Image 1 — [iOS] [$29.99 → FREE Lifetime] PlantReel - plant growth journal app for plant lovers
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[iOS] [$29.99 → FREE Lifetime] PlantReel - plant growth journal app for plant lovers

I recently released PlantReel, an iOS app made for plant lovers who enjoy documenting how their plants grow over time.

As someone who also loves growing plants, I wanted a simple way to keep track of each plant’s progress without having all the photos scattered across my camera roll. That’s why I built PlantReel: a small photo journal for each plant that can turn its growth progress into a short video / reel.

What the app can do:

  • Personalized Care: Give every plant its own dedicated journal and tailored history.
  • Seamless Time-Lapses: Use the Ghost Overlay tool to snap perfectly aligned progress photos.
  • Effortless Tracking: A lightweight care log that keeps you organized without the clutter.
  • Document Every Milestone: Celebrate the wins (blooms, new leaves) and manage the setbacks (pests, repotting).
  • Share the Journey: Turn your plant’s history into a beautiful, exportable growth video.

PlantReel is still very new, so right now there is only 1 video export template. I’m planning to add many more templates in future updates so users can better share the special moments from their plants’ growth journey.

If you’re a plant lover, enjoy journaling, or like documenting progress over time, I’d really appreciate it if you tried the app and shared your feedback.

How to claim:

  1. Download the app: App Store Link
  2. Comment PlantReel

The app is currently available on iOS only, but I’m also planning to support an Android version in the future.

I’m especially interested in hearing:

  • What feels useful
  • What feels confusing
  • What templates or export styles you would like to see next
  • What would make the app more helpful for your plant care routine
  • What you’d expect from a future Android version

Thanks for helping me improve PlantReel.

u/Tricky-Independent-8 — 20 days ago

[iOS] [$29.99 → FREE Lifetime] PlantReel - plant growth journal app for plant lovers

I recently released PlantReel, an iOS app made for plant lovers who enjoy documenting how their plants grow over time.

As someone who also loves growing plants, I wanted a simple way to keep track of each plant’s progress without having all the photos scattered across my camera roll. That’s why I built PlantReel: a small photo journal for each plant that can turn its growth progress into a short video / reel.

What the app can do:

  • Personalized Care: Give every plant its own dedicated journal and tailored history.
  • Seamless Time-Lapses: Use the Ghost Overlay tool to snap perfectly aligned progress photos.
  • Effortless Tracking: A lightweight care log that keeps you organized without the clutter.
  • Document Every Milestone: Celebrate the wins (blooms, new leaves) and manage the setbacks (pests, repotting).
  • Share the Journey: Turn your plant’s history into a beautiful, exportable growth video.

PlantReel is still very new, so right now there is only 1 video export template. I’m planning to add many more templates in future updates so users can better share the special moments from their plants’ growth journey.

If you’re a plant lover, enjoy journaling, or like documenting progress over time, I’d really appreciate it if you tried the app and shared your feedback.

How to claim:

  1. Download the app: PlantReel: Growth Journal

  2. Upvote

  3. Comment PlantReel

The app is currently available on iOS only, but I’m also planning to support an Android version in the future.

I’m especially interested in hearing:

  • What feels useful
  • What feels confusing
  • What templates or export styles you would like to see next
  • What would make the app more helpful for your plant care routine
  • What you’d expect from a future Android version

Thanks for helping me improve PlantReel.

u/Tricky-Independent-8 — 20 days ago
▲ 33 r/macapps+6 crossposts

TabLinker: A native App Store tab organizer & session manager to eliminate tab clutter, free up RAM, and streamline your research

Problem

If you do a lot of research on a Mac, you probably know the pain of having dozens of tabs open across Safari, Chrome, Arc, or Brave just because you don't want to lose your place. Over time, this hoards memory, slows down your system, and honestly just makes it impossible to focus.

I've been using TabLinker to fix this. It’s a clean, native tab and session manager that lets you snap a picture of your current browsing setup, close the browser completely to free up RAM, and restore your exact windows whenever you're ready to jump back in.

Comparison

How it compares to tools like Toby or Session Buddy:

  • It actually works across multiple browsers: Most tools lock you into a single Chrome or Safari extension. Since TabLinker is a native Mac app, it can pull open tabs from Safari, Chrome, Arc, Edge, and Brave all at the same time.
  • Full Apple ecosystem support: Unlike desktop-only extensions, this syncs through iCloud so you can access your saved sessions on your iPhone and iPad too.
  • No data lock-in: A lot of managers make it a nightmare to export your data. This one lets you export everything into Markdown or custom templates, which is huge if you use note apps like Obsidian or Notion.
  • 100% Private: No accounts, no third-party cloud servers, and zero tracking analytics. Everything stays in your own iCloud.

