Public beta launch! I'm thrilled to go public with Darkfield, my latest app. It's an all-in-one toolkit for amateur astronomers. It's been in the works since autumn and I'm ready to share. Public launch later in 2026. Sign up for the beta now at robowen.io/apps/darkfield/ #iOSDev #indiedev

New in v1.9 of @chroniclingapp.com: pin your most-used categories to the top and archive old ones without losing any data. If you've been around for the nearly 3 years(!) since Chronicling launched this could help keep things tidy 😊

🌈 A rainbow of tint colors is now available in @chroniclingapp.com - apparently not everyone loves orange 😅 This update also includes a light/dark override alongside matching system default #IndieDev

I'm enjoying listening to this excellent album which samples original voice recordings from the Apollo mission era while watching Artemis II coverage album.link/i/1738417407

The Race for Space by Public Service Broadcasting

Listen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.

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Thanks to Shaun for sharing this thoughtful review about using @chroniclingapp.com to help track his ME/CFS symptoms. As an indie developer, I can absolutely empathise with the app discoverability challenge! #IndieApp mcgst.com/2026/01/05/there-is...

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I have been searching for an app, or any solution, that would allow me to compare my activity to the resultant ME/CFS symptoms that appear. It is difficult because symptoms are often delayed and so…

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Inspired by @snazzylabs.com, I picked up an Xteink X4 ereader and I love it. I was tempted by a BOOX Palma but this is smaller, cheaper and less capable which is exactly what I wanted. Shown next to my Kobo Libra Colour at max brightness for comparison, loaded up with Standard Ebooks #BookSky

I was kindly gifted an Ooni oven for Christmas, and I've been having a great time experimenting with wood-fired pizza 🍕 Learning a slow, hands-on skill feels especially rewarding in the age of LLMs, even if the careers survey I did at school suggested I should never do anything using my hands 😅

In case you missed it, the last few @chroniclingapp.com updates have added several most requested features - emoji support, customisable reminders, and the grid view. During December, you can also see your year Chronicled 🎁 #IndieApp

🔔 New in v1.7 of @chroniclingapp.com: Add custom reminder notifications to each category! Set a daily goal, get a reminder after a specified amount of time, or use a rolling goal over multiple days. Active reminders are shown on the app badge.

🔔 New in v1.7 of @chroniclingapp.com: Add custom reminder notifications to each category! Set a daily goal, get a reminder after a specified amount of time, or use a rolling goal over multiple days. Active reminders are shown on the app badge.

Thanks @robinkanatzar.bsky.social for giving @chroniclingapp.com an accessibility once over in this video! I will be checking out audio graphs soon

Robin Kanatzar@robinkanatzar.bsky.social · 9mo ago

"Is this app accessible?" Episode 1 is out! In this episode I talk about the Chronicling App #iOS #Accessibility #A11y youtu.be/bLIuHlmI-Ls

🙂‍↔️ I turned on the head shake to dismiss gesture when I got new AirPods and I've found it surprisingly useful. Particularly good while running and I love the little bleep bloop noises it makes as you move from side to side

This is a great showcase of using Shortcuts with Apple Intelligence by @stephenrobles.com, with links to every example Shortcut included www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wu5X...

I Had No Idea Apple Intelligence + iPhone Shortcuts Could Do THIS 🤯

10 NEW Apple Intelligence powered Shortcuts that take everything to the next level - quickly browse the newest movie trailers, save recipes AND add ingredients to a grocery list, sync progress between Apple Podcasts and YouTube, and more! ⭐️ Join my Shortcuts community here: https://create.beard.fm ⚡️ Get the Shortcuts! Search for Any Movie Trailer https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/115c8c42b8994dca8e6077cf225bc604 New Movie Trailers https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/748cc685f7414d4b8e1129070a4fe50a Master Summarizer https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/86c024a49229462c86cc271816759097 Save Recipe Add Ingredients https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/f27d649af1aa47108a2f274136de3a5a Sports Schedule Add to Calendar https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/442d7133079049a0a4781f8d7cee8588 Share Podcast with Spotify Episode URL https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/c7192574da2842fca5b3a457f1edef87 Apple Podcasts to YouTube https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/fc53e56a4e1f4b34839d5c2076ae1bd8 Overcast to YouTube (Share Link at Current Time) https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/d47ec77d2e134840b113ab4b9d984df6 Sort Apple Notes https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/61a6e4d3c8c84f6997df6c5b475d5117 Police Scanner Transcriptions https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/5cef466ce1ad4f3799bcfc366b36568d Calendar Events to Spreadsheet https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/6aeae662cd5e40a982ec8b9bb276c744 Read Alout Apple News https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/a9f9d99be8e04d23b9aa1901be60efee 🎙️ My tech podcast @PrimaryTechShow https://primarytech.fm 📲 My Favorite iPhone Accessories Best MagSafe Battery | Baseus Qi2 25W https://geni.us/3ZJyCX AirPods Pro 3 https://geni.us/Ui9iIw 25W MagSafe Car Charger https://geni.us/WOBFRW Favorite 3-in-1 MagSafe Charger https://geni.us/4PBW1w My 3-in-1 Travel Charger https://geni.us/fDRule AirPods 4 with ANC https://geni.us/f5xhUl0 Multi USB-C Charger with Find My https://geni.us/qHAMwS Favorite Power Bank with Built-In Cable https://geni.us/KcDLzl Car Charger with Retractable Cable https://geni.us/DUeO Best HomeKit Lock with Home Key https://geni.us/kI9o2kl 🏠 Full List of My Smart Home Devices https://beard.fm/homekit 📨 My Favorite Email Provider: Fastmail https://join.fastmail.com/beardfm 🌎 Follow me on: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/stephenrobles.com Threads: https://threads.net/@stephenrobles Instagram: https://instagram.com/stephenrobles Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:43 Search Movie Trailers 01:32 Browse New Trailers 02:07 Master AI Summarizer 04:10 Recipe and Ingredient List 05:44 Sports Events to Calendar 07:12 Podcast Episode Links 08:50 Podcasts to YouTube at Timestamp 10:57 Auto Sort Apple Notes 13:01 Conditional Transcriptions 14:00 Events to Spreadsheet 15:43 Apple News Speak Summary 🛒 My Film Gear: Sony A7C II (B-Roll Camera) https://geni.us/klZFL Sony 24mm GM f1.4 (B-Roll Lens) https://geni.us/xbapXjH Sony A7 IV (A-Roll Camera) https://geni.us/PA1Qd (Amazon) Sigma 35mm (Main Lens) https://geni.us/YqQpgtx (Amazon) Sennhesier MKH416 (Video Mic) https://geni.us/VxF1g (Amazon) Aputure Amaran 200x (Key Light) https://geni.us/2KY3GV (Amazon) Light Dome III (Soft Box) https://geni.us/Rt08x (Amazon) Earthworks Ethos (Podcast Mic) https://geni.us/X7xC (Amazon) Podcast Mic Arm https://geni.us/5ydF0HM (Amazon) Sony a6400 (Top Down Camera) https://geni.us/VOyRX (Amazon) Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 (Top Down Lens) https://geni.us/lkuYqbH (Amazon) Elgato Key Light Air (Fill and Hair Lights) https://geni.us/UetzsS (Amazon) ATEM Mini Pro (My Switcher) https://geni.us/Dgiymx2 (Amazon) Rodecaster PRO II (Powers All Mics) https://geni.us/uMHZGgi (Amazon) Sound Devices MixPre-3 (Travel Sound Gear) https://geni.us/Nb6A4zo (Amazon) DISCLAIMER: I participate in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for me to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. Other links to third-party products and services may also be affiliate links.

