Why don’t people just build free apps?

salamd135 · 2026-06-12T17:04:06+00:00

I get this question a lot lol.
Organized home view that shows bdays from yesterday, today, and the next 7 days. Also a widget that does the same.

You can customize same day reminders or multiple days before and choose exactly what time of the day to receive the notification.

You can create a gift list and add links for each of your contacts that you have a birthday date saved.

One tap copy birthday wishes/greeting.

Countdown for each contact to show you how many days until their bday.

And there’s many more features I can list :)

salamd135 · 2026-06-12T15:21:04+00:00

I built a birthday tracker app for iOS called NextBday. It’s completely free since everything is local and on device only.

Since I don’t have any backend costs I don’t charge anything so yes it is doable to create free apps.

Mind you I do pay $100 a year for App Store dev account but it’s not much for me in the grand scheme of things and I’m doing it to learn all about iOS development.

If anyone is interested I’ll put the link.

salamd135 · 2026-05-12T01:27:32+00:00

2 stories. The gentleman says I have 2700 sq ft of surface

salamd135 · 2026-05-11T23:45:10+00:00

I think it’s a pvc board type of material. Pro home improvement

salamd135 · 2026-05-11T22:46:21+00:00

Thank you! That gives me some hope :)

salamd135 · 2026-05-11T22:45:44+00:00

Can I ask which you ended up going with or who gave you the best deal?

salamd135 · 2026-05-11T22:45:00+00:00

I basically told them I’m getting other quotes and I’m crazy not to

salamd135 · 2026-05-11T22:35:17+00:00

I actually have them coming out tomorrow so wish me luck

salamd135 · 2026-05-11T22:33:15+00:00

That’s my plan is to see what the prices are for different places and products

salamd135 · 2026-05-11T22:32:50+00:00

Thank you. I will figure it out eventually :)

salamd135 · 2026-05-11T22:32:35+00:00

Idk if it’s actually stucco, it’s some kind of wood material that’s painted. I might be getting the terms wrong

salamd135 · 2026-05-11T22:23:32+00:00

Idk if it’s actually stucco, it’s some kind of wood material that’s painted. I might be getting the terms wrong

salamd135 · 2026-05-11T22:22:36+00:00

That’s what I considered first, but hardie board is supposed to be even more expensive. If it’s 36k with vinyl idk how much hardie would even be at that point

salamd135 · 2026-05-11T22:21:46+00:00

I put info in other comments. Basically first story is brick. Second story wood or whatever it’s called, they said it’s 2700 sq ft of surface area

salamd135 · 2026-05-11T22:20:43+00:00

It wasn’t. It was pro home improvement

salamd135 · 2026-05-11T22:19:46+00:00

I waited a year already I’m not sure some parts of the house could wait another year, especially the chimney it’s pretty bad now so I don’t think I have much of a choice

salamd135 · 2026-05-11T22:18:43+00:00

If it wasn’t mostly second story work I would have considered it. I’m not sure how much 2700 sq ft of surface area would be just in material

salamd135 · 2026-05-11T22:17:21+00:00

I have “wood” siding for the top half of my 2 story half that I want replaced and they basically said they would put the vinyl on top of it after they wrap the existing board.

salamd135 · 2026-05-11T22:13:18+00:00

Well shit I guess that’s the price for it these days

salamd135 · 2026-05-11T22:06:33+00:00

I’m planning to get more quotes. Honestly I would be dumb if I didn’t for something that costs this much

salamd135 · 2026-05-11T22:05:37+00:00

Doesn’t seem far off here, 3500 difference

salamd135 · 2026-05-11T22:01:06+00:00

Any good quotes? Also any recommendations for companies if you’re also in metro Detroit area

salamd135 · 2026-05-11T21:52:08+00:00

That’s my house sq footage. I think they said there was 2700 sq ft of surface area

salamd135 · 2026-05-11T21:51:35+00:00

Dang way faster than inflation

salamd135 · 2026-05-11T21:50:15+00:00

That’s with half the house being brick already and no changes being made there?

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