Bibliophile keeps track of what you're reading, what you've finished and what you want to read next, without the friend requests and feeds other book apps push on you. Add a book by scanning its barcode or searching, log your page in a couple of taps, and rate it when you're done.

Key features: - Reading stats and a reading streak, plus a year-in-books recap you can share to your Stories - Book lists you can send to friends with a link, which they can add to their own library in one tap - An optional AI librarian that recommends what to read next based on what you've actually read and rated

Price: Free. All the tracking is free with no ads. Premium is an optional subscription at US$2.99/month or US$24.99/year (varies by country) and adds cloud sync, shareable lists and the AI librarian.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6790371908

I'm the solo developer, so any feedback is welcome.

TL;DR

• No weather forecast is the most accurate everywhere. The best one changes from city to city, and VeriSky shows you which one wins at your location.
• It's now checked against real airport weather stations. Apple Weather usually lands mid-table. VeriSky's Blend beat it at almost 9 out of 10 airports
• New: a free Apple Watch app, lock screen widgets, light mode and a (Liquid) glass look.

Hi! I'm Nick, the solo developer of VeriSky. I built it because I kept checking several weather apps before going sailing or planning something outside, and I could never remember which one had actually been right last time. So VeriSky keep track of that: it saves what every forecast predicted, compares it with what really happened, and scores them for your location.

I shared it here a few months ago and got a lot of great feedback. Here is how I implemented it

A: Answer

The biggest criticism back then was fair: I was checking forecasts against a model's reconstruction of the weather (which takes measurements as input), but not real measurements. So my server now compares every forecast with what (airport) weather stations actually measured, at 154 weather stations around the world. You can also add your own personal weather station or start tracking one nearby you.

Ten different forecasts came out on top for temperature somewhere. A model that's great in New York can be mediocre in Amsterdam. Picking the right one for your spot matters more than which app is the biggest.

B: Better (the things you asked for)

• Apple Watch app (free): today at a glance, yesterday's forecast check, temperature and rain complications
• Lock screen widgets
• A Drift tab that shows how the forecast for a day changed each day, next to what actually happened
• A score map showing which forecast wins where at any location in the world
• The Today tab just shows the Blend, for those who said "just pick the best one for me"
• Light mode, Liquid Glass and 16 languages

C: Cost

Free, no login, no data collection. Everything that was free stays free, including all national models, the scores, the maps, widgets and the watch app. Pro ($2.99/month or $19.95/year) adds Apple Weather and the other commercial forecasts, rain nowcast and sports windows, which covers the API and server costs.

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6759251875

A (What is it?): Remindly is an iOS reminder app designed to keep your daily routines and to-dos organized cleanly.

Remindly helps people create everyday reminders quickly without repeatedly configuring the same details.

B (Why use it?): Remindly combines several reminder workflows without forcing everything into a recurring schedule

-Templates are for reminders you want to reuse whenever needed.
-Routines launch an entire sequence of reminders.
-Voice Reminder provides a quick starting point while still letting you verify every detail.
-Calendar Import shows suggestions rather than automatically copying everything from your Calendar.
-Custom snooze actions let you choose the postponement times that suit you.

*Versions 5.4 and 5.5 also add expanded Siri support in supported regions and languages, plus a new Expanding Pills tab selector with interactive Liquid Glass on newer iOS versions that is inspired by apple iOS mail app.

C (Cost) : The core reminder experience is free, including regular and recurring reminders, standard snoozing, Calendar view, widgets, Apple Watch support, Siri and Shortcuts, urgent alarms, and up to two reusable templates.

Remindly Premium costs $4.99 as a one-time lifetime purchase. There is no subscription.

Premium removes the small bottom banner ad and unlocks Voice Reminder, Smart Calendar Import, routines, unlimited templates, customizable snooze options, Premium themes, adaptive icons, additional notification sounds, and all tab styles.

Download

V 5.6
I’ve been looking forward to designing for the new form factor. It's a fun challenge to make sure reminders and to-dos feel natural on a different screen layout instead of just stretching the existing UI.

