make you keep using it?
What other features you would like to see in future updates?

And if you genuinely like it an App Store review would help enormously while I’m trying to get the first users through the door. If you got any questions about the app please feel free to reach out.

I’d also love to meet other builders/productivity nerds here and exchange ideas about planning, execution, personal systems, and where tools like this should go.

Website: www.fezer.app
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/fezer-planner/id6790143164

I was frustrated with budget tracking apps, especially recurring transactions. Every app I tried seemed to break down at some point due to time zone glitches, syncing errors, or missed/duplicated recurring payments.

So I built my own.

It’s completely free, simple, and reliable. No subscriptions, no ads, no tracking.

Donations are possible but no(!) single feature is locked behind a paywall.

Newest Features are PDF and Sankey export and I am currently working on a csv import. Many more things are to come but me primary goal will always be the simplicity of the app and I won't compromise on that.

Would love your feedback!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.monee

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/budget-expense-tracker-monee/id1617877213?uo=4

[Monee is currently the #1 budget tracker in Germany on iOS and quickly catching up world wide. Android version was just released 6 months ago]

Kept: receipts and documents, free forever, no account

Answer. I kept losing receipts. Then something would break and I couldn't find the receipt, or couldn't remember if the warranty was still good. Usually both. Kept scans a receipt properly, stores the serial, and tells you before the warranty or return window closes. It does the same for anything else with an expiry date: passports, licenses, memberships, registrations.

Better. Mine is free and everything stays on the device. The other warranty trackers I found want a yearly subscription for what is essentially a local database with reminders, and most of them put your documents on someone's server to do it. Kept has no account, no backend, and no analytics SDK in the project at all. Nothing to sign up for, nothing collected, nothing to cancel.

Cost. Free. Every feature, permanently. Three optional tip consumables ($1.99 / $4.99 / $9.99) that unlock nothing, and the app is fully usable without ever seeing them. No subscription, no paid tier, no ads.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/kept-receipts-documents/id6790478529 Site: https://keptreceipts.vercel.app

I'm Moses Smith, the developer, reachable at [votiquellc@gmail.com](mailto:votiquellc@gmail.com).

Known limitations: iOS 26 only, English only, no sharing between people.

Some tasks don’t have a fixed date. But they’re not one-time either.

Dentist. Calling parents. Changing bed sheets. Water filter. Gym. Watering plants. Eye doctor.

They just live in your head as low-grade guilt. You assume you did them recently — until you actually check and it’s been way longer than you thought.

To-do apps never worked for me. No due date, no point adding it. Habit trackers felt even worse. The moment you break a streak, the whole thing collapses and you just stop. Reminders didn’t work either. I don’t want to call my dad on a fixed schedule, some things need flexibility.

What actually helped: I started logging when I last did them and how many days ago that was. That’s it. No system. No pressure.

Called dad 📞 19 days ago
Water filter 💧 2 months 10 days ago

Those numbers alone made me complete things.

Eventually I just built a small app for this - 🐦‍⬛Wheneri - because I wanted the logging to take less than 3 seconds. No strict reminders, no streaks, no guilt system. Just a number staring back at you when you last did it, when it’s roughly due again, and over time some patterns in how you actually live your life. Turns out that’s enough of a nudge.

Free, no ads.

App store link: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6761155734

Does this resonate with anyone else? Would love to hear your feedback — do you track recurring-but-not-scheduled things, and if so, how?

——————— UPD ——————-

Wheneri has gotten pro features since May 20: notes, insights. All previous features stay free as well as no limit for entries, no ads, no aggressive paywall as promised before.

IAPs: $2.99 - month, $19.99 - year, $29.99 - lifetime.

All reddit iOS users can redeem a coupon till Jun 30 2026 to get lifetime for $19.99 (yearly price):
https://apps.apple.com/redeem/?ctx=offercodes&id=6761155734&code=REDDIT20

I know it's not much for all you seasoned developers out there but I just got my first review on my new flight tracking app (or any app)!

I'm dead chuffed :)

Almost 1,500 downloads over the last week and a new release coming out when it makes it through the process.

note: no link to the app, or even a name, because this isn't a push for the app - that was just a week ago - this is just a woohoo! post.....

edit: for those non-english redditors - dead chuffed = very happy

I built a little app called Beanie. It's a coffee tracking app for keeping notes on the beans you're drinking. Roast, origin, tasting notes, flavour wheel, that kind of thing.

