At 3pm EDT today, StepWise Improvements: Walking is live in the Apple App Store. This app has been a labor of love, to help me get more exercise in, and step away from the computer or desk. As an indie developer, I love apps that are: Hopefully, this app scratches your itch too!
Tag: watchOS
Getting some pre-orders
This is my first app that I am trying out pre-orders. The app is Stepwise Improvements and it is my first privacy first Health and Fitness apps. The basic premise is pretty easy, it is design to get you moving every 30, 60, or 120 minutes. The movement is a simple 2mph walk for five […]
Getting ready to Launch
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been working hard in the evenings and weekends to get my app, Stepwise Improvements, ready for launch. I’ve had over 20 new builds, working on small code cleanup, test coverage, and uncovered bugs to make this one of the most exciting app launches for me. I have taken my […]
Building StepWise
Two Weeks From First Commit to a Walking Coach experience A build diary for a watchOS-first app, what shipped, what broke, and what my git history taught me. The idea StepWise is a simple pitch: your Apple Watch nudges you to take a short 5‑minute walk (target pace: a gentle 2 mph) at a steady […]
New App Ready for TestFlight
I’ve been working on this new app for a few weeks, and I believe it is ready for feedback from testers. I put together a teaser video to help people understand what it does, without giving too much away. I am still waiting for Apple to approve the submission for testers, so hopefully I’ll get […]
New App Idea – Work Active
Not sure if I will keep the name, but I am really excited about a new app idea. It will be my second native watchOS app! My goal is to help people remember to do 5 minutes of simple walking an hour, during their work day. It can be as simple as slow marching in […]
WWDC 25 – Day 3
The hits keep coming on Day 3 of the WWDC material. Today was a little lighter on Group Labs, but I was able to get a question in on the visionOS group lab. I finally made it through all the “What’s new” sessions I had wanted to go through. A quick rundown of the sessions […]
WWDC 2023 – Day 1 – Platform State of the Union
Time to get into the details… Ok, this is a just a post of my raw notes, no real analysis. I am looking forward to starting all the sessions tomorrow. But tonight I still have to watch the Design Awards.
State of the Platforms
This is a raw notes post.. if I get things wrong.. please let me know! As I am consuming the firehose today. After many network issues here at home, I was able to get to the State of the Platforms keynote. While I had seen little of the hype at the beginning before losing network […]
Wasted Time Updates!
This past weekend I released updates to both WastedTime and WastedTime Watch. For WastedTime it was a minor bug fix, you can no longer end a meeting before it starts. Who would have thought of that one?! For WastedTime Watch, this was the total re-write I was working on. It is now much more colorful […]