Indie Support Weeks

Indie Support Weeks in the Apple Developer Community

Indie Support Weeks is an open two-week effort aimed at helping indie developers within the Apple Developer Community who have been financially impacted by the current global COVID-19 pandemic.

As people are self-isolating around the world, businesses are closing, and many of our normal day-to-day activities are put on hold, many indie developers have seen their sales numbers take a big hit. For some developers, who rely on the income from their apps as the main way to support themselves and their families, this loss of revenue can lead to tricky and difficult situations, to say the least.

So for two weeks — between the 30th of March and 12th of April, 2020 — multiple websites, podcasts, newsletters and YouTube channels are joining efforts in order to help support indie developers shipping apps on Apple’s platforms. If you want to support this effort, you’ve come to the right place. This repository contains information on how you can help out, a list of indie apps whose developers have asked for support, andanswers to common questions.

Participating partners

These websites/channels are joining Indie Support Weeks , and will promote certain indie apps for free on their channels during the two-week period:

• Swift by Sundell
• The Stacktrace Podcast
• Sean Allen
• The Swift Weekly Brief
• Donny Wals
• SwiftLee
• Hacking with Swift
• The Swift over Coffee Podcast
• Swiftjective-C
• The.Swift.Dev.
• A Swiftly Tilting Planet
• Ordinary Coding
• Launched
• Marin Todorov
• Ohmyswift
• Ashish Kakkad
• Code With Chris

How to join the effort

Anyone is more than welcome to join this effort, and doing so is simple. You don’t actually have to do anything in particular — the simplest way to help out is to just pick an indie app that you like from the below list, and promote it! You’re completely free to participate however you’d like.

However, if you’d like to more “formally” join this effort, then here’s how you can do that:

1. Add a link to your website/channel above, under“Participating partners”.
2. Pick a few apps that you’d like to promote, and mark them by filling in your website/channel’s name within the “Promoted by” column in the table below.
3. Anytime during the 30th of March and the 12th of April, promote your selected apps on your website/channel, in any way you’d like. You could, for example, replace any ads that you’re normally running with links to your selected indie apps, post reviews of them, or just talk about them in a podcast or video. It’s all up to you!
4. If the platform of your choice includes tagging, please use the #IndieSupportWeeks tag to increase discoverability and reach.

You do not need to credit John, Swift by Sundell, or any other person/entity while taking part in this effort. Simply mentioning that you’re participating in Indie Support Weeks and linking to this repo is more than enough, and even that is not required.

Apps

The following list of apps was gathered by John Sundell based on Direct Messages from indie developers, prompted by this tweet , as well as Pull Requests submitted by the community. Note that this list is just based on raw data, and is presented as-is — no quality checks have been made, and it is possible that the list contains incorrect information.

If you’re participating in Indie Support Weeks and want to help promote some of these apps, it’s recommended that you first:

• Reach out to the developer (each app entry has a Twitter account associated with it), to make sure that you get the right information about the app, and up-to-date assets, such as logos and screenshots.
• Mark the name of your website/channel in the “Promoted by” column, by submitting a Pull Request. While the same app can of course be promoted by multiple people, we’ll maximize the spread of apps that we’re able to promote by making sure that everyone won’t promote the exact same set of apps.