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🍽️ If you’re in England or Wales, here’s a quick shortcut for #iOS to query Food Hygiene Ratings, with an option to open the result in Maps www.icloud.com/shortcuts/81...

Awesome to see @chroniclingapp.com amongst such excellent company with many of my favourite apps!

MacStories@macstories.net · 10mo ago

Jump Into the Liquid Glass Pool: A MacStories OS 26 App Roundup https://www.macstories.net/stories/jump-into-the-liquid-glass-pool-a-macstories-os-26-app-roundup/

☕️ Looking forward to diving into the lovely ebook versions of the @macstories.net OS reviews after a very busy few weeks updating @chroniclingapp.com (thanks for the mention in the Foundation Models section!)

🎉 Chronicling 1.6 is here and ready for #iOS26! ✨ Smart Events transforms your text into structured events 🔎 Unified search tab 🍭 Interactive chart “lollipops” apps.apple.com/us/app/chron...

🙌 Ready to go on Monday @chroniclingapp.com #iOS26

The incentive to upgrade to an #iPhone with Apple Intelligence feels much stronger with #iOS26 and the availability of Foundation Models to third party apps. There's so many quality of life improvements across many different domains in TestFlight betas I've seen #AppleEvent

One of the key things for a tracking app is reducing friction. I’m working on extracting events from natural language in @chroniclingapp.com with Apple’s new Foundation Models in #iOS26 and it’s looking really promising

🔥 New interactive heatmap widget now available in v1.5.8, with options to highlight zero days and hide axes labels

A couple of before and after views of @chroniclingapp.com on #iOS26. Given I use #SwiftUI native elements, most things do pretty much "just work", but I'll be thinking more about the future of the design over the beta season

Working on a new interactive widget for @chroniclingapp.com, aiming for release in the next week or two #SwiftUI #iOS

Jumping back into #Nintendo gaming for the first time since owning a Switch pre-baby in 2021. First impressions really positive - for me the size and weight is the sweet spot between the original and the Steam Deck. Open to game recommendations for things to catch up on! #Switch2

I set up four menu based shortcuts on my Home Screen - mostly opening apps to particular views, or asking for text and sending it somewhere, and it’s really helped make my habitual phone pick ups less wasteful

I am beyond thrilled to finally share this! 🥹 Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day - and Apple sat down with me to talk about how I build accessible apps. 🦾 The interview is now live on the *front page* of the App Store: apps.apple.com/at/story/id1... #GAAD #A11Y #accessibility #indiedev

‎Discover the art of accessibility : App Store Story

‎Learn about collection Discover the art of accessibility featuring Art of Fauna: Cozy Puzzles, Study Snacks: Language & More, Letter Rooms: Fun Anagrams and many more on Mac App Store. Enjoy these ap...

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A bit late catching up on my podcasts, but thanks so much to @forestofthings.bsky.social, @hotdogsladies.bsky.social, @ttscoff.bsky.social and @filmgirl.bsky.social for mentioning @chroniclingapp.com on Overtired, and for your generous words about the craft of indie app development.

☀️ With the weather getting brighter every day here in the UK, it feels like a good time to share my sunscreen check shortcut. Set it up as an automation to get a notification each morning letting you know when the UV index suggests putting on some sun protection www.icloud.com/shortcuts/22...

After several months of cold, dark training runs, it was a surprise to run the Cambridge Half Marathon on Sunday in beautiful sunshine and 18°C! While the sun was lovely afterwards, I think around mile 8 I was pretty desperate for a classic British grey cloud 😅

🔢 v1.5.1 includes improvements to the category view, with totals and averages which update with the chart as you swipe through time. New buttons also allow you to jump back to the first ever event and forward to the present day.