My app has had a “month view” feature for a while now, so it made sense to make it always there when unfolded. Version 5.6 with iPhone Duo support is out now!

A — Answer:

I built Mealify because I kept staring into my fridge with no idea what to cook. You take one photo of your pantry, it figures out what you have, suggests meals you can actually make, and builds a shopping list for whatever's missing.

B — Better:

New in 2.0 (all of this came from comments on my last post):

- Receipt scanner: photograph a grocery receipt and the items go straight into your pantry

- Shared pantries: one pantry for the whole house, live sync so everyone stays updated

- Smart recipe parsing + HTML importer: paste recipe text or import from a site and it's organized for you

Already in the app:

- One-photo pantry scan, no manual entry

- Missing-ingredient detection before you start cooking

- Weekly meal plans built from what you already have

- No data collected, nothing tracked or sold

C — Cost:

Free to download and use. The free version includes 3 pantry scans per week and automatic meal planning from your pantry inventory.

If you end up using it a lot, there's an optional one-time lifetime unlock for unlimited scans. No subscription, ever. It's $4.99 right now instead of $24.99 until Friday, but there's no pressure, try it free first, you can also come back and redeem it!

Download (free): https://apps.apple.com/app/id6746368726

Lifetime unlock code, if you want it: MEALIFY2

Redeem link: https://apps.apple.com/redeem/?ctx=offercodes&id=6746368726&code=MEALIFY2

Every NEW feature above started as someone's comment. If you want something built next, tell me.

Answer, Better, Cost

• Answer: how much energy do you have left today? Stressy turns your Apple Watch's sleep, heart rate and HRV into one number, your reserve, from 0 to 100%. Sleep fills it, stress drains it.
• Better: one number instead of a dashboard, and it carries on from day to day instead of resetting every morning. Everything is calculated on your iPhone and Apple Watch: no account, no servers, no analytics. Built only with Apple's frameworks and Liquid Glass, and made for iPhone Duo too.
• Cost: $4.99 once. No subscription, no in-app purchases, no ads.

Hi everyone, I'm Ervo, the developer of Your Stressy.

Let me introduce Your Stressy, an app with a flawless UI/UX (Swift, Liquid Glass and more), crazy haptics, and 120 Hz ProMotion optimization (CADisableMinimumFrameDurationOnPhone), made for iPhone and Apple Watch.

What it does

Using your Apple Watch's sleep tracking, it gives you battery-like feedback on your health stats through the day: one number, your reserve, from 0 to 100%. On top of that you get readiness for training and bedtime coaching, with great charts for your reserve and stress. There are widgets for iPhone and Apple Watch in several variants, so it's all customizable to your preference.

What's new since launch

I've shipped nine free updates in the first week, most of them from feedback:

• Body Age: how old your fitness and habits look, in years. It compares your cardio fitness, resting heart rate, steps and sleep with what's typical for your age and sex, and turns the difference into years the way phenotypic age does. The page shows every step and the studies behind it, so it's not a black box.
• Workouts: your route on a map, pace, heart rate, elevation, and time in each heart rate zone, matching Apple's Workout app.
• Sleep: your night by stages (Awake, REM, Core, Deep) with recovery, HRV and heart rate asleep.
• Steps and distance: hour by hour, with new Steps and Distance widgets for iPhone and Apple Watch.
• How it works: a page that explains the reserve in plain words, and a "Why?" under the bedtime coach that shows how tonight's bedtime is worked out, step by step.
• iPhone Duo: open it and the tank sits on one side, your whole day on the other.
• Share: turn any day, workout or your Body Age into a story video or image.
• Now runs on iOS 26 and watchOS 26 too.

How it calculates

The whole calculation algorithm is custom made. The data comes from Apple Health: sleep, HR, RHR, HRV and other parameters go into the formula that calculates your stress, battery and readiness. Everything is calculated on your iPhone and Apple Watch, and your health data never leaves them.

Price

A fixed price of $4.99. I personally don't like in-app subscriptions, and I think a one-time payment is the fairest option, so Stressy will never have a subscription. Every update above was free, and the next ones will be too.

A lot more features are coming, and some are already in the pipeline.

