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Just for funiOS · Web2025

Woof! Remember: my first iOS app

A playful, dog-themed reminder app for birthdays, anniversaries & everything else worth remembering. The concept behind it, building my first iOS app & its website.

Role
Indie maker · Concept, design & code
Platforms
iOS · Web

Be the friend who remembered

Birthdays, anniversaries, holidays: the days that matter to the people we love are the easiest ones to forget. Woof! Remember is a playful reminder app for all of them, so you get to be the friend who remembered.

Everyone you care about, what's coming up, and a nudge on the lock screen in time.

Why dogs?

Because they're adorable. And because delight plays a big role in making us stick to a painful habit, like keeping track of events.

The Woof! pug, always dressed for a birthday
The Woof! pug, always dressed for a birthday

So every birthday & event gets a pup of its own. And getting started takes seconds: import the yearly events from your calendar & the birthdays from your contacts. Most people add 20+ birthdays in seconds.

Pick a pup: a grid of dogs to choose from, each in its own outfitAdd events: import yearly events from the calendar & birthdays from contacts
Pick a pup, then bring in everyone's birthdays

My first iOS app

Woof! was the first app I built for iOS, end to end: from the concept & the design to the code & the App Store. What surprised me, what was hard & what I'd do differently: more on this soon.

Visual to comeScreen recording: adding a birthday & picking a pup

A website, too

Every app needs a home: wewoof.org tells the story, answers the FAQ & links to the App Store.

Visual to comeThe wewoof.org home page

Keeping the lights on

To keep the lights on, a subscription unlocks all the content. There's a generous free tier. And if you can't afford it, just write me: I'll give you access for free.

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