r/PWA

Hi everybody! I just launched my project that I’ve been working on for over 3 years. The whole app works as PWA so that means - no sideload and is working on iOS and Android. :)

I’m really into music.. but I missed many things in well-known apps.. So that’s why I decided to make my own.
Official release was just yesterday, but there is still alot of work (new features that I have on my mind I mean)

App is primarly free, but Premium can be bought (2$/month)

Now lemme tell you what Widerly all has:

- Trends, recently played, most played
- Search, Playlists, Offline
- Queue with shuffle as well
- Friends list & Direct chat
(No copying URLs of songs or playlists, but can be sent directly into the chat!)
- YT videos without ads
- 3 catchy games (proved as good while being bored and just listened to music :D)
- Many colorful motives for the whole app.
- Achievements, pinned tracks on profile, BIO.

www.widerly.app/join

About me: I’m a 25yr old solo developer living in the UAE. I created this app to help solve a common problem in my household. One of us often forgets to feed our pet, or we might give too many treats because we’re unsure if someone else has already taken care of it.

I designed a simple QR based pet tracking app that allows you to add your family or friends and keep everyone on the same page. It also generates QR’s for your pets with public profiles so you can attach it to a collar or something.

It’s just a web app for now, so everyone can try it out, and it’s quicker to update. However, you can still “install” or add it to your Home Screen for a more convenient experience.

Check it out here: Poggle

It’s still a work in progress and I hope to make it better with your feedback 🤞

Thanks to the mods for letting me share this here ❤️

Logseq stores everything as plain .md files, but if you ever open one of those files directly on iOS (from Files, iCloud, Dropbox, a backup, etc.) you just get raw text. I built a small viewer to read them rendered on a phone.

Md Preview:

• Renders GitHub-Flavored Markdown — headings, tables, task lists, footnotes

• Code blocks with syntax highlighting, plus LaTeX math and Mermaid diagrams

• Opens .md / .markdown / .mdx / .rmd / .qmd from Files or the Share Sheet

• 100% on-device — no account, no uploads, no ads, no subscriptions

Free on the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6760341080

Details: https://markdown.cybergame.ai/

Not a Logseq replacement at all — just a quick way to read loose .md files when you're away from the desktop app. Curious how you all read your graph on the go.

I’m tired of playing games alone that I need teams to actually get better loot or rewards. End game content is a struggle for solo players and it’s time there was something that could connect you to reliable teams or other players who game when you game and play what you play at the intensity you play at.

I made squadup to help the problem. The web address is sqdup.gg and it functions like any other matchmaking site except on this site you’re not looking for specific games, although there is 500,000 different games you could put on your profile, you’re looking for people who like you maybe work the night shift and game off schedule from others. Or people who play the same games as you and want to grind just as hard.

I think this can solve the issue of gaming slowly becoming not as fun anymore and really help the 20+ year olds who struggle to get back to the days when all of their friends could get on at the same time and play the same game. In the corner of each profile is a compatibility score that allows you to see if you’re a good match with that person. Also, they have a bio which you could also read to see how much of a compatibility it is as well.

If this is something you’ve been looking for, don’t hesitate to go check it out, 50 people have already signed up and it’s growing daily. Let me know any feedback you have and thanks for reading this post.

I work as a Developer Advocate helping people ship web apps as native mobile apps, and I kept answering the same questions over and over. So I wrote a guide that summarizes everything I recommend, based on 13+ years working in mobile development.

From what I've seen, every time someone in a web dev community asks "how do I publish my React/Vue/Angular app to the App Store?", the answers are either "just make a PWA" (which doesn't actually get you on the stores) or links to tutorials that assume you already know what a provisioning profile is and have Xcode configured on a Mac.

This one starts from zero. It's structured as an index, not a wall of text. Each step links to specific posts, videos, tools, and automation resources so you can go as deep as you need, at your own pace.

Some things I cover that I rarely see explained well:

- Why PWAs won't get you into the App Store or Google Play (and what to use instead)

- How to generate iOS certificates directly from your browser, without a Mac or Keychain Access

- The Google Play closed testing requirement that blindsides most first-time publishers: personal accounts created after November 2023 need 12 testers actively opted in for at least 14 consecutive days before you can go public.

- Why you should install the Live Update plugin in your very first release, even if you have nothing to update yet. Adding it later means another full native build and another review cycle, which is the last thing you want when you're trying to push a critical fix.

