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Wrapped up a big update for QuoteBuddy (formerly DailyQuote) in my spare time over the last couple of weeks, featuring our brand-new animated mascot! What’s new in this release: Mood Logging: Integrated directly with Apple Health. Reflections: Daily text & voice journal entries (Face ID protected with local & optional iCloud storage). Full support and split-view layout optimizations for iPhone Duo. The new landing page and privacy policy updates are officially done, and the app update has been submitted and is currently pending App Store review! techchee.com/apps/QuoteBuddy

The DailyQuote App apps.apple.com/us/app/dailyq… was my first attempt to build in React Native last year in November. It’s a simple iOS app that delivers positive and motivational quotes every day. But it was a pain to develop in React Native (even though I’m used to developing in React and Next.js for the web) because I had to deal with compilation pain in CocoaPods and a number of CLI build issues. It took me almost a month+ on a part-time basis to get it completed and published on the Apple App Store, and then I left it unupdated for 5 months. So in order to keep it easily updated and be able to iterate fast, I decided to switch tracks and migrate it to SwiftUI, which I am more accustomed to. I started the migration on Thursday and spent just 2–3 hours a day on it. This is the promising result after 4 days with the help of Gemini including more fluid UI/UX, adding new features, themes, a new customizer for the quote background, fonts, and a randomizer for the background wallpaper.👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 Expected to update it on the Apple App Store very soon. #buildinpublic #swiftUI #reactnative

Here is how I handle the RetroCam app (apps.apple.com/us/app/retro-…) on iPhone Duo: RetroCam is a camera app with retro filters, and I wanted to make sure the app feels good to use no matter how you’re holding the device, so I built out a few split-view tweaks: Dual-screen split: Viewfinder and shutter on one screen, photo history/journal on the other. Left-handed vs. right-handed mode: A quick toggle in settings flips the main camera controls to whichever side your thumb actually reaches. Flexible orientations: The layout and viewfinder adjust cleanly whether you’re folded, unfolded, upright, or sideways. It’s always satisfying getting controls to feel natural when dealing with weird form factors and folding screens. Everything is done and built using Xcode 27 RC , so I’m going to ship this update very soon! Check out the video 👇🏻 #iOSDev #SwiftUI #IndieDev #BuildInPublic

The DailyQuote app is available in the Apple App Store apps.apple.com/us/app/dailyq… #buildinginpublic #indiehacker #iosdev #iosapp