No 1. | November 2023 | Indie Developer Projects Insight
Released on Tuesday December 5th in 2023 by Simon Braun
Hello dear reader :)
This is the first edition of my monthly newsletter and I’m very happy that I did follow my guts to just do it. I wanted to do this for a very long time, but this time I will click send—I promise. (Well, otherwise you couldn’t read it right now.)
Follow me on my journey as an indie developer, software nerd and product enthusiast. Regular content of the newsletter will be my finding of the month, learn more about my products and updates, as well as how everything is going for me. The projects insight newsletter is free!
And now on to my first newsletter, enjoy!
FOTM – Finding of the month
This little gem just crossed right in front of me on Mastodon and I have to say this little RunCat has a new home. It is very adorable and of course not only cats can run down your menu bar. Displaying how hard your mac is working never was cuter. – Thank you Takuto Nakamura!
RunCat (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) | macOS | Freemium → Download (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)
Firstly an introduction to the way this newsletter should be read. I decided to color code some information to keep the format and information compact:
Following markers are used in this insight: UPCOMING, NEW, UP, DOWN, REMOVED
DISCLAIMER: Affiliate links are highlighted with an *
I. Basic Insights – Free
VALUES AND UNIVERSAL SELLING POINTS
I’m always working on the wording of my values and USPs. I find it important to check on my values and search for value creation that possibly makes my software special and attractive for potential customers. My current tagline:
No advertising, no registration, no tracking of personal data and no investors – just an authentic person who loves making software.
RELEASED PROJECTS
APP | Auricula | 2.1.2 | Since 2014
Auricula is an interval ear trainer to practice your sense of hearing and to learn the skill to identify intervals.
Available for iOS, iPadOS and macOS, supports 9 languages: German, English, French, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean, Spanish, Italian as well as traditional and simplified Chinese
Website (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) | AppStore (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)
I just released an update a week ago to fix links and minor bugs, made the app ready for the black friday sales.
APP | Filmlog | 2.1.1 → 3.0.0 | Since 2013
Filmlog is a first-class private movie tracker and best in class iPhone and iPad app since 2013.
Available for iOS and iPadOS, supports 15 languages: Arabic, German, English, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, traditional and simplified Chinese as well as Turkish
Website (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) | AppStore (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)
I just released an update three weeks ago to fix links and minor bugs, having a huge update in the pipeline makes maintenance always more difficult. Right now code cannot be shared anymore between the AppStore release and the upcoming major release verison. – But of course did also join the black friday insanity with a Filmlog sale.
ALPHA/BETA PROJECTS
APP | Next Size | 1.0.0 | Planned release for January 2024
Next Size is an app for kids clothing to forecast your children clothing sizes.
Available for iOS, supports 4 languages: German, English, French, and Spanish.
Website not available yet | Testflight (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)
Gathering feedback from the public Testflight for now. Improving and planning for the launch in January.
PROTOTYPE PROJECTS
WEBSITE | puinte.org | Since 2022
Puinte.org (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) is a website for a community financed effort to create better software for the general public: privacy-friendly, open-source, fully reusable and financed in solidarity.
Available for Web, supports 1 language: German.
Website (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)
Love the idea of a technology that is community financed, but just cannot pull it off right now. So incremental improvements are planned until the idea is ready for a launch!
WEBSITE | infolge.org | Since 2015
Infolge.org (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) is a web service for following current affairs, comparing points of view and forming a differentiated opinion.
Available for Web, supports 1 language: German.
Website (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)
Infolge.org (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) did start as my diploma project and I still could not let it go. But if I can buy me some more time in the future, I would love to give it a spin as a working prototype with daily published new data.
TOOLS AND SERVICES I USE
In this section you will get an overview of tools and services. I use them to develop and keep my projects up and running.
Hosting and E-Mail hosting Mittwald
DomainsDomain Offensive (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)*
IDEXcode (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)
GitGithub (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) and Git Tower (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)*
TexteditorSublime Text (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)
SFTP ClientFileZilla (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)
Local WebserverMAMP (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)/WorldWideWeb (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)
IAP Framework RevenueCat (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) – not in use yet (will be part of Filmlog 3.0.0)
AnalyticsTelemetryDeck (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)*
ASOappfigures (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)
Calendar Fantastical
Mail AppleMail
NotesStandard Notes (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)
TodoThings (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)
Online StorageTresorit (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)
DocumentationNotion (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)
Bookmarkspinboard.in (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)
CalculatorSoulver (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)
DiskmanagementDaisyDisk (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)
MessengerSignal (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)
PasswordmanagerBitwarden (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)
SecurityLittle Snitch (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)
TranslationICanLocalize (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)*, Deepl (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) (web), dict.cc (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) (iOS)
DesignAffinity Designer (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) (still use version 1), Sketch (Öffnet in neuem Fenster), Figma (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)
CompressionImageOptim (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)
MusicDoppler (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)
PodcastsCastro (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) (iOS – Is it dying? What do you do?)
NewsNetNewsWire (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) (iOS)
MastodonIvory (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) (iOS)
Do you have a tool or service suggestion for me? Let me know: feedback@simonbraun.eu (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)
SOCIAL MEDIA & PR
I prefer my own website with blog and Mastodon … it is what it is.
Official Websitewebsite (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) / blog (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) / RSS (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)
NewsletterIndie Developer Projects Insight (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)
Mastodonindie developer (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) (english), personal (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) (german), Filmlog (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)
Instagramindie developer (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) (english), personal (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) (german)
Linkedin Link (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)
ProducthuntAuricula (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)
SUPPORTERS CHECKLIST
I have to thank you dear reader for your interest in my newsletter. If you are interested in supporting me further please check out the following list:
recommend this newsletter and my apps to your friends
download and test my apps
rate my apps and write reviews on the AppStore
follow my on any social you like
upvote on Producthunt
Thank you for reading my newsletter! Until next month and stay safe, Simon
If you want to become a testimonial for the newsletter or if you have questions, suggestions or critique, please write me: feedback@simonbraun.eu (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)
Simon Braun – Website (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) / Mastodon (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)
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