App Developer’s Twitter account Promoted by 30 Day Fitness Workout at Home @edouard_iosdev Sean Allen, Code With Chris ActivityChamp: Watch & Track @baduxdaniel Adaptivity (A) @geoffhackworth Hacking with Swift, Sean Allen AdiPosse - Body Weight Tracker @bennoland ArcadeDefense @mredig Asset Catalog Creator Pro @MarkBridgesApps Ashish Kakkad Aurora: Color Picker @JPEGuin Hacking with Swift Batteries for Mac @ronyfadel bartender.live @davidgagne Donny Wals BBEdit @siegel Hacking with Swift, Donny Wals BentoBlox Puzzle Game @mattThousand Donny Wals beorg: To-Do List & Agenda @beorgapp Bill Organizer by Money Master @Matt1Corey Book Track @BookTrackApp Sean Allen BuildCores: PC Parts & Builds @KahlonHarshdeep CardPointers for Credit Cards @emcro Cascable @iKenndac Hacking with Swift Cascadea @CascadeaApp Marin Todorov Casita @Pirocso C-Command: Mac Software @mjtsai Cheatsheet @aoverholtzer Swift by Sundell Chronicle - Bill Organizer @LittleFinLLC Circuitry - 3D Circuit Builder @n_crda Cleora @natpanferova CodeKit @bdkjones Donny Wals Code News @FagadariuMarcel Ashish Kakkad Coin - Focus Timer @Gabriel07__ Contacts Journal CRM @zulfishah CountdownBar - days counter @aleksanderpopko Countdowns - Track Events @shayesapps Launched Country Facts @m_galvagno Cursor Pro @martinlexow Swift by Sundell Daily Puzzles @NormanBitSolace DataOrganizer @bayhoff DD-WRT @venderbase Dejal Time Out @dejus Deuce - Tennis Scorekeeper @AustinConlon Diagrams @lukaskubanek Swift by Sundell Diagram.Codes Studio @hugozap Digital Photo Frame @manuelescrig Do I need it? @maurogarcia_19 DrawRun - Easily start running @jordibruin SwiftLee DrinkControl: Alcohol Tracker @xjki Dualgram @samwize Easy Calendar @tomvanzummeren SwiftLee EBook Library: Easy PDF reader @JJAllenTech Email Me Notes @manuelescrig Endless Paper @circuit_tree Swift by Sundell Fabula @JPEGuin Family Graves Map @PawelMadejCK Find My Parcels @Kablonetuser Find Any File @tempelorg Ashish Kakkad Fireworks @BesherMaleh Swift over Coffee, Swift by Sundell, Sean Allen FM Partners @bhamm FNote - Foreign Note Card @bdaralan Formatter @samuelgoodwin FrogRadio @FrogRadioHQ Geography of the World @Tricertops Glyphfinder @hanspagel Donny Wals Gradient Game @rudrankriyam Donny Wals guitλR - practice smλrter @schipkowski HazeOver — Distraction Dimmer™ for Mac @pointum HealthFit @slizeray Helvault - MTG Card Scanner @vitorcesco Highlighted: Book Highlighter @stuhecdamir Home Inventory @DianeRHamilton Homely - Shared Task Manager @umar__haroon Donny Wals HTTPBot - REST Client @arvindhsukumar Huh? Dictionary @yaapete iFont: find, install any font @CameronFLeask IntelliList - Shopping List @mariozullo Invoice.app @PeteStojanowski IPTV - Streams @andremartingo Iron - Workout Tracker @swiftkarim Jump Assistant @neilhiddink Swift over Coffee Juno @alexstaravoitau Kalkyl @a_joensson Kana - Hiragana and Katakana @Romain_Pellen Kiddo Cards: Letters, Numbers+ @onlytruejustin Killa Komets @DannyJohnLaw Learn Japanese: Sensei @Romain_Pellen Limits by Money Master @Matt1Corey Code With Chris Litur - Find your colors @knightbenax Swift by Sundell MAGIC KIT Pro @MNLeatherbarrow Mame Cast @StayMing Markdown Tables @appsonthemove Mate Translate @GikkenHQ Meal Reminders @PedroAnibarro Metronomics Metronome @jnpdx Mexican Train Dominoes @MexicanTrainDom Mindful Affirmations @nyeeu Minutes App @0xjorgev Mirror to Google Chromecast TV @martinho_t Mission Control Plus @ronyfadel Mouseless @hanspagel MoviX - TV Tracker @hegedus90 MusicHarbor - Track New Music @mactanaka Ordinary Coding Music Vibes - Feel the Music! @craiggrummitt Donny Wals Nanolens - Visual Search Made By Groups @joshuamchoi NapBot - Auto Sleep Tracker @mecid NativeConnect @vadimshpakovski Neo Path - a Neomorphistic Hyper Casual Game! @NeoPathGame Neon: Color and Gradient Maker @SwapnanilDhol Donny Wals NetSnips: Web Clips Dashboard @netsnips NewsWave: RSS Feed Reader @MarcMasVi NFC for iPhone @N1C0_MUC Nighthawk @samhenrigold Nihongo - Japanese Dictionary @chrisvasselli NitroNotes @adam_fallon_ None to Run: Start Running @jeffbailey NotePlan @metzgereduard Nowcast - commuter weather app @wvabrinskas Overdue: Safety Check In @Jax_Evans PackCheck Packing List @murraysagal Panorama X @provuejim Pasta @wessley Pauses @IrradiatedApps PDF Archiver @JuKa1205 PDFs Split & Merge @zen_prog Pennant @thillsman Launched Pinc - Manage Pin & Pass Codes @pinc_app Pine - Deep Breathing @casey_bennett PLYR @chih98 Pocketdex for Pokémon GO @Surenix Poly - Bouncy Ball 3D @deniskako_ ProTracker Calorie Diet & Keto @protrackerapp Proxyman @_nghiatran Publicist @samuelgoodwin Swift over Coffee Pushever - APNS Tester @soulchildpls QuickPlan @iosmobilinked QuickRes @jshchnz Quiet @lighthouse16_hq Rainbow Music. @walford_east RiskDoctor - Option Trading @RiskNiOSMusings RailModeller Pro @IsleOfTheKakapo Rep Up @RecursiveSwift Code With Chris reDraw Whiteboard @davereed Reflow @sebbourgeois Remove master for camera roll @suniladhyaru Ria Action Adventure @AlexKissiJr Robot Call Blocker @MurphyBrantley Rotato @mortenjust A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Hacking with Swift RunIn - Running Training @fnazarios Salari @luispnez Samplist @alexbuga Screenie @jshchnz Screenshot Creator @MarkBridgesApps Hacking with Swift Secrets @pfandrade_ Swift Weekly Brief Secret Signs @wwalmink Sensei @oskargroth Series – Photo Collage Maker @rcarver ShopIT - Shared Grocery List @SoMiinO Shortlist @markhmwong Code With Chris SketchParty TV @mattbraun Marin Todorov, SwiftLee Sleek Calendar @enseeyab Sleepytime @IrradiatedApps Slid - Story of your activity @s_tsarikovskiy Slideas @AgaricPerdereau Swift over Coffee SmallCubed MailSuite @SmallCubed SmartCards+ Spaced Repetition @joeleblanc Smartrips @EliasEsquivelM Snapthread @bhansmeyer Hacking with Swift Snipline @mitchartemis Socialite @jacobgorban SolarWatch Sunrise Sunset Time @ekurutepe Soulver @zac_coh Swift by Sundell SongSheet Pro - Chord Charts @GabrielHauber Soor @tanmays Sudeb @sudebapp Spark Camera & Video Editor @dyah10 Sparkle @duncanwilcox Marin Todorov SquareSynth @DrumSessionss SUBWAY:NYC - Map + Train Times @elliot_schrock Sticker Maker • Creator Studio @honda_willian StudIO - Code @arthur_guiot Hacking with Swift Supercharger map for Tesla @t3ix SVG Assets – Icon Exporter @neriusv SwapTales: Leon! @dhartbit Swish @ch_renn Ordinary Coding Sundial @t9mike Swift Weekly Brief Super Easy Timer @PaulSolt Code With Chris TalkJot – Voice-to-Email Notes @ATORKO_ Tap Forms @tapforms Taskmator - TaskPaper Client @Taskmator Tempo for Runners @rmatta Thirstic - Smart Water Tracker @thirstic TimeCrunch: Homework Tool @LzCtrl Timeflower @zgjie Timeless @boyvanamstel Swift Weekly Brief Timeless Meditation @arthurofbabylon Code With Chris Timelines Time Tracking @luksape Timemator @sebakotiv Together Family Video Chat @echamussy TokeiTango @tokeitango Train Beacon @mobile_appz Treeceps: Fitness Workout Game @JoeWaldow UPtoU @cikpis Vana: Break Bad Habits @jaketheiosdev Code With Chris VAT Making Tax Digital @venderbase Visits Journal @RecursiveSwift Viso @knightbenax Voice Rec Pro @marcel__mendes Water & Coffee @NickFoster56 WeatherGO - Temperature App @Piazza_Chris WeatherKit @perte Weather Line @rjonesy Code With Chris Weight Loss Tracker App @deepak_iosdev When Did I…? @heidi_helen Swiftjective-C, Donny Wals When Do - A Complication @AndrewCodeChimp Wild Journey @workbymark Working Copy @palmin Swift by Sundell, Hacking with Swift World Clock Time Widget @lewisMakesApps WRD Scanner Pro @dsteppenbeck WX Workout Scheduler @mattglover

