u/NAPZ_11

Hey everyone!

Starting this month, every Wednesday is Guest Wednesday on r/polyhistor_studio. Each week one indie Android app from another solo dev or small studio gets its own giveaway thread here. Saturdays stay for my own apps, as usual.

How it works

1. You apply in the comments below.

2. I pick the app for an upcoming Wednesday and let you know by DM.

3. You send me the promo codes privately via modmail.

4. I run the giveaway, pick the winners and send them the codes.

You don't have to deal with DMs or picking winners. You just show up in the thread and talk about your app.

How to apply

Comment with:

- Play Store link

- One sentence on what your app does and who it's for

- How many codes you can offer (minimum 10)

- What the code unlocks: lifetime Pro, X months, or a subscription trial

- Where you'll share the thread (your subreddit, Discord, X, etc.)

What I look for

- Android apps or games you built yourself, solo or as a small team

- Something genuinely useful or fun, with no aggressive paywalls or dark patterns

- A dev who answers questions in the thread

The small print

- Codes must be unredeemed and valid for at least 30 days. Please tell me the expiry date.

- If a code turns out to be invalid, you replace it.

- Please share the giveaway thread with your own community. That's how we all grow.

- The same app can be featured once every 2 to 3 months.

- Apply by Sunday to be considered for the next Wednesday.

- I can't feature everyone, and I make the final call on who gets picked.

- Entering a giveaway never requires upvotes. Comments only, per Reddit's rules.

Looking forward to seeing what you're building! 💙

Hey everyone, Ince here, the dev behind Any Command.

Any Command has passed 70k downloads, and a lot of what it does today came from this sub: bug reports, feature ideas, people helping each other set it up. Thank you for that.

A few of you have asked what else I make. Besides Any Command I build other small Android apps under the name Polyhistor. Today I released a new one, Power Bank, which keeps a hidden battery reserve so your phone never surprises you at 5%.

I started a separate sub for that side of things: r/polyhistor_studio

New releases, short devlogs and beta invites go there first. Next week I'm running a giveaway for Pro versions there, including Any Command Premium.

Nothing changes here. This sub stays about Any Command: support, updates and your feature requests, same as always. I won't fill it with posts about my other apps.

you orbit a sun, dodge flares, pick up scrap, shoot if you have ammo. the video is a Daily Duel, which is only one of the modes. the other two play pretty different.
normal run is four waves around the sun. after a wave you can bank the ore and leave, or stay, take an upgrade, and the next wave gets nastier.

daily duel is the 1v1 in the clip. you and an Ace, no wave timer. your hull takes three hits. first win of the day is worth 10 ore, after a loss you can rematch twice.

invasion is defend a planet for five waves. no upgrades between rounds. if you die you come back after a few seconds, but the planet keeps getting shot. if it goes down you still keep the ore from the waves you already cleared.

I started making Reprint a while ago, and it’s finally available on Google Play.

It’s a quiet photo puzzle where an image is cut into shuffled strips. You swipe the strips through the stack, and correctly placed seams lock into position. Later levels introduce two-photo puzzles, mirrored images, soft focus, inverted movement and decoy strips.

There’s no timer or energy system, and a new shared daily puzzle is available every morning.

I’d genuinely like to know what people think, what feels satisfying, confusing or frustrating.

Premium giveaway: If you’d like a code that permanently removes ads, mention premium in your comment. In 24 hours, I’ll randomly select 20 commenters and send each of them a Google Play redemption code.

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.polyhistor.reprint

I’ve just added two features that should make Any Command quicker to use:

• Instant Launch - choose which remote screen opens automatically when the app connects.
• TV Remote - control compatible smart TVs and monitors directly over Bluetooth.

I’m giving away 20 Premium codes.

To enter:

1. Share this post with someone who might use Any Command.
2. Leave a comment telling me which of the two features you would use most.

I’ll randomly select 20 comments after the 24-hour window closes and send the winners their codes by DM.

One entry per person. Good luck, and thanks for helping me build the app.

I kept losing thoughts in the gap between thinking them and unlocking my phone. So the note lives in the notification shade.

Pull the shade down, type it, done. Grocery list, a reminder, a name you do not want to forget. You do not open the app.

