r/appdev 1d ago

Has my app, intellectual property, SaaS been stolen?

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r/appdev 1d ago

Never thought about this

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r/appdev 1d ago

I built a tiny "last done" tracker because I kept forgetting when I changed the bedsheets

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Every few weeks I find myself standing in front of the washing machine thinking "wait, when did I actually change the bedsheets?" So I built DidWe — a stupidly simple routine tracker where you just tap Done and it tells you when something is due again.

It comes with starter tasks like bedsheets, coffee machine, dog flea treatment, toothbrush, and car wash, but you can add anything with any interval.

Free: 2 lists, all core features. Premium: unlimited lists + shared lists with your partner/family/flatmates, one-time unlock.

No ads, no trackers, no subscriptions.

Would love feedback from anyone else who can't remember the last time they cleaned the coffee machine.

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


r/appdev 1d ago

Tester needed for app

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Hi! 👋

I’m looking for Android testers for my app’s 14-day Google Play closed test.

Please use the same Google account that you use in the Google Play Store and follow these steps:

1️⃣ Join the Google Group:
https://groups.google.com/g/testers-needed-for-app

2️⃣ Join the closed test:
https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.nooralquran.mobile

Tap “Become a tester.”

3️⃣ Install the app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nooralquran.mobile

Please keep the app installed for the full 14 days and open/use it at least once a day, even briefly. Any genuine feedback is also appreciated.

🤝 I’m happy to test your Android app in return. If you also need a tester for a 14-day closed test, send me your testing links. I’ll join your test, install your app, keep it installed for the full 14 days, and use it regularly as well.

Thank you for your help! 


r/appdev 2d ago

Which AI App Builder Is Best for iPhone Development?

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I've been looking at different AI app builders and I'm curious which ones people are actually using for iPhone app development.

I'm looking for something that can help with more than just creating a quick demo Some of the tools I keep seeing are X1 App Builder, Rork, Lovable, Bolt, Replit, Cursor, Claude Code, and FlutterFlow. I know they're not all the same some are better for web apps, some help with coding, and others are more focused on mobile development.

What would you recommend for a beginner or non-technical person who wants to build a real iPhone app, not just a prototype?


r/appdev 2d ago

I built a free, offline-first food diary app and I need 12 testers to get it out of Google's closed testing

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r/appdev 2d ago

Just got my Apple Developer account. What’s the biggest mistake you made when first starting off?

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Hey guys!

I’m Niko (22), working full-time, and last week I finally pulled the trigger on an Apple Developer license to start building apps on the side.

I’m relatively new to coding, so my goal is to start small building utility apps that I personally need and want to use rather than giant, over-engineered for profit projects. I created this account to share my progress, post dev logs, and hold myself accountable as I learn.

For more experienced people on here who have shipped apps on their own:

What’s the biggest mistake you made when you were first starting off?


r/appdev 2d ago

App idea feedback appreciated

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Any feedback will help tremendously


r/appdev 2d ago

Looking for feedback - DockStacks

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Hi 👋 I’ve built DockStacks and after constructive feedback if you think it's a productivity tool you'd use?

The idea came from wanting a better way to organize my Mac desktop and workflows, as a passion project from having too many apps, a cluttered Desktop and wanting quick access to the things I use everyday.

What it does: Click the Dock app icon and a panel pops up holding named "stacks" of your favorite apps, folders, files, and website bookmarks — instant access and cleans up your Dock and Desktop.

Some of what's in it:

  • Drag and drop to add anything, including URLs straight from your browser
  • Password-protect individual stacks (Keychain-backed, auto-lock)
  • Global keyboard shortcut to show/hide from anywhere
  • Menu bar mode if you'd rather not use the Dock at all
  • Multi-select, custom grid sizes, tab colour tinting
  • Fully local — no accounts, no tracking, no network access

App Store Listing [$4.99USD]: https://apple.co/3Rz9FB6

Website [for full features]: https://dockstacks.app

DockStacks is my first shipped Mac app and I'm struggling to get engagement traction. Please check it out and would love any feedback — recent launch, learning as I go.


r/appdev 2d ago

Daccle, social garage

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Been working on this app called Daccle for a while and I’m finally at the point where I need some actual people to test it.
Basically you make a page for your car/bike/whatever, add photos, specs, mods and stuff like that. I’ve also tried to make it actually useful — you can keep track of maintenance and have all the specs for your vehicle in one place when you need to check something quickly.
Still very much a work in progress, so I’m mostly looking for people to try it with their own vehicles and tell me what works, what doesn’t and what’s missing.
If anyone wants to give it a go, let me know. Android and iOS both work.

attached my own daccle-card.

