I use multiple Apple devices throughout the day, and one thing that always bothered me was how clipboard history basically starts over every time you switch devices.

Universal Clipboard is great for moving the latest copied item between nearby devices, but I wanted an actual history that follows me.

So I built that into Pasly.

Now my clipboard history syncs across Mac, iPhone and iPad. Text, images, links and even files copied on one Mac can stay available on my other devices.

The workflow on Mac is still the part I care about most.

Instead of opening a clipboard manager, searching for something, selecting it and then pasting, I can just press ⌘V and Pasly shows my recent history directly in the paste flow.

There are a few other workflows I've added over time:

• Smart Paste — clipboard history directly through ⌘V
• Paste Stack — copy several things, then paste them one after another
• Multi Select — paste multiple clipboard items at once
• Floating Paste — keep clipboard content accessible while working
• Paste with Separator
• Search & Favorites
• File Support, including multiple files
• Cross-device history across Mac, iPhone and iPad

On iPhone, recent items can also appear through Live Activities / Dynamic Island, and Pasly can notify you when new clipboard content arrives from another device.

Sync uses Apple's CloudKit and the user's private iCloud database rather than storing clipboard content on Pasly servers.

The biggest limitation right now is iOS → Mac. iOS doesn't allow apps to continuously monitor clipboard changes in the background, so adding something from iPhone is still more manual than I'd like. That's one of the things I'm working on next.

Pasly has a free version, and Pro is $6.99 one-time with no subscription.

If you work across multiple devices, I'd be curious: what's the clipboard workflow that wastes the most time for you?

https://pasly.app

Disclosure: I'm the developer of Pasly.

So many apps ask for your credit card before they even let you see what the app actually does.

Like bro… let me try the product first 😂

If an app asks for payment details before showing me anything, I’m probably closing it immediately.

Would you still try the app, or are you closing it too?

Hi everyone! I’ve been making apps for a few years now. Before, I mainly focused on journaling and planning apps for iPad. The feedback I often heard was that people wanted more freedom to write whatever they wanted on the page instead of being limited by preset templates. They also wanted to be able to check it on their phones. That’s why I made this little app called Mino.

Mino is designed mainly for handwriting on iPad, but it also works on iPhone and keeps everything synced through iCloud.

I’m sharing 3 example pages here. The first is a weekly timeline with imported Apple Calendar events and some handwriting on top. Mino can turn handwriting into a calendar event or reminder by detecting where it was written. For example, if you write “Dentist” in Monday’s 10 am space and select it with the lasso tool, the app will recognize Monday at 10 am and prepare the event using that date and time.

The second image shows dual page mode, where you can edit 2 pages from the same journal side by side.

The third image shows Dark Mode, which you can quickly switch on or off from the top navigation bar.

The app itself has a minimal design, but you can make your pages as colorful as you like with the built-in decorating tools. It also has notebooks, so you can keep your journals and notebooks together in one place.

The app is free to download. Apple Calendar integration and decorating tools are part of Pro. The monthly and yearly Pro options include a 7-day free trial and there’s also a one-time purchase option.

Thank you so much for reading this. There are actually so many other little details I’d love to talk about, but that would make this post way too long…If you’re interested, please give it a try. You can also find the handbook in the app’s Home Settings, where everything is explained in more detail.
https://apps.apple.com/app/mino-minimal-bullet-journal/id6470970423

I'm trying to avoid all common things that make an app easy to quickly dismiss (instant paywall in your face, complex/boring onboarding), in my app Rebase: Workout with Friends (iOS | Android). Quick context: create workout challenge with your friends, set personal goals, log your workouts and stay consistent because of weekly summaries and cheers/comments from your friends in that challenge.

I feel like I HAVE to "explain" the app better than my very short onboarding now, since I don't think people understand the concept and just dismiss/think of the app as one of those million fitness trackers.

Do you decide before downloading an app that you're gonna give it a few days, a week, a month etc?

Most task managers and habit trackers just end up becoming another chore to manage.

For me, the real game-changer was switching to active voice check-ins—having a system actually call me for a daily rundown completely fixed my consistency.

What about you? What's the one productivity app that genuinely changed your life?

There are so many out there and I love each one that I find... which ones are your favourites?

For me of late I mostly popped into coffitivity which is an oldie but a goodie.

