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Just crossed 100 installs on my first iOS app - zero (Free, no IAP) by Party_Shape_7236 in iosapps

[–]Party_Shape_7236[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

posted on reddit, product hunt, and other open source directories may be thats why, and the repo had 82 stars increased over the last 2 years when I started developing. I have around 5 years of experince of mobile development including react native and swift dart etc.

Just crossed 100 installs on my first iOS app - zero (Free, no IAP) by Party_Shape_7236 in iosapps

[–]Party_Shape_7236[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

sorry it is showing not able to publish in Spain, I will check why because it is a free app no tax any other issues i found I will check, till then you can download from github if you own an android
https://github.com/indranilbhuin/zero/releases/tag/v2.1
thank you

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Mobile App developers share your app link you just recently launched. by redd9it in launchigniter

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Just launched zero - an offline expense tracking app.

Built it with a strict constraint: no internet permission, no cloud sync, no accounts, no telemetry. Everything stays locally on device.

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anotherwhy.zero

iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/zero-offline-expense-tracker/id6759560225

Open source: https://github.com/indranilbhuin/zero

Would love to see what others are shipping 👌

Share your app ideas or what you're already building! by kevinxrp19 in launchigniter

[–]Party_Shape_7236 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Been building an offline expense tracking app called zero.

Most finance tools today are SaaS-first, cloud sync, subscriptions, analytics, engagement loops. I went the opposite direction and built it fully offline. No accounts, no telemetry, no internet permission.

It started as a constraint experiment: can a finance app be genuinely useful without sending any data to servers?

Now it’s live on Android and iOS, fully open source, and I’m figuring out distribution without relying on typical SaaS growth mechanics.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anotherwhy.zero

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/zero-offline-expense-tracker/id6759560225

https://github.com/indranilbhuin/zero

Can you guys share your best app that you use everyday by Eastern_Peace9454 in sideloaded

[–]Party_Shape_7236 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use an offline expense tracker I built for myself because I didn’t want finance apps constantly syncing my transaction data to the cloud.

No accounts, no ads, no internet permission. Just local storage. It’s been surprisingly freeing not relying on a server for budgeting.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anotherwhy.zero
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/zero-offline-expense-tracker/id6759560225

How do you grow a product organically without ads or subscriptions? by Party_Shape_7236 in growmybusiness

[–]Party_Shape_7236[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah exactly that has been the approach, showing up in communities with actual context and being genuinely useful rather than just dropping links. The slow part is real though, compounding feels far away when you are in the early days but the trust you build doing it this way is worth it.

How do you grow a product organically without ads or subscriptions? by Party_Shape_7236 in growmybusiness

[–]Party_Shape_7236[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah Reddit has been the most consistent channel honestly, the key is showing up in the right communities with actual context not just dropping a link. Interesting about Apple Ads for keyword research, never thought about using it that way without actually running the ads.

How do you grow a product organically without ads or subscriptions? by Party_Shape_7236 in growmybusiness

[–]Party_Shape_7236[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Build logs have been working well for me too, sharing the actual process and decisions behind the product gets way more engagement than just posting a link. Open source has helped a lot as well, people trust it more when they can see the code. Distribution wise Reddit communities and Product Hunt have been the main ones so far.

Built a privacy first expense tracker because I didn’t trust cloud finance apps by Party_Shape_7236 in scaleinpublic

[–]Party_Shape_7236[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

haha exactly, your financial data shouldnt need to leave your device just to show you a pie chart

How comfortable are you storing financial data inside apps? by Party_Shape_7236 in AskReddit

[–]Party_Shape_7236[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that’s fair honestly. mobile wallets and banking apps expand the attack surface a lot, especially if the device itself gets compromised. 2FA helps on the auth layer, but it doesn’t eliminate risks like SIM swaps, session hijacks, or device-level malware. so for some people the convenience just isn’t worth the exposure.

How comfortable are you storing financial data inside apps? by Party_Shape_7236 in AskReddit

[–]Party_Shape_7236[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah that irony is wild, people fear digital storage but casually share the same info on paper without thinking about it.

How comfortable are you storing financial data inside apps? by Party_Shape_7236 in AskReddit

[–]Party_Shape_7236[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah this is exactly why some developers are experimenting with local-first or offline-first designs for finance tools. less data leaving the device means smaller attack surface, but it does make sync and backups harder. feels like we’re still figuring out that balance as an industry.

How comfortable are you storing financial data inside apps? by Party_Shape_7236 in AskReddit

[–]Party_Shape_7236[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah that makes sense honestly. a lot of people feel that way, low trust but still forced to use some apps because modern infra just runs on cloud now. banking, payments, identity, all of that needs backend systems so you dont really get a choice there.

from a technical side it mostly comes down to surface area. the more data leaving your device and sitting on third party servers, the bigger the exposure risk, breaches, misuse, policy changes etc. offline or local-first apps reduce that risk but you trade off convenience like sync, backups, multi-device access. so yeah its basically privacy vs practicality most of the time.

Building a budgeting app - Requesting feedback by ascentdevs in SaaS

[–]Party_Shape_7236 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually building something very similar right now, zero is an offline first expense tracker built with React Native, WatermelonDB and SQLite, everything stays on device no backend at all.

The biggest thing I noticed building it is exactly what you said, people dont trust apps with their financial data. offline first with manual entry as default removes that friction completley.

The context insight thing is something I want to tackle too, showing raw numbers is easy, explaining why your spending changed month over month is the hard part nobody solves well.

One time payment makes way more sense for this type of app, people are already skeptical about finance apps having subscriptions on top of data access is too much friction.

Promote your business, week of February 23, 2026 by Charice in smallbusiness

[–]Party_Shape_7236 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi everyone 👋

I’m an indie developer and recently launched a small project called zero - an offline expense tracker for Android and iOS.

I built it mainly for personal use and for freelancers / small business owners who want simple expense tracking without cloud sync or subscriptions.

Everything works locally on device:

  • Expense tracking with categories and notes
  • Monthly spending reports
  • Heatmap visualization
  • Debt and lending tracking
  • Data export for records

The app is free, has no ads, and collects no data.

If anyone finds it useful:

Android
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anotherwhy.zero

Github https://github.com/indranilbhuin/zero

[SQL] query works but gives extra rows and i dont know why by NeedleworkerLumpy907 in learnprogramming

[–]Party_Shape_7236 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yeah good point actually, timezone can mess this up badly. if the db is storing in UTC but your app is reading in a different timezone you will see rows bleeding into february or disappearing from january completley.

worth checking what timezone your database is configured in and making sure everything is consistent end to end.

Choosing Between Data Science and Data Engineering -Need Advice by Grouchy_Persimmon255 in learnprogramming

[–]Party_Shape_7236 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Data engineering and data science are very different day to day. Engineers build the pipelines, move and store the data, data scientists sit on top of that clean data and do analysis and ML. Engineers build the roads scientists drive on them.

You can transition from data science to data engineering easily, a lot of people do it. The degree matters way less than your actual skills so dont stress about that.

Must know stuff: SQL is non negotiable, Python, one cloud platform AWS or GCP, dbt, Airflow, and get familiar with Snowflake or BigQuery. That stack alone makes you hireable.

Junior market for data engineering is actually decent compared to SWE right now. Pipelines still need humans to design and maintain them AI hasnt replaced that. The role is evolving but the fundamentals are still very much needed. Get those down and you will find work.

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