Oof - I guess not being one star was the only silver lining!
Posts by Rebecca Owen
The system default bit referred to the light/dark mode toggle, which is in Settings -> Display & Brightness. I don't think there is a system default for tint though I'm afraid.
Fanned out iPhone screenshots showing the Chronicling app in various tint colours
🌈 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
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
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Two e-readers on a desk. On the left a Kobo Libra Colour and on the right a Xteink X4
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
Home cooked garlic bread with rosemary sprigs on top
Home cooked margherita pizza
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 😅
Bento view of iPhone framed screenshots of Chronicling, showing an annual review, two reminder settings and a categories tab with emojis and grid charts
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
Thanks for the mention Oliver, hope it helps! 😊
Two iPhone screenshots showing configuration of notifications in the app Chronicling
🔔 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.
Two iPhone screenshots showing configuration of notifications in the app Chronicling
🔔 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
🙂↔️ 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...
🍽️ 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!
Screenshot of Apple Books library on my iPad mini showing the 4 covers of the club macstories ebooks
☕️ 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!)
4x screenshots of iPhones showing Chronicling, one categories tab, one events tab, one category detail and one Home Screen with widgets
🎉 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...
App Store Connect screenshot showing Chronicling 1.6 pending developer release
🙌 Ready to go on Monday @chroniclingapp.com #iOS26
Ah I’m glad to hear those posts are useful to someone! Thanks for letting me know
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
Screenshot of an iPhone Home Screen showing 2 small and 2 medium widgets from Chronicling
🔥 New interactive heatmap widget now available in v1.5.8, with options to highlight zero days and hide axes labels
Two iPhone screenshots showing the Chronicling events tab on iOS 18 (left) and iOS 26 (right)
Two iPhone screenshots showing the Chronicling categories tab on iOS 18 (left) and iOS 26 (right)
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
Screenshot of two medium size iOS Home Screen widgets with a checkerboard like pattern. Opacity of each square indicates number of events on a given day.
Working on a new interactive widget for @chroniclingapp.com, aiming for release in the next week or two #SwiftUI #iOS
Just the Mario Kart World bundle for now, but probably going to pick up Zelda BoTW
A Switch 2, turned off, held in my left hand over my desk.
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
A partial iPhone Home Screen screenshot showing four shortcut icons - read, write, ask and puzzle
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