Scott Smith

A family group text thread is a mess when planning family gatherings & communicating details, and sometimes people get left out by accident or miss a text. After years of work, I'm thrilled to introduce the solution to this, and much more: Family Vault getfamilyvault.app

So you’re telling me you can sync all your family plans, birthdates, faces, and contact info, WITHOUT the family group text thread?! Yes! ✅ Introductory pricing?! Yes! ✅ On the App Store in English AND Spanish?! Yes! ✅ apps.apple.com/us/app/id650... Android soon?! Yes! ✅

I just lost my job, totally blindsided 🙁 I've been developing iOS since 2012, and now I've been deep into agentic Engineering, especially this year. My family situation requires me to work remotely. I live in Utah, USA. Please spread the word 🙏🏽 Any help? 🩷

One thing missing from the App Store UI is an indication that an app will be free when Purchase Sharing (aka Family Sharing) is enabled. If a family member buys an app, the 2nd member still sees the price on the download button until they attempt to buy it. A download deterrent.

You can now move your memories from Google Photos to Apple Photos in a few simple clicks on your Mac, using Keepsake scottsmithstuff.gumroad.com/l/keepsake

I'm curious: what time of day/night is the App Store review team reviewing YOUR apps lately? For me, it seems to ONLY be around 1:00 AM; so if I wake up and it still hasn't been reviewed, I tell myself to wait another 24 hours and never expect a review during my waking hours.

If you live in the Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and Spokane, Washington area, please let me know if you could help my mom: She’s looking for a room to rent to live in. She’s starting a whole new life up there and it’s so brave of her! DM me instead of reply. Thank you!

I feel sympathy for the App Store review team because I can't imagine how they'll continue to keep up with the astronomical increase in submissions to review. My submission, currently, is on day 7 of "Waiting for review" and I'm truly not bothered at all! Grateful for the App Store really!

POV: me whenever I use GIFquick. Get it here: scottsmithstuff.gumroad.com/l/gifquick

POV: me whenever I use GIFquick. Get it here: scottsmithstuff.gumroad.com/l/gifquick

If you use a mac/macbook every day, you should install GIFquick so you can drag the perfect GIF into any message, directly from the macOS menu bar. Be the quickest GIF responder around OR be square. Get it here scottsmithstuff.gumroad.com/l/gifquick

If you use a mac/macbook every day, you should install GIFquick so you can drag the perfect GIF into any message, directly from the macOS menu bar. Be the quickest GIF responder around OR be square. Get it here scottsmithstuff.gumroad.com/l/gifquick

Drag the perfect GIF to any message with GIFquick! It lives in your macOS menu bar. Be the fastest GIF responder around Get it here scottsmithstuff.gumroad.com/l/gifquick

I'd like to suggest that Apple change the wording of "data collection" to something less scary, such as data "storage". Because I truly only ever want to carefully & securely store users' data so they have full trust in the app they're using. I'm not collecting Pokémon cards.

I made an annoying app. The good kind of annoying tho. The funny thing is that you get to control the annoyance level. Take a permanent break from caffeine and drink some water instead. Drippy & Sippy nag you (at your custom interval) to do just that. tinyurl.com/DrippyApp

Our newest game might not be novel, but it’s relaxing & fun and just how we want it. Introducing: Galaxy Merge! Download & play for free on the App Store (and if you’re not an app rating/review-leaver, it’s time to start now. thank yew.) apps.apple.com/us/app/galax...

Our newest game might not be novel, but it’s relaxing & fun and just how we want it. Introducing: Galaxy Merge! Download & play for free on the App Store (and if you’re not an app rating/review-leaver, it’s time to start now. thank yew.) apps.apple.com/us/app/galax...

A major part of my CLAUDE md file is always all of @alexozun.com’s teachings on Type-Driven Design in Swift. It remains, to this day, the most powerful Swift content I’ve ever read. Your agents will output MUCH better code with it. swiftology.io/collections/...

Insights & charts exported directly from the @poptapapp.bsky.social iOS app. Not very many replies. Interesting nonetheless!

Working on our next game, and it’s so much fun! Getting the graphics all tuned the way we want them, and then we’ll submit for review!

Introducing: Night Blocks 🌌 Because sometimes you need a game you can play in the dark without lighting up the entire bedroom or entire airplane cabin. Download and play today for free: apps.apple.com/us/app/id676...

This use-case was what sparked the idea of PopTap in my brain. My niece posted on Insta asking people to comment with their addresses, and the flood of comments over the next few days was unorganized and of course couldn’t be exported or anything. PopTap solves that like a champ.

We decided to put an animated mesh gradient behind the game board in Bright Blocks, and we think it turned out fun! What do you think? Bright Blocks is free on the App Store: apps.apple.com/us/app/id676...

My wife & I launched an app! 🎉 It’s a family-friendly, fun block-clearing game, called Bright Blocks. It’s loads of fun on iPad & iPhone alike. And it’s an ideal car/airplane game too, with no internet required. Get it free on the App Store! 😃 apps.apple.com/us/app/id676...

I’m interested to see the results of this single-question poll. Replies are anonymous. I’ll share the results if you’re interested! poptap.app/r/82C181F9-E...

If you’re giving a conference talk, you should try this out! It’s a really fun way to engage with the audience while you’re on stage and their anonymous replies show on the big screen in real time. 🎉

I’m interested to see the results of this single-question poll. Replies are anonymous. I’ll share the results if you’re interested! poptap.app/r/82C181F9-E...

Introducing 🎉 PopTap! Now on the App Store Create a form, share the link, get reply notifications instantly! And PopTap LIVE: real-time audience polling so you can engage from the stage projecting replies. Free download. No account required. @poptapapp.bsky.social apps.apple.com/app/id676119...

T-minus 11 hours! 😃