u/Umoex — reddlx

▲ 11 r/apps+2 crossposts

Your iPhone’s main camera does the filming. The front camera plays SideKick.

A — Answer: the problem it solves
Most iPhones technically have two cameras, but in practice they’re rarely used together in a flexible way.

SideKick lets you record video using both the front and back cameras at the same time, with different layouts and workflows. The idea is simple: the back camera captures the world, while the front camera acts as the SideKick, recording your reaction, commentary, or presence alongside it.

It supports 4 recording modes:
• Picture-in-Picture (PiP)
• Stacked frame video (both cameras combined vertically)
• Dual recording (front + back saved as two separate videos at the same time)
• Switch mode (record normally but switch between cameras within the same video)

It also supports both portrait and landscape recording across all modes.

B — Better: how it compares

vs Apple’s built-in Dual Capture: Apple's solution is currently limited to only the newest iPhones, even though many older devices are technically capable of handling multi-camera recording. SideKick focuses on bringing dual-camera capture to a wider range of supported devices and offers multiple recording workflows instead of a single experience.

vs third-party dual-camera apps: many alternatives either lock features behind subscriptions or use busy, non-native interfaces. SideKick aims to feel at home on iOS, with a clean, native camera and gallery experience, a Picture-in-Picture window that can be freely dragged while recording, and a lightweight footprint of under 4 MB. There are no ads, accounts, or paywalls.

vs other PiP implementations: SideKick's Picture-in-Picture mode isn't fixed in place. The PiP window can be freely dragged and repositioned while recording, making it easier to frame reactions, commentary, or demonstrations exactly where you want them.

vs complex pro video tools: many multi-camera workflows are hidden behind interfaces designed for professional editors. SideKick keeps things straightforward: open the app, pick a mode, and start recording.

C — Cost

SideKick is completely free.

No subscriptions, no ads, no premium tier, no accounts.

Download here

Trust Path:
My name is Moez, I'm an indie iOS engineer based in Tunis, and SideKick is my fifth app on the App Store. I run Pull Apps, a one-man studio where I handle everything from design to development.

You can contact me at: support@pullapps.app

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sidekick-dual-camera-recorder/id6782522047
Privacy Policy: https://pullapps.app/privacy-policy-sidekick
Terms of Use (Apple EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

u/Umoex — 7 days ago

▲ 13 r/iOSProgramming

8% of my users are on iPad, but I’ve never officially supported iPadOS, should I adapt my app?

Post:
I noticed that around 8% of my users are using iPadOS, even though my app is only designed and tested for iPhone.

I’ve been hesitating to officially support iPad because I don’t own an iPad and I’m not sure how different the UI is supposed to be. Right now, the app uses a simple native iOS design that works well on iPhone, but on iPad it’s basically just stretched iPhone UI.

For those who’ve been through this:

Is it worth officially supporting iPad at this stage?
Do iPad users expect a fully adapted UI, or is a “scaled-up iPhone app” acceptable?
What’s the minimum effort needed to make an app feel “good enough” on iPad?

Would appreciate any advice from developers who’ve dealt with this before.

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u/Umoex — 2 months ago

▲ 2 r/apple+2 crossposts

I built a FREE document scanner because most scanner apps became bloated messes

Most document scanner apps somehow became giant “productivity ecosystems” packed with subscriptions, accounts, popups, and way too many features.

I just wanted something fast.

So I built Stacked — a free document scanner focused on speed, clean UX, and actually making scanning feel modern.

With Stacked you can:

Scan receipts, notes, contracts, IDs, handwritten pages, etc.
Auto-detect and crop documents
Extract text from scans (OCR)
Generate AI summaries from extracted text
Export clean PDFs/images
Organize documents without clutter
Use everything in a lightweight, minimalist interface

One thing I obsessed over was the camera/scanning experience itself because a surprising number of scanner apps still feel outdated or slow despite being apps people use constantly.

I wanted Stacked to feel more like a polished modern utility than a “business suite.”

Also: the app is free. No weird watermark spam or forcing you through 9 screens just to scan one page.

Would genuinely love feedback from people here:

What’s your biggest frustration with document scanner apps?
What feature makes you keep one installed?
Would AI summaries/text extraction actually be useful to you?

You can download it here.

apps.apple.com

u/Umoex — 24 hours ago