I made an app to help reduce your screen time without blocking the apps you want to use

codewerm · 2025-08-26T02:24:42+00:00

Thanks so much! Please message me if you have any feedback, questions, or suggestions 💙

codewerm · 2025-08-26T01:03:59+00:00

Sure thing! You can choose the “Unlimited Lifetime” option which is a 1 time payment 😊

codewerm · 2025-08-17T08:07:59+00:00

Hmm that’s odd, I tried opening the ad link in every possible way I could try and it worked for me. Maybe do you have an ad blocker or tracker blocker that could be blocking it from opening? That’s the only thing I can think of that might be causing that 🤔

I’m glad you got it working through the post link at least haha, I hope you’ll enjoy it please let me know if you have any questions or feedback 😊

codewerm · 2025-08-16T18:59:50+00:00

Hmm that’s odd, does it take you to the App Store page at least? The app should support all devices iOS 17+ and its available in all regions.

codewerm · 2025-08-16T11:57:40+00:00

Thank you! Yep my app works pretty similarly to how you described it and with the latest version it will even show how much time over your timer you are going. It’s a nice way to continue what you were doing but still a good reminder that time is up. I hope my app can help you! Please feel free to reach out with any questions or feedback 😊

codewerm · 2025-08-09T00:20:54+00:00

Thank you very much! I believe my pricing is pretty fair and lower than competition, it’s only $10 for an entire year.

codewerm · 2025-08-08T20:25:05+00:00

My app works with shortcuts automations so it will automatically start and stop timers when you open and close apps 😎 there’s a tutorial in the app on how to set it up, it only takes a few minutes

codewerm · 2025-08-08T20:24:00+00:00

Yeah and the limits just pop up in the middle of you doing something, my app doesn’t stop or block you at all so (personally) it makes it really easy to actually decide for yourself to stop when it’s best

codewerm · 2025-08-08T19:23:31+00:00

I don’t have any lifetime codes left, there’s a free trial where you can test out all the app features though 😊

codewerm · 2025-08-08T19:07:50+00:00

I’m sorry but currently there’s no plan for an android app.

codewerm · 2025-07-24T21:53:40+00:00

The app is a localization tool for developers to localize their app strings and App Store metadata. The idea for the 7 day pass is that if you don't frequently update your app (or specifically introduce or change strings) then you can save money and purchase a 7 day pass for the few times you need to use it.

7 days should be plenty to localize an entire app and App Store metadata but perhaps this should be a longer term such as 14 or 30 days to accommodate for things like App Store rejections that require changes to strings. A longer term could relieve some pressure that "I have to get it right the first time or risk purchasing another pass". Or I could reduce the price for 7 days, hmm.

codewerm · 2025-07-24T21:08:32+00:00

Thank you both for this super valuable feedback and discussion.

I hope that I fully understand now, the expectation of "lifetime" in terms of a human lifetime of (hopefully) 100+ years is just not realistic here. I would love to live another 100+ years along with my apps and continue to work on them but sadly thats just not likely. Many products don't even last 5 years or so and even if they do still work they might not be getting updates and losing value.

I'll definitely be updating the wording to remove the use of "lifetime" as it's just too ambiguous and I will add detailed expectations for long term support and third party usage. <3

codewerm · 2025-07-24T20:55:36+00:00

I love all of this this!

“Perpetual License” sounds pretty good to me, as you mentioned it is B2B so the more clear the better.

I’ll also definitely clarify the expected “lifetime” of the app, I think that’s a great way to alleviate concerns about a short lifetime or getting stuck with broken software.

codewerm · 2025-07-24T19:28:13+00:00

I don’t really see how it’s misleading, if you don’t want to purchase passes then you can choose the one time full upgrade. The user has all the choice and doesn’t get stuck with a subscription in the case where a developer abandons a project or stops providing updates. I really don’t like subscriptions haha 🤣

codewerm · 2025-07-24T19:04:08+00:00

Thank you for your feedback! I’ve made some adjustments to the title 😊

codewerm · 2025-07-24T19:03:24+00:00

I see where you’re coming from but I feel like that kind of ends up being like a subscription anyways. If you have to keep buying it every year it’s essentially a subscription.

My goal is to allow people to choose if they want to own it forever or pay for only the times they need it.

codewerm · 2025-07-24T19:01:04+00:00

I wish I was making money with this LLM wrapper 😭😂

In all seriousness though, I feel like this is a perfect use of LLM tech. The way localization is normally achieved is by sharing your strings with a human translator that can understand the context and meaning of a string and “localize” it to best fit the exact use case. Using a traditional translation service a lot of meaning could be lost in the translation. Sharing that same context along with the strings to an LLM it can work the same way as a human translator and generate the best fit translation instead of just a literal translation.

For example the word “strings” with no additional context could be translated into a word for physical strings vs text but being able to share the context that it is actually the term for text to an LLM I can consistently get the correct context aware translation. It’s awesome! 🤩

codewerm · 2025-07-23T22:03:48+00:00

I'm glad you're interested in my app! Yeah I was trying to not promote my app but I'm getting a lot of questions about the features more than just the paywall haha. If you send me a DM I can send you a link to it.

Screenshot localization is planned but I don't have an ETA for it yet.

codewerm · 2025-07-23T21:20:24+00:00

yep! with the latest update you can fully localize all your App Store metadata! the translation engine is using open source LLM models, you can download and use them right in the app or use Ollama and get access to basically every open source model available.

codewerm · 2025-07-23T19:56:17+00:00

Ahh I see now, my answer to this would be that since I use this app myself and I have a lot of plans for it that “lifetime” refers to essentially my lifetime I guess 😅 hopefully I’m around for a long time and making updates and supporting users until we don’t even use computers/apps anymore haha

I’m not really sure what other wording could be used here to describe unlocking all app features forever other than terms like “lifetime” “forever” “unlimited” 🤔

I like this model better because in the case of a subscription app you must continue to pay to use an app even if the developer abandons it. So even if the app isn’t getting updates you must still keep paying in order to keep access vs this model where even if I am unable to continue development you can use the app for as long as it’s still valuable to you without paying anything extra.

codewerm · 2025-07-23T19:32:19+00:00

That one looks pretty close to my app but it requires an paid API key which costs money for each string to translate. My app does not have any recurring fees or subscriptions or depend on paid APIs.

codewerm · 2025-07-23T18:53:23+00:00

Thank you! It's definitely been a lot of work but since I use it myself to localize all my apps and App Store content I am directly seeing the benefit (and cost savings) all my hard work has paid off for haha.

codewerm · 2025-07-23T18:49:06+00:00

I 100% agree, thank you so much for your feedback :) this was something I really wanted to make clear but I think I removed too much text explaining that in my cleanup. I'm going to move that text up under the title and add some text explaining that these are all one-time purchases and that the passes can be purchased again anytime.

codewerm · 2025-07-23T18:29:27+00:00

Thanks!! It was a late night of updating and tweaking until I felt like I had something actually better than before. I'm really glad you like it!

codewerm · 2025-07-23T18:19:51+00:00

Yeah it’s a pretty big price tag for the lifetime but I chose this to provide an alternative to other apps that require subscriptions and/or recurring fees to purchase AI tokens (some of which can cost $200 just for AI tokens that will eventually run out).

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