A few handy features under the hood: You can save full multi-window layouts or just specific tab groups, and there's a dedicated Safari extension included for quick saving. It also tracks your progress by automatically marking links as "Opened" once you click them.

For organizing, it uses a flat, single-level folder structure so you don't get lost in nested subfolders, and it includes a 30-day trash bin just in case you accidentally delete a research folder. You can also paste a raw list of URLs to save them all at once or import existing bookmarks via JSON/HTML.

Pricing:

TabLinker is securely hosted on the Mac App Store as a $9.99 One-Time Purchase (Universal Purchase). You buy it once on your Mac, and you get the full premium version unlocked on your iPhone and iPad as well. No subscriptions, no ads, and no hidden upsells.

Link: TabLinker: Tabs Manager

u/Tricky-Independent-8 — 4 days ago

Có ai có sở thích trồng cây, ngắm nó phát triển mỗi ngày không?

Dù diện tích sân thượng khá nhỏ nhưng mình trồng rất nhiều loại: ổi, cà chua thường, cà chua bi, tắc, cóc Thái, dưa lưới, hành, sả, ớt, chanh dây, đu đủ lùn

Chủ yếu là để ngắm, thu hoạch thành quả mình tạo ra dù chi phí bỏ ra cao hơn nhiều mua ngoài chợ/siêu thị :D

u/Tricky-Independent-8 — 23 days ago

RevenueCat says my unreleased app has 67 active users. I’m the ONLY one testing it. Do you trust their metrics? 🤔

My app is not even released. I am literally the only person on Earth who has run this app on a physical device or simulator.

Yet, with "Sandbox data" toggled OFF, my RevenueCat dashboard claims I have 41 New Customers and 67 Active Customers.

Do you actually trust and use RevenueCat’s dashboard to track your real user base? Or do you only use it for revenue, and rely on other tools for actual user analytics?

If you do rely on RevenueCat, how do you prevent your own dev/test data from completely ruining your launch metrics? Do I absolutely need separate API keys for dev and production?

u/Tricky-Independent-8 — 27 days ago

Being left behind by Apple Intelligence with a perfectly capable phone feels rough

Just wanted to vent a bit after the iOS 27 announcements. I am currently rocking an iPhone 14 Pro. Performance-wise, this phone is still an absolute beast and handles everything I throw at it flawlessly.

Yet, knowing that I will be completely locked out of the new Siri AI app, the camera's Siri Mode, and the smart summary tools makes the phone feel "old" overnight. It’s wild that a Pro phone from less than two years ago is considered "legacy" in the eyes of Apple's AI roadmap.

Anyone else in the same boat feeling tempted to upgrade to the upcoming 17 series just to not miss out on the ecosystem shift? Or are you sticking with your "non-AI" iPhone out of principle?

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u/Tricky-Independent-8 — 28 days ago

I always end up with 100+ tabs open across Safari, Chrome, and Arc, so I built a native Mac/iOS/iPadOS app to save them all and clear my browser

I built TabLinker, a tabs and browser session manager for iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

The app works across Apple devices, but the Mac version has the most advanced browser-session features because that is where tab clutter usually becomes the biggest problem, especially if you juggle multiple browsers and different browser profiles for work and personal stuff.

If you do a lot of research on Mac, it is easy to keep dozens of tabs open in Safari, Chrome, Arc, Edge, or Brave just to avoid losing context. Over time, that can make the browser heavier, use more memory, and make it harder to focus.

TabLinker helps you save those tabs into organized sessions, close the browser tabs, and restore the context later when you need it.

On Mac, TabLinker can:

  • Import all tabs from Safari, Chrome, Arc, Edge, and Brave
  • Import tabs across multiple browser profiles and accounts
  • Import tabs across multiple browser windows
  • Save full windows or individual tab groups
  • Restore full sessions or individual windows later
  • Save tabs from Safari quickly with the Safari extension
  • Auto-save sessions so nothing gets lost

Across iPhone, iPad, and Mac, TabLinker also supports:

  • Organizing links with folders, tags, and notes (flat folder structure, no deep nesting)
  • Searching by title, URL, tag, or note
  • Importing bookmarks from JSON or HTML
  • Pasting a list of URLs and saving them at once
  • Exporting links as Markdown, HTML, JSON, Plain Text, RTF, or custom templates
  • Syncing with iCloud across devices
  • No account, no ads, and no tracking analytics

The main idea: Save your research context, close your browser, free up memory, and come back later without losing your place.