If you write something like "milk, eggs sunday 6pm" it becomes a checklist and sets the reminder for you.

No ads. Free. Nothing to buy later. I did not want to ship something that nags you.

It is called Slip.

Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.polyhistor.slip

Small one, but it's the first thing in the app that isn't about a PC.

Any Command can already pair with a Windows machine as a Bluetooth keyboard. This week I'm shipping a remote screen that uses that same path for a smart TV or smart monitor. No app on the TV, no same Wi-Fi, no PIN. You pair the phone as a keyboard and the D-pad, OK, volume and play/pause just work.

There's a typing bar too. That was the whole reason I bothered, searching on a TV with the on-screen alphabet is miserable.

What it is:

• D-pad, OK, volume, mute, skip, play/pause
• a keyboard so you can type a search instead of clicking letters
• works with anything that accepts a Bluetooth keyboard: Android TV, Google TV, Samsung Tizen, LG webOS, and the smart monitors that run the same software (I've been testing on a Samsung M5)

What it is not:

• it will not turn the TV on. Bluetooth can't wake a set that has switched its radio off
• a regular monitor with Bluetooth only for headphones is not a TV. If it has no remote and no apps, this won't talk to it
• Home / Search / Menu are hit-and-miss outside Android TV. There's a TV-type switch in the corner so Back sends Escape on Samsung and LG, which is what those actually listen to

Samsung pairing is backwards. Their "add an input device" screen filters out phones, so the TV never finds you even when the phone is discoverable. Pair from the phone instead: leave the TV searching, open Bluetooth settings on the phone, pick the TV, then tap Connect in the app. After that it's one tap next time.

It's free, same as the rest of the Bluetooth stuff, and it should be on Play this week.

If you try it, tell me the TV or monitor model. Especially interested in anything that pairs but ignores the D-pad - that's the one I can't fake from here.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.polyhistor.remoteme

Hey everyone!

It's been two years I started developing Any Command. I have now put a lots of features in it (maybe even more than I should have). If you download it and let me know what you think I would be more than grateful:)

Hey, I’ve been working on a small Android app called Until.

It’s not really a reminder app. You give it a date and it keeps the countdown on your home screen. Once the date passes, it starts counting up instead, so “12 days until” becomes “3 days since.”

I use it for things I want to keep in the back of my mind without getting another notification every five minutes. Trips, deadlines, birthdays, that kind of thing. There are a few widget sizes, including a list of what’s coming next.

I’m still figuring out what’s useful and what’s just extra, so I’d appreciate some honest feedback, especially on the widgets.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.polyhistor.until

What would you use it to count down to?

Until is a countdown, but not the kind that nags you.

You already know the date. Flight, wedding, last day at the job, the night you said yes. This is just the number, sitting on the home screen like a clock that only cares about one thing. Big type. Quiet. Updates itself.

When the day shows up it doesn’t vanish. It flips and starts counting how long it’s been. Days until, then days since. Same face.

Free gets you the app and one large widget. Pro is the small one, the list of what’s coming, extra faces, and a ping the day before / week before if you actually want that.

Giving 20 Pro codes away.

To enter: upvote this and comment the date you’d put on it (and what it is, if you want). I’ll pick 20 at random in 24 hours and DM a Play redeem code.

Android only. Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.polyhistor.until

If you already bought it, thanks. Don’t enter, you’re good.

I started building the app over a year and a half ago, and since then it has grown to more than 65,000 downloads. It has been a long road, with plenty of rebuilding, debugging and learning along the way.

Today’s update also brings two improvements I’ve wanted to make for a while:

The phone keyboard has been rebuilt to make typing on your PC feel more natural, with better text handling, Unicode support and quick access to useful PC keys.

Any Command can now also follow what you’re doing on your computer and automatically show relevant shortcuts for the active app or website.

If you’ve used Any Command, I’d really appreciate your honest feedback on Product Hunt, especially what you think is still missing or could be improved.

Product Hunt: https://www.producthunt.com/products/any-command-remote-control-for-pc?utm_source=other&utm_medium=social

As a small launch gift, the first 50 people can unlock premium using the code shared on our Product Hunt page. No upvote or comment is required.

Thank you to everyone who has downloaded the app, reported a bug or suggested a feature. It genuinely helped shape what Any Command is today.

