// DEVSCOPE — DAILY DIGEST

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Daily indie iOS app discoveries, scored by AI.

APR 28, 2026
Apr 28Apr 27
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// TODAY'S FINDS

4 apps · FR · score 75+

LanPulse
LanPulse$4.99
Mathieu Inkimo (0)
UtilitiesProductivity

Thoughtfully crafted network diagnostic tool for technical professionals combining multiple utilities in clean native app with indie sensibility.

78
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CaptureMyItems
CaptureMyItems$29.99SOLO DEV
Jason Acebron (0)
Developer ToolsProductivity

Polished inventory solution solving real reseller pain; solo developer with opinionated private-first design; premium pricing justified.

77
VIEW
TideLog — Aquarium Tracker
TideLog — Aquarium Tracker$2.99
焜元 施 (0)
Lifestyle

Purpose-built aquarium water tracking with smart color-coded alerts and trend charts, solves real problem for dedicated hobbyists with polish.

76
VIEW
Hoard — Career Wins
Hoard — Career Wins$2.99
焜元 施 (0)
Productivity

Elegantly focused app solving specific pain point of career win documentation with delightful micro-interactions and fair pricing.

75
VIEW

// SIGNALS

Indie iOS app buzz from around the web

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Show HN: AI memory with biological decay (52% recall)
93 pts43 comments1d ago
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Show HN: Utilyze – an open source GPU monitoring tool more accurate than nvtop
85 pts22 comments21h ago
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Show HN: A terminal spreadsheet editor with Vim keybindings
84 pts43 comments23h ago
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Show HN: Tiao, A two-player turn-based board game
57 pts28 comments1d ago
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Show HN: A free ESG stock screener that publishes its losses and methodology
29 pts25 comments2d ago
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Show HN: Time Pin – a Geo Guessr style game but history themed
8 pts0 comments1d ago
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Show HN: I built a reference site for the recurring hard problems in software
7 pts2 comments23h ago
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Show HN: Gnosis, a knowledge base for what the code can't tell you
6 pts4 comments22h ago
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Show HN: WaveletLM – wavelet-based, attention-free model with O(n log n) scaling
6 pts1 comments1d ago
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Show HN: Kadō – habit tracker app for iOS, open source and privacy-friendly
6 pts0 comments1d ago
MS
Remodex Is the Best Codex Remote Client for iOS (Until OpenAI Releases an Official Codex Mobile App)
2d ago

// SCORING

DevScope pulls from Apple's public RSS feeds daily, filters out mega-corp apps, enriches with App Store metadata, and scores for quality using AI.

CRAFT30ptsDesign, focus, and polish signals
UTILITY30ptsReal problem, clear niche
INDIE25ptsSmall team, opinionated, fair pricing
FRESH15ptsNovel idea, underserved category

// PIPELINE

How today's digest was filtered from Apple's public RSS feeds.

SCANNED2219apps from RSS feeds
MEGA-CORP100excluded (Google, Meta, etc.)
NOT RECENT515excluded (older than 1 year)
DUPLICATES1454removed
CANDIDATES150passed indie filter
ENRICHED150via iTunes Lookup API
SURFACED682scored and published

// ABOUT

DevScope is built by Shy Guy LLC. We build indie iOS apps ourselves, so we built the discovery tool we wished existed.

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