Hey there,
My first ever app has been in review since 21 September and I'm unsure if I should resubmit? Has been at least 10 days since it changed from 'Waiting for review' to 'In review'.
What has been your experience with this topic?
Thank you!
Hi there!
I'm a solo dev who wanted to create something to help my loved ones and it's getting a bit bigger than intended, that's why I want to publicly launch it, but therefore I want to be able to launch a product that actually works on different devices!
A. Answer
Dawnling is an alarm clock with a companion. Wick, a small pixel-art candle, sleeps when you sleep and wakes when your alarm rings. You wake him up, he walks you through a short morning routine, and waking up earns dewdrops that furnish his little room. The room's light follows the real sky: sunrise, midday, dusk, and when your bedtime comes he tucks himself in.
B. Better
C. Cost
Free, and the core app stays free forever: alarms, Wick, routines, the room. No ads, no subscription, no way to buy the earned currency with money. Down the road I plan to sell optional decorative collections as one-time purchases, and that's the whole business model.
TestFlight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/FwPSpwnQ
What I most need tested:
- does the alarm reliably ring on your device? iOS 26 testers are extra valuable (the AlarmKit path is new for everyone). Set a real alarm for tomorrow and tell me what broke or felt off.
- I use free music from Pixabay, what's missing for you? (I credit the artists)
- Does the UI feel buggy for you?
- How's the UX? Is it clear what you're able to do in the app?
Brutal honesty welcome; I'd rather hear it now than in reviews
Mitch
Hi!
Dawnling is my solo project: an alarm clock where you wake up together with Wick, a little pixel candle. Waking up earns dewdrops, dewdrops become furniture for his room, and the room's light follows the real time of day. There are no streaks and no guilt mechanics; missing a morning costs nothing.
It's in iOS beta now and I'd love a few cozy-game people to try it: https://testflight.apple.com/join/FwPSpwnQ
Best, Mitch
Hi!
Solo dev here. Dawnling is an alarm clock where a pixel-art candle called Wick sleeps when you sleep and wakes when your alarm rings, then walks you into your morning routine.
What I most need tested: does the alarm reliably ring on your device? Especially interesting if you're on iOS 26 (it uses the new AlarmKit framework there: full volume through Silent mode) or on an older iPhone on iOS 17/18.
What it is: real alarms, a tiny room you decorate, a gentle morning routine. What it isn't: no ads, no account, no streaks, no data collection (the app makes zero network requests).
If you join: set a real alarm for tomorrow morning and tell me anything that broke, confused you, or felt off. Brutal honesty welcome, I'd rather hear it now than in App Store reviews.
I don't have a budget for testers but in return I can test your app!
Mitch
This is on HBO. I've done the same on Chatgpt (One free month of plus) and others. Try it yourself and see what discounts you'll unlock.
What I'd prefer seeing is providers applying discounts to loyal customers instead.
Moin,
als ich vor drei Monaten nach Hamburg gezogen bin, habe ich eine Plattform entwickelt für Hamburg, um Leute zum Sprachenlernen zu treffen.
Inzwischen haben sich rund 100 Personen registriert. Schaut gerne mal vorbei, wenn ihr Interesse habt; ist komplett kostenlos! https://chatati.de
Feedback ist super willkommen.
Hi,
I’m making a mobile app to clean up your pictures and videos on your phone, by swiping through them.
It’ll be part of a series of free applications that’ll help you cut through tasks that are usually postponed, never done and generally just not fun.
This one specifically helps you free up phone storage or drop to a cheaper iCloud tier.I’m adding optional gamification to make these processes actually fun.
I'm in the build phase and want to make sure I'm not building the wrong thing. So, a few questions:
- Which photo cleaner have you tried; what made you keep or delete it?
- Which features did you feel were missing?
- What bothered you and would throw you off immediately?
- Have you ever started cleaning and quit? - What made you quit?
- What size is your photo library roughly?
What I’ve added so far:
* Swipe photo-by-photo: left to delete, right to keep, up to favorite, tap to zoom, long-press for date and info
* Queued deletions (auto-commits at session end, or release manually)
* Filter by screenshots, year/month, large videos, Live Photos, social-app albums (WhatsApp / Instagram / Snapchat), "On This Day"
* Duplicate detection (on-device)
* Similar-photo grouping
* Blurry-photo detection with sensitivity settings
* Works in All Photos or Selected Photos mode
* One-tap link to iOS Photos > Recently Deleted to confirm
* Bookmarking/marking a picture to swipe later
* Statistics
* 100% on device / Apple vision framework only for IOS. No third party AI
Have a lovely day,
Mitch
Hi,I’m making a mobile app to clean up your pictures and videos on your phone, by swiping through them.It’ll be part of a series of free applications that’ll help you cut through tasks that are usually postponed, never done and generally just not fun.
This one specifically helps you free up phone storage or drop to a cheaper iCloud tier.I’m adding optional gamification to make these processes actually fun.
I'm in the build phase and want to make sure I'm not building the wrong thing. So, a few questions:
- Which photo cleaner have you tried; what made you keep or delete it?
- Which features did you feel were missing?
- What bothered you and would throw you off immediately?
- Have you ever started cleaning and quit? - What made you quit?
- What size is your photo library roughly?
What I’ve added so far:
* Swipe photo-by-photo: left to delete, right to keep, up to favorite, tap to zoom, long-press for date and info
* Queued deletions (auto-commits at session end, or release manually)
* Filter by screenshots, year/month, large videos, Live Photos, social-app albums (WhatsApp / Instagram / Snapchat), "On This Day"
* Duplicate detection (on-device)
* Similar-photo grouping
* Blurry-photo detection with sensitivity settings
* Works in All Photos or Selected Photos mode
* One-tap link to iOS Photos > Recently Deleted to confirm
* Bookmarking/marking a picture to swipe later
* Statistics
* 100% on device / Apple vision framework only for IOS. No third party AI
Have a lovely day,
Mitch
Hi,
I’m making a mobile app to clean up your pictures and videos on your phone, by swiping through them.
It’ll be part of a series of free applications that’ll help you cut through tasks that are usually postponed, never done and generally just not fun.
This one specifically helps you free up phone storage or drop to a cheaper iCloud tier.I’m adding optional gamification to make these processes actually fun.
I'm in the build phase and want to make sure I'm not building the wrong thing. So, a few questions:
- Which photo cleaner have you tried; what made you keep or delete it?
- Which features did you feel were missing?
- What bothered you and would throw you off immediately?
- Have you ever started cleaning and quit? - What made you quit?
- What size is your photo library roughly?
What I’ve added so far:
* Swipe photo-by-photo: left to delete, right to keep, up to favorite, tap to zoom, long-press for date and info
* Queued deletions (auto-commits at session end, or release manually)
* Filter by screenshots, year/month, large videos, Live Photos, social-app albums (WhatsApp / Instagram / Snapchat), "On This Day"
* Duplicate detection (on-device)
* Similar-photo grouping
* Blurry-photo detection with sensitivity settings
* Works in All Photos or Selected Photos mode
* One-tap link to iOS Photos > Recently Deleted to confirm
* Bookmarking/marking a picture to swipe later
* Statistics
* 100% on device / Apple vision framework only for IOS. No third party AI
Have a lovely day,
Mitch