Answers to common questions

When will Indie Support Weeks take place?

Between the 30th of March and the 12th of April, 2020.

Who’s behind this effort?

This effort was started by John Sundell of Swift by Sundell . It has since grown to include multiple websites, YouTube channels, newsletters and other creators who are planning to help support various indie developers during the two-week period.

Indie Support Weeks is a community-driven effort and is not affiliated with Apple.

I’m running a website or other channel, and want to help out. How do I join?

See the“How to join the effort” section.

Can I participate in this effort outside of the main two weeks?

Of course, participate however you’d like. The more we can help the indies within our community, the better. It’s just that this coordinated effort will happen during those two weeks.

I’m not running a website or anything like that, but would still like to help out. How can I do that?

Here are a few ways to help out:

• Download/purchase some of the apps listed above.
• Share this effort on Twitter or another social network.
• Share any of the above apps on Twitter or another social network.

Why is this effort focused on indie developers in particular?

While there are countless people around the world facing hardships during the COVID-19 pandemic, every effort needs to focus on some form of target group. There are many people who need help right now, and no-one can do everything, but everyone can do something . This effort is a few creators/website hosts within the Apple Developer community doing something .

Is it guaranteed that the developers of the above apps are struggling financially?

No, not at all. The above list was simply compiled from Twitter messages from developers themselves, as well as from Pull Requests submitted by the community, and hasn’t been filtered. The original tweet prompting developers to submit their apps explicitly mentioned “indie devs [that] are suffering from lower sales/income because of the current situation” , but at the end of the day, we have to take people at their word.

I’m an indie developer who could use some support, how do I add my app?

Submit a Pull Request that adds your app to the list. Please keep the list in alphabetic order.

My app is on the above list, but I no longer wish to be included in this effort. How do I remove my app?

Submit a Pull Request that removes your app from the list.

Can I submit a product other than an iOS/macOS/watchOS/tvOS app to be included in the above list?

No, sorry. This effort is focused on indie developers shipping apps on Apple’s platforms.

I want to start a similar effort, but within another community, is that OK?

Of course! The more we can help people who are in need of support during these difficult times, the better.

I have another question, where can I ask it?

Submit a Pull Request adding your question to this document, and someone from the team will try to answer it as soon as possible.