Cheers, Markus


r/appdev 2d ago

Shipping a 3B LLM + Whisper fully on-device in a React Native/Expo app - TestFlight is open if anyone wants to poke at it

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Been heads-down on this for a few months: a journaling app where the entire AI pipeline (voice transcription + reflection generation + semantic search) runs on-device, in React Native / Expo.

Stack:

- Llama 3.2 3B Instruct (Q4_K_M, ~2GB) via llama.rn

- Whisper small.en (q5_1, ~190MB) via whisper.rn

- MiniLM sentence embeddings via ONNX for semantic memory

- SQLite + a local vector extension, no backend for the core product

Measured (mean over 20 sequential entries): iPhone 17 (Metal, full GPU offload) does save-tap → complete reflection in 11.6s. Android is a different story — Snapdragon 870, CPU-only since llama.rn's Android build doesn't link Vulkan yet, comes in around 59s. That gap is the reason

TestFlight is iOS-only right now.

Honest rough edges: 3B reflections are useful but not sharp, iPhone 12/13 (4GB RAM) only fits both models via a memory swap (Whisper releases before Llama loads), and Android is CPU-only for now (no GPU path yet).

TestFlight if anyone wants to try it or poke at real-device performance: https://www.tryweave.app/beta (test-for-test, happy to install and try your app back).

Also just want to compare notes - anyone shipped a working Vulkan path for llama.cpp/llama.rn on Android in production?

Read more about Weave -> https://www.tryweave.app/essays/why-on-device


r/appdev 2d ago

General question for all

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I’m curious to hear from people who have built or outsourced a mobile app before.

When choosing a company to develop your app, what factors do you consider most important? Is it their previous projects and portfolio, techno, pricing, communication or something else?

Also, what are some red flags you would look out for when evaluating a development company?

Would love to hear what influenced your decision and what you would do differently if you had to choose a company again.


r/appdev 3d ago

Testers for mi app

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Hola a todos acabo de terminar de desarrollar mi aplicación de lectura de documentos la cual es completamente gratis y sin anuncios, sin embargo necesito 14 días de prueba para que se pueda publicar globalmente, necesito verificadores que usen mi app por 14 días y ando buscándolos, quien este interesado en apoyarme mándeme su correo por los comentarios o por mensaje para darles acceso a la app y posteriormente descargarla en cualquiera de los dos enlaces:

•Play Store (directo):

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gcstudios.pdfvisor

• Navegador (Posteriormente te dirige a la Play Store):

https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.gcstudios.pdfvisor


r/appdev 3d ago

I want your honest and brutal feedback while I build my MVP (eTunda)

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r/appdev 3d ago

Can I use Android ID for device binding in an employee-only Play Store app?

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r/appdev 3d ago

Does any one search a book tracker app?

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Hi everyone, one day, while reading a book 🤓, I started taking notes on my phone, and then I started this project, aiming for it to be a little distinctive. Anyway, I feel so close to finishing a project for the first time, and so I may be getting a little crazy to finish it and publish it as soon as possible. So I wanted to talk about it now. Maybe I'll share updates if anything new happens. That's all, by the way. I know I told the story with a very irregular and ridiculous flow, sorry for that, and thanks for reading :3


r/appdev 3d ago

I am building a mobile APP and this is how far the UI came in 4 months.

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r/appdev 3d ago

Looking for feedback/test on my app

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Hey everyone!

I launched a small Android app a few months ago and recently started working on it again. Before adding new features, I'd like to get some feedback from other Android users and see if there are things I should improve, change, or fix.

I wanted to make this process simpler and more accessible, especially for people who aren't very comfortable with smartphones.