Useful for:

  • software development research
  • academic or work research
  • client projects (keeping different client profiles separated)
  • product comparisons
  • trip planning
  • writing projects
  • reading lists
  • cleaning up browser tabs without losing context

App Store Link: TabLinker

I’m sharing it here because I want to see if this workflow works for other power users who handle the same multi-browser, multi-profile chaos daily.

Every bit of feedback means the world to me as a solo indie dev, Thanks for helping me improve TabLinker! 🙏

u/Tricky-Independent-8 — 28 days ago

My Reddit giveaway from 3 days ago got 350+ upvotes and 550+ comments, leading to a 20.8% App Store Conversion Rate. But did I just ruin my monetization?

Hi everyone,

I recently launched a macOS/iOS utility app and ran a Reddit giveaway 3 days ago.

The response was overwhelming, and the initial traction has been great. However, as a solo dev, I need your advice on a major monetization dilemma:

  1. Am I destroying my monetization? I am still gradually sending out Lifetime Pro codes to commenters. But I feel I'm ruining my revenue since the exact users who find the app genuinely useful are getting lifetime access for free. Did I give away my best potential customers?
  2. How do I transition this momentum into actual organic revenue? Should I keep the $6.99 Lifetime IAP, raise it, or move to a subscription hybrid later?

Would love to hear your thoughts. Thanks!

u/Tricky-Independent-8 — 1 month ago

My Reddit giveaway from 3 days ago got 350+ upvotes and 550+ comments, leading to a 20.8% App Store Conversion Rate. But did I just ruin my monetization?

Hi everyone,

I recently launched a macOS/iOS utility app and ran a Reddit giveaway 3 days ago.

The response was overwhelming, and the initial traction has been great.

However, as a solo dev, I need your advice on a major monetization dilemma:

  1. Am I destroying my monetization? I am still gradually sending out Lifetime Pro codes to commenters. But I feel I'm ruining my revenue since the exact users who find the app genuinely useful are getting lifetime access for free. Did I give away my best potential customers?
  2. How do I transition this momentum into actual organic revenue? Should I keep the $6.99 Lifetime IAP, raise it, or move to a subscription hybrid later?

Would love to hear your thoughts. Thanks!

u/Tricky-Independent-8 — 1 month ago
▲ 353 r/software+3 crossposts

[iOS/mac] [$6.99 -> Free Lifetime] TabLinker : Save Browser Tabs Without Keeping Them Open

I built TabLinker, a tabs and browser session manager for iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

The app works across Apple devices, but the Mac version has the most advanced browser-session features because that is where tab clutter usually becomes the biggest problem.

If you do a lot of research on Mac, it is easy to keep dozens of tabs open in Safari, Chrome, Arc, Edge, or Brave just to avoid losing context. Over time, that can make the browser heavier, use more memory, and make it harder to focus.

TabLinker helps you save those tabs into organized sessions, close the browser tabs, and restore the context later when you need it.

On Mac, TabLinker can:

- Import all tabs from Safari, Chrome, Arc, Edge, and Brave
- Import tabs across multiple browser windows
- Save full windows or individual tab groups
- Restore full sessions or individual windows later
- Save tabs from Safari quickly with the Safari extension
- Auto-save sessions so nothing gets lost

Across iPhone, iPad, and Mac, TabLinker also supports:

- Organizing links with folders, tags, and notes
- Searching by title, URL, tag, or note
- Importing bookmarks from JSON or HTML
- Pasting a list of URLs and saving them at once
- Exporting links as Markdown, HTML, JSON, Plain Text, RTF, or custom templates
- Syncing with iCloud across devices
- No account, no ads, and no tracking analytics

The main idea: Save your research context, close your browser, free up memory, and come back later without losing your place.

Useful for:

- software development research
- academic or work research
- client projects
- product comparisons
- trip planning
- writing projects
- reading lists
- cleaning up browser tabs without losing context

How to Claim:

  1. Download TabLinker from the App Store link  
  2. Upvote
  3. CommentTabLinker

Every bit of feedback means the world to me as a solo indie dev, Thanks for helping me improve TabLinker! 🙏

EDIT: there’s more interest in TabLinker than I expected, so I’m sending Lifetime Pro codes gradually. I’m sending them manually to avoid Reddit rate limits and make sure each code works properly. Sorry for the delay, and thanks for your patience.

u/Tricky-Independent-8 — 16 days ago