r/AppDevelopers

Edit: After several tests, it has become clear that the app is available in the USA and the page does not open in the EU. However, you can search for and download the app from the list in the EU, but you cannot click on it. Thanks to everyone.

Hi everyone,

I’m hoping someone here has experienced this before.

I recently launched my very first iOS app. The app was approved by Apple and the status in App Store Connect is currently “Ready for Distribution”.
For the first few hours after release, everything worked perfectly:
The App Store page loaded normally.
Users could open the product page.
The app could be downloaded.
However, a few hours later, the App Store page suddenly stopped working on all iPhones.
When users tap the app in the App Store, they either get:

“This app is currently not available in your country or region”

or

“The page could not be loaded. Please try again.”

Things I’ve already verified:
App status is “Ready for Distribution”.
Distribution method is Public.
The app is available in 175 countries, including Belgium.
No pre-order is enabled.
No changes were made after release.
The App Store URL exists.
“View on App Store” from App Store Connect opens correctly.

Example App Store link:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/elsy-shared-collections/id6773616091

I’ve already contacted Apple Developer Support, but haven’t received a response yet.
Has anyone experienced something similar? Could this be an App Store propagation issue or some hidden regional/storefront problem?

Thanks a lot!

It's been a little over six months since I launched and it has been quite a journey. No exponential growth or huge user spikes but rather slow and steady growth. But in my opinion that is the best for building something actually valuable because you can react to user feedback along the way and constantly keep improving the app.

It's so crazy, just two weeks ago I was celebrating 2,000 users here and now I have hit another unreal milestone of 2,400! I can't thank everyone enough. I really mean it, so many people were offering their help along the way.

Of course I will not stop here and I am already working on the next big update for the platform which will benefit all the community. More is coming soon.

I've built IndieAppCircle, a platform where small app developers can upload their apps and other people can give them feedback in exchange for credits. I grew it by posting about it here on Reddit. It didn't explode or something but I managed to get some slow but steady growth.

For those of you who never heard about IndieAppCircle, it works like this:

• You can earn credits by testing indie apps (fun + you help other makers)
• You can use credits to get your own app tested by real people
• No fake accounts -> all testers are real users
• Test more apps -> earn more credits -> your app will rank higher -> you get more visibility and more testers/users

Since many people suggested it to me in the comments, I have also created a community for IndieAppCircle: r/IndieAppCircle (you can ask questions or just post relevant stuff there).

Currently, there are 2402 users, 1969 tests done and 587 apps uploaded!

You can check it out here (it's totally free): https://www.indieappcircle.com/

I'm glad for any feedback/suggestions/roasts in the comments.

With the warmer weather I’ve realised there’s a lot of conflicting advice online.
Some people say anything over 20°C is dangerous.
Others happily walk at 28°C.
Then you’ve got pavement temperature, humidity, UV, breed differences, age, weight and fitness all affecting the risk.
What surprised me most while researching this was that veterinary studies suggest around 70% of canine heatstroke cases happen during exercise, not from being left in cars. Even more worrying, around 1 in 7 dogs with heatstroke don’t survive despite treatment.
The more I looked into it, the more I realised there isn’t really a single “safe temperature” for every dog.
A French Bulldog, Husky, Labrador puppy and Border Collie can all have completely different levels of risk on exactly the same day.
That got me thinking…
Wouldn’t it make more sense to look at the whole picture rather than just the weather forecast?
If you decide it’s too warm, what do you do instead?
So far I’ve had good success with:
Snuffle mats
Frozen Kongs
Scent games
Hide-and-seek treats
Short training sessions
Puzzle feeders
I ended up building a small iPhone app called DogSafe because I wanted something that considered more than just the air temperature. It combines weather conditions with your dog’s breed and profile to help judge whether it’s a good time for a walk, suggests safer walking windows, highlights hazards like hot pavement, UV and seasonal risks, and also gives indoor enrichment ideas when staying home is the better option.
I’m genuinely interested in how everyone else makes this decision though. Is it based on temperature, experience, your dog’s behaviour, or something else?
If anyone wants to take a look at DogSafe and give me honest feedback, I’d really appreciate it:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dogsafe/id6783847517
(It’s intended as a decision-support tool for owners, not a replacement for veterinary advice.)

Blog Post | Repo | Web | MIT.

So I put some effort into building this thing, goal is to provide native runtime for macs.

Instead of runnings VMs this project emulates linux. There is many optimalizations underneeth to speed things up and for x86 so far seems like right move.

Key advantages:

• You don't need root to run it
• No pre-allocated disk/ram
• Eventually (but today too) I think we can beat the VM at speed
• We can run mac os containers (`ddcli mac` is true container)
• Security is not bullet proof but already is good to make sure untrusted code doesnt do much of damage
• We are slowly approaching arm-native speed

As for where this is going:

• Lets be clear - its still alpha, many bugs will pop
• We want to make complete interoperability between cuda and metal. Ideally if we could emulate cuda devices provide hardware accelerated workflows
• We have in roadmap to build terminal emulator with direct capabilities for running dev environments.

I imagine one day having containers fully integrated into terminal so that any project I pick gets its own space with tools I need on platform I need in isolation. LLM agents will appreciate that.

FAIR WARNING - its alpha, things are expected not to work. And there is good amount of work to be done still.

I would mean world to me who can star on github.

Cheers.

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I’ve been trying to simplify my life for the last year - decluttered a ton, cut my wardrobe in half, deleted most social apps, etc. What kicked this post off was a chat with a coworker yesterday who showed me their Apple Watch stats for literally everything, including “energy” during the day.

Now I’m torn. Part of me likes the idea of tracking sleep, stress, HRV, all that, to see what’s actually draining me. I sometimes crash hard around 3 pm and just power through with coffee and I’m starting to feel like that’s not sustainable. But another part of me feels like adding more graphs and numbers is just digital clutter. Maybe I’m looking at this the wrong way.

While googling around I saw stuff like ENSTA mentioned alongside other health/energy trackers, and it made me wonder: is this kind of tracking compatible with a minimalist approach or is it just another form of obsessive data hoarding?

How do you all handle this? Do you track health/energy at all, and if yes, what’s your minimalist way of doing it? Or do you consider all these apps just noise?

Our first app is finally live, and I’m thrilled and excited about it. The idea was to create something that can make a mundane habit enjoyable! This app has helped me regain my hydration routine, and I hope it does the same for others!