A bit of history, and how it was made

A year ago, after 11+ years as a software engineer, I decided to slowly start learning Swift. These days it's so much easier to learn any programming language with the help of Claude: the syntax, which used to cost a lot of time, is now almost instant. I always wanted to build native app experiences. As mainly a frontend person, I know that Flutter and similar frameworks can never get you to a 100% native experience.

If you have any feedback, positive or negative criticism, anything, I'm all ears.

Thanks!

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/your-stressy/id6822681002

Official landing page: https://stressy.ervo.rocks/

I'd really appreciate it if you could share any feedback you have, for sure it will be handled in the next few builds. Thanks.

A – What problem does it solve?

You hop on a stream, or start working remotely and something feels off. Is it your Wi-Fi? The server? Your ISP? Most people just guess. Pingers gives you the answer in seconds.

• Home Screen Widget: Live latency for your favorite services at a glance
• Latency Check: Real-time ping to YouTube, Netflix, Discord and more with Favorites to pin what matters most
• Ping: By IP or domain with a live graph, detailed stats like latency, RTT, packet loss, and CSV or JSON export
• Port Scan: Custom ranges and scan speeds
• Traceroute: See every hop and find the bottleneck
• DNS Lookup: Query any domain instantly
• WHOIS: 47+ registries, ownership, expiration, status
• IP Config: Local & Global IP, Gateway, DNS, DHCP and full Network Interfaces
• Favorites: Save unlimited servers for quick access
• Works on iPhone & iPad with Dark Mode because obviously 🙄

What’s new since my last post:

• Brand new onboarding, shorter and straight to the point

B – Why is it better than alternatives?

Most network tools are either bloated, ad-infested, or look like they were designed for Windows 95 (actual quote from a user). Pingers is built by a network engineer, so the feature set is serious but the design doesn’t make you feel like you’re filing a support ticket.

⭐️ Rated 5 stars in the US / 4.6 stars globally

• “It gives me the exact info I need, when I need it. No ad-infested hoops, no ‘try our other apps’ reminders. It does what it claims, and does it extremely well.” — App Store Review, US
• “It’s nice to see something that does not cost a fortune but generally provides useful tools. Highly recommended!” — App Store Review, US
• "Very useful app! Affordable also." — App Store Review, DE

6 years on the App Store, solo-built and maintained, 100% private. No ads. No tracking. No account. No data collection.

C – Cost

🎃 Halloween Special: $3.99 for 48 Hours Only

One-time purchase. No subscription. Ever. Includes Family Sharing: one purchase covers your whole family across iPhone and iPad.

📲 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pingers-network-tools/id1583513038

Hi, I'm the dev.

A – Answer

MoodSheet is a mood tracker with one gesture: slide to pick today's mood and it's saved. One mood per day, a calendar to look back, and a few simple stats.

B – Better

I'm a developer and designer, and some of my days get stressful. I wanted to track how I feel, but every mood app I tried felt like homework: tags, journals, long questions. I'd quit within a week. MoodSheet keeps it to three seconds.

No account, no ads, no subscription, no tracking. Your data stays on your device and restores from iCloud if you switch phones. Missed a day? Tap it in the calendar to add or fix it.

iPhone only. English and Turkish.

C – Cost

One-time purchase, $1.99. No in-app purchases, no subscription.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6826591161

Website: https://bulentturudu.tr/moodsheet/

Privacy Policy: https://bulentturudu.tr/moodsheet/privacy/

Terms of Service: https://bulentturudu.tr/moodsheet/term/

Developed by Bülent Türüdü

Contact: [hello@bulentturudu.tr](mailto:hello@bulentturudu.tr)

Happy to answer anything in the comments. I'd really like to know what feels missing, or what you'd cut.

A. What it solves

Sleep apps assume you sleep at night. If you work nights, they score you against a clock you don't keep. The 90 minute nap before a 12 hour night shows up as a bad night, and the sleep you get after the shift is split across two calendar days.

AfterShift starts from your roster. A day is the gap between the end of one shift and the start of the next. Sleep and naps from Apple Health inside that gap count toward a recovery score for your next shift, and sleep debt is tracked per shift cycle.

