Me holding the cloth bound edition of Around the World in 80 days in my hand together with an iPhone running PocketShelf. The book cover is blue and shoes illustrated stamps from locations like Singapore, Bombay, Egypt, Paris etc.
I don’t judge a book by its cover…
…but damn do I *love* a great book cover 🥰
Tracked with PocketShelf of course!
#book #reading #PocketShelf
Photo of me standing before a big screen on the Graz Jakominiplatz. The screen shows a screenshot of PocketShelf next to the text in German: Bist Du der Lesetyp „Buch anfangen, weglegen, oh je ... alles vergessen"? In dieser App machst Du Dir beim Lesen kurze Notizen.
Photo of me standing before a big screen on the Graz Jakominiplatz. The screen shows a screenshot of PocketShelf next to the text in German: So hast Du Dein personliches ‚Was bisher geschah". plus. einen Überblick über gelesene Bücher und Lesedauer
PocketShelf is featured on the Time Square of Graz, the Jakominiplatz (about the same level of glamour 😬)
#indiedev #books #PocketShelf
Promo graphic of the PocketShelf Black Friday Sale. Left shows the app icon, the logo and a text "Black Friday Sale, 50% off the first year". Right shows the app running on iPhone and on iPad.
Our PocketShelf Black Friday sale is live!
Get 50% off your first year (new users only) 📚
Available from now til December 8th.
Get the app here:
apps.apple.com/app/apple-stor...
Now, back to building some shiny new features 😎
#indiedev #iosdev #PocketShelf
PocketShelf is the App of the Day in Australia and New Zealand! 😱
This is first time one of my apps became App of the Day! (Subwords and Art of Fauna were Game of the Day, so that doesn't count 😜)
#indiedev #books #PocketShelf
Screenshot of PocketShelf showing the book “The Genius Myth” by Helen Lewis at 0 percent progress
A hand holding the book The Genius Myth over a table of many other books. The cover shows a Dodo with a top hat and a monocle
Next Read: The Genius Myth by Helen Lewis!
#book #indiedev #PocketShelf
Graphic showing a vampire walking in front of a giant moon. In his right hand he carries a pumpkin bucket, in his left hand he has a book that he is reading. A ghost I peaking over his shoulder to also read the book.
To celebrate the spookiest time of the year, we’ve prepared a special PocketShelf update just for you! 👻
Add a horror or thriller #book and read it at least once to unlock a Halloween-themed app icon! 🎃
Available now in #PocketShelf!
apps.apple.com/us/app/pocke...
PS: I love this graphic!
Photo of Richard Osmans book “The Thursday Murder Club”. The books is slightly covered by my iPhone running PocketShelf and showing the same book!
Selfie of me holding the Thursday murder club, which has a white and red cover. I wear a red jacket and a white shirt. Behind is a brick wall covered in red leaves
Late to the game, but finally started reading "The Thursday Murder Club"! 📕
And of course, you have to wear a fitting outfit for the book you're reading 😜
#PocketShelf #Book
Our #shipaton submission is… shipped! 🚢
I think we made a good pitch for multiple prize categories - Lets see how it will work out. 🤞
But I'm especially happy with our submission video! Link below! ☺️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tnA...
#PocketShelf #buildinpublic
Book cover of "Solaris" held beside a phone showing the Solaris within PocketShelf. Background features a lighthouse, rocky beach, and ocean under a clear blue sky.
POV you’re on holiday but also have an app to test!
#Shipaton #PocketShelf #buildinpublic
5 PocketShelf screenshots next to each other. First one says “Track your Reading. Remember what matters. PocketShelf” with a drawing of a book shown in the center. Second one highlights the main library view Third one highlights the note summarization Fourth shows the main reading Tracking view with the will of the many displayed there. Last one shows the glossary with The Hobbit being the example book
App Store description and screenshots for #PocketShelf are done! ✅ Now all we need is the Xcode GM to deliver it to all of you! ❤️
#buildinpublic #shipaton
A photo of a stack of letters above a white sheet of paper that has the PocketShelf logo on it.
Today, I #shipaton ... of letters to our supporters! 💌
PocketShelf newsletter subscribers could request a little gift from us, both as a thank you for their support and a marketing gag. Hope they will love what's inside! 🥰
#buildinpublic #PocketShelf
We have an onboarding for #PocketShelf!
This took almost a week to flesh out, but I'm quite happy with the result.
The goal was to have something easy, fun, accessible and personal. Hope you like it!
#shipaton #buildinpublic
A reading tracker app called #PocketShelf! Building it with @fsolleveld.bsky.social
Photo of an iPhone lying on the book "The Odyssey". The cover of the book is blue with light blue waves. The iPhone shows PocketShelf running, with four books added to the collection "The Divine Comedy", "The Odyssey", "Frankenstein" and "Metamorphosis"
The "curse" of having to buy fancy editions of books to make promo shots for #PocketShelf 😉
#buildinpublic #shipaton
And this is how we end up at the result you saw in the first tweet.
Yes, the code is more complicated now - but the result is *SO* much better.
Hope this thread helps you think about how you could improve the first impression in you own app!
#Shipaton #buildinpublic #PocketShelf
First impressions matter a lot, so we have to nail them 🔨
One of the first things you do in #PocketShelf is to add a book, so this needs to feel great. A small insight into how we created this nice zoom transition with the keyboard fired up 🧵
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#buildinpublic #shipaton
Screenshot of a mail showing a promo graphic with a Mac, iPad and iPhone. Underneath it says: Dear Klemens Strasser, Good news! Your app is being considered for featuring on the App Store, where we regularly showcase amazing apps and the developers who create them.
Posted less about PocketShelf than I wanted to - Mainly because we were busy finishing a first demo version for Apple. 👀
And our hard work paid off - We just received our first feature request! 😱
We will show you more from the demo in the next days!
#PocketShelf #Shipaton #BuildInPublic
PocketShelf will be available to you all when iOS 26 launches. Future updates will be posted using the #PocketShelf hashtag.
Goodbye #ProjectUnshelved ( #FreeFromUnshelved )
#Shipaton #BuildInPublic
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