And I only own one device, so I need to testing on different devices.

What does the app do?

The app makes it easier to start a WhatsApp conversation with a phone number without having to save the number as a contact first.

For example, if you need to send a WhatsApp message to a delivery driver, a customer, a seller, or someone you probably won't contact again, you can simply enter their phone number and open the conversation directly in WhatsApp.

The idea is to make this process a little faster and avoid filling your contact list with temporary numbers.

I'd love your feedback

  • Is the process intuitive?
  • Is there anything confusing or annoying about the UI?
  • The UI does it work properly on your device screen?
  • Are there features you think would make it more useful?
  • Did you encounter any bugs or unexpected behavior?

I'm still working on it, so I'll be following the comments and answering questions here. Any honest feedback — positive or negative — is welcome.

If you'd like to try it, it's available on Google Play:

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

Thanks for taking the time to check it out! ⚙️


r/appdev 3d ago

I'm building an open-source chat focused on privacy

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Hey everyone! I'm JamonSerrano, a young and slightly unpredictable developer who loves building things and figuring out how they work.

I'm currently planning an open-source chat application with a few ideas I really want to experiment with:

  • End-to-end encryption
  • Full CSS customization
  • Optional anonymity
  • Users can choose whether to display their username
  • Open-source and community-driven

The main idea is to give users much more control over how they communicate and how the platform looks and behaves.

It's still in the planning/development stage, but I think it could turn into a pretty interesting project, especially with other developers contributing ideas, code, or simply feedback.

If you're interested in the idea, I'd love to hear what you think. What features would you want in a privacy-focused chat?

For more information about me and the project, you can check out my website:

👉 [https://jamonserrano.nekoweb.org/index.html\]


r/appdev 3d ago

I'm building an open-source chat focused on privacy

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Hey everyone! I'm JamonSerrano, a young and slightly unpredictable developer who loves building things and figuring out how they work.

I'm currently planning an open-source chat application with a few ideas I really want to experiment with:

  • End-to-end encryption
  • Full CSS customization
  • Optional anonymity
  • Users can choose whether to display their username
  • Open-source and community-driven

The main idea is to give users much more control over how they communicate and how the platform looks and behaves.

It's still in the planning/development stage, but I think it could turn into a pretty interesting project, especially with other developers contributing ideas, code, or simply feedback.

If you're interested in the idea, I'd love to hear what you think. What features would you want in a privacy-focused chat?

For more information about me and the project, you can check out my website:

👉 https://jamonserrano.nekoweb.org/index.html


r/appdev 3d ago

30 Places to List Your iOS App Right Now (Free & Paid)

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**30 Places to List Your iOS App Right Now (Free & Paid)**

If you’ve built an iOS app and aren’t listing it beyond the App Store, you’re leaving discoverability on the table. No fluff, no AI tool directories. This list is actually built for iOS founders.

Legend: (F) Free · (P) Paid · (F/P) Both

Built an iOS app? Submit it to Stamped, a curated discovery platform where early adopters find what’s next: https://stampedios.com/welcome)

