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Free iPhone apps by indie developers

853 apps, free to download. Some sell extras inside the app.

TV Forecast: Show Tracker
Matt Comi
Track shows and movies across streaming services. Get notified when episodes air, sync progress with friends and services.
Entertainment
Play: Save Videos Watch Later
Loop Apps LTDA
Save YouTube videos for later, manage subscriptions, and sync across your Apple devices without the app trying to autoplay you into the next thing.
EntertainmentAlso on Mac
Anybox - Bookmark & Read Later
Anybox LTD
Bookmark manager with Spotlight search, nested tags, and iCloud sync. No accounts, no tracking.
ProductivityAlso on Mac
Later: Read Later & Bookmarks
Xavi Moll
Save articles and links to read later privately. No tracking, no accounts, no ads. Synced via iCloud.
NewsAlso on Mac
Concepts
TopHatch, Inc.
Infinite vector canvas. Redesign your sketches without redrawing. Editable strokes are the whole point.
Graphics & Design
Linea Sketch
The Iconfactory
Minimal drawing app. You get the tools, they disappear, and you keep your canvas. Layers and colors, nothing else.
Productivity
Obscura — Pro Camera
Ben McCarthy
A manual camera app that spent 10 years becoming the one photographers actually use.
Photo & Video
Unread: An RSS Reader
Golden Hill Software
An RSS reader built around gesture navigation and typography. It's the app where you actually want to read.
NewsAlso on Mac
Mona 27 for Mastodon
Junyu Kuang
Mastodon client built for iOS. Smooth scrolling, iCloud sync for drafts and reading position across devices, fully VoiceOver accessible.
Social NetworkingAlso on Mac
Ice Cubes for Mastodon
Thomas Ricouard
A Mastodon client with live timelines, push notifications, and quote toots. On iPad you get a full notifications column that stays open while you read.
Social NetworkingAlso on Mac
Mercury Weather
Triple Glazed Studios LLC
Weather charts, rain forecasts that work, hurricane tracking, and an Apple Watch app.
WeatherAlso on Mac
Hello Weather
Electric Dream Machine LLC
A weather app that reads at a glance, with hyperlocal forecasts and rain maps.
Weather
CARROT Weather: Alerts & Radar
Grailr LLC
Pick a personality for your weather forecast—professional to profanity-laden—and you'll actually check it.
Weather
Textastic Code Editor
Alexander Blach
Code editor for iPad and iPhone with SSH terminal and 80+ language support. SFTP and Sublime Text theme compatible.
Developer Tools
Taio - Markdown & Text Actions
颖钟
Edit markdown and run text workflows across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Pay once for all three.
ProductivityAlso on Mac
Agenda: Notes meets Calendar
Momenta B.V.
Notes have a way of disappearing into folders. Agenda keeps them on a timeline with your calendar, so you remember why you wrote them and what you decided.
ProductivityAlso on Mac
MindNode: Mind Map & Outline
IdeasOnCanvas GmbH
Visual thinking tool that turns scattered thoughts into connected maps, outlines, and plans.
ProductivityAlso on Mac
Prompt 3
Panic, Inc.
Terminal emulator for Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Vision Pro. SSH, Mosh, and your servers synced everywhere.
Developer ToolsAlso on Mac
Git client - Working Copy
Anders Borum
Clone repositories onto your phone, edit code, commit while offline, then push when you're back online. Other apps can read your repos via Files or WebDAV.
Developer Tools
Runestone Text Editor
Simon B. Støvring
Code editor optimized for small screens. Syntax highlighting, find-replace, line numbers. No bloat.
Developer Tools
Data Jar
Simon B. Støvring
A key-value data store designed for Shortcuts. Store what native dictionaries can't, sync with iCloud, and access files from the Files app.
UtilitiesAlso on Mac
