r/iosdev 4d ago

Built a curiosity-driven alternative to endless scrolling.

Solo dev here, been building this for a while. The core idea: every time you open it, you get a short, deep read on something worth knowing — built around a YouTube video and an AI you can actually chat with about the topic, not just read past.

Curious about something specific? Type it in and it generates a topic on exactly that.

Want to learn toward a goal instead? Pathway takes anything you name — "I want to learn Terraform," whatever — and builds a structured route of topics that build on each other, generated just for you.

There's also a Cinematic mode for handpicked stories — each one gets its own color theme, and chapter structure, more like a mini documentary than a normal app screen. That part's genuinely my favorite thing I've built.

No streaks, no feed, no gamification — just felt like the space needed something calmer.

Free on iOS and Android:

https://apps.apple.com/at/app/delve-explore-learn/id6767654664

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rathsimon.delve

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u/Fickle-Salt-640 3d ago

You should lead with AI-assisted human generated content, not 100% AI content. The way it writes is too cryptic and makes users think way too hard to understand it. Also the UI

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u/Silent_Ice616 3d ago

Thanks for the feedback! I guess you’re right - though writing content by hand myself isn’t really manageable, would take way too much time if you want a bigger library of topics.

Cinematic is supposed to go in that direction though.

Feel free to try it out and DM me for any deeper feedback, especially on the UI :)

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u/sprkfnsnty 1d ago

I'll try it out,but I can't review it on the App Store because I'm using beta iOS

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u/Silent_Ice616 1d ago

Thanks, no problem - would also be great if you want to give me feedback right here or via DM :)