I’ve been working on The Pro CRM in Notion a clean, dark-themed CRM designed for small businesses, agencies, and consultants who want to manage their clients and sales pipeline without unnecessary complexity.

Key Features:

Active, Lost/Win views: Keep track of your companies, contacts, active deals, and follow-ups from one place.

Inbox View: Quickly capture new leads and keep them organized before adding them to your main workflow.

Deal Pipeline: Manage deals through customizable stages and keep track of expected dates, next steps, and follow-ups.

Health Check Formula: Automatically highlights deals based on their expected dates, so you can quickly see what’s on track, closing soon, or late.

Weighted Value Formula: Automatically calculates the expected value of a deal based on its deal value and current stage no manual calculations needed.

Connected Databases: Companies, Contacts, and Deals are linked together, so your client information stays connected across the workspace.

Reports Dashboard: Create weekly reports using built-in report templates to review your pipeline, upcoming deals, wins, challenges, and next steps.

The main goal was to make something that feels simple enough to use every day, but structured enough to actually manage a business.

If you’re looking for a clean Notion CRM without having to build the whole system from scratch, you can check it out here

https://www.notion.com/templates/the-pro-crm

Would love to hear what you think or what you’d improve!

Mind Droplet é um projeto pessoal que eu construí originalmente para mim mesmo. Essa é uma das razões pelas quais ele nunca terá anúncios. Comecei a desenvolvê-lo no ano passado como uma maneira de aprender e melhorar minhas habilidades de programação.

Detalhes:

• Eu criei vários temas e vou continuar adicionando mais. Você pode mudar tanto o tema do app quanto a fonte.

• Você pode publicar uma nota ou um simples caderno com múltiplas páginas através de um link que se autodestroi. Você pode definir um tempo de expiração, proteção por senha, se a nota pode ser editada e o número máximo de visualizações.

• Você pode vincular seu humor a uma nota e acompanhar suas estatísticas de humor ao longo de vários meses.

• Você pode adicionar tarefas às notas, criar categorias e definir lembretes diários, semanais, mensais ou anuais. Esses não são alarmes; você simplesmente recebe uma notificação discreta.

• Você também pode adicionar um widget de nota à sua tela inicial para acesso rápido.

• O app em si funciona completamente offline. O backup do Google Firebase é opcional, assim como o verificador ortográfico.

• Para notas que se autodestroem, a chave de descriptografia está contida no link em si. Isso significa que o servidor não tem acesso ao conteúdo legível da nota.

É um pequeno projeto pessoal, mas tenho adicionado recursos gradualmente e melhorando-o ao longo do tempo. Eu o construí originalmente para aprender e ainda estou continuando a desenvolvê-lo.

Dependendo do dispositivo, o app ocupa entre 7 e 13 MB de armazenamento.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=a.b.minddroplet

Hi everyone!

I have been working hard on polishing my workout app, Maxlyft. With Maxlyft you get to create your own split, exercises, routines, and more at no cost! I am working on adding even more metrics, but the app is already pretty polished and loaded with powerful insights and data. Maxlyft will also keep track of your PRs, what weights / reps you did the last time you completed an exercise, and anything else you feel like tracking.

Invite your friends!

I really encourage you all to check it out! You can also unlock more advanced timelines like last 30D, last 90D, 1Y, and All Time simply by inviting your friends to use Maxlyft to track your workouts. Again, all features are available at no cost.

Want us to add something?

I believe that Maxlyft will be able to be very competitive as I have the ability to show all the data and metrics that other apps make you pay to use. And if you feel something cool should be added, use the Request a Feature button in settings! I look at all of those!

Thanks a ton and please let me know what you think!

Also, drop a comment, I'd love to know what your split is, as I'm trying to rework mine!

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/maxlyft-free-workout-tracker/id6743998890

I am looking for an app that helps me be more productive with my days.

Routines of course but not every little thing as I have a skylight device for those things.

I guess when it comes to fabulous its got the eating component and inner child stuff but I feel it's a scam and I don't wanna pay.

If anyone has recommendations in an app that incorporates all these things plus meditation and other things that are of benefits to being productive.