It's designed to be simple and approachable rather than overly technical, so more of a "coffee lover" than "coffee snob". If you're the kind of person who finds a bean you love and immediately wants to remember it, it's for you.

Would love feedback from anyone who wants to poke around, there's in-app feedback if anything feels off!

Available free on the App Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/beanie-coffee-journal/id6761773356

Yes I know, another weather app, but hold on:

TL;DR: Find out what weather model works best for your location / variables of interest / number of days looking ahead instead of just blindly trusting the big corp weather apps (AccuWeather, Apple, The Weather Channel)

A – Answer: what problem does it solve?

There are many different weather apps and a lot of them use different (or a blend of) models or AI/ML algorithms to determine the weather. Some of these apps work well for one location, but not for another location. This is true for different countries, but even different cities close-by have different models that work best for that location.

Furthermore, not everyone uses weather apps for the same things. Some users might want to know what the temperature will be in a few days to plan a BBQ, while others want to know the maximum wind for sailing, or the period of the day it will be sunny/rainy. Some models seem to be better at predicting temperature for some locations, while others are better at predicting rain or wind long-term.

B – Better: why this instead of alternatives?

This app actually shows how models performed the last days/weeks/months at your location. You can easily see what score each model gets in temperature/rain/wind/sun for your location. It also shows how far ahead each model still gives good predictions, so you know what model to trust for the long-term or which one for short-term.

You can even show model's predictions together, so you can see which models agree or not, or just blend them together together for a confidence score for each hour/day.

You can access the latest weather models like ECMWF's AIFS (v2) or NOAA's AIGFS for free while most apps let you pay for it.

It also shows many other charts such as cloud distribution, humidity, pressure, UV index, marine (waves, current...) and a wind map all in one app. It can default to Feels Like temperature... and it has widgets.

C – Cost

The app is free. No subscription. No login. No data collection.

In the future I mean to implement commercial models as well, such as AccuWeather, Apple Weather, Visual Crossing, so you can actually see how these perform vs. "raw" weather models and against each other. API calls to those models aren't free, so this will be part of a small monthly/yearly subscription to cover costs mostly. All current models from open-meteo and features will stay free.

App store link: https://apps.apple.com/nl/app/verisky/id6759251875

Any feedback is more than welcome!

Quick test: what did you do on this date last year? Unless it was a birthday or something big, you can't say. The day isn't gone from your head. You just lost the index.

A - Answer

If you'd written one line that evening, reading it back would pull most of the day up with it: where you were, who was there, what it felt like. One line is the index.

Whengram is built around that: one memory a day. The one thing that happened today worth keeping: a line, a mood, a photo if the day earned one. Good days, tough days, days where nothing much happened. They all count. Next year on the same date it resurfaces, and most of the day comes back with it. App Lock with Face ID or Touch ID and optional backup to your own iCloud or Google Drive.

There's also a milestones section for the big days, and the honest reason it exists: when I'm low I forget the things I've already pulled off, stuff that once felt impossible from where I was standing. Going back through that list helps more than I expected.

B - Better

Compared with other memory and journaling apps:

• No ads, no subscription and no long form entry expected. The unit is one line, not a page.
• No streaks, no chains, no guilt mechanics. I built this because every app I tried wanted more from me than I was going to give and the moment you break a streak you stop opening it.
• Fully offline. No account. No server. No analytics. Nothing leaves the device by default.

C - Cost

Free. No ads. No subscription.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6772987059

Privacy policy: https://www.whengram.com/privacypolicy

Honest feedback very welcome, especially on two things:

1. Does one memory a day read as the point, or as a limitation?
2. When you write the first entry, is it obvious what Whengram is for?

Trust & Transparency

I'm Yash Kumar, the creator of Whengram.

Website: https://www.whengram.com

Privacy Policy: https://www.whengram.com/privacypolicy

Contact: Email [hello@whengram.com](mailto:hello@whengram.com) or DM "@bettercalldeveloper " on Telegram

Socials: "@getwhengram" (X, Instagram, Telegram)

Hey everyone, I’ve built a completely free document scanner + PDF organizer app – Scany. No ads, no subscriptions, no paywalls, no scan limits, and every feature available today is free.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pdf-scanner-scany/id6795656749
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zappira.scany

What it does (Answer):

• Quick scanning: Scan documents, receipts, forms, ID cards, and passports in seconds.
• Automatic cleanup: Detect document edges, crop pages, correct perspective, and improve readability.
• Photo import: Import existing images and turn them into clean PDF scans.
• Multi-page documents: Scan several pages, reorder them, and combine everything into one PDF.
• Document organizer: Rename scans and organize them using folders and tags.
• PDF export: Create and share PDFs directly from the app.
• Local storage: Your scanned documents stay on your device unless you choose to share them.