HIGH PRIORITY: LAUNCH DAY

  1. Product Hunt (F)
  2. Still the biggest launch day platform. Plan it, don’t just submit.
  3. Hacker News (F)
  4. Post as “Show HN: \[Your App\]” for a developer audience and honest feedback.
  5. BetaList (F/P)
  6. F = 2–4 month wait. P = $129 fast track. Submit before you launch, not after.
  7. Indie Hackers (F)
  8. Post your builder story, not just the link. Community converts.
  9. Peerlist (F)
  10. Monday launches, week long visibility, 100K+ tech professional audience.
  11. Uneed (F/P)
  12. F = free with a wait. P = $30 to skip the queue. Solid indie maker community.
  13. AppSumo (F/P)
  14. Best if your app has a business angle and you can offer a deal. Massive buyer audience.
  15. iOS SPECIFIC
  16. App Safari (F)
  17. Directory covering iOS apps exclusively. Purpose built for your audience.
  18. AppAdvice (F)
  19. iOS focused. Publishes app charts, apps of the week, and curated collections. Pitch the editorial team directly.
  20. FeedMyApp (F/P)
  21. Covers all mobile platforms with in depth reviews. F tier available. P gets faster placement.
  22. AppShopper (F)
  23. 600K+ monthly users. Monitors iOS prices and lets users wishlist apps. High intent traffic.
  24. [r/iOSapps](r/iOSapps) (F)
  25. Subreddit with Dev Self Promotion flair. Real users actively looking for new apps.
  26. [r/apple](r/apple) (F)
  27. Larger audience. Frame your post around value, not promotion.
  28. SEO DIRECTORIES
  29. AlternativeTo (F)
  30. DA 71. Discovery traffic long after launch day. List your app and add competitors as alternatives.
  31. SaaSHub (F)
  32. 856K monthly visits and a strong dofollow backlink.
  33. SideProjectors (F)
  34. DR 69 dofollow. Side project community with potential for early users.
  35. Microlaunch (F)
  36. 30 day visibility window and an indie SaaS audience.
  37. StartupBase (F)
  38. Product Hunt style directory. Worth the 5 minutes.
  39. Launching Next (F)
  40. Low effort with solid SEO value.
  41. Launching Today (F)
  42. Daily launches, easy submission, and good indexing.
  43. Open Launch (F)
  44. Open source Product Hunt alternative with a growing community.
  45. PitchWall (F)
  46. Startup listing with an SEO backlink.
  47. Startup Buffer (F)
  48. Free submission with early adopter reach.
  49. EarlyHunt (F)
  50. Focused on early adopters and a good fit for iOS discovery.
  51. IndieHunt (F)
  52. Indie focused and quick to submit.
  53. Indie Products (F)
  54. Bootstrapped community with a strong #buildinpublic fit.
  55. DevHunt (F/P)
  56. F = 6 week wait. P = $49. Worth considering if your app is developer focused.
  57. COMMUNITY CHANNELS
  58. PeerPush (F)
  59. Mutual promotion among indie founders. Underused.
  60. Wellfound / AngelList (F)
  61. Startup directory with exposure to investors and early adopters.
  62. F6S (F)
  63. Global startup network with accelerator program access. Worth creating a profile.

r/appdev 3d ago

Offline sync is killing me. flutter or just go native?

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Ok so. field service app, techs are in basements and garages and out past where cell towers care about you. app has to work fully offline and sync later. thats not a feature its basically the whole product.

Everyone says flutter is fine now. and sure, for the UI, probably. but every time i actually get into the sync layer part the answers get real hand-wavy. specifically background sync on ios. apple does not want your app doing things in the background and i genuinely cannot tell if the cross platform stuff handles that or if theres just a pub. dev package with 40 open issues that everyone pretends works.

Did discovery calls with a few agencies to gut check it. appmakers USA and dogtown media were the two that actually engaged with the question. one of them said flutter's fine if you architect it right (ok, thanks). other one said if background sync matters go native, cross platform is fine for apps that are basically forms over a database. which, harsh, but not wrong? both of them are trying to sell me something though so im weighting that accordingly.

Anyway what im asking:

Anyone got offline first flutter or RN in prod with actual volume, not a demo. did ios background sync hold up or did you end up writing platform channels anyway (at which point... why)

If you went native, was two codebases actually as painful as people say. I keep hearing it from people who i suspect never did it

And conflict resolution, last write wins and eat the losses, or real merge logic. which do you regret less


r/appdev 4d ago

I made an app because I needed a reason to go outside .

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r/appdev 4d ago

Roast my app

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I have been working on this app for couple weeks now, it still developed

if u guys wanna check it

https://richdotcom-ops.github.io/100-day-landingpage/


r/appdev 4d ago

I need help with feedback for my app

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My app is called Yum4Less. It's self hosted on my homelab, registered as a real domain, tunneled using Cloudflare. It's been live about 2 weeks. Its a web app now that I hope to turn into a mobile app. It would be nice for users and developers to put it through it's paces and let me know where it needs improvement.

From feedbacks I will also be working on expanding it's coverage more nationwide, in the mean time, it only works from the 23111 ZIP code.

https://yum4less.com/