You set your rotation once (4 on 4 off, 2-2-3, fixed nights, or your own cycle of any length) and it fills in the next 8 weeks. If your shifts are already in a calendar, it can import them from there. Caffeine cutoff, wind down and nap reminders fire relative to when your next shift starts.

The images are the widgets: next shift countdown, readiness, tonight's plan, roster, sleep graph, rhythm and sleep debt. Small up to the iOS 27 full page size, plus Lock Screen widgets and a Live Activity for naps.

B. Compared to the alternatives

* RISE ($69.99/yr) is built around a regular sleep rhythm, and its own help centre says it doesn't record daytime sleep automatically. AfterShift counts day sleep and naps without you logging them. If you keep regular hours, RISE is the more complete app.

* Timeshifter ($6.99/mo or $69.99/yr) plans light, caffeine and melatonin to move your body clock. It doesn't track sleep. If shifting your clock is the goal, use Timeshifter. AfterShift tracks how you actually recovered.

* ShiftSleep is a manual log with Apple Health import behind Pro. AfterShift reads Apple Health on the free tier.

No account, no analytics SDKs, and the data stays on the phone. The App Store label is "Data Not Collected". Health access is read only.

Automatic import needs something that writes sleep to Apple Health, like a Watch or another wearable, because an iPhone alone no longer records sleep. You can also enter sleep by hand.

C. Cost

Free: roster, sleep import, recovery score, shift-timed reminders, and the Next Shift, Readiness, Shift Plan and Roster widgets.

Pro adds the Sleep Graph, Rhythm and Sleep Debt widgets, background sync for multiple calendars, overtime tracking, and explanations written on device by Apple Intelligence.

* $3.99 / month

* $24.99 / year

* $39.99 one time, lifetime

Family Sharing on all levels.

About me (transparency): I'm Antti, the solo developer of AfterShift.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6757163182

Website: https://lagerland-apps.github.io/apps/aftershift/

Privacy Policy: https://lagerland-apps.github.io/apps/aftershift/privacy/

Email: [lagerland.apps@proton.me](mailto:lagerland.apps@proton.me)

Thanks for reading!

ANSWER

TypeUps is a quiet place to write one short thought anonymously and discover thoughts from other people that are connected by meaning.

Write up to 180 characters, post without creating an account or public profile, and then choose where the thought takes you.

BETTER

Most social platforms organise content around people, profiles, followers, likes and comments. TypeUps removes those elements.

Instead, it connects thoughts into three possible directions:

• The closest related thought
• The same feeling in a different situation
• A different but relevant direction

The thoughts you follow form a journey saved on your device. The focus remains on the thought rather than the identity or popularity of the person who wrote it.

COST

TypeUps is free to download and use. No account is required.

App Store:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/typeups-thoughts/id6813353557

Developer: Threestart Limited
Website: https://www.typeups.com
Privacy: https://www.typeups.com/privacy
Terms: https://www.typeups.com/terms

I would be interested to hear whether the connected-thought journey feels meaningfully different from a conventional anonymous feed.

A: Practice and personal signals

iKima guides your breathing on iPhone with visual cues and haptic guidance. On Apple Watch, you can follow the breathing phases with wrist taps, so you can practice without watching the screen.

You can optionally use your iPhone camera for a pulse check-in before and after a practice. iKima uses the camera’s pulse signal to calculate RMSSD when both readings meet the app’s quality requirements. This is separate from Apple Watch HRV: Watch HRV and resting heart rate come from Apple Health.

The free version includes a basic post-practice body signal. Premium adds your relaxation trend, including changes in camera-measured RMSSD across eligible sessions, plus Watch HRV and resting heart rate in the context of your personal range. These are personal observations, not a diagnosis.

