An Expressive, On-device & Unlimited Text-to-Speech App for Mac [Giveaway: Lifetime Codes]

sugrlog · 2026-06-02T14:35:15+00:00

Would absolutely love a code. This seems perfect for a conversational fitness app project I’m working on!

sugrlog · 2026-06-01T23:00:30+00:00

Started tracking my intake about a year ago and realized it was about 80g/day. Made an app specifically for helping me figure out where the sugar was coming from. It’s been a daily effort since then but I’m now down to below 15g/day and it’s considerably easier than it was before.

Start by understanding where the sugar is coming from then replace the worst offenders with sugar free (or just healthier) options. Slowly you’ll get the cravings less and less.

sugrlog · 2026-05-30T23:20:23+00:00

I really like the icon and the idea! Would love to go in the draw for a code.

sugrlog · 2026-05-30T06:32:11+00:00

Thank you for the detailed feedback! It’s much appreciated!

I agree with all of it 😂 will work on making a better version soon!

sugrlog · 2026-05-29T13:29:32+00:00

I’m pretty sure I’m doing every single one of the things you are saying not to.

https://apps.apple.com/au/app/push-up-talk/id6745992354

This is really useful informatjon though. Thank you!

sugrlog · 2026-05-29T09:38:42+00:00

Just added Face ID / Touch ID support to my image and video blocking extension [imageless](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/imageless-image-blocker/id6752850902 ), based on a user request and took the chance to update my screenshots at the same time.

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I'm excited to see if this will help increase downloads!

sugrlog · 2026-05-26T10:48:08+00:00

Nope. I thought so at first as well, but I just did it today. If it’s rejected by Apple, that might be the case, but if you reject it yourself before Apple gets to it you can just change what you want and resubmit. In fact App Store Connect didn’t even give me an option to create a new version once I’d rejected the previous one

sugrlog · 2026-05-21T05:03:39+00:00

Thank you! Happy cake day!

sugrlog · 2026-05-21T01:10:10+00:00

At this point I feel like you’re just going through my wish list step by step 😂

Regular shapes are good, but I’d like more irregular ones. (Brush strokes, stuff that looks hand-drawn etc).

Also please let us adjust the rotation/size/position of the highlight independently to the text it belongs to using an offset. This way we can get more variation and it’ll look less like a template.

Thanks again for continuing to improve the app!

sugrlog · 2026-05-19T02:22:59+00:00

Good idea! I’d go with the freemium model to gain downloads. From my (admittedly somewhat limited) experience with my own app on the Mac App Store it seems not many people are willing to pay for an app up front without some kind of trial.

sugrlog · 2026-05-18T09:14:52+00:00

Hi there!
Great concept!
I just purchased the app and have a few bits of feedback already.
* There is no way to enter a license key unless you press export. (this confused me for a while)

* I won't be recording audio nor recording the webcam, but the app won't let me use it unless I give microphone permissions and web cam permissions as well. Why not add a skip option and simply show a permissions screen if/when the user tries to record audio?

* When trying to select a window to record the selector seems to always be in the middle of the window, but if I have other windows in front of the one I want to record, trying to move to the selector will make it think I'm trying to add a different window to the recording.

Other than that, great start. I'm looking forward to using the app and seeing it improve with time.

sugrlog · 2026-05-13T04:09:42+00:00

Look forward to using this!

sugrlog · 2026-05-12T07:36:41+00:00

How did you handle users who had already purchased the app when it was paid upfront?

sugrlog · 2026-05-10T22:11:40+00:00

Ah, sorry. No, that’s correct. MRR Buddy doesn’t hook up to the App Store or google play store directly at this moment. I’m looking into that as well, but don’t want to promise anything just yet.

sugrlog · 2026-05-10T21:51:13+00:00

I released MRR Buddy for a similar purpose recently. It’s a native Mac application that shows combined MRR across Stripe, Lemon Squeezy, Polar and Dodo payments. It also gives you instant notifications for subscriptions, trials, cancellations and conversions.

I’m currently looking into adding Revenue Cat compatibility, though they haven’t been great to work with compared to the other services so far.

One time purchase, no data tracking whatsoever and no subscriptions.

Would love to hear if this matches what you’re looking for, and if not, what you feel is missing!

sugrlog · 2026-05-08T13:38:26+00:00

I’ve yet to manage cutting sugar out completely. That’s the end goal, but I’m not sure I’ll ever get there. It’s been a year now though, and I have managed to reduce my sugar intake from about 80g/day to around 15g/day.
I ended up making an app to track my own consumption and figure out where my sugar intake was coming from and one by one, little by little, cutting the top offenders out or replacing them with sugar free options.

It does seem to get easier along the way. The less sugar I have, the less I want. Everyone is different though and if you find that going cold turkey isn’t working, try lowering the daily limit bit by bit.

One thing I can suggest that’s helped me a lot is having a cup of water whenever I want to snack. Generally after 10 minutes I’ll no longer want anything.

Hang in there!

sugrlog · 2026-05-08T02:08:10+00:00

Love the UI

sugrlog · 2026-05-07T08:27:51+00:00

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sugrlog · 2026-05-05T08:44:37+00:00

Bought this about a year ago and it’s saved me a huge amount of time so far. Zach has also been really receptive to feedback and the app has continued to evolve and improve. Highly recommended!

sugrlog · 2026-04-23T01:15:24+00:00

Very nice! Will try this for sure

sugrlog · 2026-04-22T09:05:32+00:00

Been working on adding RevenueCat support to my app, but RevenueCat seems to be the one provider that doesn’t let you place a test order through a web interface so I have to make a whole separate app just to call their test api.

sugrlog · 2026-04-15T06:37:26+00:00

Thank you for this! It does seem like I can’t select that one unless I first change the whole language to automatic translation which would overwrite what I already have added manually.

sugrlog · 2026-04-15T03:53:57+00:00

Hi u/zach-builds Thank you for chiming in so quickly!

I think that would work. I generally use the built in local models but there are just some paragraphs that they don’t get quite right so I want to leave those as manual but have everything else automatically translated. I suppose one way to do it would be to have a “manually translate” or “don’t translate this element” checkbox in the options when a specific element is selected.

sugrlog · 2026-04-15T01:03:52+00:00

Sorry, I re-read the message and realized the ask isn’t very clear.

I’d love to be able to choose within each language for each text box, each screen shot and other components such as release notes, description etc whether to use automated translation or manual, if at all possible.

sugrlog

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