Scriptable
Simon B. Støvring
A JavaScript runtime that talks to the rest of iOS. If you have ever wanted a home screen widget nobody has built yet, this is how you build it in an afternoon.
Developer Tools
Timery: Time Tracker
Joseph Hribar
Toggl tracker front-end for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. Save frequent timers, start with one tap, edit entries anywhere.
ProductivityAlso on Mac
Parcel - Delivery Tracking
Ivan Pavlov Pty Ltd
Tracks packages across 300+ carriers and auto-adds deliveries from Amazon.
ShoppingAlso on Mac
Structured: Daily Planner Todo
unorderly GmbH
Visual timeline planner that blocks your day with intention. 1.5 million users. Built for ADHD brains and busy people who need structure.
ProductivityAlso on Mac
one sec | screen time + focus
riedel.wtf apps S.L.
Adds friction instead of a block: a breath before the app opens, and the option to close it again. The developer puts the drop in usage at 57%.
ProductivityAlso on Mac
Actions
Sindre Sorhus
Extends Shortcuts with additional actions Apple left out. If you've ever thought Shortcuts should just do X, it probably does.
UtilitiesAlso on Mac
Sofa: Downtime Organizer
Astrio, LLC
Track your shows episode by episode, organize books and games in lists, and plan trips. Syncs across all your Apple devices so you know what's next.
ProductivityAlso on Mac
Ivory for Mastodon by Tapbots
Tapbots
Tapbots spent over a decade building the Twitter interface nobody got. Now they've built it for Mastodon, with the same attention to design and speed.
Social NetworkingAlso on Mac
Deliveries: a package tracker
Junecloud LLC
Tracks your packages from order to door. Notifications, maps, and a home screen widget keep you posted.
UtilitiesAlso on Mac
Darkroom: Photo & Video Editor
Bergen Co.
Photo and video editor with AI-powered depth detection and object selection. Desktop-class editing tools on your phone.
Photo & VideoAlso on Mac
Halide Mark III - Pro Camera
Lux Optics Incorporated
Two people built the manual camera Apple did not ship. It is the app that convinced a lot of photographers the iPhone was a real camera.
Photo & Video
Mela - Recipe Manager
Silvio Rizzi
Save recipes from any website into your collection, subscribe to blogs, and cook step by step. Syncs via iCloud.
Food & DrinkAlso on Mac
Reeder.
Silvio Rizzi
One inbox for RSS, podcasts, videos, and social posts. Your reading position syncs across all devices.
NewsAlso on Mac
Drafts
Agile Tortoise
Drafts by Agile Tortoise
ProductivityAlso on Mac
NetNewsWire: RSS Reader
Brent Simmons
Free, open-source RSS reader that syncs with iCloud, Feedbin, Feedly, or runs on your own server. Takes you out of the algorithm and back to what you chose.
News
Overcast Podcast App
Overcast Radio, LLC
One person writes and maintains it. Smart Speed and Voice Boost are the reason a lot of people never tried another podcast app.
News

Free iPhone apps by indie developers

TV Forecast: Show Tracker

Play: Save Videos Watch Later

Anybox - Bookmark & Read Later

Later: Read Later & Bookmarks

Concepts

Linea Sketch

Obscura — Pro Camera

Unread: An RSS Reader

Mona 27 for Mastodon

Ice Cubes for Mastodon

Mercury Weather

Hello Weather

CARROT Weather: Alerts & Radar

Textastic Code Editor

Taio - Markdown & Text Actions

Agenda: Notes meets Calendar

MindNode: Mind Map & Outline

Prompt 3

Git client - Working Copy

Runestone Text Editor

Data Jar

Scriptable

Timery: Time Tracker

Parcel - Delivery Tracking

Structured: Daily Planner Todo

one sec | screen time + focus

Actions

Sofa: Downtime Organizer

Ivory for Mastodon by Tapbots

Deliveries: a package tracker

Darkroom: Photo & Video Editor

Halide Mark III - Pro Camera

Mela - Recipe Manager

Reeder.

Drafts

NetNewsWire: RSS Reader

Overcast Podcast App