I have a chronic illness and I feel like life has become stagnant and I need to feel as though I am not wasting away in my house. Going outside some days is very hard

I’ve been doing a lot of 3D modeling and drawing on my tablet lately, and I couldn't keep having to constantly switch apps just to look at my spatial blueprints or character sheets. I looked around for a tool that would just let me float my references right over my workspace, but nothing really did exactly what I needed. So... I figured I'd just build it myself, and it honestly works great for my workflow (Especially now for my animation work).

​It’s an overlay app called HUD. It basically lets you float images, perspective grids, or even videos over whatever app you’re currently using while allowing you interact with anything under it.

​Here is what it actually does:

​● Floats over anything: I use it to keep my architectural layouts and character designs visible while I work in other apps.

● Lock & Ghost modes: You can lock the overlay so it becomes "pass-through" (meaning you can interact with your app or canvas right underneath it without accidentally moving the image), and drop the opacity to make it transparent.

● Stays out of the way: It has a clean UI so you can just focus on your project.

​It's up on itch.io right now with a completely free version. My primary goal right now isn't really to push sales... I honestly just want more people to use it and give me brutally honest feedback. I want to know if the app is trash, what improvements can be made, what features are missing, and how your overall experience is🙇‍♂️

​(I do have a $4.99 Pro version up there because I eventually want to fund the $25 Google Play Store fee to move it there, but seriously, just go for the free one and see how it feels).

My Overlay Image App - HUD

A comment I made recently in a post in r/ProductivityApps got a bunch of upvotes and a few kind comments, so now I've just shipped an update I thought I would make my own post to see if it can reach more people who would appreciate it. It's also a nice change from all the to-do list and note taking apps that I see a lot in this sub.

Curator - Photo Organizer (App Store link) is productive in my eyes because 'sorting out my photos' and 'finally make those family photo albums' was always on my to do list, and it weighed on me constantly, but the task of going into my 30,000+ photo library seemed such a monstrous effort that I never actually did it. Now, I regularly have a little session here and there, my Photos library stays under control and only holds photos I care about. It's the most productive moment of my week.

To be sure that I'm in line with this subs rules: if the flair wasn't obvious, I am the developer behind this app. And to address the concerns around user data risk: Curator is intentionally privacy-first by being completely on-device. No servers, works offline and in airplane mode, because your photos are personal and sensitive - nothing leaves your phone, and it has the 'no data collected' label in the App Store that many similar apps don't. Technically I'm giving up useful analytics for growth and even improvement, but I think it's still a good idea given what its dealing with.

After Christmas last year, I decided to just try cleaning up my library manually within Apple Photos, but it was super slow and annoying, selecting & deleting, and the decision fatigue kicks in really fast. So I looked around at apps I could use to help me, and they were all subscription-greedy tinder style (swipe left & right) apps which I did not want to do over thousands of photos, and particularly because my decision to keep or remove is different depending on whether this is the only photo of my daughter on the swing or whether I took 15 trying to get a good shot. It's usually the latter.

So Curator analyses your photos. The only thing that the on-device AI is really doing is identifying that 'these photos are all of the same thing/moment/scene' even though the photos are up to minutes apart and from different angles and depths, not just near-duplicates. It groups them and then suggests 1-3 'best' photos worth keeping, and you can easily tap to change the selection as you wish. One of the most valuable things it does is reduce decision fatigue: you don't need to decide on every photo - a decision is already made for you, so you'll just 'know' by gut reaction whether you agree or not when you see it, and that goes super fast and is less tiring.

I've just shipped an update which makes the task even more manageable: you can change review modes to limit your session to a month at a time so it doesn't feel endless and you feel progress more, or go through batches of similar photos one after the other so you can see them even more clearly together before making a decision.

Sorry it's turned into a big post in the end and probably needs a tl;dr, but one aspect I haven't mentioned but was actually the reason I started it at all: to make albums. Real, printed albums. There are printing providers that will turn your Apple Photos album into a ready-to-print photo book and deliver it to you, so Curator makes it easy to prepare those albums via the same principle as during the cleanup. It suggests albums based on the best photos from trips and holidays you've been on (reverse-geocoding based on photo meta data) and by time (e.g. per year, per season, Christmas) - and you can edit them (or create your own) the same way as above to quickly end up with an album you'll be happy to have on your coffee table. My 1 and 3 year old love looking through the albums of their first years and first holidays, it honestly made it all worth it.