B: Free and Premium

Free

• 60-second guided belly breathing, with haptic guidance
• Available on iPhone and Apple Watch
• Complete practice history, streaks, and practice progress
• Basic post-practice body signal

Premium

• Four additional breathing practices: 4-7-8, box breathing, resonance breathing, and physiological sigh
• Personal insights and recommendations based on your practice patterns
• Relaxation trends, including RMSSD changes from eligible iPhone camera readings
• Apple Watch HRV and resting heart rate shown against your personal 30-day range

C: Cost and privacy

The app has a free version and an optional Premium subscription. US 4.99/month; US 29.99/annual

I’d love to hear what feels useful or confusing, especially if you try iKima with just an iPhone or with an Apple Watch.

iKima is currently available in most markets, with EU availability coming soon.
App link: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6782253976

Isai launched on 19 Oct, and today it appeared in the App Store Editors’ “Great apps on iPhone Duo” collection (Singapore & Malaysia I am unsure whether it is featured elsewhere), but honestly, seeing it there at all made my whole day!

What it does:

- Bit-perfect playback of FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF and DSD
- Streams straight from your own MEGA, Dropbox or WebDAV (Nextcloud, Synology), no server in between and no transcoding. You can also add your Local files and Apple music as a source
- DSD goes out as DoP to DACs that support it, and is carefully converted to PCM for everything else
- On Mac, Isai takes exclusive access to your DAC, matches its sample rate and bit depth to the file
- Play On: control the Mac/iPad wired to your good DAC from your phone on the sofa, all on your local network
- Pure Music on iPhone Duo: the app becomes an 80s style cassette player, CD player or turntable, and the cover screen turns into the player when folded
- Works across iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV with iCloud sync

Pricing: free for local files and Apple Music. A one-time Pro ($9.99) purchase unlocks cloud sources, Play On and Pure Music. No subscription, no ads, no data collected.

Alternatively, if you prefer only the Pure music mode with retro themes, you may unlock it through an in-app purchase of $2.99.

Some of you might notice similarities with Deck-Man. I'd been working on a similar idea for a while too, and honestly I'm really happy for its dev. It's great to see more people building music apps with this much love for the old hardware. Go check it out as well.

The real inspiration was dedicated music players like the Sony NW-A100 and the FiiO M21. That said, the retro theme is only the part people notice first.

"Isai" means music in Tamil.

Happy to answer questions, and feedback is very welcome.

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6808984060

Note: I am aware of a problem with streaming DSD, so I am submitting an app update, version 1.0.5.

Read more: https://arrcade.dev/apps/isai/
https://arrcade.dev/blog/isai-pure-music-mode-iphone-duo

Download Cofy chat (cofychat.com)

• Cofy Chat (Inspired by coffee chats) is a quick 6-minute catch-up call with your friends.
• Talk, laugh, and play games together (Chess, Wordy, Connect 4, Tic-Tac-Toe) in the same call.
• The best part: it automatically connects you with friends you haven't talked to in a while, on a weekly or monthly basis, so you are now always in touch with your friends, colleagues and family members.

Every tap connects you with someone new to talk to and play with. Every call is a surprise: call and neither of you knows who's on the other end until it connects. By the end of the month, you'll have quick coffee calls with your old friends, family, cousins, nieces, colleagues, buddies, and everyone your loved and cared for.

The app is strictly private by design. No one can call you unless you've added them to your weekly or monthly list. Your phone number and your lists are always hidden, even from the friends you've added and you can set quiet hours, so no one can disturb you during work hours.

Why Cofy Chat?

• Just six minutes keeps you updated to the lives of the people you love.
• It automatically finds whom you haven't talked for a while and who is available in the moment and connects you for a quick coffee call.
• A familiar voice brings a warmth and comfort that a message can't.
• Play games and have fun.
• Share your worries, talk through problems, and feel lighter.
• Share good news and learn from each other.

The UI/UX is coffee-cup themed, inspired by nature, with realistic ball physics, motivational quotes, short stories and calming raindrop effects.

📲 Download COFY CHAT on the App Store:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cofy-chat-6-min-calls-games/id6773146696

How to Redeem ?

- Please visit cofychat.com/gift to get 1 year free access.

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Making small calls, but often, that's how friendships grow stronger across years and distance. Talk, Laugh, play with your buddies, celebrate little moments together and stay in touch with your friends.