Category: Utilities
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Tie Tracker: One-Prompt iOS App
I started my morning on the treadmill around 5:50 AM, thinking about what my next project should be for my 52 apps in 52 weeks challenge. An idea popped into my head about a little joke at work where people wanted a “tie tracker” app to keep tabs on who…
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Saving the Best Sports Moments
A few months back, a friend at work pitched me an idea for an app. We both have kids who play sports, and we’ve all been in that situation where you don’t want to record the whole hour-long game, but you also don’t want to miss the few amazing plays…
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Let’s Talk
I recently took on a project inspired by a coworker who wanted an app to track goals within his family—goals focused more on communication and resilience rather than just achievements. He shared some initial features generated by ChatGPT, and I used those to prompt the o1 Pro model to produce…
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Watch Notes
This week, I created an app I’ve always wanted but could never quite find: Watch Notes. It’s a simple utility app that lets you sync plain text notes from your iPhone to your Apple Watch. While there’s a similar app in the App Store with this functionality, it requires a…
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Calculator Apps Are Hard
I recently finished building a Construction Calculator app as part of my “52 apps in 52 weeks” challenge. The idea came from looking at App Store analytics using a tool called AppRadar.com. I noticed that “Construction Calculator” had high search volume and relatively low competition, which sounded promising. I’d actually…
52 Apps in 52 Weeks 