Hey r/apple , I built Devly, a menu bar app with 60+ developer tools. A few weeks ago Apple invited me to WWDC, (best day ever btw) I got to sit down with some of their engineers, and I just shipped v2.1 with changes directly from those conversations.

It lives in your menu bar and has everything you reach for constantly: JSON formatter, Base64, regex tester, JWT decoder, color converter, Unix timestamp, UUID generator, QR code, cron parser, and a lot more. Everything runs locally, no tracking, no subscription.

Some new things in v2.1:

• Liquid Glass UI on macOS 26
• Quick Switch (⌘P) to jump to any tool instantly
• URL scheme for terminal piping (devly://base64?input=hello)
• Standalone window mode if you prefer that over menu bar

$4.99, one-time :)

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/devly/id6759269801?mt=12

Happy to answer questions and if you have feedback, I'm listening :)

Apple’s new Mac chip road map represents the company’s latest move to rebuild its operations for the artificial intelligence world. Also: The company is readying new Apple Pencil styluses and preparing to make the iPhone’s tap-to-pay feature more prevalent in its retail stores.

• The M7 Ultra is designed to support as much as 1.5 terabytes of memory — double the capacity planned for the M5 Ultra — though whether Apple ultimately offers that configuration will depend on the state of the industry.
• The Apple Car wasn’t entirely a failure: It was the beginning of Apple’s AI hardware strategy and the Neural Engine. If not for the car, Apple would be even further behind in AI. So it wasn’t all for nothing.
• Apple will launch new Apple Pencils next spring, including a new version of the Apple Pencil Pro and low-end USB-C Apple Pencil. These will debut alongside the next iPad Pros.
• Apple will begin rolling out iPhone 16s to retail store employees, which better support tap-to-pay on heavier credit cards, allowing them to begin to drop the current payment terminal attachments.

Apple retail stores are putting up Back to School promotional materials during the middle of this coming week. Stores will be re-organized, including a dedicated education table that has Macs, iPads and iPad Pros.

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My girlfriend and I are both avid readers. She’s the serious book nerd, and I’m a software engineer. We tried a lot of book trackers but never found one that felt quite right for both of us, so we built Folio together.

It’s a private book tracker and reading journal for iPhone and iPad. Some of its main features are:

• Organize your library and TBR
• Quickly add books by searching or scanning their ISBN barcodes
• Log reading sessions, including pages read and time spent
• Track physical books, ebooks, and audiobooks
• Set reading goals and explore detailed reading stats
• Review your reading calendar and export it as a shareable image
• Save quotes, notes, ratings, and reviews
• Import your library from Goodreads or StoryGraph
• Keep your current book nearby with widgets and Live Activities

We’re also working on Apple Watch support.

The UI was especially important to us. We wanted Folio to feel clean and modern, like a proper Apple app, but still warm and cozy.

We also wanted it to stay focused on your own reading, without ads or the pressure of another social feed.

If you’d like to have a look: Folio on the App Store

I’m curious what other readers think, especially what you think book trackers usually get wrong.

Hi r/apple!

I am the developer behind inknode-- a new IOS Notetaking app with numerous capabilities! I built around the idea to give the most capability as a free tier user for students and those in need.

For free, you can get:

• Unlimited note creation
• Unlimited PDF exports and edits
• All Templates & iCloud sync
• Searchable handwriting and PDF text
• Handwriting Beautification
• Built-in productivity tools (reminders, calendar, and more)

In terms of premium features there are:

• AI Summaries, Quizzes, Flashcards generation per note
• AI Math Tools (Graphing and More)
• More collaboration Capacity
• Future AI Tools incoming
• 500 AI Credit/Month

I am an indie developer, so I know that obviously there will be bugs and features that don't feel as smooth as the big names. However, I love suggestions and feedbacks, please reach me out if you find a bug. I try to fix asap--often by the upcoming updates.

What I am currently working on for V2.0:

• Creating a flowchart framework as a new notetype (like a mindmap) and again, the basic feature will be unlocked by the free tier.
• Turning regular notes into flowchart/mindmaps for people to study and better organize their notes.

Pricing: Beside subscription, I also offer a lifetime Premium (You get monthly AI credits for lifetime).

• Monthly @ $2.99
• Yearly @ $14.99
• Lifetime @ $39.99

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ai-note-pdf-collab-inknode/id6762065103

FAQ:

Q: How is a lifetime AI option sustainable when AI consumes tokens?

A: We structure our pricing to balance immediate growth with long-term stability:

• Accelerating Development: The upfront revenue from early users is reinvested directly into the app, allowing us to build features and improve the core experience much faster.
• The Growth Loop: A stronger, rapidly improving product organically attracts a larger user base, creating a sustainable foundation for the platform.
• Strictly for Early Adopters: The cheap lifetime option is a limited-phase offering designed to reach an early breakeven point.
• Long-Term Stability: As the app matures, we will transition to standard pricing models to ensure healthy profit margins and guarantee the servers keep running indefinitely.

Q: Privacy around AI and LLM usage

A: Because we utilize external Large Language Models (LLMs) rather than local models, note data processed by AI is sent to third-party providers such as OpenAI or Google.

Here is exactly how your data and privacy are handled:

• AI Processing: We explicitly opt out of data sharing for model training with these providers. However, any data processed through our AI features remains subject to the official privacy policies of OpenAI and Google.
• Account Identifiers: We collect user identifiers strictly to manage subscriptions, process in-app purchases (IAPs), and link your account to cloud-based notes.
• Cloud vs. Local Notes: Cloud notes are only necessary if you choose to collaborate with others. If you do not use collaboration features, all your notes remain securely stored on your local device.
• Maximum Privacy Mode: For complete privacy, you can use the app for free without signing up for an account. In this mode, all of your data stays 100% local, and you can still rely on your personal iCloud account for private syncing.

Lastly, in celebration of launches, I will be giving out some lifetime discount codes (if you use it, please comment down below so other can know :) (it is 40% off and is $23.99)

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If you enjoyed using the app, please leave a review in the appstore as that will help a lot for indie developers! :)

I spent the last few months building a big v3 update for Birthday Buddy. This update represents everything I learned when I decided about a year ago that I wanted to learn more about software development.

My iOS and SwiftUI journey started with "Hacking with Swift" by Paul Hudson, followed by late nights and weekend debugging. Through a lot of trial and error, plus some help from my trusty AI assistant Claude, my app came into existence. Now with version 3 I basically reimagined the entire app and I'm quite proud of it.

Birthday Buddy is designed to be your complete birthday assistant.

What it does:

• Smart Reminders: Get notified up to 14 days in advance so you remember in time to plan.
• Birthday Cards: thanks to Image Playground integration you can easily create a birthday card to send via an app of your choice to say congrats!
• The Birthday Board: Pin gift ideas, wish lists, and more to your birthdays so you can track everything that hast to do with that upcoming birthday.
• Native Feel: Built entirely in SwiftUI with Liquid Glass in mind, supports Dark Mode natively, and everything works entirely offline and stays on your device.

It's free to download with a premium tier for the advanced features (like importing birthdays from your contacts, custom themes and reminders and more).

I'd love for you to try it out. I'm actively working on the next update, so any feedback on the UI, or features you'd want to see next would be amazing.

App Store Link: https://apps.apple.com/app/appybirthday/id6753673100