... From 1 October, leaving Apple In-App Purchase drops a Small Business Program developer from 15% to 10% in the EU. On a 4.99 euro subscription, a processor's fixed per-transaction fee can eat most of that on its own - and your choice locks for 12 months. Apple updated the Developer Program License Agreement on 18 August, and the new EU business terms go into effect on 1 October. The coverage I've read frames it as Apple finally ... ... opening up. That's true in a structural sense and mostly irrelevant to anyone running a small subscription app

... LogSheet, a time-tracking tool for small companies a company admin sets it up, employees log their hours, the month exports to Excel and then locks so it stays auditable. It has been a web app from the start. Ten days ago I shipped the iPhone app

... analyzed hundreds of App Store rejections. The vibe coding era has made the problem dramatically worse. I want to share something that's been genuinely painful to watch as someone who's spent months deep in App

... Apple is reportedly pushing back on AI vibe coding apps like @Replit and @Vibecode App

... Disciplines, I drew a clear line: anything a basic productivity app already does is free. Tasks, habits, goals. No restrictions. But the features that make Disciplines actually different, focus sessions with real app

... Computer Science student doing research into how solopreneurs and small startups create new apps and what their stack looks like. Particularly, I'm interested in how you handle things like authentication, billing, and permissions/authorization in your apps

... Most mobility apps try to do too much. Some overload users with features. Others focus only on growth without solving real transport friction. In both cases, daily commuters eventually stop using them. In this Idea Usher review , an independent technology services reviewer evaluates GURARIDE , a bicycle and e-scooter renting platform operating across Rwanda . The goal is not promotion or hype. Instead, this review looks at the system from a builder s perspective to understand how well the product solves ... ... actual first- and last-mile mobility problems. After examining the workflows and implementation choices, one thing becomes clear: GURARIDE behaves less like a feature-heavy startup app

... Fitness apps are everywhere, yet most of them struggle with the same problem: people start strong, then quietly stop showing up. The issue is rarely lack of workouts or diet plans. It s motivation, personalization, and the feeling that the app

... jalalnasser): I built my apps with @Lovable and @Vercel at the start, then when I saw the price was a costly monthly subscription as a freelancer, I decided to move to a Desktop app

... approaches are not welcomed by Apple and could be shut down at any moment. Still, there are VC-backed companies built on top of this backdoor. So my first proof of concept was to create a voice memo + alarm app to validate if my approach would be accepted by Apple. An alarm that plays even in Sleep mode, Do Not Disturb, and when sound is muted. They just accepted it. Now I want to polish it a bit more ... ... Jaisal Rathee(@jaisalr): @jakecrump  Thanks Jake! Means a lot coming from you. Working on user dashboards + community features Comment from Jaisal Rathee(@jaisalr): Yooo thanks for doing this Jake! I'm building tinystartups.com -- a "tiny" launch platform and alternative

... However, this past week I've also seen a lot of "fun" products that not only made it into the featured category but also earned one of the product of the day titles. According to statistics , the most downloaded apps are games and probably this category earns the most money. No wonder, because: people like to be entertained people like to spend time doing an easy activity monetisation can be quite easy with in-app