Here’s how @chronicling@indieapps.space looks before making any changes for #iPhoneDuo. Landscape needs a bit more love!
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Rebecca Owen
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mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06👩💻 Indie Apple platforms developer making @chronicling@indieapps.space, software engineering manager, cat Mum, human Mum. Rarely in that order!
Fan of reading, running, coffee, video games, sci-fi and being outside.
📍Cambridge, UK
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Joined January 25, 2023
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🎉 A few days late due to some major life events I hope to share soon, but @chronicling@indieapps.space 2.0 is here, ready for #iOS27!
📊 Redesigned category screen: gaps, trends, lifetime stats
🕰️ Time of Day radial chart
🗂️ Group insights
📱 New XL widgets
https://www.chroniclingapp.com/2026/09/insights-everywhere-ios-27-update/
Boosted by @gedeonm@mastodon.social
🌈 A rainbow of tint colors is now available in @chronicling@indieapps.space - apparently not everyone loves orange 😅
This update also includes a light/dark override alongside matching system default
#IndieDev
I’m enjoying listening to this excellent album which samples original voice recordings from the Apollo mission era while watching Artemis II coverage https://album.link/i/1738417407
🎉 Chronicling 1.6 is here and ready for #iOS26!
✨ Smart Events transforms your text into events with matched categories, date, time and notes
🔎 Unified search tab for quick searching across event notes, category and group names
🍭 Interactive “lollipops” show details when tapping on bar charts
Get it here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chronicling/id6445992145
Press release: https://www.chroniclingapp.com/2025/09/smart-events-ios-26-update/
One of the key things for a tracking app is reducing friction. I’m working on extracting events from natural language in @chronicling@indieapps.space with Apple’s new Foundation Models in #iOS26 and it’s looking really promising
In case you missed it, the last few @chronicling@indieapps.space updates have added several most requested features - emoji support, customisable reminders, and the grid view.
During December, you can also see your year Chronicled 🎁 #IndieApp
🔔 New in v1.7 of @chronicling@indieapps.space - add custom reminder notifications to each category!
Set a daily goal, get a reminder after a specified amount of time, or use a rolling goal over multiple days.
Active reminders are shown on the app badge.
@chronicling@indieapps.space v1.4 is out now, with support for #iOS18 and #watchOS11:
- Controls to log an event now and quickly see the last logged time,
- Dark/tinted icons and widgets,
- Double tap and interactive Smart Stack widgets on watch
I hope you like it! 🎉
Counts, New Charts and Journal Suggestions: @chronicling@indieapps.space v1.3 Update https://chroniclingapp.com/2024/05/counts-new-charts-and-journal-suggestions-v1-3-update/
The visionOS build for @chronicling@indieapps.space is in review! I’ve added widget-like category windows so you can log your coffee right on the kitchen counter.
I’m in the UK so it might be a while before I experience this outside of the simulator 😁 curious to hear from anyone who tries it out
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@gedeonm@mastodon.social thanks for the recommendation Ged 🙏 and belated happy birthday! 🥳
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Thanks to @viticci@mastodon.macstories.net, @johnvoorhees@mastodon.macstories.net, @jonathanreed@techhub.social and the whole team at MacStories 😊
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@rlfb@mastodon.design @sequel@indieapps.space @macstories@mastodon.macstories.net congrats Roman, very well deserved! 🥳
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@alpennec@iosdev.space thanks for pointing it out :( it's just a bit disappointing when I've used it this way since iOS 16, I'm not aware of any documentation advising against it and it is used this way in Apple's own tutorials.
I see the point that they both provide a sidebar. I was hoping TabSections would help but for my use case I can't do enough with them.
If anyone has noticed odd tab bar behaviour in @chronicling@indieapps.space on iPad, this seems to be a regression in #SwiftUI since 18.4, also seen in the Apple Landmarks tutorial app. I've filed a feedback - also discussed by others here https://developer.apple.com/forums//thread/759875?answerId=841213022#841213022
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@podiboq@social.lol there is no guide I'm afraid, but it's something I've been considering working on. It's free to try out most of the features, with a free trial available for premium. There is no inherent positive vs negative system in Chronicling, but you can group categories however you wish - hope this helps!
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@podiboq@social.lol thanks for reporting this - it looks like an issue with Journalling Suggestions. This is now available on iPad, but not on Mac, so I need to tweak the "designed for iPad" Mac target. I'll let you know when I have a fix.
✈️ Time to kick off a TestFlight for @chronicling@indieapps.space on iOS/watchOS/visionOS 26 - if you're interested in joining, please drop me a message or email becca@chroniclingapp.com and I'll share an invite
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@alpennec@iosdev.space what is odd is it was briefly broken and fixed in the iOS18 beta, so I thought it was going to be OK!
NavigationSplitView is used within a TabView in this SwiftUI tutorial, although not explicitly iOS18 https://developer.apple.com/tutorials/swiftui/composing-complex-interfaces
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@benrimi@mas.to @chronicling@indieapps.space Thanks! I am planning to experiment with this in App Intents next 😁
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@podiboq@social.lol this fix is now out in v1.6.5, please let me know if you see any further issues. Thanks!