- How to build for iOS without owning a Mac

Honest feedback welcome: is there a step that's unclear, or something you think is missing?

https://capawesome.io/blog/11-steps-to-get-your-web-app-on-the-app-store/

I have a small inconvenience i’d like some advice on.
the first photo is my screen when trying to add the site to my Home Screen and the second is the screen of a user. why do they not have the option to add to home screen?

Hey Lucknow folks,

Built this as a side project because the official options

weren't great for daily commuters.

LucknowMetroApp:free, no ads, no account needed.

What it does:

- Plan routes with exact fares (₹10–₹60) and arrival times

- Live train tracking on a map

- Works fully offline after first load

- Find the best station to meet a friend

- GoSmart Card balance tracker with auto 10% discount

It's a PWA so you can add it to your home screen like a

native app. Not affiliated with UPMRC — just a passion

project for the city.

Would love feedback from actual Lucknow Metro users!Please 🥺🥺

Like a lot of you, I was getting incredibly frustrated with standard "free online tools" that force you to upload your personal PDFs or images to random servers, bombard you with ads, or lock basic features behind a paywall.

I wanted something completely private and instantaneous, so I built my own suite of tools. It runs entirely in the browser (local-first PWA), meaning your files never actually leave your device.

What it currently handles perfectly:

• Image Compression & Conversion
• PDF Merging & ID Card to PDF formatting
• QR Code Generation

I originally planned to launch this with a client-side video trimmer/processor using ffmpeg.wasm. However, I am currently locked in a brutal battle with CORS headers and SharedArrayBuffer memory crashes. The video processing tools but won't work at the moment. I'm still trying to figure out the issue. If any WASM wizards here have advice, I'm all ears!

It is 100% Free and Open Source.

You can use the live version here: [neatkitapp.com]

I built this tool because I needed it myself, but I'm sharing it in hopes it saves some of you a headache. Let me know what you think, or if there are any other specific mini-tools you'd love to see added to the kit!

I do a load of PWA stuff two issues that were a bit of a pain was running from localhost and having old cached apps showing up...

PWAs really need to be served from localhost or Https... And https on an intranet can be a bit of a pita.

Also your app storage is per domain and port... So serving everything from the same source means all their local data is crammed in - clear for one and you clear for all!

So, I have all my pwa's living on a server - but with a native local 'appstore' app that is just a directory and proxy'... I run/install all my pwa's from localhost! With the store pricing to the server copy.

And the shared local data? I have another app to support a convention which I cheekily call PerrinPort - if hashes the app name to deterministically generate a port number between 10000 and 20000 and that app is served on that.

https://github.com/idltd/perrinport/

It may sound a bit clunky but it works well - looks after itself. And being a PWAs if the local app store isnt available I just get to run the currently installed version :)

Hey r/PWA 👋

I just launched PicnicTasks (picnictasks.uk) — a simple task capture app built entirely as a PWA, no native app, no framework, no build step.

What it does

Simple premise: capture a task in seconds, check it off with a smile. Type something like "call dentist tomorrow" or "finish report by Friday" and it parses the date automatically. Tasks sort by due date so your most urgent stuff is always at the top.

The PWA angle

This is the bit you'll appreciate here:

• Install it on any device straight from the browser — no App Store, no Play Store gatekeeping
• Service worker handles offline support and push notification delivery
• Web Push notifications — a daily digest at ~9am local time that tells you what's overdue, due today, and due tomorrow. The service worker fetches your task data at notification time, so the payload stays lightweight (no RFC 8291 encryption needed — just a nudge)
• Cloud sync is baked in — local storage keeps everything instant, with a debounced cloud push on every change, so your tasks are the same across all your devices
• Passcode email login via Hanko — no passwords, no OAuth dance, just a code to your inbox

The whole thing runs on a Cloudflare Worker + KV, which means it's fast globally and the bill is basically nothing at indie scale.

Why PWA?

Honestly, for a task app with a small team (of one), shipping to iOS and Android natively would've taken months and probably outside of my skill set. Building a PWA let me ship something real in weeks. The install experience on iOS is still rougher than I'd like, but Web Push on iOS Safari has made this genuinely viable as a primary app.

Would love feedback, especially from anyone who's tackled Web Push quirks across browsers. Also any tips on how to best market this app, as struggling gaining any traction. Happy to answer questions about the architecture too.