Paid iPhone apps by indie developers

FocusScape

Gianfranco Antenucci

A focus timer with Pomodoro or custom sessions and 18 ambient sounds to mix. Tracks your stats and daily goals, with breathing exercises and a focus lock.

Sensory Sand: Zen Physics

Anthony Tietjen

A calming sand game where falling streams respond to your touch. Use several fingers and move obstacles to shape the flow.

Tramfahrschule

RENE SUESS

Eine Lern-App zur Vorbereitung auf die theoretische Strassenbahnfuehrerpruefung, mit Fragen und Funktionen zum gezielten Ueben.

StarPDF: Scan&Edit

RENE SUESS

A private PDF toolkit that scans documents, makes text searchable with OCR and works fully on device, with no account or cloud.

WhisperMobile

RENE SUESS

Converts spoken words and audio recordings to text on your iPhone or iPad. Everything runs on the device, with no cloud and no account needed.

GeoPhoto Lite

RENE SUESS

A documentation camera that stamps each photo with GPS coordinates, address and time, both as a visible watermark and in the EXIF data. Good for construction and field work.

GuardPilot DNS

RENE SUESS

A native SwiftUI remote control for your AdGuard Home and Pi-hole DNS servers. Manage several servers from one live dashboard on iPhone, iPad and Mac.

Pesyra

Adrian Guerra Marrero

Record your weight and any body measurements you choose, like waist, chest or thigh. Turned-off metrics stay out of the way.

Fastyra

Adrian Guerra Marrero

An intermittent fasting timer with plans from 12:12 to 23:1 or your own custom schedule. Shows your fasting day as a clear visual cycle, with no account needed.

Fluira

Adrian Guerra Marrero

A calm, colorful habit and routine tracker. Habits and routines sit in separate sections with times and progress, and there is no account or ads.

Scan2Paperless Documents

RENE SUESS

Scan multi-page paper documents with your iPhone camera, tidy the pages, and send them to your own self-hosted Paperless-ngx server.

Andon for Xcode Cloud

Adrien Humiliere

Lets you watch your Xcode Cloud builds from your phone, so you can follow what your coding agent pushed without opening a laptop.

Ghidra - AAC

Connor Julian-Golding

An augmentative and alternative communication app for people with autism, special educational needs or complex communication needs. Made by a UK team with lived experience.

Yoink - Improved Drag and Drop

Matthias Gansrigler-Hrad

★ 4.71K

Drag items here to move between apps later. Central shelf that actually saves you from constant app switching.

DEVICE 6

Simogo AB

★ 4.5885

The written word is your map and narrator. Read, listen, and solve puzzles nested in a surreal mystery about a woman who woke up on an island with no memory.

A Monster's Expedition

Draknek Limited

★ 4.821

From the people who made A Good Snowman is Hard to Build and Cosmic Express. An open world that unfolds slowly and never rushes you.

Gorogoa

Annapurna Interactive

★ 4.62.3K

You solve hand-drawn puzzles by arranging illustrated panels. Deceptively simple.

Florence

Annapurna Interactive

★ 4.58.8K

An interactive storybook about a young woman's first love. Built by the lead designer of Monument Valley, told through a series of mini-games.

Baba Is You

Hempuli

★ 4.6372

Puzzle game where you push the rules around like blocks. Change them and you change what you control, what the level is, and what you need to solve.

Overboard!

inkle

★ 4.5210

A visual novel set on a 1935 cruise ship where you've committed murder. Now convince someone else to take the fall.

80 Days

inkle

★ 4.5618

Race around the world in 80 days against the clock and other players. A branching narrative where your choice of transport reshapes the story.

Reigns

Devolver

★ 4.87.6K

Swipe to rule a kingdom. Every decision shapes your realm and dynasty, with consequences that echo for years.

Alto's Odyssey

Snowman

★ 4.43K

A sequel that's endless sandboarding. The desert generates infinitely, and there are temples hidden everywhere.

Mini Metro

Dinosaur Polo Club

★ 4.932K

You design subway maps as cities grow. Random expansion and scarce resources mean no two games play the same.

Longplay

Adrian Schoenig

★ 4.6170

Album browser for your music collection. Sort by color, listening frequency, or how long it has been sitting unheard to rediscover forgotten albums.

Marvis Pro

Aditya Rajveer

★ 4.81.3K

Explore your Apple Music library differently. Customizable interface with deep features and a minimal design.

HeartWatch: Heart Rate Monitor

Tantsissa

★ 4.714K

Your Apple Watch data in one place, completely privately. No analytics, no ads, no third-party tracking anywhere.

AutoSleep: Watch Sleep Tracker

Tantsissa

★ 4.762K

Tracks your sleep from Apple Watch automatically, with total privacy and no subscriptions.

lire: RSS Reader

Kunal Sood

★ 4.4158

RSS reader that fetches full articles, so you don't have to click through to websites.

iA Writer: Get Focused

Information Architects AG

★ 4.61.5K

Where writers go when they need to focus. Markdown-first editor with distraction-free design and sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

Due - Reminders & Timers

Due Apps LLP

★ 4.72.8K

The reminder app that won't let you forget. Keeps nagging until you actually act, reschedules nearly instantly.

Streaks

Crunchy Bagel

★ 4.827K

The to-do list built around habit building. Your goal is a streak of consecutive days.

Kino - Pro Video Camera

Lux Optics Incorporated

★ 4.72K

A video camera that applies filmmaker-grade color presets on record, or lets you go fully manual.

Things 3

Cultured Code GmbH & Co. KG

★ 4.828K

To-do app that actually makes you want to open it. Serious features wrapped in design so clean it almost disappears.