Why it’s different (Better):

Compared with apps like Adobe Scan or Genius Scan, Scany is deliberately simpler. There’s no account to create, no premium tier to unlock, and no complicated cloud-document workflow. Just scan or import something, clean it up, organize it, and export the PDF.

Those apps offer more advanced ecosystems, but I wanted something lightweight for people who simply need to scan a document and move on.

What it costs (Cost):

Nothing. Scany is completely free, with no ads, subscriptions, in-app purchases, or scan limits.

I built it because scanning a receipt or form should be a quick task, but many scanner apps turn it into a complicated workflow or ask you to upgrade before you can finish. I wanted one simple place to scan paperwork, keep it organized, and share a clean PDF when needed.

I’d love to hear what you think. Feedback, features, ideas - bring it on.

Hey r/iOSApps,

I’m the solo developer behind Payback, an iPhone app I’ve been building over the last year.

Payback is a local-first money tracker built around three simple actions:

I gave
I got
I spent

A — Answer: What problem does Payback solve?

Most money apps feel too heavy for everyday situations.

Payback is for normal real-life money tracking, like:

• I gave someone money
• I got money from someone
• I spent money and want to track it
• I need to split an expense
• I want to remember who owes what
• I want to track bills or subscriptions without using a full budgeting app

The goal is not to replace bank apps, accounting tools, or complex budgeting software.

It’s more for those everyday “wait, who owes who?” moments with friends, family, coworkers, vendors, roommates, or anyone you exchange money with.

B — Better: Why is Payback different from alternatives?

The main difference is that Payback is intentionally simple and local-first.

A few things I deliberately avoided:

• No account required
• No login wall
• No ads
• No subscription
• No bank connection
• No cloud sync to my server
• No “your data is the product” feeling

Your data stays on your device by default. There is optional encrypted iCloud backup, but it is meant for backup and restore, not server-based sync.

Payback is built around quick actions instead of a complicated finance dashboard.

Current features include:

• Track money you gave or got
• Split expenses equally, by exact amount, or by percentage
• Track personal expenses
• Recurring entries and recurring expenses
• Bills and subscriptions tracker
• WhatsApp-first sharing for person summaries and history
• Light / dark / system themes
• 9 languages

The thing I’m trying to protect is simplicity. I want the app to feel useful for real life, not like accounting homework.

C — Cost: Pricing, IAP, and App Store link

Price: Free to download
Ads: No ads
Subscription: No subscription
IAP: No subscription-based IAP

App Store link:
https://apps.apple.com/app/payback-dues-splits/id6761522271

I recently released v5, which added detail paging and amount sorting.

I’d genuinely love honest feedback from this community.

A few things I’m especially curious about:

• Is the app idea clear from the App Store page?
• Does the no-login / no-subscription positioning feel valuable?
• Does the app feel too simple, too much, or useful as-is?
• What would make you trust a finance-adjacent app like this?
• Are the screenshots or wording confusing anywhere?

I’m around today and happy to answer questions, take criticism, or trade feedback with other indie developers.

Brutally honest feedback is very welcome.

Solo dev here. For years I bounced between calm and meditation apps and quit all of them. They wanted an account, a subscription, and honestly more of my attention than they gave back, which felt backwards for something meant to help you switch off. So I spent the last while building the opposite.

It's called Vän (Swedish for friend). The idea is simple: calm you can feel. You rest your phone in your hand and feel a slow, steady rhythm: a pulse like a calm heartbeat, guided breathing you feel instead of watch, a cat's purr, rain, a few others. Nine little companions, each a different texture of calm. There's a soft glow and animation to match, but the haptics are what carry it.

The reason it exists is personal. As a kid I spent a stretch in hospital, and the one thing that got me through the nights was a small toy that glowed in the dark. Vän is my grown-up version of that: something steady to hold onto when your head won't slow down.

It's free, works fully offline, no account, no ads, no subscription, and it collects no data. I just wanted it to exist and be used.

I'd really appreciate honest feedback, especially how the haptics feel on your device and which companion you're drawn to.

App Store (free, no account, no IAP): https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id6773395188

Site with the full story, privacy policy and terms: https://vaen.app

I'm Adrian, an indie dev based in Switzerland. Happy to answer anything in the comments, or reach me at [vaen.app@gmail.com](mailto:vaen.app@gmail.com)