I'd love feedback if you get a chance, happy to answer any questions - it's free to download and freemium lets you try it out so you can see if you actually like the way it works before a one-time unlock. Truly what would help me more than anything is a quick rating in the app store if you get that far; a pop up might appear some time after using Curator to remove photos or publishing an album to Apple Photos, so taking two-seconds to tap the rating would mean the world to me. Thanks!

What are your icks about apps what makes you immediately leave the app? Mine are for example endless onboarding and filler pages between each step. We can say friction I guess.

And on the flip side, what makes you think: “Okay, I’ll actually keep this installed”?

I was looking for an app, where i can keep my shit together.

I was tired of keeping all the tasks and habits scattered around my mind, notes on phone and on notebooks. I couldn't see the progress i made, and it felt boring. So i locked in.

I searched the internet, and found pretty good app and templates, but those apps, were very scattered, some app had a feature which other didn't. Features which categories my tasks based on priority (Do now, Later), Stats like heat map to see my progress overtime and streaks, interconnection between web and mobile app, and a clean ui with creative stuff (surprise for u all).

So, i built it.

Guys, thenesta.com (http://thenesta.com/) this is the app ,also added it to apple store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nesta-minimalist-habits/id6784795770

it completely free right now,

Also i added a voice dump feature in noodle brain, where you can babble your mind out and it will convert it into actionable tasks, which you can categoize in your priority list. Personally i wanted this for so long. (live on web, for ios will be live as soon as apple sends a thumbs up)

i would really appreciate it, for you can give it a try. and if you guys genuinely like, would really appreciate your support.

and i am open for ur recommendation, for any new features or something missing.

I promise i will read all your reviews.

Streak is a free, open source habit tracker, no ads, no accounts.

It now has an island you decorate as you complete habits. And it's now available on Windows.

Still offline, everything comes from what the community asks for on GitHub.

github.com/InlitX/streak

I’ve been writing diaries on paper for years, and every time I looked at diary apps I couldn’t find one that really fit. They all felt too cluttered and missed the point, so I ended up making DIARYit for myself.

The core idea is a single-stream private diary. To me, life feels like one continuous line, so the app follows that shape: focus on today, let past days stay scrollable, and keep the future visible but not editable. The writing area for today is deliberately limited, because I think daily writing should feel like a small ritual, not a place for long paragraphs of unnecessary clutter.

That shape basically defines the whole app. You open it, see today’s field, write only what belongs to today, and move on. If you want to look back, you can scroll back or use the calendar to jump to past dates, and there’s also a 4-state label system for marking days by how they felt.

I know this is a specific and constrained kind of diary app, but that was the point. I didn’t want another general journal trying to do everything. I wanted something closer to the actual purpose of a diary: private, offline, and simple enough to keep using.

Play Store link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.diaryit.app

iOS App Store will be published soon if theres interests btw

Instagram/ TikTok: just search "verbitapp"

I would appreciate you guys feedbacks if you have chance to go through the app!

I’ve tried a lot of different AI tools for PowerPoint, but nothing has ended up saving me all that much time in building slide decks. I have used Gemini, gamma , and, of course, Claude and ChatGPT but can’t seem to find anything that delivers or consistently gives me useful outputs. It takes so much time and energy to build a deck from scratch, and it’s not particularly helpful having a tool that makes a base presentation, but then I have to go and spend hours editing all the small formalities that are hard to prompt fixes for.

I’m not just looking for templates to populate; my goal is primarily to save time so that I can focus on higher-level strategy and storytelling for my clients. What is the best AI you’ve found for making complete presentations which are also editable.

ok so this might sound too minimal but it actually works for me so I wanted to share

I get home from work and my brain is still doing this thing where it holds onto random stuff, work-related or not, for the rest of the day. go grocery shopping, do laundry, that zoom at 2pm tomorrow. none of it is urgent tonight but it still won’t let go because it matters for tomorrow.

so I made an app that’s basically one breathing orb with little keyword clouds orbiting it.

throughout the day I drop in tiny keyword clouds, 15 characters max, not a full task list, just anchors so tomorrow-me knows what today-me cared about.

then when I’m done for today, I hold the orb for a full inhale/exhale ritual and park everything. it’s like telling my brain “these are for tomorrow, not tonight” and letting the app hold them instead of me.

next morning I hold it again to open, the orb breathes, and yesterday’s parked clouds come back so I know what today actually needs. as the day goes on I can add new clouds or clear ones that don’t matter anymore.

that’s it. that’s the whole app. it’s called PARKit.

free version gives 3 keyword slots with fixed notifications (8am / 7pm). paid unlocks 12 slots and custom times/days for your own schedule.

only on android right now, iOS later if this gets real traction. I just recorded the demo on my iPhone build, hope no confusion.