Game Title:

Electrician: Fault Finder

Playable Link:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.polyhistor.electrician

Platform:

Android

Description:

I’m a working electrician, and I’ve been building this game in my spare time after work. Each callout begins with a vague customer complaint instead of telling you what needs replacing. You have to inspect the property, find the correct circuit, isolate and lock it off, prove your meter, prove the circuit dead, test the installation, open accessories and make a diagnosis before repairing the fault.

There is also an idle business-management side between jobs. You can stock the van, hire electricians, send your crew to callouts, take contracts and courses, unlock new areas and grow the company. Your crew can earn money while you are away, although wages and overheads continue as well.

I haven’t added a guided tutorial yet. I would really like to know whether the objectives and tool feedback are enough for a first-time player. Please tell me where you got stuck, what felt unclear, and whether finding the fault was satisfying.

I also have 10 Google Play promo codes for the Pro upgrade. I’ll give them to 10 randomly selected commenters after 48 hours. The base game is free, so no code is required to play.

Free to Play Status:

[x] Free to play

[ ] Demo/Key available

[ ] Paid (Allowed only on Tuesdays with [TT] in the title)

Involvement:

I am the electrician, designer and developer behind the game. The electrical systems and procedures are based on my own trade experience. I built the code, electrical simulation, UI and interactive equipment. For transparency, the static room backgrounds were created using an image-generation tool.

Numind - Find the hidden number - Free

What it does:
Numind is a logic puzzle where you have to find one hidden number in a grid by asking yes/no questions. You have a limited number of questions and a timer running, so the goal is to eliminate as many possibilities as possible with each question.

Key Features:

• Ask questions like "Is it prime?", "Is it even?" or "Is it a multiple of 3?" to eliminate numbers
• Endless mode with increasing grid sizes and streak multipliers
• Daily challenge where everyone gets the same puzzle and competes on a leaderboard

Goal:
Testing / Promo. I originally made this game around two years ago and recently came back to rebuild a lot of it. I just released a new update with a redesigned UI, a guided tutorial, reworked power-ups, and a new leaderboard backend.

I'd really like some honest feedback, especially on two things: whether the tutorial makes the game mechanic clear, and whether the interstitial ads feel too frequent.

Giveaway:
I have 20 promo codes for Numind Premium. Premium permanently removes interstitial ads and gives you 5 of each power-up.

To enter, just leave a comment. In around 24 hours, I'll randomly pick 20 commenters and send the codes via Reddit DM.

If you try the game, feel free to tell me what you liked, what annoyed you, or what didn't make sense. Bug reports are welcome too.

Link:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.polyhistor.numind

Hey. I'm the guy behind Any Command, the Android app that turns your phone into a trackpad / second screen for a Windows PC.

HowToMen put it in his Top 15 Best Android Apps video a while back. I wasn't paying for that, I just got a ping that we were in it. The jump after that video is a big part of why the app just crossed 65,000 downloads.

So: thanks to him for picking it, and thanks to anyone here who actually installed it after watching. That's a weird thing to write to a bunch of strangers, but it made a real difference for a one-person project.

If you already have it and something's broken, I'm around. If you don't: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.polyhistor.remoteme

The video, timestamped to the segment: https://youtu.be/oypQHL79Dzs?t=278

Bigger update than usual this time. Giveaway result is at the bottom if that's what you're here for.

Second screen

This is the one I've had the most fun with. You pick a single window on your PC and it streams to your phone - just that window, not the whole desktop. Input from the phone goes straight to that window, so whatever is fullscreen on your monitor keeps focus and carries on.

The case that made me build it: a film running fullscreen on the PC while I deal with email on the phone. One machine, two things at once, no alt-tabbing.

A few details that came out of testing:

• Minimized windows show up in the picker. Pick one and it gets restored in the background instead of jumping in front of what you're watching.
• Tap is left click, double tap is double click, long press is right click. One-finger drag switches between scroll and select.
• There's a typing bar with Esc, Tab, Home, End and the arrow keys.

Chrome and Electron windows are the awkward ones - they stop drawing when they're completely covered, so those need some patience. Normal Win32 windows behave.

Screen share

Unglamorous stability work, but it fixed two things people kept hitting.

