RevenueCat published their State of Subscription Apps 2025 report:
https://www.revenuecat.com/state-of-subscription-apps-2025/
It’s full of interesting insights. If you’re an indie app developer, it’s worth checking out to learn more about the app business.
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Hmm, seems macOS now detects if it's running in a VM and blocks logging into Apple services. Can't download/update apps from the App Store anymore. Guess developing and testing in VMs is now a dead end.
I knew preparing everything for app release would be more challenging than coding the app, but I thought today I’d send the app to review at least. Yet I still don’t even have screenshots. 
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I knew it’d be that way… An hour or so after I posted and released an update, Apple approved the latest version. 
With no further ado, you can now download the latest version from #TestFlight. 
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As I prepared version 1.0 and uploaded it to App Store Connect, I sent it to TestFlight for review and hoped it would be accepted at the same time as yesterday’s upload. It seems, however, that I need to push an older update first. 
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I’ve been working on a new design for the movie details page in MovieWeekly, focusing on making it simpler.
The goal is to make the app more enjoyable to use while keeping everything you need at a glance. If you’re using the app (or want to try it out), I’d love to hear your thoughts!
I wondered how I would have structured @SnippetsStudio if I made it today vs when I first started and so just for fun I made a new project and connected it to the same CloudKit database and now I want to rewrite the whole app (again) LOL.
Fvckkkkkk yesssssss. Multiblock paragraph styling for code blocks lets gooooo!
Ahh I've fallen behind on updating this build-in-public thread. Still building, but life has been a little too busy to keep up here enough. Plan to keep posting soon :) #iOSDev #SwiftUI #BuildInPublic
It had a tough start, but today was quite a fruitful day. 
I did more than I planned for today. Not only did I finish code and views cleanup, I also added theme settings sync between user devices! 
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Dealing with hay fever this weekend.
But managed to put in some time this evening 
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It was all about crafting, deep work and bold progress. Something new is coming.
Stay tuned. 
I have a very lazy Saturday and I can't bring myself to work, so I decided to start with finishing the paywall. I haven't changed much, but setting a consistent color scheme and better wording makes it a much better solution in my opinion.
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#iosdev people lemme get your thoughts on something:
In my company, we're making a LOT of prototypes (both UIKit and SwiftUI). We're start new projects each time, so everyone has a bunch of blank icons on their home screen and quite a bit of duplication. I have like four identical CLIP models on my phone right now.
So we want to make a single container app that can get sent to TestFlight nightly and has all of our shared resources. How would you go about doing this?
After experiencing the key moment at the seafront, I had fresh energy and hope that I could actually make it. That I could actually build something that helps people in tough emotional situations. But what I needed to do was kicking off the next phase of the CBL cycle called: Investigate. My own experiences with emotions and psychotherapy might not reflect what other people think and what (1/2)
Hmmm. I’m struggling to render code blocks with TextKit 2 because they often involve multiple NSTextParagraphs. So, when enabling/disabling one, the text blocks containing the code aren’t “updated”. Maybe I need to step back for this one 
My need for a new job has gone from “I'm unhappy and need a change" to “I don't hardly have any savings and if I don't get a new job ASAP I will be bankrupt in a month or so”, because I was laid off today.
So:
Hi! I'm Jamie. I write code in Swift, with the exact target/platform not mattering to me so much. I own a powerful Mac so I can contribute to indie/smaller projects without any particular investment. I also have experience managing teams, and I can quickly pick up new skills.
The role would have to be remote or located in the Baltimore, MD area as I have a mortgage that I can't just get out of.
Join us for the Swift Developer Goals meetup, Fridays at 12:30PM PT! 
- Sign up at swiftremotestudio.com & join the Slack via the invite
- in Slack, go to the ”goals-friday" channel for the Zoom URL
- Join the Zoom meeting!
Hey #iosdev we've been noticing that on iOS our app over the last 2 months we've seen a dramatic slow down in users installing new updates. I have a theory this is related to the TikTok ban and folks disabling automatic app updates to keep TikTok around (and subsequently never reenabling it).
Does this theory hold water?
I’ve reworked telemetry as I wanted and, at the last minute, changed the background slightly, so that the colors are a bit more vibrant and the gradient isn’t simply a straight color change. I can say I’m really pleased with what I created. 