Play Store link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.parkit.app

genuinely don’t know if this is a real idea or just me being weird and somehow making it work, so someone please set me straight and would appreciate any sort of feedbacks!!

oh and check out @ verbitapp on socials if u are interested on other ones.

I have ADHD and consume a lot of content (books + podcasts + learning about AI + study material etc) but don't remember even half the stuff, so I've been trying to trick my brain into being more engaged. Here's the solution that worked for me:

An iMessage bot that

1. I send the bot tiny notes about people and their sources (eg it finds the podcast for me, or adds the epub I bought)
2. automatically organizes them in a mind map
3. lets me chat with the content I added and this way automatically builds out the map

= instead of organizing ideas & sources into folders, tags or not at all, I organize them around people.

The “hack” is basically giving my brain a person to attach information to instead of a pile of disconnected notes, while removing the friction of actually capturing and organizing what I learn. (From someone who really wanted to love Notion but just couldn't.)

I've been using it every day and would love to hear if it's helpful for you too. Comment/DM for an invite code!

lifedrop.co

Link: Kraa.io

Another text editor. This one is trying to be simple and clutter-free while still offering lots of features.

I've tried too many productivity apps over the years. I'll bet really into one for a week or two, build a whole system around it, and then... completely stop opening it..
The ones that actually stick for me are usually the least exciting ones. Something that solves a specific annoyance without making me spend more time managing the app itself.
Lately I've been trying to simplify things and use fewer tools instead of constantly looking for the fabled "perfect" setup..

What productivity apps have you actually stuck with for more than a few months?

I have this habit of saving things I want to come back to later:

a useful Reddit post
a screenshot
an article
a random thought
a PDF
a voice note

The problem is they end up everywhere.

Bookmarks, Notes, screenshots, WhatsApp messages to myself, browser tabs…

And most “second brain” apps eventually give me another job: organize everything into folders and tags.

So I’m building **Tuck** around a simpler idea:

**Capture first. Decide later.**

Everything you save goes into one private inbox.

You can save:

* links
* screenshots/photos
* notes
* PDFs/files
* voice notes

Then search or review them later.

There’s no account required and the core experience is local-first/offline, so your captures stay on your device.

I’m preparing the iOS + Android private beta right now and put together a small waitlist:

https://capture-mobile.vercel.app/

I’m curious about one thing before I go much further:

**How do you currently save random things you want to revisit later?**

And what annoys you most about your current setup?

I have a fulltime job as an iOS developer working 9-5 but I really wanted to end the 9-5 rat race job. I started creating apps but then in the middle of development even if I have subscribed an AI, I lost interested on the current project. So I stopped, my AI subscription has ended without my app/project 50% complete due to procrastination. My crazy lazy head banging hahaha

Any tips or any app helps to get rid of this problem?
I'm sure you guys experienced this thing but maybe half of my procrastination level.

Hi,

This is my first post here, but I've been following this subreddit for a long time. I've learned a lot from it, but now I need your help finding an app or website that could solve this problem.

I work as a software developer, and nowadays my go-to productivity/task management system is literally a bunch of A4 sheets of paper cut into four pieces. On each one, I write a category or topic as the title, followed by a few tasks related to it.

I used to use Notion a lot, but I started feeling overwhelmed by it, so I've been using this paper-based method for the last 10–12 months. It actually works pretty well, but I'd like to find an app where I can simply create a title/category and add a few subtasks underneath it.

Ideally, I'd like to see all of these task groups on one big whiteboard or canvas, almost like having all my pieces of paper spread out on a desk. I don't really need complex project management features, databases, automations, or anything like that — just something simple, visual, and easy to move around.

I've tried Jira and Notion, both using Kanban boards, but after a while I found the paper method much more useful and less overwhelming.

Does anyone know an app or website that works like this? Basically a digital version of having several small pieces of paper on a desk, each with a title and a short list of tasks.

Thanks in advance!

Edit:

Milanote is the best option for what I want. Thank you for all your recommendations!