The stream sometimes showed nothing until you moved the mouse. Turned out the PC was skipping frames whenever the screen wasn't changing. Saves bandwidth, completely useless to someone who just opened the view and has nothing on screen yet.

The other one: leave the app, come back, frozen picture. It was burning through its reconnect attempts while sitting in the background, where none of them could have worked, then giving up before you ever returned. It now stops the stream when you leave and starts fresh when you come back.

While I'm here if you haven't tried the split view, it puts the PC screen on top and a touchpad underneath, in portrait. I use it more than the full landscape view these days.

Widget

The home screen widget was rough, so I rebuilt it.

It holds eight tiles now, and they don't have to be keyboard shortcuts any more. You can put programs on it, automations, or a tile that drops you straight into the touchpad. Icons and colours actually render instead of plain text.

The config screen shows a live preview of the widget while you're building it, and you can hold and drag tiles to reorder them.

Giveaway

That's wrapped up. Codes went out by DM to the 10 winners, so check your messages if you entered and did all three steps.

There will be more giveaways, so it's worth hanging around.

Second screen, screen share and the widget are Premium features. There's a rewarded ad option if you just want to try one of them for a bit first.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.polyhistor.remoteme

If something's broken, say so here. Bug reports from this sub have been more useful than my own testing.

Doing a small giveaway here.

10 people get an Any Command Premium code. That's the full unlock: no ads, every feature, including the gamepad if that's what you actually use the app for.

To enter:

1. Upvote this post
2. Leave a comment. Phone model is enough. If you've been using a feature a lot, mention that, I'm curious.
3. Share the post somewhere (another sub, a group chat, whatever) and reply to yourself with the link so I can see it

That's it. No extra steps.

I'll pick 10 people tomorrow, same time, from the comments that did all three. Winners get a DM with the code.

If you already have Premium, still fine to comment, just say so and I'll skip you for the code.

Play Store if someone in here still needs the app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.polyhistor.remoteme

Felújításnál vagy lakásvásárlásnál gyakran csak egy végösszeg jön. Ezzel az alaprajzra rá lehet tenni a konnektorokat, kapcsolókat, lámpákat, és kijön egy tételes lista: anyag, munkadíj, nagyjából hol menne a vezeték.

www.villanytervezo.com

Videóban végignézhető. Nem kivitelezési terv, és nem helyettesít szerelőt, inkább arra, hogy lásd, miből állhat az ár, mielőtt három ajánlatot hasonlítasz.

Hey everyone!

I created this ad free casual game. I would love if you could check it out!:)

Thank you for any feedback!

Game Title: Crumbs

Playable Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.polyhistor.crumbs

Platform: Android

Description: Casual game where you need to draw lines to guide the ant and collect crumbs. It's offline and ad free.

Free to Play Status:

• [ x ] Free to play

Involvement: im the only dev:) and hopefully the community will get involved

I've just added Bluetooth HID support to Any Command.

The short version: your phone can now pair with a PC as a normal Bluetooth keyboard and mouse. Windows doesn't need the Any Command server, both devices don't have to be on the same network, and there is nothing to install on the PC.

Bluetooth mode supports the things a regular input device can do:

• touchpad, clicks, scrolling and drag
• typing and keyboard shortcuts
• custom shortcut panels
• play, pause, skip and volume keys
• the video remote

I mainly wanted this for PCs where installing software isn't practical: work laptops, conference room machines, hotel Wi-Fi that isolates every device, or just quickly controlling someone else's PC.

There is a trade-off. The PC only sees the phone as an input device, so it can't send anything back to the app. Screen sharing, file transfer, clipboard sync, Task Manager, automations and the other two-way features still need the normal Wi-Fi or internet connection.

One setup detail worth mentioning: if your phone and PC were already paired, remove the old pairing on both sides and pair them again. The old connection was probably created without the keyboard and mouse service. Windows also shows the phone's name in the device list, not “Any Command”.

It needs Android 9 or newer, and the phone manufacturer has to include Bluetooth HID support. The app checks for this before showing the option.

Bluetooth mode is free and is already in the current app.

More details and setup steps: https://anycommand.io/bluetooth.html

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.polyhistor.remoteme

If you try it, let me know which phone and Windows version you used. I'm especially interested in any pairing quirks.